The Late Night Lockdown Podcast: Conversations with Amiee Conn + Matthew Shirley

Recorded September 8, 2025 - “The News brought to you Tomorrow” Edition - ••• Our Co-Hosts, Amiee and Matthew, are back with Season 3 and catch up on the last several months of their hiatus from the show. ​•• Some of the current events also discussed: ​•• The Palestine Genocide - Never Again Means NEVER Again. ​•• Sudan and Congo need to be constantly talked about as well. ​•• The Anne Frank Museu...

Previously recorded on December 19, 2024 : There’s just too much to cover! This is a “Documenting Life” episode where our cohosts, Amiee and Matthew, document current worldly events in real time for educational and historical archiving purposes. Why? Because it’s important to document life especially during historical and unprecedented times. It’s how we study, learn and, hopefully, grow in the fu...

Previously recorded on December 4 & 5, 2024, There’s just too much to cover! This is a “Documenting Life” episode where our cohost Amiee documents current worldly events for educational and historical archiving purposes. Why? Because it’s important to document life especially during historical and unprecedented times. It’s how we learn and, hopefully, grow. (Because Who the f*ck knows! Maybe y...

Welcome back to The Late Night Lockdown! Uff da! It's been a rough several weeks for everyone, hasn't it? You're not alone. Originally recorded in October 2024, ( please forgive the noise of our much needed Air Conditioner running in the background that day ) - On this episode, our co-hosts, Amiee and Matthew, get back to focusing and conversing over several social issues that need to...

Originally recorded on 9/2/24: Back from a long hiatus, our co-hosts, Amiee and Matt, catch up on the social issues of the day with of course a little comedy and humor to lighten the dark wrath of the world today. Topics included: their personal experiences and opinions on gun safety and common- sense gun laws, HERstorical DNC Reviews, some examples of what the Biden/Harris administration ACTUALLY...

Our hosts, Amiee and Matthew, review the Democratic National Convention (DNC) - Day 3 Finale in real time as they watched it live on August 22, 2024. This recording is documenting their experiences and this historical election. The production value of the DNC vs the RNC is night and day with DNC actually using their budgets beautifully and creatively. The hosts cover , YET AGAIN, ALL THE IMPORTANT...

The Late Night Lockdown is back and our hosts, Amiee & Matthew, come back from their long summer hiatus with their last “finale” past recording from June 27, 2024 covering the Alito Lies and investigative journalist Lauren Windsor’s interview (June 13, 2024) on DemocracyNow! , the First Presidential Debate this year with THE “two old men” and the illogical deep Racism still very much embedded in A...

Recorded: February 10, 2024 • Our Hosts, Amiee and Matthew, come back to the table and converse about the current events of the week: Desantis and his moronic verbiage, the Iowa Causcus joke and where does the ‘Caucus’ word originally come from historically?, the continued Book and Human Rights Bans Across America, the rise of Christian-Nationalism and much, much more in this tipsy turvy world we...

Our Hosts, Amiee and Matthew, are back from holiday hiatus and celebrating the start of the new year of 2024 - ELECTION Year! Let the crazy asss circus begin. Their 15 year old dog, Bella, chimes in her opinions as well. They recap with updates since the SAG-AFTRA actors strike ended, the Israel-Hamas War and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Niki Haley’s embrassing audio clips about how the Civil...

Pre-recorded on November 15, 2023 SAG•AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild + American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) held a live stream on their YouTube Channel of the live in-person “town hall” meeting at the Los Angeles headquarters. This is Part 2 of the live recording of the Q&A discussion portion from SAG•AFTRA members and negotiators committee members where it got pretty heated at times....

(Pre-recorded) On November 15, 2023 SAG•AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild + American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) held a live stream on their YouTube Channel and live in-person “town hall” meeting at the Los Angeles headquarters. It was an amazing turn out and a pivotal night of all members coming together to hear the specifics of this new Tentative Agreement. However, since that day more...

Pre-recorded July 14, 2023 from CBS & NBC News clips for historical documentation purpose of the SAG•AFTRA Strike. History always repeats itself if we do not learn from the past. Labor rights is always an issue in Capitalism and we, as a society, need to protect and listen to our laborers. These clips explain that. We are ALL stronger TOGETHER = true Power to The People. @thelatenightlockdown • th...

Previously Recorded on July 14, 2023 - The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG•AFTRA) officially join the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike, uniting the Artists as one in this historical battle to save the Entertainment Industry and our jobs as a whole. This hasn’t happened for over 60 years now, proving, once again, that we are in the new moder...

Recorded July 13, 2023 - our hosts, Matthew and Amiee, discuss their experience in real time as the SAG•AFTRA’s official Public Press Conference is held about the contracts ending and AMPTP not meeting their realistic demands. President and VP of the actors union, Fran Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, lead the conversation and inform the public why the strike must happen. Everyone was on thei...

Recorded July 13, 2023 - the week that the Supreme Court allowed Discrimination to be legal, “The Sopranos” and “White Lotus” Actor, Michael Imperioli, shares his thoughts about the whole thing through an CBSnews article and Corporate Greedy Studio Execs publicly state that they want “Writers and Actors to lose their homes and be evicted” before they agree to humane working conditions and fair pay...

In this weeks episode of The Late Night Lockdown Podcast, our Hosts, Matthew and Amiee, openly discuss their non-so festive 4th of July celebration this year (it's just too hypocritical for calling America the "Land of the Free" when so many people's human rights are being taken away. Ya know, the Facts.) , their (ironic) Texas trip to Corpus Christi for a weekend where they expe...

Hope & Vote & Smoke Some Green! Why? Because the world is f*cking crazy. Happy 4/20 to the OGs and new! Our hosts, Amiee Conn and Matthew Shirley, begin at a live PHISH concert at the Hollywood Bowl (thank you to our friend Brad!). They come together on 4/20 to discuss the pros and cons of the green herb called Cannabis, discuss the history of marijuana, the importance of decriminalizing and the t...

Hi everyone! Welcome back to The Late Night Lockdown Podcast! In this episode we review our recent “Tapas” style European Trip and adventures back in February of this year with our travel friends, Ali and Wyatt. It was a trip of a lifetime and an absolute dream come true! We are forever beyond grateful for this trip and these are our memories and recommendations for future travelers out there who...

Matt and Amiee watch in real-time the historical President Biden’s State of the Union Speech on Feb 7, 2023, with recorded public commentary and broadcasting news from NBCnews with Lester Holt. Jerry Springer’s guests are in the Republican seats this year, Pathological Liar Santos is told off by Mitt Romney and apparently Sinema mixed up her attire for the Grammys she was never invited to in the f...

Happy 2023! For the first Official episode of Second Season and this new year, recorded on January 21, 2023 - Our Hosts, Amiee & Matthew review the amazing new film “The Whale” directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring award-winning actor Brendan Fraser. Hours after seeing it and fresh in their minds, they break down the film’s story from their own professional POV, from Art to film and storytelli...

Welcome to the Second Season of The Late Night Lockdown Podcast !  Our hosts, Amiee Conn and Matthew Shirley, recover the current events of last month in 30 min.  Topics include: the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the discussion of Female Leaderships throughout the dawn of time and human history in a Patriarchal world, the "What ifs?..." of history: would there have been an American R...

Our co-hosts, Amiee & Matthew, are back from their summer August break, and jump right into reviewing the historical “Battle for the Soul of the Nation” speech given by President Biden on September 1, 2022 directly in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A poignant and very bold speech that has now become controversial from the MAGA-Republican side due to Biden actually callin...

Our hosts, Amiee & Matthew, review the clips of Day 3 of the Jan. 6th ‘Attack on the Capitol’ Public Hearings, recorded Live on June 17, 2022. Not only to document these historical times, but to also recap for those who may not have had the chance to catch these powerful sessions while they were live. So, if you weren’t able to watch the public live sessions that day, here’s an audio recap of Day...

The Late Night Lockdown: Episode 118 Recorded on May 29, 2022 - It's Memorial Day weekend, and our Hosts, Amiee and Matthew, review their past month of social/current events and experiences. From attending the Women's March on May 14th 2022 at City Hall, Los Angeles, in support of Reproductive Rights for ALL,  the constant Gun Violence issues and mass shootings in America, the Lunar Eclipse, exper...

The REAL Problem really stems from issues with Healthcare and Childcare in America and the opening clip of this covers a great episode review of Jon Stewart’s brilliant and new Apple TV series. Easter Sunday 2022 has arrived and our Co-Hosts, Amiee & Matthew, share familiar childhood traditions growing up, including Amiee’s irrational fear of the Easter Bunny … & Sloths… (you have to listen) Also...