Mix-Minus with Matthew McQueeny

Matt talks Brooklyn Nets as they head to Miami after beating the Toronto Raptors in Game 7, marriage negotiations and how he watched Game 7, and his compulsion to move from the iPhone to an Android phone. Subscribe to Mix-Minus Podcast iTunes : http://bitly.com/15XtjqY  | Stitcher :  http://bit.ly/1oIjMyQ Music: Matthew McQueeny, "Waitin' on a sunny day" (Bruce Springsteen)

Matt's wife Melany McQueeny talks about her 2009 multiple sclerosis diagnosis and what it's like to live with the disease.  Melany's mom, Susan Felsen, also joins the show to give her perspective. Subscribe to Mix-Minus Podcast iTunes : http://bitly.com/15XtjqY | Stitcher : http://bit.ly/1oIjMyQ Music: Matthew McQueeny, "Waitin' on a sunny day" (Bruce Springsteen)

In recognition of National Infertility Awareness Week (4/20-4/26), Celeste joins the show to share her story.   Celeste is an elementary music teacher, musician, and runner of many marathons. She and her husband go back a long way with my wife, and have become good friends of mine as well. National Infertility Awareness Week®: http://www.resolve.org/national-infertility-awareness-week/home-page.ht...

Rebecca Davis O'Brien is a journalist at the Record (New Jersey) who was just named a finalist - along with Thomas Mashberg - in the local reporting category for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize.  Over the last year, she has authored special reports focusing on heroin in Bergen County, New Jersey.  She joins the show to talk about the heroin epidemic that has hit Northern New Jersey, from supply to demand,...

Sean Pena returns! Sean is a lawyer by day and former classmate of Matt's from Bergen Catholic High School. Matt and Sean discuss marriage, how they met their respective significant others, Sean's impending fatherhood, the Wonderlic Test, The Masters Tournament, and much much more. Subscribe to Mix-Minus Podcast iTunes : http://bitly.com/15XtjqY | Stitcher : http://bit.ly/1oIjMyQ

Matt talks about the newly released Amazon Fire TV and how it stacks up against the competition, the state of streaming television, and the history of Amazon. Notes The Verge - The playbook: why Amazon's Fire TV is a guaranteed hit: http://bit.ly/1hansEF ReadWrite.com - Review: The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind Of A Mess: http://bit.ly/1klcpeM The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon: http:...

Matthew McQueeny and Matthew O'Daniels preview Major League Baseball (MLB) and talk Final Four, the Brooklyn Nets shelf life, and the NBA scene in Charlotte.

Matt goes it alone on this one, talking March Madness' first weekend, this year's trip to baseball spring training, and the death of Westboro Baptist Church's Fred Phelps.

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times best-selling author of six books. His latest release is called, “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.” Jeff is a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, a former ESPN.com columnist and a former staff writer for Newsday and The (Nashville) Tennessean. Buy " Showtime "| More on Jeff at  JeffPearlman.com Listen/Subscribe...

Talking 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, March Madness, and Bracketology with Matthew O'Daniels.  Matt is one the most knowledgeable college basketball fans and a former student manager/assistant at Weber State, a Division 1 NCAA team.

Brad Parks is the only author to have won the Shamus, Nero and Lefty Awards, three of crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he spent a dozen years as a reporter for The Washington Post and The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger . THE PLAYER - out on March 4th - is his fifth novel in the Carter Ross series, about an investigative journalist working for a Newark, NJ newsp...

Jesse Korman is a musical artist and producer, music manager, brand aligner, graphic designer, film & TV writer / creator and mobile app designer. Jesse was also notably the singer for the heavy metal band The Number 12 Looks Like You .  Listen/Subscribe to Mix-Minus Podcast on:  iTunes  |  Stitcher  |  MatthewMcQueeny.com

Bostjan "Boki" Nachbar is a Slovenian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona.  Boki was the 15th overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, playing in the NBA from 2002-2008 for the Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets, and New Jersey Nets. He also hosts a popular Slovenian-language podcast "Podrobnosti." See more on Boki at  BokiNachbar.com  | Podcast:  Podrobnosti Podcast Listen to Mix-Minus P...

Matt and wife Melany discuss reality television, cruise experiences, Bob Costas' pink eye, and how to choose technology platforms and services. Listen to Mix-Minus Podcast on:  iTunes  |  Stitcher  |  MatthewMcQueeny.com

Mary Amoroso (mom) joins the show to talk about aging, mortality, the engineering marvel that is the human body, and why our system craves altered states. Listen to Mix-Minus Podcast on:  iTunes  |  Stitcher  |  MatthewMcQueeny.com

A road podcast from the barn in Mahwah, Matt talks to his dad, Jim McQueeny, about immigration and and the arbitrary nature of borders.

ESPN Insider and Seattle native Kevin Pelton joins Matt (for the second time) to talk NFL Super Bowl XLVIII and the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Denver Broncos, the NBA at the midpoint, NCAA Men's Basketball's top prospects, Robinson Cano coming to Seattle, and more. Kevin Pelton's ESPN Index Kevin's Podcast -The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More Listen to Mix-Minus Podcast on: iTunes  | St...

Sean Pena is a lawyer by day and former classmate of Matt's from Bergen Catholic High School.  Matt and Sean's wide-ranging conversation focuses on anxiety, America, sports, #bridgegate, poverty, "The Wire", Alex Rodriguez, Francois Hollande, and their take on the game of life. Listen to Mix-Minus Podcast on: iTunes  | Stitcher  | MatthewMcQueeny.com

Adam A. is an entrepreneur living in New York City and Hollywood who intersected closely with Matt in their time in sports. In this podcast, they talk about 2014 International CES, which Adam attended; what it's like to live the dream and reside on both coasts; and what it's like to not work in an office and carry the weight of your own company.

In the wake of the West Virginia chemical spill that left 300,000 citizens without tap water, native son Cyrus Forman joined the podcast to talk about growing up in the state and how this incident is unfortunately "not something new".

Matt skypes his dad Jim McQueeny in Turkey to talk about Chris Christie and Bridgegate, and the scene from Istanbul.  Jim's television show "New Jersey Now" is on Sundays at 12et on My9.

Matt talks with old high school best friend Matt O'Daniels, who come comes clean and faces down his demons.

Matt talks with Randy Chieco about his upbringing, family, and their shared experience of playing in bands.

Matt talks to brother Tom McQueeny, who just returned from a semester abroad in Germany. We cover living in Berlin, drinking stories, how Tom's generation consumes content, and his own attempt at a comedic news source, @dairymcqueen on twitter.

Matt continues his discussion with Chris Kerrigan about gun control vs. gun rights, the NSA, Healthcare, and season 6 of Sons of Anarchy.