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“I really thought I knew a couple of things about USA history - I was wrong. What is presented here has been purged from American classrooms. It is a narrative that never felt “American” but it is wholly American. The names could be changed and all this presented as truth today. We are who...”Read full review »
Mike_Monty via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/10/24
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“Incredible piece of American history which should’ve stood as a warning for what happens when a cult of personality is allowed to run roughshod on society. If only we had learned our lesson.”
Buford Tripp via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“I found this and season 1 to be very interesting and the parallels between then and now are uncanny. It just reinforces the idiom: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” I am a little disappointed there was no mention of the role Ed Murrow played in the push back against...”Read full review »
OrangeKnight81 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/24
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“I couldn’t stop listening!”
834575 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/24
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“Aren’t your parents in correctional facility? Cousin didn’t your family business create those microchips that were “stolen”. Famous forced to work in publicity of robbed. Good Luck”
Where my family via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/24
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“What a bunch of fear mongering political propaganda. Any one who listens to this and believes it is being led off a cliff”
Abutting query via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/24
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“If you never paid attention to politics in the 30s -60s, then you can’t understand how we got here today. People see the orange felon as unique. He is not. There is a scary past of the USA that isn’t spoken of and that is part of the problem. The hatred is real. It exists and has existed for...”Read full review »
MFD0412 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/23/24
“Rachel Maddow consistently uncovers important and not well known history, and is to be lauded for that. The stories in this series certainly fit that description and I learned a lot by listening to the series. But, unfortunately, this podcast series is so poorly produced, it makes it almost...”Read full review »
Oceansize89 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
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“Thanks for resuscitating this story that needs to be retold. I’ve never heard of it and there are so many glaring parallels to what we are going through and seeing daily.”
Thee Fishsticks via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/19/24
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“I learned so much listening to this podcast! The U.S. Government has long been infiltrated by these traitors and perpetrators of treason, peddlers of hate and white supremacy. We have and continue to be at risk. History is repeating itself and so many of us simply do not know how relevant this...”Read full review »
Asing2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/16/24
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“I really appreciate this podcast and at the same time I’m shocked that this happened once and it’s happening again. We haven’t learned anything and we seem to be doing the same thing again. This story is really laying out the game plan that is being played right now. Why don’t we have a way to...”Read full review »
DennyDiamond via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/16/24
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“Season 1 was amazing - eye opening, well written, well narrated, great research and super interesting topic. Season 2 is also fascinating but, the pizzicato violin is making me nuts. I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone or the Shining once it catches my ear. Super distracting, please vary the...”Read full review »
cantthinkofaname via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/12/24
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“An incredible story well told, but the podcast channel is nothing but free advertising for MSNBC to peddle their subscriptions.”
KarnPG via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/12/24
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“Since the 1950’s, Joe McArthy’s way of doing Politics has had a real appeal to Republicans. It is the only way to secure victories in elections. It reflects on they way they embraced TFG. Moscow Mitch has put 3 morally corrupt judges on SCOTUS and together with Alito and Thomas they will be the...”Read full review »
Marx64 via Apple Podcasts ·
Netherlands ·
09/09/24
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“As a historian, I relish podcasts that tell stories many Americans might not be familiar with, such as Ultra, both season one and 2. While the story Maddow tells is factual and riveting, I cannot understand why she repeats herself so often in every episode. She’s writing the narrative, per the...”Read full review »
Honors historian via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/07/24
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“By the end, I got really tired of them cutting to an expert or historian and only getting a sentence fragment sound bite. Let the people talk, give me full sentences and complete thoughts. It became annoying, and it gave the impression that you were aggressively cherry picking their words. It...”Read full review »
zeebz27 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/06/24
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“Every American — every high school history classroom — needs to hear and discuss this podcast series, and its predecessor, Ultra season 1. These two podcasts help us understand the history of hate that is deeply embedded in the GOP, and the devastation from its incorporation of the Dixicrats by...”Read full review »
Stoneham Mel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/05/24
“Started watching MSNBC in Nov ‘16. Felt like our lives were at risk. Oh boy, Rachel did I learn. Rachel is brilliant”
jimsandy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/04/24
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“People who want power and control will do anything to get it. As a History teacher with two Masters Degrees, I have done my share of research and there are several portions of this story that I have shared in my classroom for decades with photos and other primary source evidence. What I CANNOT...”Read full review »
NormanHQ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/01/24
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“I was really looking forward to this podcast. In this dangerous political climate , it is crucial to remind voters how fragile democracy is.
I had to walk away at episode 5. The music is so distracting and annoying that I could not focus on the dialog.
The message was compelling enough on...”Read full review »
Dontneedaname24 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/31/24
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“This is a fascinating recounting of this history. My father in law experienced the fear of this right wing scourge when he was starting his medical career. This after serving as a surgeon in WW2 in North Africa and Italy.
Now we hear the same old playbook in recent history of election...”Read full review »
JonnyMic via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/24
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“Great job”
Tapthatenthusiast276 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/24
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“It’s not the everyday news cycle. I think of it as one of the best classrooms for this type of American history. I have to slow my role and listen so I won’t miss all the pieces as they add up to an extraordinary story. Truly amazing work. Thank you so much. It’s really appreciated.”
terminate diamond lanes via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/24
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“Can’t believe these people lie. We don’t believe anything you say”
mujer1978 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/24
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“I’m a Gen Xer and only knew about Joseph McCarthy as the Red Scare man. Good gracious, he’s so much worse than that. The only thing that saved us from McCarthy was his death,
He laid out the path that Trump has followed to the White House and beyond. It was McCarthy and Roy Cohn that set...”Read full review »
belyea_david via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/29/24
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“A fascinating podcast about fascism in the US. Many parallels to our current time.”
Mo 1124 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/27/24
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“If you need a perfect example of how history repeats and how preserving democracy is a full time job, this is your podcast. A friend recommended this podcast recently and I just find it incredibly informative and very well done. Rachel continues to impress me with her insight and steady steer...”Read full review »
Kirk Dunn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/27/24
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“After dnc people want more content”
jiggy w plump dump and giggy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/26/24
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“Listening to this series and what happened in the past is similar to what’s happening in today’s Republican Party and how other Senate and house members have helped empower Trump. Because no one was really punished in the past for this. There’s no deterrent unfortunately with this type of behaviour.”
Mike00755 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/26/24
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“This is the stuff that students should be taught about. So they understand how important our democracy is. It’s hard for somebody who’s never been out of their little community to understand how everything is intertwined. She brings it to you. She brings the states to you the countries to you and...”Read full review »
meb1025 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/22/24
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“My high school did us all a deservice by not covering this. I wish Rachel had been my history teacher.
With her calm voice and pragmatic presentation, she proceeds through all the ins and outs of this fascinating, hair-raising history.
I hope our modern legislators know this history and are...”Read full review »
11dalya via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/24
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“Impressively researched, fascinating topic but Ms Maddow’s delivery is just… so… drawn… out…
I wanted to love this, but the only way to get through this is at 1.5 - 1.75 speed.
It’s as if she is using the producers of Dateline and has to stretch 15 minutes of content into a 60 minute show.”
ccdillon via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/18/24
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“A truly riveting story that should be heard by all, Rachael is an awesome story teller, Season 2 has been absolutely phenomenal!
Simply well done.
Thank you”
Myre's iPhone via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/17/24
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“As someone who is a history major in college, I find the series very very informative
I’ve often heard it said that it is the victors who write the histories
It’s nice to see something that they didn’t show us in school”
Starblade65 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/24
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“The research was great, presentation, first rate, but the background music is so loud! It distracts from the important information.”
KFord525 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/15/24
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“Thank you for this informative and educational PodCast! I’ve learned a lot … I hope it will be heard by many, many people before the upcoming elections!
Congratulations!”
MassGTess via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/15/24
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“Once again, Maddow & company present a well and deeply researched telling of a dark side of our political history. Instead of hiding this history, we would do well to teach it to all our high school students so that they can make the distinction between the glory of fighting for our...”Read full review »
S. Que via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/15/24
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“Beautiful illustration of history repeating itself. I can hardly wait to see what you’re going to do next. I can see why Rachel had trouble getting through this one. The only problem is that the episodes are over so fast. Thank you, Rachel, for bringing me to tears at the end of every segment.”
cat twitter via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/14/24
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“As all reviews here note, stunning work. Amazing narrative hook teaching graduate level political history in dramatic bites.
More history and exposé of these dark forces in our politics please! Particularly as they relate to current figures. Keenly interested in the Roy Cohn linkage between...”Read full review »
Kjinak via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/14/24
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“Wow Wow Wow!!! Rachel Maddow has done it again with another podcast with history that not many people know about. I really enjoyed listening to her and the historians learning about these two major events in history that have never been taught in schools. I’m a college student and listening to...”Read full review »
Khristian Garcia via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/14/24
“Is it possible to further magnify the King has no clothes but is still incredibly dangerous.”
Crockashite via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/13/24
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“Incredibly well researched and very detailed information. Rachel is such a great story teller that it is always gripping and yet easy to follow. Bravo!”
EW via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/13/24
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“Bingeing this podcast!! It's so good!! The host has made politics so interesting to me.”Read full review »
Newgamer12 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/12/24
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“The importance of history …
Just brilliant !”
Chrispi06 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/12/24
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“Listened three times..awestruck at how we as a country manage most of these horrors of hate without stepping outside the lines of democracy and the nation of laws upon which we must depend!
THANK YOU RACHEL.. you make my heart and brain much stronger.”
Goattrails via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/12/24
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“Why we didn’t learn any of this in our history books, and yet it’s plainly available in the national archives is beyond me. It totally changes my way of thinking, filling in history that helps me to better see why we are here in this moment in US history. The great aha!”
JessJ46 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/12/24
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Winston Churchill, 1948. While listening to this podcast series one cannot fail to notice the similarities with present-day America under the noxious influence of a political party led by a wanna-be dictator.”
MiSd16 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/11/24
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“You have been doing such great work. Thanks again!”
Meme Marj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/10/24
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