The Rachel Maddow Show Blog

Happy Wednesday! 

David Bender is in for Rachel tonight on the Rachel Maddow Show.  In the first hour he'll be talking with Milk producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen about the film and the life of Harvey Milk.

MILK movie site:  http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/milk/  Check out the bottom of the post to see when MILK is coming to your city.

In the second hour David talks with Frank Voci of WhiteKnot.org [http://whiteknot.org] about marriage equality and what symbol can do to raise awareness of the issue.

MILK city release schedule 

November 26:

11/26/2008 ATLANTA

11/26/2008 BOSTON

11/26/2008 BOSTON

11/26/2008 CHICAGO

11/26/2008 DALLAS

11/26/2008 DALLAS

11/26/2008 DENVER

11/26/2008 DETROIT

11/26/2008 JACKSONVILLE

11/26/2008 LOS ANGELES

11/26/2008 MINNEAPOLIS

11/26/2008 NEW YORK

11/26/2008 PHILADELPHIA

11/26/2008 PORTLAND

11/26/2008 SAN FRANCISCO

11/26/2008 SEATTLE

11/26/2008 ST. LOUIS

11/26/2008 WASHINGTON

November 28:

11/28/2008 SAN FRANCISCO

December 5:

12/05/2008 ATLANTA

12/05/2008 CHICAGO

12/05/2008 CINCINNATI

12/05/2008 DALLAS

12/05/2008 JACKSONVILLE

12/05/2008 LOS ANGELES

12/05/2008 NEW YORK

12/05/2008 SALT LAKE CITY

12/05/2008 SAN FRANCISCO

12/05/2008 WASHINGTON

December 12:

12/12/2008 ALBANY

12/12/2008 ATLANTA

12/12/2008 BOSTON

12/12/2008 BUFFALO

12/12/2008 CHARLOTTE

12/12/2008 CHICAGO

12/12/2008 CINCINNATI

Rachel broke down the good, the bad and the ugly of the Big Three "crisis" and then talked to United Steelworkers International President Leo Gerard. Check out the video or read the transcript after the jump. 

Enjoy the new thread...

On Friday night Rachel appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" for a very entertaining chat including a discussion of her favorite childhood game called, "Iran."

Rachel is back from the Air America cruise where she met so many of our very smart and very fun listeners.  As we ease back into the swing of things Rachel will be hosting the first hour of the show and Nicole Sandler will be hosting the second hour.

Nicole has done a bang up job filling in for Rachel these last three days, we are lucky to have her!  More on tonight's show later...

Tonight on the Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan Radio Programs....

Rachel and Ron are off on the Air America Cruise, and I'm thrilled to have the honor of filling in for them for the next few days.

By way of introduction, my name is Nicole Sandler, and I'm broadcasting this week from Miami, FL. I've actually been in radio for close to 30 years, but most of those years were spent playing music. Listeners in Los Angeles might remember me from my days with Mark & Brian at KLOS, or from the "Triple A" stations KSCA and Channel 103.1.

After losing a couple of jobs due to stations being sold and changing formats, I moved around the country a bit, and wound up back in South Florida, where I grew up, for family reasons. I started a video production company, but spent much of my time listening to the Air America affiliate down here, and soon contacted them for employment.

To make a long story short, I wound up hosting mornings on 940 WINZ until, along with much of the radio industry, I was downsized. I now podcast and blog daily at www.RadioOrNot.com, and this week am honored to fill in for Rachel and Ron Reagan while they're cruising.

Tonight, we'll deal with the passage of constitutional amendments in California, Florida and Arizona that outlaw gay marriage... and more. We'll look at the effect of the legislation, how this happened in a supposed enlightened time in American history, and what we can do to counter it.

I'll be joined by Melissa Etheridge, activist/artist Charles Merrill, TV's Judge David Young, adoption professional and gay foster parent Robert Lamarche, and you on the phones at 866-303-2270.

You can always reach me at www.radioornot.com, or nicole@nicolesandler.com.

Looking forward to talking with you tonight! And stick around for the third hour for The Ron Reagan Show!