Rachel Maddow

[n2mark]

aunch Set for Thursday - April 14

Dear Listeners, Fans, Critics, Family, Ex-Girlfriends, and Lurkers,

It’s official! The Rachel Maddow Show launches this Thursday April 14th, at 5AM Eastern on the Air America Radio Network.

The Rachel Maddow Show will be a solid information-packed, fast-paced newshour with an ambitious mission: by the time you’ve heard each hour-long show, you’ll have a well-informed, progressive perspective on what mainstream media drones will be talking about that day, plus the most important stories the mainstream media wants you to ignore. We’ll throw in a peek at the right-wing’s daily talking points, sports headlines (particularly when they help justify my theory that the Yankees are the real evil empire), and a look at the developing stories of the day ahead, so you are fully equipped to do battle at the water cooler.

All that, plus the award-winning satirical newscasts of Air America favorite Kent Jones!

The other big announcement is that MaddowOnline.com, the new website for The Rachel Maddow Show, will also host my daily newsblog, where I’ll expand on the stories from that day’s show, write about the day’s developing news, and give you a heads up on what we’re looking at for the next day’s show. Plus I’ll gossip shamelessly about Air America and the punditocracy.

As you know, we had originally planned to launch Monday April 11th or Monday April 18th, but we then realized that a mid-week start would give me and the plucky TRMS staff a chance to recover over the weekend after two days of on-air loopyness while we adjust to our new lives of sleep deprivation.

The Executive Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show is Jonathan Larsen, the big cheese at Air America’s "Morning Sedition." Vanessa Peel, Julia Lipkins and Kris LoPresto, all of Air America’s "Unfiltered" round out the very able staff. These four are a dream team for me, and I intend to bribe them mightily and often to keep them happy despite their new hours.

On a personal level, I’m actually looking forward to the destruction of my circadian rhythms, if only because I’ve always wanted one of those little metal “day sleeper” signs for my front door.

If you’re not an early-riser, fear not. By launch day you should be able to stream or download the entire current edition of The Rachel Maddow Show at MaddowOnline.com. And by “download,” yes, technically, that means you can podcast it. Expect a few technical glitches while we get set up, but the plan is for you to be able to listen to The Rachel Maddow Show at any time of day.

If you want to be able to listen on the traditional radio machine, the good news is that most Air America affiliates are looking forward to carrying the new show. You can help out by contacting your local affiliate (the list is here http://airamericaradio.com/stations.asp) to ask them to please consider carrying it.

Thank you again for all your support, and for asking to be kept apprised of my plans by giving me your email address at rachelmaddow.com. Please reply to this email with the word “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject line if you don’t wish to hear from me again.

I’m very excited about providing the new “front page” for Air America -- looking forward to joining you all on Thursday.

Rachel


www.rachelmaddow.com

[paineinthearse]

1. Break a leg!

Feel free to PM anytime you need research!

:thumbsup:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Good for her.

Let's hope that AAR makes her the "goto" person for anything that comes up, that need someone with a Doctorate in PoliSci.

Goil be go-to-hell smart.

[kohodog]

3. Fantastic!! Rachel is the brightest one on AAR!

I'll probably need to podcast it...5am isn't usually part of my conscious day. Good luck with the jetlag or whatever you call that kind of time change.

[KittyWampus]

4. WhooHoo! I Am Glad AAR Kept Rachel. Great Move.

[n2mark]

5. I am so happy

have a problem with the hours, but I usually only sleep about 4 hours a night, just will go to bed earlier.

[sellitman]

7. Where is Liz going?

Will she be on your show too?

[donco6]

6. Knock em dead.

Good time to be starting a program.

[LizW]

8. Go Rachel!

I am so excited about the new show. I won't be able to hear it in real time, unfortunately, but I'll download it every day and listen to it a little later.

This is going to be great. :)