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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

87. Rachel Maddow (Replay). Thanksgiving 2020. A Conversation to Warm Your Heart, Feed Your Brain, and Inspire Your Soul.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

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

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

2020 has been a feast of insanity and stress. But even in a pandemic, there is still reason to be thankful. And this Thanksgiving season, after 86 episodes of Angry Americans, we’re extremely thankful for all the important, inspiring and iconic guests that have joined us. And few have been more popular than Rachel Maddow (@Maddow). [9:10] Loved by the left, often attacked by the right, but respected by all, Rachel recently disclosed on national TV that her partner of over 25 years was hit exceptionally hard by COVID. She courageously shared her story---and issued a warning to all before the holidays. It was a brave, powerful, important moment that had the country buzzing.  This Thanksgiving, our Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) offers brief reflections on the most tumultuous year of our lifetimes, and presents a replay of a fantastic, fascinating and heart-warming conversation recorded last year pre-pandemic with Rachel Maddow in New York City inside a garage at the Classic Car Club Manhattan. Rachel breaks down what it’s like to interview presidential candidates, analyzes the media, and talks about her rise to national prominence and international fame. And she also shares her perspective on fishing, the story of her first car, and what really makes her happy--even when times are tough.  It’s the perfect conversation to reflect on how much has changed in American in 2020, how much needs changing, and how much we can all still be thankful for. Whether you’re driving across the country, keeping it small with your pod, or working a double-shift on the front-lines of the pandemic, it’s a conversation that will leave you with the 4 I’s that serve as the main course of the dinner table in every episode: information, integrity, inspiration and impact. Pour yourself a glass of something good, pull up a chair, join our extended Righteous Media family, and sit down for a heart-warming double helping of delicious holiday-time content.  Angry Americans remains your trusted, independent source for news, politics, culture and inspiration. It’s a smart, fun and no-BS perspective like nowhere else in the media. You always meet powerful, inspiring iconic guests in raw conversations and join a unique and powerful community.  You can join us for an exclusive Angry Americans Cocktail Hour Zoom on December 7th if you become part of the Angry Americans Patreon community. You’ll also get unique access to our amazing guests, our dynamic host, merch discounts, and exclusive content. Angry Americans is possible thanks to these Patreon supporters and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.  You can also watch this conversation with Rachel Maddow and an incredible range of music, political, business and media players ranging from Chuck D to Jeffrey Wright to Medal of Honor Recipient Flo Groberg to Sarah Jessica Parker to Stephen Colbert to Meghan McCain to Mayor Pete Buttigieg on the Righteous Media YouTube page. It’s political, social and industry diversity like no other show in America.  Angry Americans empowers independent Americans and is powered by Righteous Media.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngryAmericans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angryamericansus Instagram: http://instagram.com/angryamericansUSA And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlrGIJcmgIsJQgOR1ev-ew/featured 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.

0:15.8

Welcome to episode 87.

0:18.8

I'm your host, Paul Reichoff. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention,

0:25.3

even this Thanksgiving.

0:28.3

Corn, I hereby grant you a full pardon.

0:33.3

Thank you, corn.

0:37.0

That's President Mayhem, pardoning the presidential turkey.

0:42.1

The turkey is named corn.

0:45.5

After he pardoned the turkey, and despite widespread speculation, he did not pardon himself.

0:53.5

At least not yet.

0:55.3

The White House turkey tradition was started by President Truman in 1947,

1:01.2

and President John F. Kennedy was the first president to spare the honored presidential bird.

1:08.3

President George Herbert Walker Bush was the first to officially use the word

1:12.2

pardon back in 1989. But no, this Thanksgiving, with America rocked by the election and ravaged by

1:21.5

the pandemic, there is no pardoning of Donald Trump. And there's no pardoning the mayhem and the chaos of the last

1:30.9

three years and especially of 2020 so far. 2020 has been a feast of insanity, chaos, mayhem, and

1:42.7

stress. But even in times like this, maybe especially in times like this,

1:49.4

there's still reason to be thankful.

1:51.8

Even in a pandemic, there's still reason to be thankful.

1:57.1

And this Thanksgiving season, after 86 episodes of Angry Americans, we're extremely

2:03.3

thankful to you for joining us and to all the important, inspiring, iconic guests that

2:10.5

have joined us, from Willie Geist to Sarah Jessica Parker, to Westmore, to Samantha B, to Corporal Aaron Mankin, to Megan McCain,

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