Rachel Anne Maddow (/ˈmædoʊ/ (listen), MAD-oh; born April 1, 1973)
is an American television news program host and liberal political
commentator. Maddow hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a nightly television
show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event
co-anchor alongside Brian Williams. Her syndicated talk radio program
of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.Maddow
holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University
and a doctorate in political science from Oxford University and is the
first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in
the United States. Asked about her political views by the Valley
Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that
I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party
platform."Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father,
Robert B. Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who
resigned his commission the year before her birth and then worked as a
lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Her mother, Elaine
(née Gosse), was a school program administrator. She has one older
brother, David. Her paternal grandfather was from a family of Eastern
European Ashkenazi Jews (the original family surname being
"Medvedof"), who arrived in the United States from the Russian Empire.
Her paternal grandmother was of Dutch (Protestant) descent. Her
Canadian mother, originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, has
English and Irish ancestry.
is an American television news program host and liberal political
commentator. Maddow hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a nightly television
show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event
co-anchor alongside Brian Williams. Her syndicated talk radio program
of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.Maddow
holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University
and a doctorate in political science from Oxford University and is the
first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in
the United States. Asked about her political views by the Valley
Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that
I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party
platform."Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father,
Robert B. Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who
resigned his commission the year before her birth and then worked as a
lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Her mother, Elaine
(née Gosse), was a school program administrator. She has one older
brother, David. Her paternal grandfather was from a family of Eastern
European Ashkenazi Jews (the original family surname being
"Medvedof"), who arrived in the United States from the Russian Empire.
Her paternal grandmother was of Dutch (Protestant) descent. Her
Canadian mother, originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, has
English and Irish ancestry.
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