Rachel Maddow

Broadcast journalist Rachel Maddow appeared at The Progressive Forum to discuss her New York Times bestseller, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism. It took place at Congregation Emanu El, Houston, Texas, on June 13, 2024. This page also features Maddow’s appearance at the Wortham Center, Houston, Texas, on March 10, 2013, discussing her book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power.

 
SHORT: In 1925, Hitler’s 'Mein Kampf' appeared to lift whole passages of Henry Ford’s four-volume book, 'The International Jew.' Hitler: “Somebody has to be blamed for our troubles." (7:21)

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Lecture presentation. Rachel Maddow at The Progressive Forum. (24:22)
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Q&A with Rachel Maddow and Randall Morton, Progressive Forum president. (51:44)
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SHORT: These winds blow the same for us here in this country as they have in other countries. We are not immune. The upside: We can learn from history. (5:40)
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SHORT: Don’t feel worried alone. It’s time to know your neighbors. The cure for despondency is action. (4:16)

Background

Rachel Maddow is the host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, as well as the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drift and Blowout. Born in Castro Valley, California, Maddow received a BA in public policy from Stanford University and earned a doctorate at Oxford, where she studied on a Rhodes Scholarship. She lives in New York City and Massachusetts with her partner, artist Susan Mikula. She appeared at The Progressive Forum March 10, 2013, discussing Drift. View her event page and recording here. 

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Thanks to Rachel Maddow for permission to post the entire events of March 10, 2013 and June 13, 2024.