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The Rachel Maddow Show

50 episodes ingested

Monitoring feed

Influence Profile across 31 episodes

Avg Intensity Moderate 57%

Avg Transparency Transparent 87%

Top Technique Moral Outrage

Persuasion Dimensions

Story Shaping

62%

Emotional Appeal

62%

Group Characterization

61%

Implicit Claims

45%

Call to Action

27%

Engagement Mechanics

22%

Viewer Guidance (3 tips)

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Consider alternative frames — Information is consistently shaped from one angle. Seek out how other sources present the same facts.

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Watch for emotional framing — This content frequently uses emotional appeal. Notice when feelings are being prioritized over evidence.

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Watch for group characterization — People or groups are reduced to types. Consider whether the characterization serves the argument more than the truth.

Podcast The Rachel Maddow Show

Influence Profile across 31 episodes

Persuasion Dimensions

Featured People

Episodes (50)

Maddow: Trump caught in desperation spiral as his opposition grows

Trump restores gun rights for the mentally ill (seriously)

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 2

We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 1

Maddow: Supreme Court greenlights expansion of Trump's corruption machine

Maddow: Advice on defiance in the age of Trump

Maddow: The good news about our bad president

MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 2

MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 1

Maddow: Donald Trump lost the war he started with Iran; Trump humiliated on world stage

Trump is 'lustily booed' in New York City attending NBA Finals

MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 11pmET hour

MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 10pmET hour

Yes, Trump could get in trouble for his 'IRS settlement' slush fund scheme

Web exclusive: This is how a prosecutor of organized crime sees Trump's corruption and how to defeat it

Special episode: Rachel Maddow in conversation with Steven J. Ross, author of 'The Secret War Against Hate

'The biggest presidential corruption scandal in U.S. history'; Trump shocks nation with brazen grab

Trump's corruption of the Justice Department yields embarrassing results

Introducing WITHpod: The AI End Game

Maddow: Trump is terrible at everything except this one thing

How Trump's bungling turned his top issue into his greatest liability

Americans thwart Trump's immigrant prisons plan by making it too hard

'Another one down': Wheels coming off Trump's clown car Cabinet

Maddow: Trump's fear is palpable as authoritarian peer Orbán is resoundingly rejected in Hungary

Maddow: U.S. military fights war on two fronts: Iran and Trump incompetence

'Smells like corruption': Maddow points out bizarre pattern of overpayments for warehouses by DHS

Maddow on Trump's unbridled chaos: 'We are having some drama at the moment'

Trump frantic over Iran mess as rival nations take advantage of his poor planning

Maddow: Trump admits what the attack on Iran is really for

MS NOW's special 'We The People' primary coverage of elections in Texas and North Carolina

Maddow: Trump's clown car Cabinet now an alarming liability as threat from Iran spikes

MS NOW's live breaking coverage with Rachel Maddow of U.S. attacks on Iran

Trump's 2026 State of the Union

Maddow: Trump Cabinet too rife with scandal to designate a 'survivor'

'Ignorance is Strength': Judge shuts down Trump's history re-write in devastating ruling

Check Out a Preview for “Clock It”

'All over the files': Maddow names names of people in Trump's orbit in the Epstein files

MS NOW Presents: Clock It with Symone and Eugene

Maddow: Trump 'wobbling' as his agenda falls apart in the face of pressure

Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe

MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 2

MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 1

Moral principles drive faith leaders to speak out against Trump on immigration, foreign policy

For Trump's opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him

Trump rebuked at every turn; Courts and Congress show new spine as Americans take to the streets

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Maddow calls out the real reason Trump invaded Venezuela

Live community event: Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

Trump learns Politics 101: Do unpopular things, become unpopular, lose political power

The Rachel Maddow Show