The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 122 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

As many of you know, I am getting married this week!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Mac McClelland back on the show to talk about her Mother Jones cover story, I Was A Warehouse Wage Slave.

We also have Rob Boston from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State here to talk about five Founding Fathers whose skepticism on Christianity would make them unelectable today.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and Chris Sowa.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 121 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

As many of you know, Matt is getting married this week!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Salon's Glenn Greenwald here to discuss Attorney General Eric Holder's speech claiming the power to assassinate American citizens without a trial.

We'll also be talking once again to Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts about the Department of Homeland Security's Orwellian Complete Operational Awareness program.

Our writer/performers today are Kate Ward and Bob Rok.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 120 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Ed Yohnka from the ACLU of Illinois back on the show to discuss what was missing from the media coverage of the NATO protests.

We also have the editor at Alternet Visions, Sara Robinson, back on the show to discuss how liberals are making a huge mistake by thinking education is non-partisan.

We'll also discuss my impending marriage, the auctioning of Ronald Reagan's blood, the problems with extending FISA, John Brennan's drone powers, armed drones in the US, Congress wanting to get rid of propaganda laws, the Obama administration's hypocrisy when leaking classified materials to Hollywood, and a half a million people taking to the streets in Quebec.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 119 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Joe Macare from TruthOut and the Occupied Chicago Tribune here to give us a run down on what happened this weekend in Chicago at the NATO protests.

We also have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's Week In Poverty blog to discuss the often ignored problem of poverty in America.

We'll also discuss the police brutality at NATO this weekend and why those who attack the legitimacy of the Occupy movement for the actions of a few, aren't asking the police to be non-violent.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 118 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the political editor of the Progressive Magazine, Ruth Conniff, here to give us an update of the Scott Walker recall battle in Wisconsin.

We also have author Matthew Gross here to discuss his new book, The Last Myth: What The Rise Of Apocalyptic Thinking Tells Us About America.

We'll also discuss how Kansas now allows pharmacists to deny birth control to women, how President Obama's HHS has endorsed dangerous abstinence-only education, a federal judge striking down parts of the NDAA, and President Obama's frightening executive order on Yemen.

We'll also talk to the Chicago Deputy Chief of Police about Rahm Emanuel's plans for the NATO protests.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 117 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian, writer, improviser and one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade, Matt Besser here to talk about his new movie, Freak Dance.

We also have Alternet associate editor Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss forclosure horror stories and what Occupiers learned from President Obama can he can learn from them.

We'll also discuss the police state surrounding the upcoming NATO protests in Chicago and we'l also have a public service announcement from Chicago businesses on what to wear during NATO.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 116 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian, independent journalist and co-host of Radio Dispatch John Knefel on the show to tell us about his lawsuit against the NYPD for their actions against the Occupy movement.

We also have author John Sheirer here to talk about his book, Tales of a Real American Liberal.

We'll also discuss North Carolina's passing of Amendment One and the range of reaction on the left to President Obama's support of marriage equality announcement.

We also have the star of the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk back on the show to discuss marriage equality.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 115 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Jane Fleming Kleeb from Bold Nebraska back on the show to give us an update on the Keystone XL Pipeline and connecting the dots on Climate Impacts Day.

We also have the host and producer of the Best of the Left podcast, Jay Tomlinson here to discuss the building of a new progressive media funding infrastructure, Our Blue Media.

We'll also discuss this Thursday's Living Liberally fundraiser in New York and the untimely death of MCA Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 114 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Joan McCarter from Daily Kos back on the show to give us an update on the internet privacy shredding bill CISPA and the ongoing threats from Republicans and Democrats to the social safety net.

We also have author Larry Siems here to discuss his important new book The Torture Report: What The Documents Say About America's Post 9/11 Torture Program.

We'll also discuss how the mainstream media is underplaying the May Day protests, an appeals court ruling John Yoo can't be sued for torture, and the President of the University of California telling students, faculty, and staff to "Avoid All Protests."

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 113 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait here to talk about his new movie, God Bless America.

We also have University of Missouri law professor Marcia Narine here to discuss her Alternet piece on the Walmart bribery scandal.

We'll also discuss May Day, the lawsuit against the NYPD for their brutality towards Occupy protesters and press, Wall Street working with the NYPD to track protesters, and Nancy Pelosi maddening embrace of Simpson Bowles cuts to the social safety net.

We also have an Exxon Mobil spokesperson here to defend subsidies to oil companies and Mitt Romney's spokesperson here to discuss the Vice President race.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok and Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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