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Fresh Air Weekend: Matthew Weiner, Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow hosts the nightly news talk show <em>The Rachel Maddow Show</em> on MSNBC.
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Rachel Maddow hosts the nightly news talk show The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:


'Mad Men' Creator On What's Next For Don Draper: Matthew Weiner offers his thoughts on Sunday night's Season 5 premiere, the character development of Don Draper, and what may be in store for the staff of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview:The popular MSNBC host talks about her start in broadcasting, her life and her new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, in which she argues that America's national defense has become disconnected from public oversight.

You can listen to the original broadcasts here:

  • 'Mad Men' Creator On What's Next For Don Draper
  • Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview
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