| Rachel Maddow | |
 | |
| Born | Rachel Anne Maddow April 1, 1973  United States U.S. |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Radio host |
Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) is an American radio personality and liberal political pundit. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Social liberalism, also called new liberalism (as it was originally termed high liberalism radical liberalism, modern liberalism, or She is the host of The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio and an MSNBC political analyst. The Rachel Maddow Show is a weekday radio show on the Air America Radio network hosted by Rachel Maddow, and has been co-hosted by Air America Radio (commonly abbreviated to AAR) MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. [1]
Contents |
Education
A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow later obtained a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994. Castro Valley High School is a public high school in Castro Valley California, U Castro Valley is a Census-designated place (CDP in Alameda County, California, United States. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in She then received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1995 and used it to obtain a D.Phil. in political science from Lincoln College, Oxford University. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Lincoln College (in full The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Her political activism has focused on AIDS and prisoners' rights, especially the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS in prisons. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome She is also an outspoken advocate for gay, lesbian, and progressive issues. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women
Radio career
Maddow got her first radio hosting job at WRNX (101. 9 FM, Amherst, Massachusetts) when the station held a contest for a new on-air personality. Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley She was hired on the spot. She later went on to host Big Breakfast on WRSI, in Northampton, Massachusetts, for two years. Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. She left the show to join the newly created Air America in March 2004. March 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September There she hosted Unfiltered along with Chuck D and Lizz Winstead until its cancellation on March 31, 2005. Unfiltered was a morning show on Air America Radio hosted by Rachel Maddow, Lizz Winstead and Chuck D. Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1 1960 in Roosevelt New York) better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American rapper author and producer Lizz Winstead (born August 5, 1961) is a Minnesota -born Comedian who was co-creator of The Daily Show along with Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Two weeks later (April 14), her own two-hour-long program, The Rachel Maddow Show, began airing; it was expanded to three hours on March 10, 2008. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in The Rachel Maddow Show is a weekday radio show on the Air America Radio network hosted by Rachel Maddow, and has been co-hosted by Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common It currently airs live from New York from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. ET on weekdays, with David Bender filling in the third hour for the call-in section, when Rachel is on TV assignment. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America
Television career
Maddow was a regular panelist on MSNBC's Tucker. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. TUCKER was a Television program on MSNBC, hosted by Tucker Carlson. During and after the November 2006 election, she was a frequent guest on CNN's Paula Zahn Now. Elections for the United States Senate were held on November 7[[ 006]] with 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate being contested Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Paula Zahn (born February 24, 1956 in Omaha Nebraska) is an American newscaster, most recently the host of Paula Zahn Now In January 2008, Maddow was given the position of MSNBC political analyst and is now a regular panelist MSNBC's Race for the White House with David Gregory and MSNBC's election coverage, as well as a frequent contributor on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. David Gregory (born August 24, 1970 in Los Angeles CA) is the current host of Race for the White House on MSNBC and is Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight
On April 4th, 2008, Maddow was the substitute host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann, her first time hosting a news program on MSNBC. Maddow described herself on air as "nervous," but Olbermann complimented her work and she was brought back to host "Countdown" on May 16, 2008; that day, Countdown was the highest rated news program in the key 25–54 year old demographic[2]. For her success, Olbermann awarded Maddow the 3rd ranking in his regular segment, "World's Best Persons" on the following Monday, calling her "World's Best Pinch-Hitter. "[3]
Personal life
She lives in Manhattan and Cummington, Massachusetts, with her partner of many years, Susan Mikula. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Cummington is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. [4]
References
- ^ Weisbert, Julie. "Talking things up", Bay Windows, August 23, 2007. Bay Windows, a member of the New England Press Association and the National Gay Newspaper Guild, is the largest LGBT Newspaper Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz
- ^ TV Newser - The Scoreboard: Friday, May 16
- ^ MSNBC - World's Best Persons - May 20th, 2008
- ^ Rachel Maddow Biography airamerica. com. Retrieved May 26, 2007
External links
Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic