The Rachel Maddow Show

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The Rachel Maddow Show airs Mondays at 9pm ET on MS NOW and drops shortly thereafter in this feed.

6d ago • MS NOW Premium Only

Texas GOP Senate candidate Paxton has been voting illegally, report suggests

Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for Senate, Ken Paxton's marriage fell apart two years ago when his wife accused him of having an affair and she moved out of the house they shared. According to new reporting from the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, the address of that house is still on Paxton's voting registration even though he hasn't lived there for years and does not appear to be going back. Zach Despart, Texas Tribune investigative reporter, talks with Jen Psaki about why Paxton may have committed voter fraud, and why that would be an especially rich irony.

41 min
6d ago

Trump restores gun rights for the mentally ill (seriously)

For reasons that are hard to fathom, included among Biden era gun rules that Donald Trump has rolled back are restrictions on people who have been adjudicated mentally ill, making it easier for them to get access to guns and ammunition. Mirianna Mitchem, former associate assistant director at the ATF, talks with Rachel Maddow about the danger Trump is courting with his recklessness. Rachel Maddow looks back at how past national milestone anniversaries were celebrated and considers how history will view the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the nation's birth, marked primarily by narcissistic celebrations of Donald Trump. Rachel Maddow shares a collective cringe with other Americans ahead of Donald Trump's trip to a NATO meeting in Turkey as Trump always finds a way to insult and undermine NATO at these meetings. This time the Kremlin has informed Americans that Vladimir Putin has been in touch with Trump, talking with him on the phone for 90 minutes on July 4th. What ideas is Putin growing in Trump's head? Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

48 min
Jul 4 · Bonus

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 2

A special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Ali Velshi from MS NOW’s live community event in Philadelphia. In this hour, Rachel Maddow interviews civil rights legal stalwart Sherrilyn Ifill, and the panel takes questions from the live audience. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

44 min
Jul 4 · Bonus

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 1

A special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Ali Velshi from MS NOW’s live community event in Philadelphia. In this hour Ali Velshi presents his acclaimed retracing of 250 years of American history. And Jen Psaki interviews Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

42 min
Jun 30

Maddow: Supreme Court greenlights expansion of Trump's corruption machine

Rachel Maddow describes how the Supreme Court conservatives radically expanded presidential power with a single ruling, even in the face of Donald Trump's unbridled corruption and abuse of the power he already had. Senator Jon Ossoff joins to discuss how Donald Trump's self-dealing has become its own political issue on the campaign trail. If the Supreme Court needed an illustration of why not to expand Donald Trump's presidential power to fire agency employees and fill them with loyalists, the billionaires in Trump's orbit should have made it clear. Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya talks with Rachel Maddow about who gets hurt by a government full of Trump loyalists. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

44 min
Jun 29 · Bonus

Maddow: Advice on defiance in the age of Trump

Rachel Maddow talks with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of "On Courage: How to be a dissident in an age of fear," about "the central question of how to live right as an American citizen right now," and the variety of ways people can throw sand in the gears of authoritarianism to preserve democracy. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

43 min
Jun 23

Maddow: The good news about our bad president

Rachel Maddow points out that while it's never a good thing to have a bad president, having a bad president as incompetent as Donald Trump means he is also bad at pursuing his own corrupt goals. Maddow points out examples of Trump's failed political prosecutions, caving to pushback and sparking a wave of political backlash against himself. Rachel Maddow looks at fresh examples of the Trump administration backing down in the face of pushback in matters ranging from science to media as Trump's extreme unpopularity saps his power and more people understand that pressure works on Trump. Jon Swaine, Washington Post investigative reporter, joins to discuss his jaw-dropping report on former Trump DNI taking orders from the guru of her cult-like religious sect. Bruce Nestor, defense attorney for Minneapolis activists, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Trump Justice Department is abusing its power to make political prosecutions. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

43 min
Jun 20 · Bonus

MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 2

MS NOW's Michele Norris interviews former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama about their time in the White House and opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original podcasts. To listen to all of your favorite MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Rachel Maddow

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Mirianna Mitchem

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President Barack Obama

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Jamie Raskin

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Mary Moriarty

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5.11.26

May 12

midwestBlue

How hard would it have been for the dems after they won the trifecta in 2020 to make it that any personnel assigned/appointed by the pres MUST have experience in the area of the dept the pres wants them to lead. dems could have done that but as a decades long full ballot dem voter i realize that the dems gave been asleep at the wheel since reagan to get anything done! That is why those that were in congress then and are still in congress need to be forced out by term limits!! Term limits for all enacted immediately no grandfathering in!
Censorship

Jun 10

Nav Saint

Why did Apple censor the latest episode? The booing against Trump was MUTED. I thought the episode stopped. Dead air. Scary times, indeed.
Kennedy Center

Jun 9

Che Block

1968? January 12?
Poor podcast production

Apr 23

Penguin Fail

I love TRMS and would happily subscribe to MSNow Premium to avoid listening to commercials. I won’t pay that fee because the production quality done when moved to podcast format is abysmal. This happens too often, but the hack job done on the podcast released on 4/21/26 is insane. I can’t follow along because the conversation suddenly jumps forward to another topic and even jumps back to give us round two of something that was already played. This should be an easy turn around to put an already broadcast show out on a podcast format. It should be easy ad generation or subscription revenue for you. But you clearly don’t care enough to do a decent job. Rachel Maddow deserves better. Her listeners deserve better.