The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 117 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, 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.

Episode 109 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 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.

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

Hey everyone!

We’re super excited that our 7th ever Matthew Filipowicz Bad-Ass Members Only Episode is now available!  However, as “Members Only” implies, it is for Bad-Ass Members Only.  How do you become a member?  It’s quite easy!  Just head over to our members page and sign up.

Not only do you get the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting independent progressive media, not only do you get our monthly bonus episodes, but you’ll also receive other… perks (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).  Also, once we reach 100 members, we will go to three shows a week!

However, if you can’t afford to become a member, no problem!  You can make a one time donation, and if you do, you’ll get access to that month’s bonus episode!

As always, our bonus episodes give you a chance to get to know our amazing writer/performers better as we do our version of the McLaughlin Group, which we’ve dubbed the Filipowicz Forum.

This month’s forum features writer/performers Bob Rok, Tim Grimes,  Frank Chow and Kate Ward.

We talk Trevon Martin, Barack Obama’s claiming the power to assassinate American citizens, police violence and more!

So what are you waiting for?  Become a member today and start enjoying the fruits of knowing you are truly a Bad-Ass!

-Matt

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

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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.

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

Hey everybody!

We’re super excited that our 6th ever Matthew Filipowicz Bad-Ass Members Only Episode is now available!  However, as “Members Only” implies, it is for Bad-Ass Members Only.  How do you become a member?  Simple, just head over to our members page and sign up.

Not only do you get the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting independent progressive media, not only do you get our monthly bonus episodes, but you’ll also receive other… perks (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).  Also, once we reach 100 members, we will go to three shows a week!

However, if you can’t afford to become a member, no problem!  You can make a one time donation, and if you do, you’ll get access to that month’s bonus episode!

As always, our bonus episodes give you a chance to get to know our amazing writer/performers better as we do our version of the McLaughlin Group, which we’ve dubbed the Filipowicz Forum.

This month’s forum features writer/performers Bob Rok, Tim Grimes and Kate Ward giving their hysterical insight on the birth control controversy, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, President Obama, Billy Crystal in blackface at the Oscars, and more!

So what are you waiting for?  Become a member today and start enjoying the fruits of knowing you are truly a Bad-Ass!

-Matt

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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