The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 148 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix here to give us an on the ground report of the protests going on outside the RNC.

We also have feminist and atheist Jennifer McCreight here to discuss her idea for a new wave of atheism, Atheism Plus.

We'll also discuss coal miners forced to be human props for Mitt Romney without pay, the RNC "We Built This" hypocracy, and racist Republicans throwing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_148.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:14am EDT

Episode 147 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss whether or not President Obama agrees with Joe Biden's Social Security guarantee.

We also have Drinking Liberally founder Justin Krebs back on the show to discuss the Living Liberally National Conference and the hubs of progressive communities in red states around the country.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney going birther, and the dangers of the dog-whistle racism of the Republican party.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_147.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 12:53pm EDT

Episode 146 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the managing editor of DeSomgBlog, Brandon DeMelle here to discuss the oil industry attack machine that journalists who cover hyrdo-fracking have to face.

We also have the author of Delirium: The Politics Of Sex In America, Nancy Cohen here to discuss Congressman Todd Akin and the history and funding of the GOP's war on women.

We'll also discuss the backwards and regressive party platform that Republicans have passed going into the RNC in Tampa.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_146.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:55am EDT

Episode 145 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show discuss what we know about Trapwire and the problems with for-profit companies spying on Americans.

We also have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss how Pennsylvania knocked 91,000 children off of Medicaid and to give us an update on the Houston janitors strike.

We'll also discuss how Congressman Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" controversy is part of a disturbing trend of mainstreaming extreme ideas in the GOP's War On Women.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_145.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:31am EDT

Episode 144 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have author and activist Greta Christina on the show to discuss her book Why Are You Atheists So Angry? and why atheists still have to fight for their rights.

We also have author Jill Richardson here to discuss how the drought has revealed the dangers of America's over-reliance on corn.

We'll also discuss the GOP's deplorable attempts to suppress and disenfranchise voters in Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and elsewhere.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_144.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:47am EDT

Episode 143 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and writer Bill Corbett from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax here to discuss the art of movie riffing and doing Manos: The Hands of Fate live.

We also have writer, activist and oil policy analyst Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss the cost and consequences of the Chevron refinery fire in California.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate and how President Obama's attempts at cutting the social safety net make his re-election more difficult.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_143.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:26am EDT

Episode 142 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have radio host David Pakman here to discuss different progressive approaches to the 2012 election.

We also have Tim Murphy from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss the rise of Tea Party rock star Alan West and how a part-time Santa is now a GOP congressional nominee.

We'll also discuss the horrific execution of a man in Texas who had been diagnosed as mentally retarded and had an IQ of 61.

Support the show with a click of the mouse!  Donate a post on your Twitter or Facebook today!

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_142.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:16am EDT

Episode 141 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Larry Ellison from the Massachusetts Association Of Minority Law Enforcement Officers here to discuss how their attempts to draw attention to the BPPA newsletter were ignored and how Boston Mayor Tom Menino has a less than stellar record on race relations with the police.

We also have Alternet's Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the $21 Trillion dollars the rich are hiding in tax shelters and why we should treat our Olympians better.

We'll also discuss the tragic murders at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Fox News claiming those who oppose Chick-Fil-A are heterophobic, and the NYPD arresting another New York Times journalist.

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_141.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:25am EDT

Episode 140 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist and radio host John Knefel here to discuss how the NYPD most likely broke international law in suppressing the Occupy protests.

We also have David Waldman from Daily Kos and Kagro In The Morning back on the show to discuss Mitt Romney's plan to raise taxes on the middle class.

We'll also discuss Green Party Presidential nominee Jill Stein getting arrested while Occupying Fannie Mae, police claiming a handcuffed man shot himself in the head, the tasing of a 12 year old girl, and Congressman Mike Kelly comparing birth control to Pearl Harbor and 9-11.

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.

Direct download: The_Matthew_Filipowicz_Show_140.mp3
Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 2:07pm EDT

1