The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 207 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss rape culture, the Steubenville trial and how the story of an abused cat shows us how we should deal with instances of abused women.

We also have independent journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss the lack of NYPD accountability when it comes to policies like stop and frisk as well as shootings, including the killing of 16 year old Kimani Gray.

We’ll also discuss how the State Department hid the fact that it’s environmental assessment report on the Keystone XL Pipeline was done by former TransCanada contractors, as well as a new scientific study that claims New York State could switch to 100% renewable energy by 2030 if it chose to.

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Episode 155 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Professor Noam Chomsky here to discuss Occupy Wall Street’s one year anniversary and how progressives and activists should approach the 2012 election.

We’ll also discuss Rahm Emanuel’s City Council Floor Leader threatening to take away Chicago Teachers’ right to strike, President Obama opening 38 million more acres of the Gulf coast for off-shore drilling, and Tar Sands Blockade activists climbing and occupying 80 foot tall trees to block the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

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Our writer/performer today was Tim Grimes.

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Episode 154 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix back on the show to discuss his arrest at the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, S17.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss the problem of harassment and sexism that women continue to face online and in-person.

We’ll also discuss what the Chicago Teachers Union won and what progressives can learn from their victory.

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Episode 141 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Larry Ellison from the Massachusetts Association Of Minority Law Enforcement Officers here to discuss how their attempts to draw attention to the BPPA newsletter were ignored and how Boston Mayor Tom Menino has a less than stellar record on race relations with the police.

We also have Alternet’s Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the $21 Trillion dollars the rich are hiding in tax shelters and why we should treat our Olympians better.

We’ll also discuss the tragic murders at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Fox News claiming those who oppose Chick-Fil-A are heterophobic, and the NYPD arresting another New York Times journalist.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 140 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 and radio host John Knefel here to discuss how the NYPD most likely broke international law in suppressing the Occupy protests.

We also have David Waldman from Daily Kos and Kagro In The Morning back on the show to discuss Mitt Romney’s plan to raise taxes on the middle class.

We’ll also discuss Green Party Presidential nominee Jill Stein getting arrested while Occupying Fannie Mae, police claiming a handcuffed man shot himself in the head, the tasing of a 12 year old girl, and Congressman Mike Kelly comparing birth control to Pearl Harbor and 9-11.

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Episode 132 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 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.

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Episode 123 of The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

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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.

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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.

Episode 113 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 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’s 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.

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