Rachel Maddow / Lisa Rogak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogak, Lisa, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maddow, Rachel.

Television personalities--United States--Biography.

Television personalities.

Lesbian activists.

Radio personalities.

United States.

Radio personalities--United States--Biography.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

Lesbian activists--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2020.

Summary:

"The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news. Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated sound bites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports. And in our highly polarized world, Maddow amiably engages the staunchest conservatives, while never hesitating to expose their light-on-facts defenses. As a result, she's become the top anchor for MSNBC and a beloved representative for all that progressive America holds dear. The news that Maddow was the first publicly-out lesbian to anchor a prime-time TV news show seemed almost anticlimactic to her millions of viewers, who will be surprised and intrigued by little-known details of her life, as written by New York Times bestselling biographer Lisa Rogak. Growing up in a conservative California town - and viewing herself as a perennial outsider - helped spark an early interest in activism. After attending Stanford and Oxford, she opted for a minimum-wage job as a radio DJ in a tiny Massachusetts market while finishing her Ph.D. She planned to pursue a career as an activist, but 9/11 changed all that, so she returned to local radio where she could help listeners by 'explaining stuff.' A stint at Air America raised her national profile, which led to her groundbreaking MSNBC show where she dissects the news of the day with an approach found nowhere else on TV"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Who is that kid and where did she come from?"

Breaking free and coming out

Activism and Oxford

Love and radio

Switching gears

Air America

Taking off

Punditry

A show of her own

Off the clock

Behind the scenes

Branching out

Settling in

The 2016 elections and what's next for Rachel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-260) and index.

ISBN:

9781250298249

1250298245

OCLC:

1097576002

Publisher Number:

99984998378