The Matthew Filipowicz Show (The Matthew Filipowicz Show)

Episode 138 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have artists Anne Elizabeth Moore and Nicole Boyett from Ladydrawers here to discuss the shocking amount of sexism and gender discrimination in the comics industry.

We also have journalist Steve Horn here to discuss his Truth Out series on the other ALECs that are corrupting our democracy.

We'll also discuss the latest updates in the BPPA's racist, sexist and homophobic newsletter scandal.

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Episode 137 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have author and pundit Cliff Schecter back on the show to discuss the Aurora, Colorado tragedy and how the majority of NRA members disagree with NRA leadership over common sense gun control laws.

We also have Mother Jones environmental reporter Kate Sheppard back on the show to discuss how Barack Obama's refusal to implement the EPA's smog rules is costing thousands of lives a year and what beaches you should avoid this summer.

We'll also discuss the death of astronaut Sally Ride and how her partner of 27 years will not receive federal benefits due to DOMA.

Please take a minute to sign our petition for Common Sense Gun Laws.

Our writer-performer today was Tim Grimes.

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Episode 136 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss the Declaration of Internet Freedom and how Verizon filed a court briefing claiming they have the right to edit the internet.

We also have radio host Shannyn Moore back on the show to give us an update on the potential environmental disaster in Bristol Bay, Alaska and how Ken Salazar saying he believes there won't be an oil spill is not good enough.

We'll also discuss George Zimmerman claiming it was "God's plan" that he kill Trevon Martin, Chick-Fill-A officially coming out as homophobic, how the six WalMart heirs are worth more than the bottom 42% of Americans combined, and a new poll that found 1 out of 4 Wall Street executives say wrongdoing is necessary.

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Episode 135 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein here to discuss her candidacy and her choice of anti-poverty advocate Cheri Honkala as her running mate.

We also have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss how the Government has gotten millions of cell phone records without a warrant and why we need to demand broad technology privacy rights.

We'll also discuss the latest updates in the racist, sexist and homophobic BPPA newsletter scandal, including how the majority of a scholarship fund ended up not going to the students who needed it.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 134 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Robin Jacks from Occupy Boston back on the show to discuss the campaign against the racist, sexist, homophobic BPPA newsletter.

We also have Republic Report investigative journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss how lobbyist and corporate money continue to destroy our democracy as well as our schools.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney most likely committing a felony when he lied about his time at Bain Capital as well as how the madness of austerity has the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania cutting police and firefighters salaries to minimum wage.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Robin Marty from RH Reality Check here to discuss how an Idaho abortion case could have national repercussions for women's health.

We also have Rob Boston from Americans United For The Separation Of Church And State back on the show to explain why the United States is not and has never been a Christian nation.

We'll also discuss Texas Governor Rick Perry rejecting the Medicaid expansion to the Affordable Care Act and comparing Medicaid to the Titanic.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and satirist Lee Camp back on the show to discuss his new comedy album, Pepper Spray Your Tears Away.

We also have independent Miami journalist Carlos Miller here to discuss his multiple arrests for filming the police and why photography is not a crime.

We'll also discuss a Florida prison guard denying emergency contraception to a rape victim, the NYPD making wanted-style posters for protesters who they call "Professional Agitators" and the Obama Administration spending $12 billion dollars to classify materials.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick back on the show to give us her take on the Supreme Court's health care, SB1070 and campaign finance rulings.

We also have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine here to give us his take on the courts and to give us an update on the GOP's war on voting.

We'll also discuss how GOP Governors refusing to expand Medicaid will lead to millions of uninsured and how Mitt Romney and Bain Capitol made millions disposing of aborted fetuses.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Allison Kilkenny from the Nation Magazine and Citizen Radio back on the show to give us updates on the D17 and NATO 3 trials as well as police violence towards protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel.

We also have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss Wall Street's bid rigging scandal and Washington's coddling of Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan Chase.

We'll also discuss the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act and more.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Karen Higgens from National Nurses United here to talk about the coalition working to bring the Robin Hood Tax to the United States.

We also have the Nation Magazine's Greg Kaufmann back on the show to discuss the Houston janitor that confronted Jamie Dimon, Senate Democrats pre-capitulation on food stamps, and Nuns on the Bus's campaign against the Paul Ryan budget.

We'll also discuss the Supreme Courts rulings on SB1070, Montana's ban on corporate spending in elections and unions.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Andy Kroll from Mother Jones Magazine here to discuss the over four decade long fight over dark money in politics.

We also have comedian Katie Halper back on the show to discuss the war on women in Michigan and give us an update from the Take Back The American Dream Conference in Washington, DC.

We'll also discuss how after how I don't really have the energy to debunk Fast and Furious after Eric Holder's Justice Department denies a FOIA request on assassinations, President Obama opening up more of the Gulf Coast to drilling, and how Obama and the Democrats past embrace of austerity damages a key argument against Mitt Romney.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Salon labor journalist Josh Eidelson back on the show to discuss how unions can bounce back after Scott Walker's victory in Wisconsin and President Obama's horrible anti-worker trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

We also have Amanda Marcotte from Pandagon back on the show to discuss how anti-choice Republicans in Michigan banned two congresswomen for saying the word vagina and a hysterical new Tumbler blog, Check Mate, Pro Choicers!

We'll also discuss the use of the People's Mic at my wedding, jumping off of waterfalls in the Dominican Republic on my honeymoon, and how cargo pants apparently block the blue, naked scanners at airports.

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

As many of you know, I just got married and am currently on my honeymoon!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the former national campaign manager for Health Care For America Now and current Rockefeller and Roosevelt Institute fellow, Richard Kirsch, here to talk about his new book Fighting For Our Health.

Our writer/performers today is Frank Chow 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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Episode 125 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

As many of you know, I just got married and am currently on my honeymoon!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

On today's show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss why the Supreme Court matters.

We also have journalist, author and activist Antonia Juhasz on the show to talk about the hidden health crisis of the BP oil spill.

Our writer/performers today is 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 124 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

As many of you know, I just got married and am currently on my honeymoon!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

On today's show we 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.

Our writer/performers 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 123 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

As many of you know, I just got married and am currently on my honeymoon!  As such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show.

Coming up on today’s show, we have historian and author of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein, back on the show to discuss his new column for Rolling Stone about how Governor George Romney's loss to Richard Nixon deeply affected his son Mitt Romney's political outlook.

We'll also be talking to Veronica Arreola from Viva La Feminista, about her recent travels to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala with a delegation from the Nobel Women's Institute.

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 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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Episode 112 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Salon's Alex Pareene here to talk about his new e-book on Mitt Romney, The Rude Guide To Mitt.

We also have comedian, writer and director Andy Cobb here to talk about apathy towards the 2012 elections and how he's jealous of the Nation's Ari Berman.

We'll also discuss Occupy's May Day plans, the Governor of Mississippi claiming that Democrats one mission in life is to abort children, Connecticut abolishing the death penalty, the Supreme Court taking up Arizona's racist SB1070 law, and how we shackle students in America with crippling debt.

We also have a television executive here to defend how the Sunday news talk shows feature overwhelmingly white, male, Republican guests.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have the author of The Looting Of America, Les Leopold, back on the show to discuss his latest article for Alternet, What If The Greedy Rich Paid Their Share? and why we need the Occupy movement now more than ever.

We also have journalist, author and activist Antonia Juhasz on the show to talk about the hidden health crisis of the BP oil spill.

We'll also discuss how the GOP in Missouri is working to pass a don't say gay in public schools bill, and how one supporter compared gay marriage to goat marriage.

We also have Ted Nugent tribute artist Ted Nougat here to discuss Ted's trouble with the secret service.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss how the new proposed bill, CISPA, is a danger to privacy and to the internet as we know it.

We also have independent journalist Rania Khalek here to discuss the discriminatory application of Stand Your Ground laws across the country.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's Cookiegate controversy, shrimp and fish being born mutated without eyes in the Gulf due to the BP oil spill, how Too Big To Fail banks are actually bigger than before the bailouts, and how the Mortgage Fraud Task Force does not have yet have a staff, an office, or a phone.

We also have the inventor of the Tupac Shakur hologram.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have a patient and activist from the Mental Health Movement, Margaret Sullivan here to talk about occupying a clinic in Chicago to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's cuts to mental health services.

We also have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss why the Supreme Court matters.

We'll also discuss the Occupy Sleepful protests in New York and Boston, a Boston police officer choking an Occupier at a homophobic Tea Party rally and the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka saying President Obama is making it hard for unions to energize members with his labor policies.

We also have an ad on how pregnancy now begins before conception in Jan Brewer's Arizona.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Episode 108 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian Cameron Esposito here to discuss the the challenges women comedians face and challenges all women face with the GOP's war on women.

We also have Chicago based hip hop artist D-Nick the Microphone Misfit back on the show to talk about his new album, Escape From Babylon.

We'll also discuss Trevon Martin's killer George Zimmerman being arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder, his attorney's horrible talking points, the UC Davis pepper spray report, Obama going back on on an Anti LGBT Discrimination order, the fact that only 30,000 homeowners have been helped under TARP, and Obama's horrible JOBS act.

We also have Rahm Emanuel's spokesperson here to defend his attacking of Chicago teachers.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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-Matt

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Episode 107 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have investigative journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss the lobbyists behind pink slime in ground beef and the dangers of the revolving door of lobbyists and congressmen in DC.

We also have New York Times best selling author Chris Mooney here to talk about his new book, The Republican Brain: The Science Of Why They Deny Science And Reality.

We'll also discuss the Secret Service eviction of Occupy Boston's Camp Charlie and Pastor Rick Warren saying Mormons aren't Christians and that helping the poor isn't a big deal.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 106 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Today's show is our One Year Anniversary!!!

To celebrate, we have Allison Kilkenny from the Nation Magazine and Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss the arrest of 80 Occupiers in San Francisco and the 99% Spring.

We also have Nixonland author and historian Rick Perlstein here to talk about what progressive activists are doing right and what we still need to work on.

We'll also discuss Occupy Boston setting up an Camp Charlie on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest cuts to public transit and campus police pepper spraying student protesters in Santa Monica, California.

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Episode 105 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the Chicago hip hop group BBU here to talk about their new mix tape, Bell Hooks.

We also have Tim Murphy from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss the "most interesting" candidate for governor in the world, and how the GOP has found a way to combine their war on women with their war on immigrants.

We'll also discuss the Supreme Court allowing the police to strip search any one for any crime, how water guns are banned from RNC protests but real guns are allowed, and how local police are spying on you through your cell phone without a warrant.

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Episode 104 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Slate Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick here to give us her first hand account from inside the Supreme Court health care case.

We also have Kate Sheppard from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss how a new Pennsylvania law on hydro-fracking may impair doctors from properly treating their patients.

Plus we have Brendan Fisher from the Center For Media And Democracy's PR Watch back on the show to discuss how the conservative legislative group ALEC has pushed Stand Your Ground laws, like the one in the Trevon Martin case, all over the country.

We'll also discuss why Mitt Romney finds firing people humorous, the Budget For All by Congressional Progressive Caucus, the police surveillance video of Trevon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, and the NRA's Conceal and Carry hoodie.

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Episode 103 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Amanda Marcotte from Pandagon back on the show to talk about how the GOP has entered a new phase in the War on Contraception.

We also have Robin Jacks from Occupy Boston back on the show to discuss police violence towards women and Occupy's plans for the spring.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney having an elevator for his cars and hiring a lobbyist for his beach house, a GOP NLRB member leaking information to a Romney adviser, updates in the Trevon Martin case, and the NYPD spying on liberal groups.

Plus, we have Rick Santorum's campaign manager here to talk about his candidate's relationship with the LGBT community.

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Episode 102 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the Reverend Billy Talen here to talk about Occupy Wall Street and his ministry, the Church of Stop Shopping.

We also have Josh Eidelson back on the show to discuss the government's war on the Post Office.

We'll also discuss the both the War on Women and War on Science in Tennessee and Barack Obama fast-tracking the southern portion of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline.

Plus, we have an exclusive interview with U2's Bono responding to a right wing reporter's ambush of a Bono impersonator.

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Episode 101 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and co-host of Citizen Radio Jamie Kilstein back on the show to discuss how progressives can best make their voices heard in the 2012 election.

We also have photo and video journalist Zach Roberts back on the show to discuss his being beaten by the NYPD at Occupy Wall Street's M17 event.

We'll also discuss the horrible Trayvon Martin case and Michael Bloomberg's disgusting response to police brutality.

Plus, we have exclusive audio of a new NYPD recruiting ad.

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Episode 100 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks back on the show to talk the 2012 election and why it's so important to get money out of politics.

We'll also be talking once again to Angelo Carusone from Media Matters about his new campaign against Rush Limbaugh, Stop Rush.

We'll also discuss the SWAT raid of the homes Occupy Miami protesters and the War on Women in Arizona.

Plus, we'll be talking to Newt Gingrich's senior campaign adviser and Rush Limbaugh's advertising executive.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok and Chris Sowa.

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Episode 99 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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.

Plus, we'll also be talking to the former mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson about his running for President under the Justice Party ticket.

We'll also discuss updates on the War on Voting in Texas and Wisconsin, Scott Walker forming a legal defense fund, and an US soldier massacring 16 civilians in Afghanistan.

Plus, we also have an assistant district attorney here to defend Obama's assassination program

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 98 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Alternet's Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how the grocery company Fresh Direct is taking taxpayer dollars and exploiting its workers, and we'll discuss Bruce Springsteen's new angry populist album, Wrecking Ball.

We'll also be talking the the Nation Magazine and the Roosevelt Institute's Bryce Covert on how equality for women in the workplace still has a long way to go.

We also have the winner of the Nation Magazine's holiday fund-raising bazaar, River Smith here to talk about his book, A Conspiracy To Love.

We'll also discuss how Ohio Republicans gerrymandered of Dennis Kucinich's Congressional seat away from him.

Plus, we have news of a Republican MC endorsing Mitt Romney.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 97 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have professional wrestler and New York Times Bestselling Author Mick Foley here to talk about his Wrestlemania fundraiser for the anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN.

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.

Plus, we have Rahm Emanuel responding to the G8 moving from Chicago to Camp David, and the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson here to discuss Rush Limbaugh's latest attack on women.

We'll also talk about Eric Holder's speech about when the U.S. Government can assassinate you.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and Kate Ward.

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Episode 96 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist and author of Vulture's Picnic Greg Palast here to talk about how Mitt Romney's top funders made billions on the auto bailout.

We'll also be talking to Katie Klabusich on how the GOP's war on women personally affected her.

We also have a Republican brand and marketing guru here to discus how GOP candidates are cashing in on their fame.

We'll also discuss Andrew Breitbart's death, how the passing of HR 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings And Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, makes some protesting a felony with a penalty of 10 years in prison, and how the Department of Homeland Security is tracking the Occupy Movement.

Our writer/performer today is Chris Sowa.

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Episode 95 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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'll also be talking once again with Joe Macare from the Occupied Chicago Tribune and Truthout about the re-occupation of Republic Windows and Doors, parents and teachers occupying the Piccollo school in Chicago, and Rahm Emanuel's war on teachers.

We also have the head of the Regular Gentleman’s Alliance here to explain that Mitt Romney is just a regular Joe, and Rick Santorum saying the separation of church and state makes him want to vomit.

We'll also discuss the latest disturbing developments in the NYPD Muslim spying program.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 94 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the editor of Think Progress Green, Brad Johnson, here to tell us about how an anti-science right wing group known as the Heartland Institute is developing a climate change denying grade school curriculum.

We'll also be talking to Veronica Arreola from Viva La Feminista, about traveling to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala with a delegation from the Nobel Women's Institute.

We also have Rick Santorum's religious outreach spokesperson here to respond to Santorum's claims that Protestants are no longer Christians.

We'll also discuss the crowd booing birth control at GOP Primary Debate in Arizona, Newt Gingrich saying Barack Obama supports infanticide, and Tucker Carlson's horrific comments about annihilating Iran.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and Josh Bolotsky.

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Episode 93 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Boston Phoenix journalist Chris Faraone here to talk about his new book, 99 Nights With The 99%.

We also have the head of the Cautious Catholic Caucus here to explain why he thinks Obama isn't a true Christian.

We also have listener calls on the topic of birth control.

Plus we'll discuss the Progressive Principles Conference at Yale, our visit to the abandoned Christian theme park, Holy Land USA, Rick Santorum's stance on science, Virginia's horrific state sponsored rape bill, and an Indiana Congressman's crusade against the Girl Scouts.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok, Tim Grimes and Amy Gard.

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-Matt

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Episode 92 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have author and journalist Jeff Biggers back on the show to talk about how Arizona's ridiculous ban on Mexican American studies led to the state taking William Shakespeare's the Tempest out of the classroom.

We'll also be talking to the campaign director of Forecast the Facts, Daniel Souweine about how local TV weather meteorologists are spreading anti-climate change propaganda.

We also have a new ad for the Cash For Prisons program that may be coming to a state near you.

We'll also discuss my giving a keynote at Yale's Progressive Principles Conference this weekend, the delivery of 800,000 petitions against the Keystone XL Tarsands Pipeline, Darryl Issa preventing women from testifying about birth control, and Barack Obama and the Democrats screwing unions in the FAA bill.

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Episode 91 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Think Progress reporter Adam Peck here to discuss Rick Santorum's Islamaphobic financial backer, Foster Freiss.

We'll also be talking to the director of the documentary Hot Coffee, Susan Saladoff, about the right wing's efforts to keep you from having your day in court.

We also have the debut of a new song about Rick Santorum entitled, Sweater Vest Man.

We'll also discuss Rick Santorum's views on women in the military, and the insane, pro-rape rant by Fox News contributor, Liz Trotta .

Our writer/performer today is Frank Chow.

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Episode 90 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss his cover story on how the GOP is currently re-segregating the South.

We'll also be talking once again to Sam Jewler from Occupy DC about his account of the violent pre-dawn police raid at McPherson Square that left one Occupier in the hospital with a cracked skull.

We also have a response to Pete Hoekstra's horribly racist China ad, and we'll discuss a surprising new report that finds that a majority of American women would support a law forcing them to take their husbands name if they got married.

Our writer/performers today are Kate Ward, Amy Gard and Frank Chow.

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Episode 89 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the former national campaign manager for Health Care For America Now and current Rockefeller and Roosevelt Institute fellow, Richard Kirsch, here to talk about his new book Fighting For Our Health.

Plus, we'll be talking to a Republican DJ, DJ One Percent, about the musical tastes of the GOP primary candidates.

We'll also discuss the controversy surrounding Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad for Chrysler.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 88 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have David Dayen from Firedoglake here to explain why we shouldn't be too excited about Eric Schneiderman's co-chairing of a financial fraud task force, and how the proposed mortgage robo-signing settlement is a giant giveaway to the big banks.

We also have Josh Eidelson here to discuss Governor Mitch Daniels and the perils of Indiana's new right to work law.

We'll also be talking to Sara Robinson, the editor of the new site Alternet Visions, about looking at the big picture and future of the progressive movement.

Plus we have the announcement of a GOP endorsement from a new political action group, the Cheaters Party.

We'll also discuss the plans to Occupy the Superbowl this weekend in Indiana, and Mitt Romney's GOP dog whistle moment towards the poor.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 87 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Mother Jones journalist Gavin Aronsen here to give us his first hand account being arrested this weekend at Occupy Oakland.

We also have John Ford here to give us an update from Occupy Boston.

Plus we have an exclusive new ad where Mitt Romney claims to be from the “real streets” of America.

We'll also discuss the fact the U.S. has dropped to 47th place for freedom of the press, Mitt Romney's ridiculous wealth, and the shady finances and executive bonuses at the company maintains Dewey Square, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

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Episode 86 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we 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.

We also have Mary Bottari from the Center for Media and Democracy back on the show to give us an update on the Scott Walker recall and the campaign to break up Bank Of America.

We'll also discuss the State of the Union speech, the recording of this month's Bad-Ass Members Only Bonus Episode, after the Drinking Liberally Chicago SOTU Watch party and the creation of a new Justice Department mortgage crisis task force.

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Episode 85, The Best Of Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Matt is on the road today, so we will be running "The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show" with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick back on the show to talk about Newt Gingrich’s radical stances on the courts, including ignoring the Supreme Court and his threat to arrest judges that he disagrees with, as well as her take on the NDAA.

We also have comedian Lee Camp back on the show to talk about Occupy Wall Street briefly reclaiming Zuccotti Park on New Year’s Eve as well as Barack Obama signing the NDAA..

Our writer/performers today are Kate Ward and Josh Bolotsky.

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Episode 84 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have historian and author of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein, back on the show to discuss his new column for Rolling Stone about how Governor George Romney's loss to Richard Nixon deeply affected his son Mitt Romney's political outlook.

We also have the host of Ring of Fire Radio, Mike Papantonio, back on the show to talk about Barack Obama may have a hard time exploiting Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital due to his coddling of Wall Street and the 1%.

Plus, we'll be talking about how you can build your own Republibot.

We'll also discuss the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline by Barack Obama, Senate Democrats supporting SOPA and PIPA, the fall of Chris Dodd, Rick Perry dropping out, and Newt Gingrich asking his second wife for an open marriage.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 83 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have professor and author Nan Levinson here to discuss her In These Times article on America's secret data mining network.

We also have documentary filmmaker Sam Mayfield here to talk about the Kickstarter campaign for her upcoming documentary, Wisconsin Rising.

Plus we have Rick Perry's spokesperson here to respond to Perry defending US soldiers urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.

We'll also discuss the tide turning against SOPA, the turning in of petitions for the Scott Walker recall, and Newt Gingrich's nasty, racist exchange last night with Juan Williams at the GOP Primary Debate in South Carolina.

Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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Episode 82 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to talk about the campaign to get the FCC to shine a light on political attack ads, and the push to stop SOPA.

We also have the winner of the Netroots Nation holiday fund-raising bazaar Robert Victorson here to discuss 10 small things that can be done to reduce big time joblessness.

Plus we have a message from Rick Santorum to all the women out there, and we have Mitt Romney responding to the right wing attacks on his time at Bain Capital.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's claim that anyone who wants to discuss income inequality is envious of the 1%.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Episode 81 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have writer and activist Matt Stoller here to discuss his article, How Ron Paul Challenges Liberals, and the response to it.

We also have Shannon Thompson from Occupy New Hampshire here to give us a rundown on Occupy The Primary.

Plus we have a statistics professor here to mathematically predict the 2012 election.

We'll also give you a rundown of our weekend at Occupy The Primary, Kate getting to ask Rick Santorum a question, and how Occupy protesters outnumbered GOP supporters at the primary debate.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 80 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 here to talk about the frightening Occupy Boston secret Twitter subpoena case, and the disturbing details of what happened in court.

We also have comedian Katie Halper back on the show to give us her take on the Iowa Caucus results as well as the ongoing GOP primary.

We'll also be talking once again with Joshua Eaton on what's going on with Occupy Boston, as well as this weekend's Occupy events surrounding the New Hampshire primary.

Plus we have Ron Paul's granddaughter here to discuss some of the inflammatory items that were printed in Ron Paul's newsletters.

We'll also discuss how Rick Santorum may be giving Ron Paul a run for the Republican racist vote.

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Episode 79 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian Lee Camp back on the show to talk about Occupy Wall Street briefly reclaiming Zuccotti Park on New Year's Eve as well as Barack Obama signing the NDAA.

We also have journalist Joe Macare here to discuss his piece at Truthout on how 2011 was the year dissent came back.

Plus we have Ron Paul's granddaughter here to discuss some of the inflammatory items that were printed in Ron Paul's newsletters.

We'll also discuss House Majority Leader Eric Cantor denying that Ronald Reagan raised taxes, as well as the Ron Paul VS. the left debate.

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Episode 78, The Best Of Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

The show is off this week for the holidays, so today we will be running "The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show" with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's show, we have Rania Khalek from Alternet here to discuss the militarized police response against the Occupy movement, as well as some of the crazy and horrible weapons police have at their disposal.

We'll also be talking to investigative journalist Lee Fang about his experience filming the Walk Of Shame at Occupy UC Davis.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok, Tim Grimes, Lauren Maul and Josh Bolotsky.

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

The show is off this week for the holidays, so today we will be running "The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show" with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking to the author of The Looting of America, Les Leopold about Wall Street's “Secret Government.”

We'll also be talking to Occupy Boston's Robin Jacks about the the police raid at Dewey Square and Occupy Boston's plans for phase 2.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok and Frank Chow.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick back on the show to talk about Newt Gingrich's radical stances on the courts, including ignoring the Supreme Court and his threat to arrest judges that he disagrees with, as well as her take on the NDAA.

We also have Brad Friedman from the Brad Blog here to discuss the possible threat by Anonymous to hack the Iowa caucus and how truly vulnerable electronic voting systems are.

Plus we'll be discussing how SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act destroys the internet as we know it.

We'll also discuss Ron Paul walking out of a CNN interview after being asked about his racist newsletters, and the hysterical Bloomberg article about how the 1% feels picked on.

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

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Coming up on today’s show, we have photographer Zach Roberts here to talk about his arrest at Occupy Wall Street's D17 action.

We also have Ari Berman from the Nation and Rolling Stone back on the show to give us an update the GOP's War on Voting.

We'll also be talking once again to Kate Sheppard from Mother Jones Magazine on the latest Keystone XL pipeline developments and what went down at the Durban Climate Talks in South Africa.

Plus we have an exclusive new ad from the Newt Gingrich campaign about Newt's stance that he will ignore the Supreme Court and arrest judges that he disagrees with.

We'll also discuss Occupy Boston's "Pro-Corporate" march, the formation of Occupy Allston-Brighton, and PolitiFact's shameful naming of Republicans voting to end Medicare as its "Lie of the Year."

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Episode 74 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Townsend from the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America here to discuss if the Occupy movement can learn anything from when the UE took over Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago.

We also have journalist Yasha Levine from the Exiled here to talk about his arrest and horrible treatment by the police at Occupy L.A..

Plus we have an exclusive new ad from Lowe's explaining why they pulled their ads from the tv show All American Muslim and we'll be talking once again to Donald Trump's spokesperson on why Trump pulled out of moderating the NewsMax GOP debate.

We'll also discuss congress passing the National Defense Authorization Act, President Obama backing off his veto threat, and Obama's abysmal record on civil liberties.

Our writer/performers today are Frank Chow and Bob Rok.

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Episode 73 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, I’ll be giving you my first hand account of this weekend's police raid at Occupy Boston.

We'll also have interviews about the raid and the beginning of Phase Two of Occupy Boston from Occupy Boston's Rachel Plattus and Robin Jacks.

Plus we have an exclusive message to Occupy Boston from Boston Mayor Tom Menino.

We'll also be talking about the ridiculous and horrible treatment of the media and the press at the Occupy Boston raid, and the new charges of resisting arrest to Occupiers.

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Episode 72 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking once again to author Jeff Biggers about the report that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to investigate countless sexual assaults including many towards children, as well of the state of coal in Illinois.

We also have Deborah Nelson from Mother Jones here to talk about the abuse of elephants by the Ringling Brothers circus, and the lack of will to stop it.

Plus we have jazz enthusiast Marilyn Summers back on the show to give us a rundown on issues for the elderly in the news.

We'll also be talking about the court ruling against Occupy Boston and the probable raid tonight at Dewey Square.

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Episode 71 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking to the author of The Looting of America, Les Leopold about Wall Street's “Secret Government.”

We also have Tim Murphy from Mother Jones back on the show to talk about thirteen reasons why Newt Gingrich will not win the Republican nomination.

Plus we have a spokesperson for Donald Trump here to talk about the Newsmax debate that Trump is moderating.

We'll also be discussing the riot that occurred after Oklahoma State won a football game, why you shouldn't give to the Salvation Army, Occupy Boston not being allowed to bring their camp up to code, the status of the Wisconsin recall, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker charging people to protest.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 70 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking Robin Jacks of Occupy Boston, about today’s possible eviction court case and common mistakes the media makes when covering the Occupy movement.

We also have Rania Kahlek from Alternet here to discuss the militarized police response against the Occupy movement, as well as some of the crazy and horrible weapons police have at their disposal.

Plus we have spokesperson for Herman Cain here to respond to the charges of a 13 year affair, and we’ll be talking about the 2012 election with the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson.

We'll also be discussing Mayor Mike Bloomberg's claim that the NYPD is his own private army and the NYPD's preventing protesters from leaving "free speech zones".

Our writer/performers today are 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. -Matt

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Episode 69 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking to protester and documentary filmmaker Ira McKinley live from the camp at Occupy Albany.

We also have education reformer Steve Edwards here to talk about the dangers of high stakes standardized testing.

Plus we have a representative from the University of California school system here to defend police violence and the pepper spraying college students.

We'll also be discussing our upcoming members-only bonus episode, Occupy Albany, and a recent string of outrageous Wall Street stories.

Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show: Episode 68 Occupy Addition

Episode 68 of The Best Of Matthew Filipowicz Show: Occupy Addition is now available to stream and download.

Hey everyone.  As you know today is Thanksgiving so today we will be running "The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show".

However, today's "best of" has a theme, and it's the thing that I am politically the most thankful for.  That, of course, is the Occupy movement.

So today we'll be running some of the best Occupy coverage, sketches, and interviews of the last couple of months, including my account of the police raid at Occupy Boston.

We'll be running our interviews with:

Plus we some of out best Occupy sketches from Tim Grimes, Kate Ward 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 67 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have investigative journalist Lee Fang back on the show to give us an update from Occupy UC Davis.

We also have Josh Stearns from Free Press here to talk about the epidemic of journalists being arrested at Occupy protests.

We also Sarah Baker from the New Organizing Institute’s Candidate Project here to talk about getting more liberals and progressives to run for public office.

Plus we have Newt Gingirch claiming child labor laws are stupid, and an exclusive interview with animated superstar, Richie Rich.

We'll also be discussing the horrific police pepper spraying at UC Davis, the "Walk of Shame" by Chancellor Linda Katehi, and the dangers of police brutality and pepper spray.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we Joan McCarter from Daily Kos back on the show to give us an update on the Super Congress.

We also Joshua Eaton from Occupy Boston back on the show to give us an update on Occupy Harvard.

We also have an exclusive interview with a spokesperson for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg about the police raid on Occupy Wall Street.

Plus we have an RNC spokesperson here to talk about the GOP’s plans to re-institute torture.

We'll also be discussing today's international day of action in support of the Occupy Movement.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and Lauren Maul.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist, filmmaker and photographer Zach Roberts here to give us an update on last night’s police raid at Occupy Wall Street.

We also have M1 from the hip hop group Dead Prez here to talk about the occupation of Palestine and Jay Z’s attempts at profiting off the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

We also have New York Times best selling author and investigative journalist Greg Palast back on the show to talk about his brand new book, Vulture’s Picnic.

Plus we a Penn State Student here to respond to the riots that occurred after Joe Paterno was fired.

We'll also be discussing NYPD police raid at Occupy New York last night and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ignoring of a court order to let protesters back into Zuccotti Park.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and 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 64 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have artist and journalist Susie Cagle back on the show to tell us about her arrest and horrible treatment by the police at Occupy Oakland.

We also 90’s comedian Connie Howe back on the show to tell us about her visit to Occupy Wall Street.

Plus we have a member of the "Birther" movement here to thank Rick Perry for reviving the issue.

We'll also be discussing the police violence at Occupy CAL at the University of Berkeley, as well as Rick Perry's embarrassing memory lapse and Heman Cain's calling Nancy Pelosi "Princess" at last night's GOP primary debate.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes and Lauren Maul.

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

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Coming up on today’s show, we have a complete wrap-up of the Tar Sands Action Protest that completely surrounded the White House this weekend in Washington DC.

We have live interviews from the protest with:

Additionally, we have an interview with Sam Jewler live from Occupy DC.

Plus, we also have an EXCLUSIVE response to the Tar Sands protest from a TransCanada spokesperson.

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. -Matt

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Episode 62 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have David Waldman from Daily Kos back on the show to give us an update on the Super Congress.

We also have Amanda Marcotte from Pandagon back on the show to give us her take on the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal and the proposed insane Mississippi personhood amendment.

Plus we have an update on Rick Santorum’s war on condoms from none other than the Incredible Hulk.

And we have the world premiere of the trailer for Rick Perry: The Movie.

We'll also be discussing updates at Occupy Oakland, the New York's Post ridiculous attack on Occupy Wall Street, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker being confronted by protesters in Chicago.

Our writer/performers today are Josh Bolotsky 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 61 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the former lead singer of the band Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty here to give his take on the Occupy Wall Street movement.

We’ll also be talking to John Ford, one of the protesters at Occupy Boston, about how the occupiers at Dewey Square are preparing for the winter.

We also have Jamie Henn from Tar Sands Action back on the show to talk about how protesters will surround the White House this Sunday, November 6th, to demand that President Obama reject the proposed Keystone tar sands XL Pipeline.

Plus we have a spokesperson for GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain here to respond to allegations that Cain sexually harassed former employees.

We'll also be discussing updates at Occupy Oakland, Occupy Nashville and Herman Cain's campaign finance scandal.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok, Tim Grimes and 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 60 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have artist and graphic journalist Susie Cagle here to give us a first hand report of the police violence at Occupy Oakland.

We also have Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks back on the show to talk about Wolf Pac, his new political action group which is attempting to pass a constitutional amendment saying that corporations are not people.

We’ll also be talking to Adrian Arroyo of Act Blue about his group’s recent milestone and about lowering the barrier of entry for running for office.

Plus we have the spokesperson for Mayor Rahm Emanuel here to give the mayor’s response to the mass arrests at Occupy Chicago.

We'll also be discussing the Marine who is in a coma due to police violence at Occupy Oakland and how the city council in Orange County has affirmed that tent cities are a protected form of free speech.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 59 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have one of the nurses from National Nurses United who was arrested at Occupy Chicago this weekend, Martese Chism, here to talk about her horrible treatment behind bars.

We also have Ari Berman back on the show to talk about his cover story for the Nation Magazine, How The Austerity Class Rules Washington.

We’ll also be talking, once again, to Alternet’s Sarah Jaffe about the five mega banks that hold our country hostage.

Plus we have the founder of an anti-Occupy Wall Street Group here to discuss how billionaires are planning to Occupy the Dollar Store.

We'll also be discussing the police raid at Occupy Oakland, Rick Perry going birther, Herman Cain's crazy smoking ad, and the Obama administration's hiring of a TransCanada oil lobbyist.

Our writer/performer today is 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. -Matt

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Episode 58 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have my good friend Allison Kilkenny from Citizen Radio, and In These Times back on the show to give us an update on the latest at Occupy Wall Street.

We’ll also be talking to Brendan Fischer from the Center For Media And Democracy’s PR Watch, about how ALEC ties have brought down the British Defense Secretary and threaten Prime Minister David Cameron.

Plus we have the world premiere of the trailer for Herman Cain: The Movie.

We'll also be discussing the rise of Herman Cain's campaign, and how his 999 plan actually raises taxes on the bottom 83%.

Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we’ll be talking to John Gallagher of Occupy Chicago about the mass arrests that happened this weekend at Grant Park.

We’ll also be talking to David Lehnert and Gregg Housh of Occupy Boston about what has happened at Dewey Square since they were raided by the police a week ago yesterday.

We also have my good friend Cliff Schecter back on the show to talk about his latest article for Al Jazeera on the right wing’s empty worshiping of idols in the United States.

Plus we have the world premiere of the trailer for Michele Bachmann: The Movie.

We'll also be discussing the amazing confrontation between a US Marine and the NYPD, and why the Occupy movement should reach out to veterans, firefighters, and police officers to join their ranks.

Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have the campaign director from Free Press, Tim Karr here to talk about how the US Senate may be close to killing net neutrality.

We also have the Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler here to talk about the continuing assault on organized labor and the union’s current campaign, America Wants To Work.

Plus we’ll be talking to the founder of a new organization, Don’t Ask For It, who wishes to shame victims of sexual assault.

We'll also be talking about New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has potentially set up a police confrontation with Occupy Wall Street tomorrow.

Find an Occupy protest near you at Occupy Together.

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Episode 55 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Cheri Honkala, a woman who is running for Sheriff of Philadelphia on an amazing no evictions platform.

We also have stand up comedian and host of the upcoming talk show, You Could Be Dead, James Fritz here to give us his take on the messed up state of politics today.

Plus we have a Wall Street investment advisor here who claims Occupy Wall Street is good for Wall Street.

I'll also be giving my first hand account of the police raid last night at Occupy Boston.

Find an Occupy protest near you at Occupy Together.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Episode 54 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the human rights reporter from Mother Jones Magazine, Mac McClelland, here to talk about an how an indicted war criminal continues to freely terrorize people in the Congo.

We also have the winner of the Netroots Nation auction, Dave Lara here to talk about his new novel about a young boy growing up gay during the Nazi holocaust, Butterfly Dream.

Plus we’ll be talking to a hedge fund manager, one of the top 1%, about why the Occupy Wall Street protests are bad for him.

We'll also be discussing the latest Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston news, including police violence, union endorsement, and national reaction.

Find an Occupy protest near you at Occupy Together.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 53 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have my friend, comedian and film maker Negin Farsad on the show to talk about her current anti-Islamophobia comedy tour and film project, The Muslims Are Coming!

We’ll also be talking to one of the media volunteers from the Occupy Boston protest, Joshua Eaton, live from the occupation in Dewey Square.

Plus we’ll be talking to a Fox News Channel Reporter about the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.  

We'll also be discussing the story that a Koch Brothers subsidiary has been using bribes to secure foreign contracts as well as illegally selling petrochemicals to Iran.

Find an Occupy protest near you at Occupy Together.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 52 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have lawyer and founder of the website Feministe, Jill Filipovic here to discuss the dangers of Michele Bachmann’s HPV ignorance as well as the New York Times report on faulty federal sexual assault and rape statistics.

We also have my good friends, Driftglass and Bluegal from Crooks and Liars and the Professional Left back on the show to discuss the lack of liberal infrastructure and Occupy Wall Street protests.

Plus a Tea Party spokesman will be here to discuss the recent string of crowd outbursts at GOP debates.

We'll also discuss the annual Living Liberally Conference and the awesomeness that is Drinking Liberally.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 51 of The Best Of Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Hey everybody.

As you may know this weekend I attended the Living Liberally Conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Unfortunately, my return flight was canceled and delayed by a day, so due to that, today we are running some of our favorite interviews and sketches that you may have missed.  This is the Best of the Matthew Filipowicz Show.

On today’s show, we have we have the national security correspondent for the Nation MagazineJeremy Scahill, back on the show to discuss his report on secret CIA camps and operations in Somalia.

We also have America’s #1 Populist Jim Hightower here to give us the inside scoop on Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Our writer/performers today are Josh Bolotsky, Bob Rok, Tim Grimes, Amy Gard and Kate Ward.

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Episode 50 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have one of the organizers of the Tar Sands Action group, Jamie Henn on the show to give us an update on the ongoing protests against the Keystone XL Pipeline.

We also have my good friend, comedian Lee Camp back on the show to give his take on the Occupy Wall Street protests, President Obama, and the execution of Troy Davis.

Plus we’ll be talking to an education specialist who’s working on preparing pre-schoolers for a life in prison.

We'll also be discussing our 50th episode, and how next week we'll be having our first Members-Only Episode! So you should become a Bad-Ass Member 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.

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Episode 49 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have one of the organizers of the Occupy Wall Street action, Justin Wedes talking to us live from the protest in New York City.

We also have Ian Millhiser from the Center for American Progress here to talk about his latest report entitled, What If The Tea Party Wins?

Plus we have a special announcement about Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s birth certificate posse from none other than Yosemite Sam.

We'll also be discussing President Obama's supposed change in tone toward Republicans.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have the news editor for Mother Jones Magazine, Nick Baumann on the show to talk about the GOP’s shocking plan to change the election rules in Pennsylvania to beat Obama, as well as his latest article on the FBI using foreign governments to interrogate American citizens overseas.

We also have the founder of the awesome website Crooks and Liars, John Amato, here to talk about the Republican history of voter suppression and how sports talk radio is an untapped market for Democratic politicians.

Plus we’ll also be debuting a brand new segment, Marilyn And Matt In The Morning.

We'll also be discuss how Ron Paul's former campaign manager died penniless without healthcare at age 49.

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Episode 47 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have writer, activist and Roosevelt Institute fellow Matt Stoller here to discuss his Salon piece about the possibility of a primary opponent for President Obama.

We’ll also be talking to our good friend, comedian and Citizen Radio co-host Jamie Killstein live from the Post Office about his brand new comedy album, Libel, Slander and Sedition.

Plus we’ll also be debuting a brand new, semi-regular segment, Rick Perry’s Deep Thoughts Corner.

We'll also discuss the ghoulish audience reaction to those without health insurance at the CNN/Tea Party Debate last night.  

Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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Episode 46 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the author of Herding Donkeys, Ari Berman from the Nation here to talk about his article in this month’s Rolling Stone Magazine, entitled The GOP War on Voting.

We also have Dahlia Lithwick from Slate here to discuss her latest piece on how the Obama administration is letting former Vice President Dick Cheney get away with torture.

We’ll also be chatting once again with the editor and chief of Think Progress, Faiz Shakir, about Fear Inc., the new report by the Center for American Progress on the Islamophobia network in America.

Plus we also have the man behind idea in Arizona to charge family members an admission fee to visit loved ones in prison.

We'll also discuss the disgusting audience reaction at the GOP Presidential debate last night when Brian Williams mentioned that Rick Perry has executed 234 people.  

Take a minute to ask Georgia to stop the execution of Troy Davis by signing the online petition and calling the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at 404-656-5651.

Our writer/performer today is Frank Chow.

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Episode 45 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to talk about her new book chronicling her time in Cambodia, Cambodian Grrrl.

We also have historian and author of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein back on the show to discuss the growing divide between President Obama and the labor movement.

Plus we’ll be talking to the founder of a new conservative group, Republicans Against Science.

We'll also discuss President Obama handling of the economy and jobs.

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Episode 44 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the contributing editor to the website Daily Kos, David Waldman back on the show to dissect the upcoming Super Congress and talk about Daily Kos Radio.

We also have Jane Fleming Kleeb from Bold Nebraska back on the show to give us an update on the Keystone XL pipeline and the protests that are continuing in Washington DC.

Plus, we’ll be talking to a meteorologist who claims to have discovered a correlation between the weather and the GOP. And we’ll once again have The Most Noam Chomsky That Will Be On The Radio This Week.

We'll also discuss the political trial of activist Lieutenant Dan Choi.

Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok and Josh Bolotsky.

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Episode 43 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have former Congressman Alan Grayson here to tell us about his No Cuts Pledge and how progressives can make an impact in Washington DC.

We also Angelo Carusone, aka Stop Beck, from Media Matters for America back on the show to give us the run down on Glenn Beck’s rally in Israel.

Plus we have the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson here to give us his opinion on the GOP primary candidates.

We'll also discuss the response to Hurricane Irene by Eric Cantor, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 42 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show, is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we journalist Terry J Allen. Terry is here to discuss her recent cover story for In These Times Magazine on how rich countries are going into impoverished ones and buying up their farmland.

We also comedian and writer W. Kamau Bell here on the show to discuss his upcoming Laughter Against The Machine comedy tour as well as his one man show, The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism In About An Hour.

Plus we have Cindy Sunday from the Best Church of God back on the show to discuss why she’s joining the Dirty Girls Ministries.

We'll also discuss the earthquake that hit the East Coast and how Eric Cantor wants to cut programs to predict them.

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Episode 41 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show, is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have from Mother Jones Magazine Tim Murphy back on the show. Tim will be here to discuss his latest article documenting Michele Bachmann’s political evolution.

We also Mike Elk from In These Times Magazine back on the show discuss his contribution to the new book, We Are Wisconsin.

Plus we have a spokeswoman from Hershey’s Candy here to respond to the company’s scandal of exploiting foreign exchange students to pack chocolate.

We'll also discuss the latest developments in the Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Episode 40 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show, is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the host of the Young Turks, our good friend Cenk Uygur back on the show to talk about his departure from MSNBC and why those who say liberals need to “grow up” should perhaps listen to their own advice.

We also have America’s #1 Populist Jim Hightower here to give us the inside scoop on Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Plus, 90’s comedian Connie Howe is back on the show to give us her solution to the endangered species problem.

We'll also discuss Hershey's Chocolate exploiting foreign workers... inside the U.S.!

Our writer/performer today is Lauren Maul.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

Episode 39 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show, is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have from Campaign for America’s Future, Richard Eskow. Richard will discuss Mitt Romney's claim that corporations are people, as well as the health care mandate being struck down by the 11th circuit court..

We’ll also be joined by Alternet’s editor and senior writer Joshua Holland, who’ll give us his take on the upcoming super congress as well as talk about his book, The 15 Biggest Lies About The Economy.

Plus we will be taking live calls on the listener hotline.

We'll also discuss BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit, shutting down cell phone service after the mere rumor of a protest over police violence.

Our writer/performers today are Tim Grimes, Kate Ward and Amy Gard.

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