Rachel Maddow is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television program on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Earlier in her career, she hosted a syndicated talk radio program of the same name on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.
Maddow holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University.