Alex Wagner Tonight - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I was very sad to see Rachel drop to one show a week. I refused to believe anyone could pick up the mantle and succeed. Boy am I glad I got over that. Alex is a fabulous host, the team is cohesive and has kept the same feel while allowing Alex to make the show her own. She’s charming, the reporting is great and the guests she has are interesting. Bravo, Alex!

PS - if you love Alex, check her out as the host of The Mole on Netflix.

I’m a longtime Democrat and fan of the MSNBC lineup. Still, as a 37 year-old, we’ll-informed, queer Millennial I discover this to be the only show I pay attention to anymore. I discovered Alex on The Circus and quickly went back to read her work at The Atlantic. I was bummed she left The Circus, but thrilled she took over for Rachel Maddow. She’s perfect because like Rachel, she reads between the lines of the narrative older, “traditional” Democrats are framing. She doesn’t scold the younger Democratic base over progressive issues and common sense concerns. Her reporting is truly objective over what is currently dividing the voter base. She expresses concern over the Israeli government’s actions against innocent civilians. She doesn’t bring on a plethora of white guests to brainstorm how we can win the Black vote. HIGHLY recommend

I have really enjoyed Alex Wagner in replacement of rachel. No concerns with the actual podcast, but it concerns me that the advertisements being played are quackery exploitative medical stuff that disparage mainstream medicine. “Eat this bar to lower your cholesterol in 8 weeks without the dangerous side effects of medication” “try this testosterone supplement” but the fine print is “none of this is validated and talk to your doctor”. So I am a physician and expect this of right wing conspiracy media- it’s exploitative. But I am disappointed that msnbc is using this type of advertising for pseudoscience and non validated supplements that make misleading, oversimplified and sometimes dangerous claims. Dealing with these ads as a doctor with my patients has become the Bain of my existence. Honestly I will stop supporting msnbc podcasts if this is how they choose to fund their shows.

Because to me the content of the podcast includes the podcast and all of the other content the channel chooses to expose its listeners to, I have to say I give the experience 3 stars - 2 knocked down because of this quack advertising.

I love this show. I listen to it every morning, a replay from the night before. However, recently, they’ve not been uploading the new episodes. It used to be without fail, the episodes would be there. Then, every once in a while one would be late. Now, it seems every other day one is being missed. They’re not even late anymore, they just never upload them. As someone that relies on this for up-to-date current events due to lack of internet where I work, this is deeply unsettling.

Love MSNBC. Got hooked by Maddow, watch O’Donnell, Hayes, Deadline White House all the time. Wagner doesn’t cut it. I understand that she had big shoes to fill so I gave her a very long chance, much longer than I would have given anyone else. She’s a people-pleaser who wants to prove to everyone that she’s clever. Why would she need to prove it? She lacks wisdom, humor and depth and her superficial chatter is unnerving.

The content of the program itself is wonderful. The ads are cringeworthy. In particular, the ads for Draft Kings Sports Book are *highly* obnoxious and are close to driving me away from this podcast.