Rachel Maddow's Podcast is being made into a movie!

[FelineOverlord]

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[MontanaMama]

1. I love it when good things happen

to good people.

[Phoenix61]

2. Couldn't happen to a better more deserving journalist. nt

[FakeNoose]

3. They must have a deal already, or this wouldn't have gone public

So cool!

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes, I assume paperwork has been signed.

This is the roll out.

[Irish_Dem]

4. She deserves this.

Ben Stiller, wow.

[leftieNanner]

6. The podcast was riveting

I loved every word.

Congrats Rachel!

[DeminPennswoods]

26. It was!

It was great story-telling about a scandal that really was subsumed by Watergate.

[hlthe2b]

7. You know I'm amazed that before Maddow, the whole Spiro Agnew story was basically all but buried

under Nixon and Watergate. I guess at the time, they were in scandal overload. Given the times and parallels to Trump, it should be made into a movie. Congrats, Rachel.

[Hekate]

15. Same here. I was under the impression that Agnew was a really petty grifter & bribe taker...

I believed that from the time of his ousting right up until I watched part of Rachel’s podcast.
Then I realized he was a really major grifter and bribe-taker on a scale that never seems to have really made the news.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. Wow, good stuff. Sounds like a win-win. Can't wait to see it. nt

[stillcool]

9. Fantastic.

[PirateRo]

10. This is wonderful news!

She’s amazing, couldn’t happen to a better person!

[Talitha]

11. Way to go, Rachel!!!!

I can't wait to see the list of cast members.

[drray23]

12. i have been listening to it the past few days.

I put it on my ipod and have listened to the first three episodes while hiking. Its incredible. The parralels with what we went through with Trump are striking. Now, Agnew was very smart and smooth. I shudder to think what would happen nowadays if somebody like Agnew was living in the present and had access to media like twitter and the like . We would not have survived it.

[Sneederbunk]

13. Who should play Agnew?

Liam Neeson?

[Mr.Bill]

14. Donald Trump.

Oh, wait, he gave up his SAG membership.

[Myrddin]

27. My vote would be for :

Christian Bale

Great actor
Similar age group
Played Chaney well in Vice

Relieves your domestic actors of the smell of playing a hated character

[SheltieLover]

16. K&R!

[Kablooie]

17. Couldn't happen to a nicer news commentator.

I never knew that about Agnew until her podcast.
Soon even more people will know.

[Dem2theMax]

19. I used to have one of those watches.

Some kids in the neighborhood broke into our house one day, stole a bunch of stuff. And my watch was amongst that stuff!

[Upthevibe]

18. FelineOverlord....

This is great news! I listened to the podcast in real time. It was excellent (for those who haven't heard it).

I had NO idea of the crimes that Spiro Agnew engaged in because at that time all of the attention was about Watergate (I was a Jr. in high school).

I think it'll make an excellent movie! Now I think I want to re-listen to the podcast.

I'm trying to think of casting choices for Agnew....hmmmm..... Woody Harrelson....?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. Who could play Agnew?

Bryan Cranston?

[BobTheSubgenius]

21. Wow! That is an incredible idea - I hope it works.

Spectacularly!!!

[halfulglas]

22. He was a mean son-of-a-bitch.

He had his fans, though. One was my cousin-in-law who I really liked but the way he would castigate the press hit a nerve with her. She didn't like reporters like Dan Rather who were "not respectful" to the president. You know, the office deserves respect, etc. I loved her dearly but she was wrong. It was ironic - Agnew and Nixon deserving respect. The criticism "proved the press was biased."

[electric_blue68]

23. Way to go, Rachel! 👍

I should relisten to that podcast. I only partly followed it.

I didn't like Nixon or Agnew but in my early 20's Agnew's crimes were of less import to me than Nixon's.

Again - Yay, Rachel! 🎉

[onetexan]

24. Birds of a feather...rings true the expression that one can judge a man by the company he keeps

Like the Con, Nixon's friendships were mostly transactional. His relationship w Agnew was one of pure convenience so he can get elected given how popular Agnew was in his day w the GOP. Yet he was one crooked SOB. I loved every word of rachel's book Bag Man & listened to the podcast with great interest. She is quite the compelling & entertaining storyteller.

[electric_blue68]

25. She definitely is. I will relisten to it. 👍

Funny thing at least as far as I know as a 2nd
Generation half Greek-American;

Agnew was a nasty Republican

And Dukakis was boring

Off hand I can't think of any other well known Greek Americans in politics at the Federal Level anyway ...

🤔 Maybe I'll Google. 👍