The Rachel Maddow Show was a weekday
radio show on the
Air America Radio network hosted by
Rachel Maddow. The show featured news items read by Maddow and her commentary on each of them as well as interview segments with politicians, newsmakers and pundits. Guests included presidential candidate
John Edwards, author
Eric Alterman, reporters from
The Nation magazine and commentators from The Center for American Progress. Beginning September 8, 2008, she also debuted a TV version of the show on
MSNBC of the same name with different content. Early in 2009 the show was moved to the 5am timeslot and consisted almost entirely of the audio from the previous nights MSNBC broadcast of Maddow's television show. On January 21, 2010, Air America Radio ceased programming citing economic difficulties.