The Rachel Maddow Show Guest List

• Borzou Daragahi, Beriut bureau chief, Los Angeles Times
• David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author of Free Lunch
• Craig Robinson, head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University and Michele Obama's brother
• Daniel Choi, Knights Out

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

From the Web:

• Borzou Daragahi's Borzou.com
• Borzou Daragahi: Obama overture elicits cautious response from Iran

• Laura Rozen, reporter for "Foreign Policy" magazine
• Greg Sargent, The Plum Line Blog on WhoRunsGov.com
• Senator Mark Begich, D-Alaska
• Dan Choi, a founding member of the "Knights Out" organization

From the Web:

• Laura Rozen blogs at The Cable
• Greg Sargent: Happy Hour Roundup: Explaining House GOP Leadership’s No Vote On AIG
• Greg Sargent: Another Blue Dog Dem Confirms He’ll Vote Against Employee Free Choice
• West Point LGBT alumni group offers support to alma mater
• Because some viewers weren't quite ready to record the URL of KNCA, the propaganda arm of Kim Jong-Il's government when Rachel read it Thursday night, it's KCNA.co.jp.

• David Weidner, Wall Street columnist for Marketwatch
• New York Times foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins
• Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Chad Lindsey, actor and subway hero

From the Web:

• Dexter Filkins: The Progress in Iraq is Remarkable
• Dexter Filkins: My Long War
  Dexter Filkins: Afghanistan and Iraq - What If?
• Guest Post by Lawrence Wilkerson: Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay
• Chad Lindsey on IMDB
• Only a few shows left to see Chad Lindsey in KASPAR HAUSER: a foundling's opera
• Chad Lindsey's side biz: Fresh Eggs

• Senator Ron Wyden
• Foreign affairs journalist Mark Danner
• Former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel
• David Kilcullen, counterinsurgency expert and author of “The Accidental Guerilla”
• The King of Cocktails, master mixologist Dale DeGroff

From the Web:

• Mark Danner: US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites
• Mark Danner: Tales from Torture's Dark World
• Mark Danner: The Truth of El Mozote
• David Kilcullen: Can we defeat the Taliban?
• Dale DeGroff's Irish Coffee

• Congressman Barney Frank, Democratic chairman of the House Financial Services Committee
• Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC political analyst
• John Nagl, a veteran of both Gulf Wars who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in Army, now president of the Center for a New American Security
• Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

From the Web:

• Paul Rieckhoff: Show Us the Money: Iraq Veterans React to the VA Budget
• John Nagl: Surge In Afghanistan Can Work, With Right Resources, Enough Time
• John Nagl: How not to lose in Afghanistan