The most famous Rachel on TV today isn't the same one that made Jennifer Aniston a star. And it's Rachael with the extra "E" that's the syndicated star of a talk show that won the Emmy in 2008. But the newest Rachel on the air is MSNBC's plucky new host of her own show, Rachel Maddow. Like Aniston, Rachel Maddow's hairdoo is fashionable, and like Ray, Maddow's very personable. However, The Rachel Maddow Show is worlds apart from Friends or 30 Minute Meals/The Rachael Ray Show. Maddow is all about politics, current events and things that, by and large, are important. In some ways, The Rachel Maddow Show is a spinoff of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Maddow has been a regular sub for Olbermann, proving her prowess to MSNBC, and her show has a cushy spot between the first run of Countdown at 8 p.m. ET and the replay at 10 p.m. For the premiere episode, in fact, Keith appeared as Rachel's first guest -- a crossover from the end of Countdown where Rachel was interviewed in the last segment before the close. This was a smart move, sort of like a bridge from his show to hers, a bridge to somewhere if you will.
The new studio for Maddow has the quality MSNBC look, glass top desk, plasma screens, obnoxious -- but expected -- graphics on the bottom and bugs and flags reinforcing information as it's spoken.
If you watch MSNBC for the politics fix, no doubt you have seen Rachel Maddow. She's one of the talking heads, a politically savvy woman who has been featured on shows like Hardball with Chris Matthews and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. 
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Let me preface this post by saying that I know next to nothing about
the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, other than the fact that it has been stirring up controversy due to
what many, including chief medical officer Dr. Kerry Kelly of the FDNY, say are dubious medical claims. Oh
yeah, and it has origins in Scientology, which is always great fuel for controversy. One person who does seem to like
the idea, however, is Janeanne Garafolo, who has been catching some flak lately from fans of her Air America radio
show, "The Majority Report," where her praise of the controversial method has been likened by some to an
infomercial. It seems that even her most diehard fans aren't too happy with Garafalo on this one. For more detailed
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Al Franken recently moved his radio show to my humble little metropolis
of Minneapolis, the city where he grew up. By sheer coincidence I know one of his producers and I asked them why
he was back in his homestate of Minnesota. Turns out Franken is giving some serious consideration to making a senate
run in 2008. He hasn't officially thrown his hat in the ring, according to an interview with AlterNet he did recently,
but the fact that he moved the whole shebang to Minnesota pretty much makes one think it's going to happen. I
think the "celebrity to politician" move is a crap shoot at best, but this is Minnesota, and Al is a hometown
boy. I figure if Jesse Ventura could get his hulking frame into office Franken probably stands a pretty good chance.
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