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Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

Rachel Maddow

Now available: Rachel Maddow Presents Ultra, Season 2

Rachel Maddow outlines the second season of her award-winning podcast "Ultra," which tells an all-but-forgotten true story of an ascendant American demagogue and the frayed line between violent extremism and mainstream politics. There’s an international manhunt for an American traitor, a spy inside the U.S. Army’s Nazi war crimes prosecutions, and a bizarre (and successful!) foreign influence operation inside Congress. Listen to the trailer and follow now for free, or subscribe to MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free listening.

Bonus episode

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Bonus Episode: Combating Antisemitism Today

Rachel Maddow discusses season two of her award-winning podcast with U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, President Biden’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. They delve into the roots of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and the U.S. government's ongoing global efforts to combat antisemitism. Now available to MSNBC Premium subscribers on Apple Podcasts.

Season Two, Episode One

Season Two, Episode Two

Season Two, Episode Three

Bonus episode

Season Two, Episode Four

Season Two, Episode Five

Season Two, Episode Six

Season Two, Episode Seven

Season Two, Episode Eight

Document

'Threatened and Blackmailed'

Letter sent by Lester C. "Buddy" Hunt, Jr. to the Department of Justice in 2015 asking that a "formal review" be done of the Sen. Joseph McCarthy-led blackmail efforts that led to his father's 1954 suicide

Press

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Maddow on the Media

Rachel Maddow talks with Oliver Darcy about the new season of "Ultra," the 2024 campaign, and whether she fears she might be a target of Donald Trump's wrath should be win a second term.

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Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

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.

Episode One

Episode Two

Episode Three

Episode Four

Episode Five

Episode Six

Episode Seven

Episode Eight

Author interview

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