The Matthew Filipowicz Show

The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have the executive director of Truthout, Maya Schenwar, here to discuss the harrowing story of her sister giving birth in prison.

We also have documentary filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill on the show to discuss their Oscar-Nominated short, Redemption.

We'll also discuss how the cuts to SNAP food stamps hurt over 900,000 veterans, and how the November SNAP cuts were originally set into motion by Democrats.

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The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show, we have comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad back on the show to talk about her new movie, The Muslims Are Coming!

We also have Gaius Publius from America Blog back on the show to discuss his in-depth series on the climate crisis and how, without immediate action, we could see mass extinction by the end of the century.

And TMFS writer-performer Tim Grimes gives us his response to the government shutdown.

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The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Max Blumenthal here to discuss his new book, Goliath: Life And Loathing In Greater Israel.

We also have Bryce Covert from Think Progress back on the show to discuss the horrific consequences of the sequester, and the negative effects poverty has on the human brain.

We'll also discuss the new reports on drone warfare by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that found that the United States violated international law and most likely committed war crimes.

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Coming up on today's show we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss the attack on pensions and how the budget deal is a bad deal for the poor and middle class.

We also have the Reverend Billy Talen back on the show to discuss his recent arrest protesting JP Morgan Chase and the ongoing NYPD attempts to stifle protest and dissent.

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Coming up on today's show we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss how a federal judge has found the NSA bulk surveillance is likely unconstitutional, as well as an update on license plate readers in Massachusetts.

We also have investigative journalist Greg Palast back on the show to discuss his new DVD, Vultures and Vote Rustlers.

We'll also discuss the US latest drone strike in Yemen which killed a convoy going to a wedding.

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Coming up on today's show we have Lee Fang from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss the right wing funding of the supposed centrist group, Third Way.

We also have Kate Sheppard back on the show to discuss a new report that finds we are not prepared for abrupt climate change.

We'll also discuss the latest NSA updates including 5 billion cell records collected per day, using Google cookies, spying on video gamers, and secretly activating computer cameras.

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Coming up on today's show we have Jessica Luther here to discuss what the Jameis Winston case shows us about the overlapping of football culture and rape culture.

We also have Anna Simonton here to discuss how Wall Street executives are spending big money to buy local school board elections.

We'll also discuss how the Reverend Billy has had his riot and menacing charges reduced to misdemeanors and how the military has decided they will keep secret the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.

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Coming up on today's show we have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss the need for poverty activists to go on offense.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss the ridiculous Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case against birth control.

We'll also discuss what a judge ruling the undemocratic Detroit bankruptcy can proceed means for worker's pensions as well as another pension theft bill being passed in Illinois.

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Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes, Sticher and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You can watch live video on our YouTube channel.  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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Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss the shady firm hired to clean up North Dakota's massive oil spill and President Obama's newly approved fracked-gas pipeline's connection to KXL tarsands.

We also have Rodstarz from the hip hop group Rebel Diaz back on the show to discuss their new album, Radical Dilemma.

We'll also discuss the 116 people arrested protesting Walmart on Black Friday and Thursday's Fast Food Workers Strikes.

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, Sticher and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You can watch live video on our YouTube channel.  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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