The Matthew Filipowicz Show

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

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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.

-Matt

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

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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.

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 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.

-Matt

Listen to the entire interview here.

Episode 56 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 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 how 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.

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 36, the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show, is now available to stream and download.

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As you probably know, we are currently moving to Boston.  As a result, this week we will be running best-of episodes featuring some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

On today’s episode, we have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore on to talk about her latest project exploring the role of gender in comics.

We also have the co-founder of Free Press, Robert McChesney here to talk about his latest book the “Death and Life Of American Journalism“.

Plus we have comedy from Bob Rok, Tim Grimes, James Bespalec-Davis, 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 will return with all new shows on August 9th.

-Matt

Episode 26 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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On today’s show, we have even more interviews recorded live at Netroots Nation! Including the editor and chief at Think Progress, Faiz Shakir. Faiz will give us his take on the debt ceiling negotiations and the craziness that is GOP presidential primary field.

We’ll also be joined by my good friend Tim Karr. Tim is, of course, the Campaign Director at Free Press, and he’ll be here to give us the run down of the AT&T & T-mobile merger.

We’ll also be talking to the former Campaign Director at Media Matters For America and current partner at Bullfight Strategies, Karl Frisch.

We’ll discuss right-wing reaction to marriage equality being passed in New York State, including Rudy Giuliani going back on a promise to marry two of his gay friends, and Pat Robertson talking about the rape of angels.

Plus we have an exclusive interview with Rick Santorum’s campaign director and we’ll have Luke Todd from NBC news here to tell us why no matter what, everything is bad news for the Democrats and Obama.

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 show hotline 617-855-TMFS. We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

-Matt

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

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On today’s episode, we talk with the co-founder of Drinking Liberally and Living Liberally, Justin Krebs, about his book 538 Ways To Live, Work, And Play Like A Liberal.

We have my co-panelists from the National Conference For Reform here to answer the questions that we didn’t have time to answer at the NCMR. We have filmaker and Laughing Liberally founder Katie Halper, from Comedy Central and Wonkette, Sara Benincasa and from Current TV’s Infomania, Erin Gibson (joined by That’s So Gay’s Bryan Safi).

We’ll also be joined by a professor of Republican Genetics and we have our good friend, 90’s comedian Connie Howe here to talk about the Supreme Court case versus Walmart.

Our writer/performers today are Josh Bolotsky and Lauren Maul.

You can subscribe and podcast the show on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net, follow the show on Twitter and Facebook. We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

-Matt

Episode five of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream or download.

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On today’s show, we’ll be talking about the war on unions with Mike Elk from In These Times.

We’ll also be chatting with Jason Barnett about the Uptake, the citizen-fueled news organization that he founded.

Plus, we’ll be visited by a man who claims to have a “special insight” on the future of the Republican Party. And we’ll be talking with a New York Times style writer about the Times’ new paywall.

You can subscribe and podcast the show on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.

You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook. We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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

-Matt

Episode four of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream or download!

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On today’s episode we have even more interviews from the National Conferance For Media Reform.

We’ll talk to the Nation Magazine’s Sports writer, Dave Zirin, about his great new documentary called Not Just A Game.

We have the co-founder of Free Press, and the author of “The Death And Life of American Journalism”, Robert McChesney.

We also have the Nation’s Greg Mitchell here to give us a rundown on Wikileaks.

Plus we have the announcement of Rick Santorum’s 2012 exploratory committee for President.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show on iTunes and on Feedburner.  And we, of course, have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

Our writer/performer today was Josh Bolotsky.

-Matt