The Rachel Maddow Show: 2022
Season 15 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Rachel Maddow Show Season 14.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 15 Progress Shield
January 3, 2022
Jan 3, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Nicholas Wu, Rebecca Roiphe, Ashish Jha The January 6 investigation enters a new public phase. Former Pre
January 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Jamie Raskin, David Kessler The January 6 investigation is seeking information from Fox News host Sean H
January 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Chuck Schumer Attorney General Merrick Garland based his speech today continues to believe that the ma
January 6, 2022
Jan 6, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Cory Booker, Timothy Snyder Interview with presidential historian Doris Kearns Go
January 7, 2022
Jan 7, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Nse Ufot, Dahlia Lithwick, Celine Gounder U.S. democracy is under threat a year after Jan
January 10, 2022
Jan 10, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Gwen Keyes Fleming, Ashley Coffield Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have now met in person wi
January 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Amy Klobuchar, Ben Jealous President Joe Biden delivered remarks on voting rights in Atlanta. Interview
January 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Katie Naranjo, Ashish Jha House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he won`t cooperate with the January 6 C
January 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Kathleen Belew, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has referred
January 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Elaine Luria, Daniel Ziblatt Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel refers probe of fake electors to feder
January 17, 2022
Jan 17, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Joyce Beatty, George Selim Interview with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), chair of the Congressional B
January 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Jamie Raskin, Maggie Hassan The January 6 investigators subpoena top Trump allies who publicly promoted
January 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Linda Greenhouse, Amy Klobuchar, Susanne Craig The Supreme Court won't block release of Trump document
January 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Gwen Keyes Fleming Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis ask judges to approve a specia
January 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Pete Aguilar, Jane Mayer, Denise Freeman, Alexander Vindman Interview with Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA). The
January 24, 2022
Jan 24, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Michael Moore, Nicholas Wu Georgia's D.A. is investigating "coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the
January 25, 2022
Jan 25, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Chris Larson, Ashish Jha The U.S. Justice Department does say that the forged documents from electors in
January 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Nina Totenberg, Amy Klobuchar, Dahlia Lithwick Justice Stephen Breyer, one of the three liberal justic
January 27, 2022
Jan 27, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Brian Colon Florida's surgeon general nominee evades questions at confirmation hearing. Irish fishermen
January 28, 2022
Jan 28, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Pete Aguilar, Gwen Keyes Fleming, Ann Simmons, Patrick Murphy, Natosha Daniels The January 6 Committee su
January 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Steve Schmidt, Carlos Guillermo Smith Former President Donald Trump urges supporters to hold protests if
February 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: David Wilson, Alma Adams "The New York Times" is reporting that the January 6 Committee is probing forme
February 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Phillip Martin, Jamie Raskin "The New York Times" is reporting that memos show roots of former Preside
February 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Janai Nelson Pamela Moses is sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error. The U.S. military ha
February 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Robert Draper, Tina Polsky, Brandt Williams Former Vice President Mike Pence says
February 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Jacqueline Alemany, Adam Schiff, Janai Nelson, Ann Simmons The National Archives
February 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Ben Wikler, Lauren Lumpkin Republicans who did not accept the 2020 election resu
February 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Emma Brown, Ilona Cohen, Timothy Snyder, Chris Murphy "The Washington Post" un
February 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Mondaire Jones, Amy Klobuchar Interview with Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY). Interv
February 11, 2022
Feb 11, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Jamie Raskin, Anna Eskamani Canadian truckers protests prompts st
February 14, 2022
Feb 14, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALEX WAGNER Guests: Isabel Longoria The Biden administration is determined not to see a repeat of 20
February 15, 2022
Feb 15, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALEX WAGNER Guests: Joshua Koskoff, Pete Aguilar, Nicole Perlroth, Amanda Litman The Sandy Hook fam
February 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALEX WAGNER Guests: Sara Nelson Today, "The Washington Post" published thousands of text messages
February 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALEX WAGNER Guests: Gerry Connolly, Susanne Craig, Ann Simmons, Christopher Bruce Today, the House
February 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALEX WAGNER Guests: Nina Khrushcheva, Tayhlor Coleman, David Fahrenthold A few hours ago, President
February 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Michael McFaul, James Stavridis, Anne Applebaum, Alexander Vindman Russia Preside
February 22, 2022
Feb 22, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Terrell Jermaine Starr, Elissa Slotkin, Hagar Chemali Today, President Biden ann
February 23, 2022
Feb 23, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Nina Khrushcheva The United States is issuing a new warning to the Ukrainian g
February 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022 · 95 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Nina Khrushcheva Russia starts war with Ukraine invasion. Russia targets key Ukrainian cities in overni
February 25, 2022
Feb 25, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Hagar Chemali, Sherrilyn Ifill, Alexander Prokhorenko, Amanda Tyler Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is Presid
February 28, 2022
Feb 28, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Hillary Clinton, Alexander Prokhorenko Interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. MSNBC's
March 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: AYMAN MOHYELDIN Guests: Rob Lee, Andrei Kozyrev, Chris Melzer MSNBC's continuing live coverage of
March 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: AYMAN MOHYELDIN Guests: James Acton, Tikhon Dzyadko, Philip Breedlove, Inna Sovsun Europe's larges
March 4, 2022
Mar 4, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: AYMAN MOHYELDIN Guests: Maryan Zablotskyy, Whitney Leaming, Rob Lee, Alexey Kovalyov, Alexander Prokh
March 7, 2022
Mar 7, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Philip Breedlove, Ian Bremmer, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Alex Crawford MSNBC's continuin
March 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Alex Crawford, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Alexander Vindman, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Zee Gi
March 9, 2022
Mar 9, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: John Herbst, Maria Yovanovitch MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the Russian
March 10, 2022
Mar 10, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Alex Crawford, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alem Kent MSNBC's conti
March 11, 2022
Mar 11, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Andy Weber, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Yuliya Nogovitsyna MSNBC's continuing live coverag
March 14, 2022
Mar 14, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Alex Goncharenko, James Stavridis, Anna Pereguda MSNBC's continuing live coverage
March 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Serhiy Leshchenko, Amy Klobuchar, Alexander Goncharov MSNBC's continuing live co
March 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSH Guests: Maryan Zablotskyy, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Anne Applebaum, Alex Wade MSNBC's contin
March 17, 2022
Mar 17, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Eric Schmitt, Inna Sovsun, Ilya Krasilshchik, Whitney Leaming MSNBC's continuin
March 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Gary Locke, Steve Hendrix, Andriy Yermak, Marcus Yam MSNBC's continuing live cove
March 21, 2022
Mar 21, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Heather Conley, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Belkis Wille MSNBC's continuing live coverage of
March 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Rob Lee, Sarah Lockwood, Artur Shevchenko, Janai Nelson MSNBC's continuing live
March 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Inna Sovsun, Ivo Daalder MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the Russian invas
March 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Joshua Yaffa, Eric Schmitt MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the Russian inva
March 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Igor Novikov, Stephen Mull, Rose Gottemoeller, Andrei Soldatov, Alexander Prokhore
March 28, 2022
Mar 28, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Inna Sovsun, Tim Kaine, Jamie Raskin, Julia Ioffe MSNBC's continuing live coverag
March 29. 2022
Mar 29, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Oleksiy Goncharenko, Tikhon Dzyadko, Chris Murphy MSNBC's continuing live covera
March 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Yevheniya Kravchuk, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Alex Bornyakov, Serhiy Kiral MSNBC's conti
March 31, 2022
Mar 31, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Alex Crawford, John Kirby, Fiona Hill, Devlin Barrett MSNBC's continuing live c
April 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Anne Applebaum, Vladimir Ashurkov MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the Russian
April 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Kira Rudik, Jon Gerberg, Oona Hathaway, Toomas Ilves MSNBC's continuing live cove
April 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Oleksiy Goncharenko, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Jason Crow MSNBC's continuing live co
April 6, 2022
Apr 6, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: John Sparks, Maksym Borodin, Sudarsan Raghavan, Alyona Minkovski, Timothy Snyde
April 7, 2022
Apr 7, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: Ivanna Klympush, Mariah K. Watson, Matt Zapotosky, Melanie Amann MSNBC's contin
April 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: ALI VELSHI Guests: John Sparks, Yevhen Yenin, Marta S. Jones MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the
April 11, 2022
Apr 11, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Jamie Raskin MSNBC continues its live coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Re
April 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Eric Adams, Samantha Power Interview With New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Interview with USAID Administr
April 13, 2022
Apr 13, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Nicole Perlroth, Elaine Luria, Aaron Blake Ukraine claims it has hit an important Russian navy ship of
April 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Brigitte Amiri, Mason Clark Republicans in Kentucky passed a bill to make it harder for women to get ab
April 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: MEDHI HASAN Guests: Philip Breedlove, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Crystal Mason, Tim Higgins Russia continues to
April 18, 2022
Apr 18, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Jane Mayer, Anne Applebaum A dark money group is targeting dozens of Biden nominees. MSNBC's continuing c
April 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Craig Spencer MSNBC's continuing coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Senat
April 20, 2022
Apr 20, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: James Acton, Bryan Schott MSNBC's continuing coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Utah Sen. Mi
April 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin, Alan Feuer House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy denies saying he'd ca
April 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Jamie Raskin, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Ruth Ben-Ghiat The Wall Street Journal reports that former President Tr
April 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Adam Schiff Interview with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). Billionaire CEO Elon Musk will buy Twitter.
April 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Tuesday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Nicholas Wu, Katie Townsend Congressman Bennie Thompson said that the January 6 committee will be issuin
April 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Wednesday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Elizabeth Goitein, Craig Mauger "The Washington Post" tonight is reporting that the January 6th invest
April 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Thursday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Tim Snyder, Alene Tchekmedyian Interview with author Tim Snyder. Interview with "Los Angeles Times" rep
April 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Friday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guest host: MEHDI HASAN Guests: Mondaire Jones, Nathan Layne, Elizabeth Williamson, Inna Sovsun
May 2, 2022
May 2, 2022 · 45 min
Watch the full episode of Monday night's The Rachel Maddow Show. Guests: Josh Gerstein, Dahlia Lithwick, Jamie Raskin, Amy Klobuchar "Politico": Draft opinion shows Supreme Court
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
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May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
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May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
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May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
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May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022
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May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
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May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
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May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
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May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
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