Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow: Biography in Details

Who is Rachel Maddow?

Rachel Maddow is an American television host, political commentator, and author.

She hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow 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.

Rachel became the first openly gay anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States.

What are the birth facts and Childhood of Rachel Maddow?

Rachel Maddow was born Rachel Anne Maddow on April 1, 1973, in Castro Valley, California.

Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is mixed(Lithuanian, Ukrainian, English, Irish).

Her father, Robert B. “Bob” Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and then served as a lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District.

Her mother, Elaine (nee Gosse), was a school program administrator.

Rachel Maddow has an older brother David. Her paternal grandfather was from a family of Eastern European Jews(the original family surname being “Medwedof”) who self-identified as Polish and Russian at the time of their arrival in the United States.

Maddow’s paternal grandmother was of Dutch (Protestant) descent. Her Canadian mother is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador of English and Irish ancestry.

Rachel Maddow stated that her family is “very, very Catholic” and she grew up in a community that her mother has described as “very conservative”.

Rachel Maddow was a competitive athlete and participated in high school volleyball basketball and swimming.

Rachel Maddow: Education, School/College University

Rachel Maddow is a graduate of “Castro Valley High School” and attended “Stanford University”.

While a freshman, she was outed by the college newspaper when an interview with her was published before she could tell her parents.

Rachel Maddow earned a degree in public policy at Stanford in 1994. At graduation, she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She is also a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship.

In 2001, Rachel Maddow earned a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in politics at the “University of Oxford”.

Her thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons, and her supervisor was Lucia Zedner.

Rachel Maddow: Professional Life, Career

Rachel Maddow first started her career in radio and then in television. In 1999, Maddow landed a job as co-host on WRNX Radio’s The Dave in the Morning Show.

Her next job was as a host of WRSI’s morning show, Big Breakfast.

In 2004, Rachel Maddow auditioned for Air America, a newly founded liberal radio network, and held a co-host position until the show was canceled in 2005.

The cancellation turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Maddow when Air America offered her own liberal political radio show, The Rachel Maddow Show.

Although the radio show changed the time slots several times, dedicated listeners continued to tune in, making the nationally syndicated show one of Air America’s highest-rated programs.

In 2006, Rachel Maddow managed to parlay her radio career into television when she became a regular on the MSNBC show The Situation with Tucker Carlson.

She was also a recurring guest on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now show during the 2006 midterm elections.

In January 2008, Maddow signed an exclusive contract with MSNBC as the broadcasting station’s political analyst.

That September the launch of her television program, “The Rachel Maddow Show”, marked MSNBC’s most successful show debut to date.

The show boosted MSNBC’s ratings and received a number of awards, including the Television Critics Association Award for “Outstanding Achievement in News and Television” and a 2010 GLAAD Award.

Rachel Maddow has also been honored numerous times for her excellence in journalism; the Washington Post named her “Breakout Star of 2008”.

Adding up more info, she published her Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House in December 2020.

In 2010 Rachel Maddow won a Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award for her documentary The Assassination of Dr. Tiller. The documentary also earned her a 2011 “Gracie Award”.

What is the net worth of Rachel Maddow?

Rachel Maddow’s income is $7 million per annum. According to the sources, her net worth is estimated to be $35 million as of 2023.

Rachel Maddow: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Rachel Maddow got into controversy when MSNBC host “Rachel Maddow” broke the president’s “Trump Tax Story”.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Rachel Maddow has a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs 68 kg.

Her hair color is dark brown and her eye color is light brown. She wears a bra size 32B.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Rachel Maddow is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has over 2.6 million followers on her Facebook account, over 10.6 million followers on her Twitter account, and over 533k followers on her Instagram account.

Also know more about the early life, career, net worth, relationships, and controversies of other television hosts, political commentators, and authors including Dennis Miller, Alan Colmes, Chris Hayes, Tavis Smiley, and Chris Matthews.

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