The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 221 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have the President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, here to discuss Rahm Emanuel’s war on public education in Chicago.

We also have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how a union in Oregon using collective bargaining talks to go after the big banks that wrecked the economy.

We’ll also discuss 19 people getting shot at a Mother’s Day Parade in New Orleans, the DOJ secretly getting journalist’s phone records at the AP, how we’ve passed the dangerous carbon milestone of 400 ppm and what that means for our species.

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Episode 217 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Micah Uetricht here discuss Strike For 15, the Fast Food Worker’s Strike in Chicago, Illinois.

We also have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss how the austerity “spread sheet” fiasco, should put an end to the debate on using the Chained CPI for Social Security.

We’ll also discuss the latest developments in the Boston Marathon attack, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg saying we need to re-interpret the Constitution, and the denying of a lawyer to the second bombing suspect.

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Episode 208 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog back on the show to give us the latest on the sequester and Grand Bargain madness.

We also have comedian and satirist Rick Overton on the show to discuss the intersection of comedy, politics and activism.

We’ll also discuss the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for Prop 8 and DOMA, and discuss the massive protest in Chicago to protest Rahm Emanuel’s racist school closings.

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Episode 203 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Natasha Lennard from Salon here to discuss how the debate on drones is getting muddled.

We also have Allison Kilkenny from the Nation Magazine and Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss how President Obama’s early career should have given us plenty of clues about his economic outlook, as well as the great work of the Occupy Wall Street off-shoot, Strike Debt.

We’ll also discuss the fact that since Attorney General Eric Holder has claimed that Wall Street is too big to prosecute, we should consider pushing for his resignation, firing or impeachment.

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Episode 192 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Tracy Weitz from Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health here to discuss their new study finding that abortions are just as safe when performed by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified mid-wives as when performed by physicians.

We also have Tyler Zimmer from the Occupied Chicago Tribune here to discuss the real effects of austerity when it comes to CTA fare hikes and service cuts.

We’ll also discuss how the economy is now heading into a double dip recession due to the lack of government spending.

Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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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.

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-Matt

Episode 108 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 Cameron Esposito here to discuss the the challenges women comedians face and the broader challenges of 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, President Obama going back on on an anti LGBT discrimination order, the fact that only 30,000 homeowners have been helped under TARP, and President 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

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

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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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-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

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

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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.

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