7. Rachel Maddow, War with Iran, The Borg of Foreign Policy, Chuck D and Pina Coladas.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 103 minutes

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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (@Maddow) joins Angry Americans and Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) for a fascinating and intimate conversation like you’ve never heard. Maddow talks candidly with her old friend Rieckhoff about America’s possible war with Iran, what it’s like interviewing the 2020 candidates, her unusual first car, her expertise in mixology, and whether or not she’ll ever run for elected office. She takes us inside her early days of radio at Air America, through her time as an AIDS activist and shares what really makes her happy. It’s a timely, candid and extended interview with one of the most important and most fascinating people in America. Rieckhoff breaks down rising tensions with Iran, John Bolton’s agenda in the Middle East, and all the places in the world America is fighting wars that you might not know about. It’s the latest episode of the groundbreaking new political podcast that was recently featured in Variety Magazine and is making waves nationwide. Listen now and step inside an innovative and entertaining show that takes you behind the media and politics at the highest levels. This episode of Angry Americans is sponsored by TalkSpace. We all need someone to talk to — a person who can support us through rough patches or even the everyday ups and downs of life. That’s where Talkspace comes in. Talkspace has more than 4,000 licensed therapists who are experienced in addressing the challenges we all face. To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to Talkspace.com, Make sure to use the code ANGRY to get your first week free and show your support for this show. And for the Angry Americans merch worn by Rachel Maddow and Paul Rieckhoff, behind-the-scenes videos from the show and more exclusive content, check out AngryAmericans.us. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Join the movement now. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering Americans nationwide. And is powered by Righteous Media. Watch the Conversation: https://youtu.be/vYmTS9X3qLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Angry Americans. Welcome to episode seven.
0:23.4	I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.
0:28.9	Now, this is a show about the state of the Great American Experiment.
0:34.2	And that great American experiment has its ups and its downs.
0:37.0	The NBA playoffs were this weekend.
0:40.9	We had two game sevens for the history books,
0:44.9	one that was the best ending to a game seven I think I've ever seen.
0:46.3	That was awesome.
0:50.3	But now, if you're a Knicks or a Lakers fan,
0:54.5	you definitely have reason to count yourself among the angry Americans.
1:01.4	We all get super excited about Game of Thrones every week, but if you're like me, you left last week a bit underwhelmed.
1:04.6	The American experiment has its ups and downs, and our guest today is Rachel Maddow,
1:10.8	someone who's taken millions of Americans through
1:13.3	all of it for the last decade. And our interview today is definitely something I think will make you
1:19.3	think. It'll make you laugh. It's not your standard interview. That's not what I want to do on this
1:25.2	show. We're going to go deeper.
1:31.5	We're going to try to have interviews that you can't hear anywhere else. We're really going to get into it. We're going to keep it real. And I think that you're smart enough and savvy enough to hit
1:36.8	the pause button and come back to it if you want. But we're going to go deep in these interviews.
1:40.6	We're going to talk about the issues that are pressing. We're also going to get into why she loves fishing, her bizarre first car, the real ingredients in a pinia collata, and what it's
1:51.7	like to be on the Wendy Williams show. But we'll also get into the exceptional, fragile state
1:58.2	of our great American experiment. Now today as I record
2:03.2	this from inside my wife's closet for real with my son's monster jam blanket
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