The Matthew Filipowicz Show

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

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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.

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.

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

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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.

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 79 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 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 and the left debate.

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

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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.

-Matt

There was a very long inflatable pipeline at the DC protest this weekend. How long? Take a look.

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

Episode 49 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 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.

-Matt

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

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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 be discussing the ghoulish audience reaction to those without health insurance at the CNN/Tea Party Debate last night.  

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.

-Matt

Recently on my show I spoke with Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick.

We discussed her latest piece at Slate on how the Obama administration is letting former Vice President Dick Cheney get away with torture.

Take a look.

You can listen to the entire interview here.