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Rachel Maddow (b. 1973) is the host of '' The Rachel Maddow Show '' on Air America Radio , which airs live on weekdays from 7am to 9am Eastern Time as the second part of Air America Mornings . EDUCATION A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California , Maddow later obtained a degree in Public Policy from Stanford University in 1994. She then received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1995 and used it to obtain a Doctorate in politics from Lincoln College , Oxford University . She was the first gay person to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship . Her political activism has focused on AIDS and prisoners' rights, especially the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS in prisons. She is also an outspoken advocate for Gay and Lesbian issues, including Same-sex Marriage . RADIO CAREER Maddow got her first radio hosting job at WRNX when the station held a contest for a new on-air personality. She was hired on the spot. She later went on to host ''Big Breakfast'' on WRSI , in Northampton, Massachusetts , for two years. She left the show to join the newly created Air America in March 2004 . There, she hosted '' Unfiltered '' along with Chuck D and Lizz Winstead until its cancellation on March 31 , 2005 . She was given her own hour-long show starting April 14 , 2005 . The show was expanded to two hours on January 2 , 2006 . TELEVISION CAREER Maddow is a regular panelist on '' The Situation With Tucker Carlson '' on MSNBC . PERSONAL LIFE She lives in Manhattan and West Cummington with her partner Susan Mikula. EXTERNAL LINKS
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