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

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Maddow: Patel picks a bad time to get petty with counterterrorism 29 Sept 2026 · 44 min Rachel Maddow shares new reporting that in the midst of elevated threats from Iran and its allies, Kash Patel demoted two top counterterrorism officials for not being adequately a…

Maddow: Why the Constitution and the American spirit are against Trump's war on the free press 22 Sept 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow notes that as Donald Trump's popularity continues to decay to new lows, the institutions that he successfully bullied at the start of his term are finding new courag…

Maddow reacts to report of Russian oligarch paying for Trump Jr.'s lavish wedding weekend 15 Sept 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump's bid to use the U.S. Postal Service to subvert mail-in ballot voting. Marc Elias, founde…

Trump BUSTED in bogus ballroom claim by Obama era secret 1 Sept 2026 · 44 min Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's shameful dedication to deporting immigrants has led him to betray Afghans who helped the U.S. military in Afghanistan and were promised p…

Maddow: Trump learns the hard way, 'incompetence has consequences' 25 Aug 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow examines the confusing mix of contradictory, impulsive decisions and petty tantrums that constitutes Donald Trump’s agenda. She notes that the result is an almost co…

Maddow: 'Is this how we invade Greenland?!' 11 Aug 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow looks at how a Trump-aligned Texas oil company appears to be trying to worm its way into drilling in Greenland, provoking a threatening response not only from Greenl…

We The People 2026 Special primary coverage 5 Aug 2026 · 50 min Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues track and analyse the primary returns in Virginia, Kansas, Washington, Missouri, and especially Michigan where the Democratic pr…

'Troubled' candidates burden GOP already saddled with Trump's baggage 4 Aug 2026 · 44 min With midterm elections fast approaching, the Republican Party, already compromised by Donald Trump's cratering popularity and track record of criminality and immorality, is dealin…

Maddow: The bill comes due for Trump's bad decisions 28 Jul 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow looks at decisions Donald Trump has made so far in his second term, from staffing his administration to policy choices and wars of choice, and points out that while…

Maddow: Trump caught in desperation spiral as his opposition grows 14 Jul 2026 · 44 min Rachel Maddow notes that Donald Trump's news cycle seems to be stuck in a loop with the same basic headlines repeating, but with each cycle Trump becomes more desperate to achieve…

Trump restores gun rights for the mentally ill (seriously) 7 Jul 2026 · 48 min 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…

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 2 4 Jul 2026 · 44 min 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…

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 1 4 Jul 2026 · 42 min 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 pres…

Maddow: Supreme Court greenlights expansion of Trump's corruption machine 30 Jun 2026 · 44 min 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…

Maddow: Advice on defiance in the age of Trump 29 Jun 2026 · 43 min 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 a…

Maddow: The good news about our bad president 23 Jun 2026 · 43 min 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…

MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 2 20 Jun 2026 · 41 min 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 Cen…

MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 1 20 Jun 2026 · 43 min MS NOW's Michele Norris interviews former President Barack Obama about his time in office and the opening of his new presidential center in Chicago. Want more of Rachel? Check out…

Maddow: Donald Trump lost the war he started with Iran; Trump humiliated on world stage 16 Jun 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow lists the goals Donald Trump set for the war he started with Iran, from regime change to obliterating Iran's nuclear capacity, none of which have been met as Trump a…

Trump is 'lustily booed' in New York City attending NBA Finals 9 Jun 2026 · 43 min Donald Trump was roundly booed in New York City outside of Madison Square Garden on his way to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spur…

MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 11pmET hour 3 Jun 2026 · 44 min Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues analyze primary election returns from New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana and California, and react to breaking…

MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 10pmET hour 3 Jun 2026 · 44 min Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues analyze primary election returns in New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana and California. Want more of Rachel? Che…

Yes, Trump could get in trouble for his 'IRS settlement' slush fund scheme 2 Jun 2026 · 44 min Amid a politically punishing backlash against Donald Trump's flagrant $1.776 billion money grab for his criminal allies, a judge is considering whether to investigation if the "IR…

Bonus: This is how a prosecutor of organized crime sees Trump's corruption and how to defeat it 1 Jun 2026 · 46 min Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade talks with Rachel Maddow about her acclaimed new book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government," in which…

Special episode: Rachel Maddow in conversation with Steven J. Ross, author of 'The Secret War Against Hate 26 May 2026 · 42 min A special broadcast of Rachel Maddow's recent live event at the 92nd Street Y: A conversation with Steven J. Ross, author of "The Secret War Against Hate." Want more of Rachel? Ch…

'The biggest presidential corruption scandal in U.S. history'; Trump shocks nation with brazen grab 19 May 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump's attempt to have $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars handed to him to distribute to his friends and allies, and debunks the notion that this money-g…

Trump's corruption of the Justice Department yields embarrassing results 12 May 2026 · 43 min As Donald Trump has tried to use the Department of Justice as his personal tool for petty revenge and political intimidation, the department's track record has been abysmal and it…

Introducing WITHpod: The AI End Game 5 May 2026 · 1 min AI – and coverage of it – is everywhere. But what is artificial intelligence, really, beyond the buzzword? Each week, in a special new miniseries - ‘The AI End Game’ - Chris Hayes…

Maddow: Trump is terrible at everything except this one thing 5 May 2026 · 43 min Rachel Maddow makes the case that from the first day of his second term, Donald Trump has been engaged in "a concerted and intense targeting of Black Americans," from firings to e…

How Trump's bungling turned his top issue into his greatest liability 4 May 2026 · 50 min Julia Ainsley, senior Homeland Security correspondent for NBC News and author of the newly released, "Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program" talks wi…