Politically Direct started as a weekend show on Air America in 2005. In September 2006, it was moved to a nightly time slot. Host
David Bender started at Air America in 2004 as the network's political director. During the 2004 elections, Bender and fellow Air America personality
Rachel Maddow hosted a Sunday show that summarized the weekend political talk shows, with an emphasis on countering bias and "spin" pertaining to the race. After the election, the show was moved to a regular slot on weekends, and followed its current format of in-depth interviews. The theme song of Politically Direct is "If I Were You" by the group
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