Booking Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow Biography

American television host and political commentator Rachel Maddow was born in 1973 in Castro Valley, California. After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in public policy, Maddow began her postgraduate studies at Oxford under an international Rhodes Scholarship. She ultimately went on to earn a PhD in Philosophy before launching a career as a radio host.

After hosting various programs such as Big Breakfast in Massachusetts, and then Unfiltered, Maddow made her way to television, first appearing as a regular panelist on the MSNBC show Tucker. Appearances on various CNN programs throughout the 2006 election led to her role on MSNBC as a political analyst, until in 2008 the network launched The Rachel Maddow Show.

The Rachel Maddow Show launched Maddow’s career and also made her the first openly gay or lesbian host for a prime-time news program in America. Known for her very level-headed yet witty manner in delivering the news, Time Magazine hailed her broadcasts as “whip-smart” and the host as a “button-cutie leftie.” The program has earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis and a Television Critics Association award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information. Maddow herself has been awarded the Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award for her reporting, and an award for Outstanding Host by the Gracie Allen Awards. Her book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, has also earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album.