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Rachel Maddow

Host, "The Rachel Maddow Show"

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Nov. 26: Rachel Re: Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks, but in the Bush administration two employees have been indicted on criminal charges. Rachel goes down the list of former government employees who don’t have a whole lot to be thankful for.

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updated 6:48 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2008

Rachel Maddow hosts MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” featuring Maddow’s take on the biggest stories of the day, political and otherwise, including lively debate with guests from all sides of the issues, in-depth analysis and stories no other shows in cable news will cover.  Maddow also continues to host “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Air America.

In January of 2008, Maddow was named an MSNBC political analyst; she is a regular panelist on MSNBC’s “Race for the White House with David Gregory” and a frequent contributor on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” She has been the regular guest host for "Countdown," has filled in for David Gregory on "Race," and has been a regular panelist on MSNBC's 2008 election coverage.

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Maddow has worked with Air America Radio since its inception in the spring of 2004. Prior to joining AAR she worked for WRNX in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and WRSI in Northampton, Massachusetts. 

Maddow received a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Stanford University. She earned her doctorate in political science at Oxford University, which she attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. She is currently working on a book on the changing role of the military in U.S. politics, due out next year.  She lives in New York City and Massachusetts with her partner, artist Susan Mikula.

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