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The Rachel Maddow Show will be a
solid information-packed, fast-paced newshour with
an ambitious mission: by the time you’ve heard each hour-long show,
you’ll have a well-informed, progressive perspective on what mainstream
media drones will be talking about that day, plus the most important stories
the mainstream media wants you to ignore.
We’ll throw in a peek at the
right-wing’s daily talking points, sports headlines (particularly when
they help justify my theory that the Yankees are the real evil empire), and a
look at the developing stories of the day ahead, so you are fully equipped to
do battle at the water cooler.
All that, plus the award-winning
satirical newscasts of Air America
favorite Kent Jones!
The other big announcement is that MaddowOnline.com, the new website for The Rachel Maddow Show, will also host my daily newsblog, where I’ll expand on the stories from
that day’s show, write about the day’s developing news, and give
you a heads up on what we’re looking at for the next day’s show.
Plus I’ll gossip shamelessly
about Air America
and the punditocracy.
As you know, we had originally
planned to launch Monday April 11th or Monday April 18th, but we then
realized that a mid-week start would give me and the plucky TRMS staff a
chance to recover over the weekend after two days of on-air loopyness while we adjust to our new lives of sleep
deprivation.
The Executive Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show
is Jonathan Larsen, the big cheese at Air America’s "Morning
Sedition." Vanessa Peel, Julia Lipkins and
Kris LoPresto, all of Air America’s
"Unfiltered" round out the very able staff. These four are a dream
team for me, and I intend to bribe them mightily and often to keep them happy
despite their new hours.
On a personal level, I’m
actually looking forward to the destruction of my circadian rhythms, if only
because I’ve always wanted one of those little metal “day
sleeper” signs for my front door. If you’re not an early-riser,
fear not. By launch day you should be able to stream or download the entire
current edition of The Rachel Maddow Show at MaddowOnline.com.
And by “download,” yes,
technically, that means you can podcast it. Expect
a few technical glitches while we get set up, but the plan is for you to be
able to listen to The Rachel Maddow Show at any time of day.
If you want to be able to listen on
the traditional radio machine, the good news is that most Air America
affiliates are looking forward to carrying the new show.
You can help out by contacting your
local affiliate to ask them to please consider carrying it.
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