Rachel Maddow To Debut ‘Ultra’ Podcast In First Project Under NBCUniversal-MSNBC Deal

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Rachel Maddow is launching another new podcast series with MSNBC, this time examining the history of an 80-year-old plot to undermine democracy.

The podcast will be Maddow’s first since scaling back her weeknight schedule to just Mondays. Last year, Maddow signed a new contract with NBCUniversal that included the development of new projects.

The podcast, Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra, will debut its first two episodes on Oct. 10, with further episodes on subsequent Mondays.

According to MSNBC, in the eight episode series Maddow “will guide listeners through history to tell the story of Americans who plotted to overthrow the government and democracy during World War II, the members of Congress who aligned themselves with hat movement, and their attempts to cover their tracks when they were exposed.”  MSNBC President Rashida Jones said that the podcast series will be “the first of many projects in the expanding Rachel universe that will allow audiences to see — or hear — Rachel on all of our platforms.”  Maddow said in a statement, “We are not the first generation of Americans to have contended with a clear and present threat to our democracy.