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Summary

The main topic of this podcast episode is an update about MS Now Premium, a subscription service that offers exclusive content and ad-free listening to MS Now podcasts, including Rachel Maddow's new series "Burn Order."

The participants in this episode are:

Rachel Maddow
Nicole Wallace
Chris Hayes

Key points from the episode include:

Rachel Maddow introduces MS Now Premium, a subscription service that offers exclusive content and ad-free listening to MS Now podcasts.
She mentions that with MS Now Premium, listeners can get early access to shows like her new historical thriller "Burn Order."
Rachel Maddow also mentions that 2026 will be a big year, with the 250th anniversary of the United States and the crucial midterm elections.
She encourages listeners to sign up for a three-month free trial of MS Now Premium by the end of January.

Takeaways from this episode include:

MS Now Premium offers exclusive content and ad-free listening to MS Now podcasts.
Rachel Maddow's new series "Burn Order" is a six-episode narrative podcast that explores the shocking decision to target and round up innocent citizens, Japanese Americans, at the outbreak of World War II.

About this Show

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

"Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order" is the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history: the executive order to target and round up innocent citizens, Japanese Americans, at the outbreak of World War II. This six-episode narrative podcast will examine and shed new light on how that policy came to be, who was behind it, who attempted to stop it, and the heroism needed to end the policy for good. Brazen lies and stereotypes about a minority group being pushed by senior government officials. Desperate efforts to prevent the policy from going into place. A community terrorized on the streets by the U.S. military, grabbed from their homes and sent to faraway, hastily built detention camps. Government reports gathered up and set on fire to suppress the truth behind the policy. And a bombshell discovery in the unlikeliest of places that would ultimately expose it all. This is the story of the American government's decision to pursue and carry out an extreme and unconstitutional policy against its own citizens, and it's the story of what it finally took to stop it. Rachel Maddow's previous narrative podcasts -- "Bag Man," "Ultra," and "Ultra: Season 2" -- all reached #1 on the Apple podcast charts and have received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award, a Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism, and most recently, a 2025 national Edward R. Murrow Award. Her new series, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order," premieres December 1, 2025.

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Show Notes

Listen to this special invitation from Rachel Maddow and sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to take advantage of a 3-month free trial!

With MS NOW Premium, you can get our entire suite of podcasts – everything from “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” to “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace” – all ad-free. As a subscriber, you also get early access to select shows, plus exclusive bonus content – like a new episode of this show, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order,” out today.

There’s a lot in store for 2026. So to celebrate the new year, we’re giving away 3 months free if you sign up by the end of January! It’s just $2.99/month or $29.99/year after that. Thanks for listening!

Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to get early-access to this show. Plus, receive bonus and ad-free content from this and other podcasts.

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Transcript

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Hey there, it is Rachel Maddow here dropping into your feeds with an update about MS Now Premium. MS Now Premium is our Apple subscription service that gives you VIP access to all of our podcasts here at MS Now. I'm talking about the best people with my friend Nicole Wallace. If everyone is just telling the truth and doing their own piece of it, we're going to be all right. Or why is this happening? With another great friend and colleague, Chris Hayes. We obviously need some era of profound reform if we come out the other side with something that looks like an intact democracy. You can get originals like these, along with audio versions of TV shows like The Weeknight or The Briefing or The Last Word. It's impossible to see the weakness of a dictatorship until defiance exposes that weakness. With MS Now Premium, you can get all of these shows ad-free. And in many cases, you get exclusive bonus content that you can only get with a subscription. Even early access to some shows like my newest historical thriller, Burn Order. I never believed that America would be doing this. Now, if you were already an MS Now Premium subscriber, first of all, thank you. For those of you who haven't had a chance to take advantage of Premium yet, now's your moment. We're offering a three-month free trial if you sign up by the end of January. And listen, you know, now's the time. 2026 is going to be a big year. We've got the 250th anniversary of the United States. We've got the crucial midterm elections. MS Now is the place you're going to want to be tapping in for all of it. And with Premium, you get the best possible listening experience. So sign up now after your trial. It's just $2.99 a month or $29.99 for the year. And as always, thanks for listening.