This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Since the 2016 election, Rachel Maddow has ascended, in the liberal imagination, from beloved cable-news host to a kind of oracle for the age of Trump.

In this week's cover story, Amanda Hess profiles the MSNBC star and goes behind the scenes to see how she creates the signature 25-minute soliloquies that keep her massive audience tuning in night after night.

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Feature

This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For

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