Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
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About the Podcast
Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power. When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks. Follow now and join Rachel Maddow for the first two episodes on October 10th.
About the Host
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is the host of the Emmy Award-winning The Rachel Maddow Show airing weeknights at 9pm Eastern on MSNBC. She first gained national prominence as a host on Air America Radio, where she worked from its inception in 2004. Maddow was named an MSNBC political analyst in January of 2008. She is the author of DRIFT: The Unmooring of American Military Power, which debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestsellers list in March 2012.