Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News

By: Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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  • Rachel Maddow, host of the #1 hits “Bag Man” and “Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra,” is back at the mic with a new original series, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News.” In each episode, Rachel and co-host Isaac-Davy Aronson seek a deeper understanding of a story in today's headlines by asking: Has anything like this ever happened before? Would knowing that help us grapple with what’s happening now… and what might happen next?
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  • Episode 6: “Hello America, this is Addis Ababa.”

    Episode 6: “Hello America, this is Addis Ababa.”
    Jul 24 2023

    An authoritarian ruler moves to invade a smaller country and take it for himself. People around the world rally to that country’s defense. European and American leaders grapple with how to stop the invasion and prevent a wider war. But this isn’t Russia and Ukraine in 2022. It’s Italy and Ethiopia in 1935. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson explore what we can learn from the very different choices made decades ago, when the world faced a similar challenge.

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    Deborah Cohen, the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History at Northwestern University, and author of Last Call At The Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War.

    Susan Pedersen, the Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University, and author of The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire.

    Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, and author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
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    57 mins
  • Episode 5: Taken for a Ride

    Episode 5: Taken for a Ride
    Jul 17 2023

    As conservative governors try to score political points by depositing busloads and planeloads of migrants in liberal cities, it can seem like an unprecedented exercise in cruelty. But it’s a page ripped from an earlier playbook in U.S. politics, one that was forgotten for decades for a very good reason. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson revisit the racist Reverse Freedom Rides of the 1960s.

    Featuring:

    Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Michael and Denise ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, author of Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, and co-host of the podcast This Day in Esoteric Political History.

    WBUR reporter Gabrielle Emanuel, who has done groundbreaking reporting on the Reverse Freedom Rides.

    Rev. Juan Carlos Ruiz, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 4: “It’s a Very Short Path”

    Episode 4: “It’s a Very Short Path”
    Jul 10 2023

    A new president with authoritarian tendencies packs the nation’s highest court, which then outlaws abortion – sparking not just a backlash, but a new coalition for democracy and the rule of the law. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson explore how events abroad in just the last few years might help us understand what is happening now in the United States.

    Featuring:

    Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

    Marta Lempart, founder of Polish Women’s Strike

    Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights
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    44 mins

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Love the correlations drawn between the past and what's currently happening now. I hope the do more.

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this is why I love these Rachel Maddow podcasts

excellent performance by all involved. I love the educational aspect of these without the hystreonics that's on cable news.

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Learning History

Great historical news, I always learn something new. I enjoy your ability to teach me about our pass and releavent to todays happening,

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Love It!

So exciting to hear of experiences that have happened before. Really enjoyed Rachel and Isaac heavy Aronson. Great couple together to report of instances that we ma or may not have heard of.

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How do we not know this stuff?

Fascinating story this is getting me hooked on all of this. I love this knowledge. Well done.

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history with current relevance

the amount of research and work that goes into an episode like this is such a gift. We get to listen to a well put together episode that took hours of work to produce. It's a privelage.

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Amazing as Always

As always, Rachel tells a story in ways that leave me thinking. Her connecting of current political situations to those in the past is necessary because we forget so easily. More than forgetting though, we really don't know what we are not taught. So thank you, Rachel and your amazing team of researchers and producers for educating us!

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A few wonderful trips down memory lane.

I really Love it! Rachel is great with these stories!!! She details everything so vividly!

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Episode 3

I enjoyed the narration and the history lessons. I look forward to the future episodes

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Excellent

It makes perfect sense as Rachel Maddow always does. She explains clearly how history definitely repeats itself. I highly recommend!

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