RACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: ULTRA
Now available: Rachel Maddow Presents Ultra, Season 2
Rachel Maddow outlines the second season of her award-winning podcast “Ultra,” which tells an all-but-forgotten true story of an ascendant American demagogue and the frayed line between violent extremism and mainstream politics. There’s an international manhunt for an American traitor, a spy inside the U.S. Army’s Nazi war crimes prosecutions, and a bizarre (and successful!) foreign influence operation inside Congress. Listen to the trailer and follow now for free, or subscribe to MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free listening.
Season Two, Episode One
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode One
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode One of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra, released early for subscribers to MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts.
Rachel Maddow’s bookshelf: Ultra, season 2
A visual bibliography of the important books that contributed to Rachel Maddow’s research for season two of the Ultra podcast
Season Two, Episode Two
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Two
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Two of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra, released early for subscribers to MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts.
Season Two, Episode Three
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Three
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Three of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
WATCH: U.S. Army prosecutor makes the case against the Malmedy Massacre defendants, 1946
Source: NARA, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
WATCH: American survivor of the Malmedy Massacre testifies in war crimes trial, 1946
Source: NARA, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
WATCH: Decades later, American WWII veteran recalls surviving the Malmedy Massacre
Source: NARA, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Bonus episode
Bonus Episode: Rachel Maddow in Conversation with Tony Kushner
Recorded live at Provincetown Town Hall
Season Two, Episode Four
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Four
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Four of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season Two, Episode Five
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Five
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Five of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season Two, Episode Six
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Six
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Six of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season Two, Episode Seven
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Seven
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Seven of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season Two, Episode Eight
From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Eight
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Eight of Season Two of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Bonus episode
Bonus Episode: Combating Antisemitism Today
Rachel Maddow discusses season two of her award-winning podcast with U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, President Biden’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. They delve into the roots of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and the U.S. government’s ongoing global efforts to combat antisemitism. Now available to MSNBC Premium subscribers on Apple Podcasts.
Transcript: Combating antisemitism today
U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt discusses the roots of antisemitism and Holocaust denial
Season One, Episode One
From the Archives: Season One, Episode One
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode One of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
The speech written for Sen. Ernest Lundeen by a paid Nazi agent.
Lundeen was carrying these pages when he died, and they were found near the scene of the plane crash.
Season One, Episode Two
Season 1, Episode 2: The Brooklyn Boys
A gruesome hoax around the shocking massacre of American troops
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Two
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Two of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season One, Episode Three
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Three
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Three of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season One, Episode Four
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Four
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Four of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
READ: Letters between Sen. Ernest Lundeen and Nazi agent George Sylvester Viereck
Source: Ernest Lundeen papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Season One, Episode Five
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Five
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Five of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season One, Episode Six
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Six
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Six of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
READ: O. John Rogge’s charges against 30 Americans for trying to overthrow the government in 1944
Source: United States v. McWilliams, Cr. No. 73086/The National Archives
READ: Questions for potential jurors from defense attorneys in 1944 sedition trial
Source: United States v. McWilliams, Cr. No. 73086/The National Archives
Season One, Episode Seven
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Seven
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Seven of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
Season One, Episode Eight
From the Archives: Season One, Episode Eight
Archival materials to further illustrate Episode Eight of Season One of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra.
LISTEN: DOJ prosecutor O. John Rogge’s full Meet the Press interview
NBC News, via the Library of Congress, Dec. 6, 1946