The Rachel Maddow Show

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

The Rachel Maddow Show airs Mondays at 9pm ET on MSNBC, and shortly thereafter in this feed. **SPECIAL TO THIS FEED: The January 6th hearings and corresponding analysis from Rachel Maddow and other MSNBC panelists is also archived here.

  • 43 minutes 45 seconds
    Musk exposes Trump weakness, in addition to incompetence, with manipulation of spending bill chaos

    Donald Trump's transition ahead of his second term in office was already a series of humiliations and failures as his inability to pick qualified members of his administration was laid bare, but the spending bill debacle showed that in addition to that incompetence, Trump is vulnerable to being taken advantage of, as Elon Musk did with apparent ease.

    24 December 2024, 5:04 am
  • 43 minutes 57 seconds
    Better for the billionaires: Rachel Maddow shows how Donald Trump is ushering in a new era of oligarchy

    What does the United States look like when the presidency is purchased by billionaires? How do they reap the benefits of their investment and how does it end up hurting everyone else? And perhaps more importantly, as we see the new Trump era oligarchy taking shape, what can Americans do to slow that slide? Rachel Maddow talks with Timothy Snyder and the ACLU's Anthony Romero.

    17 December 2024, 5:02 am
  • 9 minutes 13 seconds
    Rachel Maddow on Kristi Noem: Five things to know about Trump's pick for homeland security secretary

    How much will Americans get to know about the people Donald Trump is choosing to run the U.S. government? In the absence of any real vetting the way it's supposed to go, Rachel Maddow presents a Rachel Maddow Show Public Servant Announcement to hopefully help fill that gap with a closer look at Trump's choice for homeland security secretary, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, whose state’s Covid record might seem disqualifying and whose personal stories have caused her political damage.

    13 December 2024, 10:12 pm
  • 11 minutes 19 seconds
    Rachel Maddow on Matt Whitaker: Six things to know about Trump's pick to be NATO ambassador

    How much will the American people get to know about the people Donald Trump is choosing to run the U.S. government? In the absence of any real vetting the way it's supposed to go, Rachel Maddow presents a Rachel Maddow Show Public Servant Announcement to hopefully help fill that gap with a closer look at Trump's choice for U.S. ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, from his dubious business dealings to his dearth of relevant experience.

    12 December 2024, 10:43 pm
  • 45 minutes 12 seconds
    Shambolic transition, while not surprising, offers little for confidence in Trump's coming term

    While Donald Trump fills his administration with relatives and people he has seen on TV, reality stubbornly refuses to conform to the narratives Trump spun on the campaign trail.

    10 December 2024, 5:35 am
  • 44 minutes 44 seconds
    Maddow: Disgrace of Trump nepotism, abuse of pardons far surpasses Biden's pardon of his son

    Rachel Maddow looks at the shocking level of nepotism in the early staffing of Donald Trump's second administration, leaving him without grounds to criticize President Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, to spare him further political prosecution by Trump's supporters.

    3 December 2024, 6:10 am
  • 42 minutes 56 seconds
    A snake pit of jockeying egos in a cornucopia of back biting

    Rachel Maddow looks at how Republican overreach in attempting to secure permanent power is already inspiring pro-democracy pushback while the Trump team goon squad fight and grift each other.

    26 November 2024, 5:04 am
  • 57 minutes 24 seconds
    Free bonus podcast: Rachel Maddow guests on The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim

    United States of Emergency? Rachel Maddow on her expectations for the US under Trump

    Millions interned in camps? Assassinations? Political imprisonments? That is what America's leading liberal commentator Rachel Maddow - and The World's first guest - says could happen during Trump's next stint in the White House.

    Richard and Yalda also bring listeners up to date with the conflict in Ukraine and the latest developments in the Middle East, as both are just back from the region.

    21 November 2024, 9:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 16 seconds
    Maddow: Senate Democrats have chance to expose Trump nominees in waning days of control

    Rachel Maddow looks at ways that Democrats can, and are, using their power and positions to prevent Trump from taking full, unfettered power.

    19 November 2024, 4:48 am
  • 20 minutes 13 seconds
    Podcast extra: Rachel Maddow talks with Nicolle Wallace about Trump's early Cabinet picks

    From the November 14 episode of Deadline White House, Rachel Maddow talks with Nicolle Wallace about Donald Trump's clown car of Cabinet picks and how they fit into his broader authoritarian project, and what Americans who care about democracy should keep an eye on as the second Trump administration takes shape.

    18 November 2024, 5:59 pm
  • 42 minutes 32 seconds
    Trump cabinet picks point to continuation of scandals and disgrace

    Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump is assembling his cabinet with the same disregard for ethics and integrity that marked his first term, and early signs that Trump is following the authoritarian playbook of subjugating the legislature to consolidate power in himself.

    12 November 2024, 5:11 am
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