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Maddow lives in [[Manhattan]] and Western Massachusetts with her partner, artist and accountant Susan Mikula.<ref name="Bantering">{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |title=Weekday bantering is balanced by quiet New England weekends |url=http://www.eric-goldscheider.com/id15.html |date=2005-02-24 |first=Eric |last=Goldscheider |accessdate=2008-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/bio |title=Rachel Maddow Biography |work=AirAmerica.com |accessdate=2007-05-26}}</ref> The couple met in 1999, when Mikula hired Maddow, who was then working on her doctoral dissertation, for outside work at her home. They moved in together a year and a half later.<ref name="Bantering"/> |
Maddow, a Jewish dyke, lives in [[Manhattan]] and Western Massachusetts with her partner, artist and accountant Susan Mikula.<ref name="Bantering">{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |title=Weekday bantering is balanced by quiet New England weekends |url=http://www.eric-goldscheider.com/id15.html |date=2005-02-24 |first=Eric |last=Goldscheider |accessdate=2008-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/bio |title=Rachel Maddow Biography |work=AirAmerica.com |accessdate=2007-05-26}}</ref> The couple met in 1999, when Mikula hired Maddow, who was then working on her doctoral dissertation, for outside work at her home. They moved in together a year and a half later.<ref name="Bantering"/> |
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Revision as of 03:46, 12 September 2008
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| Born | Rachel Anne Maddow April 1, 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Radio host TV host |
| Partner | Susan Mikula |
Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, and political pundit. She is the host of The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio and a show by the same name on MSNBC.[1]
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. She then received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1995 and used it to obtain a D.Phil. in political science from Lincoln College, Oxford University.[2]
Radio career
Maddow got her first radio hosting job at WRNX (100.9 FM, Holyoke, Massachusetts) when the station held a contest for a new on-air personality.[3] She was hired on the spot to co-host WRNX's then premier morning show, The Dave in the Morning Show. She later went on to host Big Breakfast on WRSI, in Northampton, Massachusetts, for two years. She left the show to join the newly created Air America in March 2004.[2] There she hosted Unfiltered along with Chuck D and Lizz Winstead until its cancellation on March 31, 2005.[4] 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. 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 Maddow is on TV assignment. On September 8, 2008, TRMS returned to a two-hour format as Maddow began her nightly MSNBC show.
Television career
Maddow was a regular panelist on MSNBC's Tucker. During and after the November 2006 election, she was a frequent guest on CNN's Paula Zahn Now. In January 2008, Maddow was given the position of MSNBC political analyst and was 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.[2]
On April 4, 2008, Maddow was the substitute host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann, her first time hosting a program on MSNBC. Maddow described herself on air as "nervous," but Keith 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.[5] 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."[6] Maddow filled in again on Countdown for eight-and-a-half broadcasts while Olbermann was on vacation in July 2008 (including the latter half of the July 21 show).[7] Maddow has also filled in for David Gregory as host of Race for the White House.[2]
It was announced on August 19, 2008, that Maddow would take over the 9 pm ET time slot on MSNBC on September 8, 2008, replacing Dan Abrams.[8] The name of her show is 'The Rachel Maddow Show'.[9]
Personal life
Maddow, a Jewish dyke, lives in Manhattan and Western Massachusetts with her partner, artist and accountant Susan Mikula.[10][11] The couple met in 1999, when Mikula hired Maddow, who was then working on her doctoral dissertation, for outside work at her home. They moved in together a year and a half later.[10]
References
- ^ Weisbert, Julie (2007-08-23). "Talking things up". Bay Windows. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ a b c d Barnhart, Aaron (2008-06-14). "MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow are young, geeky and hot". Kansas City Star.
- ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (2004-08-31). "Left and centered: Air America radio's Rachel Maddow is out, brilliant, and ready to defend the other L word: liberal". The Advocate.
- ^ Bagby, Dyana (2005-01-28). "Two 'L-words'; Morning host adds 'lesbian' to 'liberal' radio's success". Southern Voice Atlanta.
- ^ "The Scoreboard: Friday, May 16". TV Newser. 2008-05-16.
- ^ Olbermann, Keith (2008-05-20). "World's Best Persons May 20, 2008". MSNBC.
- ^ Steinberg, Jacques (2008-07-17). "Now in Living Rooms, the Host Apparent". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ Carter, Bill (2008-08-19). "Rachel Maddow to Replace Dan Abrams on MSNBC". The New York Times.
- ^ "Political commentator Maddow gets own show". AP. 2008-08-20.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b Goldscheider, Eric (2005-02-24). "Weekday bantering is balanced by quiet New England weekends". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ "Rachel Maddow Biography". AirAmerica.com. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
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