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Velshi

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Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Episodes

Republicans Take Aim at Books

Ali Velshi is joined by Olatunde C. Johnson, Professor of Law at Columbia University, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Garry Kasparov, Founder and Chairman at Renew Democracy Initiative, Eric Hirschberg, Founder of Will Work for Change, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Boston Globe Columnist, Katie Benner, Pulitzer Prize-winning Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Ian Bremmer, President and Founder at Eurasia Group and GZER...

Jan 29, 20221 hr 23 minEp. 92

The Future for Ukraine, The Republican Party, and the Climate

Ali Velshi is joined by Kyle Cheney, Legal affairs reporter for Politico, Olivia Troye, Former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence, Dr. David Skorton, President & CEO at Association of American Medical Colleges, Bonnie Schneider, Author of “Taking The Heat: How Climate Change is Affecting Your Mind, Body, & Spirit and What You Can Do About It”, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, Katie Benner, Pulitzer Prize-winning Department Reporte...

Jan 23, 20221 hr 22 minEp. 91

Tension at Home and Overseas

Ali Velshi is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Rep. Joaquin Castro, (D) Texas, Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence, Ari Berman, Senior Reporter at Mother Jones, Steve Benen, Editor at The Maddow Blog, Carol Leonnig, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Tammi Kromenaker, Director of Red River ...

Jan 22, 20221 hr 24 minEp. 90

Crisis Averted in Texas

Ali Velshi is joined U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, former OSHA chief David Michaels, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan, and NBC’s Morgan Chesky. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts....

Jan 16, 20221 hr 22 minEp. 89

Democracy at Stake

Ali Velshi is joined Rep. Jim Clyburn, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, former majority counsel for the House Impeachment Inquiry Daniel Goldman, Rev. Dr. William Barber, The New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Helene Cooper, SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah, former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, and NBC’s Jake Ward. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Pod...

Jan 15, 20221 hr 23 minEp. 88

What Can Be Done To Save Democracy?

Ali Velshi is joined by Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Democrat of New York, Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine & Director at Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery, Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group & GZERO Media, Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, Trey Grayson, Former Kentucky Secretary of State, Alencia Johnson, Democrati...

Jan 09, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 87

The Fight for Democracy

Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Joanne Freeman, Award-winning Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D) South Carolina, Roger McNamee, Author of ‘Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe’, Karl Racine, Washington, D.C. Attorney General, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Dr. Ala Stanford, Founder of Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security, Counterterror & COVID...

Jan 08, 20221 hr 24 minEp. 86

From Washington, D.C. to Wall Street

Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Kyle Cheney, Legal affairs reporter for Politico, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Deborah Watts, Cousin of Emmett Till, Gov. Steve Bullock, Former Governor of Montana, Marina Jenkins Litigation and Policy Director at National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post. To...

Dec 28, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 85

Christmas with “Velshi”

Ali Velshi is joined by Dr. Ebony Hilton, Critical Care Anesthesiologist at University of Virginia, Rep. Susan Wild, Democrat of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lipi Roy, Medical Director of COVID Isolation & Quarantine Sites for Housing Works in New York City, Andy Slavitt, Fmr. White House Senior Advisor for COVID Response, Andre Perry, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an ...

Dec 27, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 84

“Complete bullsh*t”

Ali Velshi is joined by Philip Bump, National Correspondent at The Washington Post, Rep. David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Nse Ufot, CEO at New Georgia Project, Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Attorney General, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director at Boston University Center for Emerging Inf...

Dec 19, 20211 hr 24 minEp. 83

On the Ground in Kentucky

Ali Velshi is joined by Mayfield City Council member Barry McDonald, Lt. Dean Patterson of the KY State Police, vaccine specialist Dr. Peter Hotez, WSMV reporter Ryan Breslin, tornado survivor Kyanna Parsons-Perez, Kentucky State Sen. Whitney Westerfield, Rep. Stacey Plasket, Misty Thomas from the Kentucky Red Cross, and Colorado’s Secretary of State Jena Griswold. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

Dec 12, 20211 hr 30 minEp. 82

Insurrection Investigation

Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, Mark Simon, Author of ‘Attacked! A Memoir of Extreme Bullying’, Caitlin Dickerson, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Alex Gibney, ‘The Forever Prisoner’ Filmmaker, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Rep. Judy Chu, Democrat of California, Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning global health journalist, Dr. Willie Parker, OB/GYN, and Joyce Vance, Former U.S. A...

Dec 05, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 81

Omicron, Abortion, and Arraignment

Ali Velshi is joined by Mary Ziegler, Author of ‘ Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present’, Alencia Johnson, Founder & Head of Impact at 1063 West Broad, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Melissa Murray, Professor at NYU Law, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director at Boston Universi...

Dec 04, 20211 hr 5 minEp. 80

The Party of Big Government

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, The 19th's Errin Haines, West Alabama Women's Center Communications Director and author of "The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America" Robin Marty, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray, Slate Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick, early Facebook and Google investor and author of the book "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastophe" Roger McNamee, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, NBC's Jonathan Allen, Josh Lederman and Jacob Wa...

Dec 04, 20211 hr 25 minEp. 58

Back to Court

Ali Velshi is joined by Loyce Pace, HHS Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Rep. Alma Adams , Democrat of North Carolina, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Marc Levinson, “The Box” Author, Betsy Woodruff Swan, National Correspondent at Politico, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Marina Jenkins, Litigation and Policy Director at National Democratic Redistricting Committe...

Nov 28, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 79

Omicron Fears Spread the Globe

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Troy Carter, Democrat of Louisiana, CK Hoffler, CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat of Missouri, Brittney Cooper, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, and Ben Jealous, Former President and CEO of the NAACP. To listen to this show and other MS ...

Nov 27, 20211 hr 24 minEp. 78

Bullish on “Build Back Better”

Ali Velshi is joined by Jena Griswold, Colorado’s Secretary of State, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate, Carlos Gutierrez, Former United States Secretary of Commerce, Heather Boushey, White House Economic Advisor, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, Paul Waldman, Senior writer at American Prospect, Former Rep. Max Rose, Democrat of New York, and Fomer Rep. Debbie Mucarsel Powell, Democrat of Florida. To listen to this show and other MS...

Nov 21, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 77

Not Guilty on All Counts

Ali Velshi is joined by defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, retired Police Captain Sonia Pruitt, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congressman Don Bacon, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah Jones, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Republican strategist Rick Tyler, The Washington Post's Eugene Scott, and NBC's Antonia Hylton, Meagan Fitzgerald, and Liz McLaughlin. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Host...

Nov 20, 20211 hr 20 minEp. 76

Ripple effects of Bannon indictment

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, former Mike Pence aide Olivia Troye, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, attorney Kim Motley, American historian Joanne Freeman, activist Melissa Bumstead, The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig, Errin Haines from The 19th* News, and executive director of the Advancement Project Judith Browne Dianis. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Ho...

Nov 14, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 75

Indicted

Velshi guest host Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Senator Mazie Hirono, Politico’s Kyle Cheney, The New York Times’ Katie Benner, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former trial attorney Kimberly Atkins Stohr, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, NPR’s Tim Mak, NBC’s Liz McLaughlin, Congressman Ritchie Torres, and architectural and urban designer Amy Stelly. To listen to this show and ot...

Nov 13, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 74

Subpoenas Coming

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC's Hayes Brown, former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang, and Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hoste...

Nov 07, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 73

It Really Is Infrastructure Week

Ali Velshi is joined by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Congressman Dan Kildee, Investopedia's Caleb Silver, the New Yorker's Sheelah Kolhatkar, Politico's Kyle Cheney, The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig, NYU history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC's Leigh Ann Caldwell and Kristen Welker, MSNBC columnist Dean Obeidallah, Princeton professor Imani Perry, and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts w...

Nov 06, 20211 hr 33 minEp. 72

Scary Polling

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, NBC's Mark Murray, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, former Congressman Joe Walsh, political strategists Alencia Johnson and Rina Shah, NBC's Mike Memoli and Molly Hunter, the Boston Globe's Kimberly Atkins Stohr, and Gleaners Food Bank CEO John Elliott. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

Oct 31, 20211 hr 29 minEp. 71

Opportunity Cost

Ali Velshi is joined by White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congresswoman Judy Chu, The Ink's Anand Giridharadas, President of the New York City Uniformed Firefighters Association Andrew Ansbro, The Guttmacher Institute's Elizabeth Nash, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig, NBC's Brandy Zadrozny, and The Wilson Center's Nina Jankowicz. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS ...

Oct 30, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 70

The Big Lie's Command Center

Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Pete Aguilar, Senator Sherrod Brown, the Washington Post's Philip Bump and Jacqueline Alemany, Professor Kellie Carter Jackson, Transhealth CEO Dallas Ducar, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, the New Yorker's Sheelah Kolhatkar, and Bloomberg's Tim O'Brien. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

Oct 24, 20211 hr 24 minEp. 69

Calling Out the Lies

Ali Velshi is joined by "Civil War" filmmaker Rachel Boynton, Mississippi high school history teacher and principal Antwayn Patrick, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, Congressman Ritchie Torres, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan and Tara Palmeri, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, Dr. Peter Hotez, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and Roland Martin. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

Oct 23, 20211 hr 25 minEp. 68

Will Bannon’s loyalty to Trump cost him his freedom?

Ali Velshi is joined by NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Mondaire Jones, former NJ governor Christine Todd Whitman, former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Guttmacher Institute’s Associate Director of State Issues Elizabeth Nash, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, PBS Washington Week moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan, and NBC’s Raf Sanchez. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign...

Oct 17, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 67

Democracy Hanging in the Balance

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, author Timothy Snyder, Rev. Dr. William Barber, executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation Katherine Spillar, abortion rights advocate Dr. Willie Parker, Carol Leonnig from The Washington Post, The New York Times’ Katie Benner, McKay Coppins from The Atlantic, and NBC’s Scott Cohn. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple ...

Oct 17, 20211 hr 27 minEp. 66

It's Always Infrastructure Week Now

Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Mazie Hirono, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, author and poet Caroline Randall Williams, science journalist Laurie Garrett, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, NPR's Asma Khalid, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, and NBC's Brandy Zadrozny. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collecti...

Oct 03, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 65

"Criminal Referrals"

Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Jamie Raskin, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Congressman Mondaire Jones, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Trust Women's Rebecca Tong, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, the Washington Post's Philip Bump and Carol Leonnig, NBC's Jacob Soboroff and Stephanie Stanton, Dr. Peter Hotez, and former SEC economist Lori Bettinger. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Oct 02, 20211 hr 31 minEp. 64
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