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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

Sam Stein Guest Hosts for Ali Velshi

Sam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Carol Leonnig. Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Dr. Uché Blackstock, Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity, Jonathan Kott, Founder of Majority Makers, Nancy Northup, President & CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, Dr. Melissa March, OB/GYN - Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, and Jacqueline Woodson...

Jul 26, 20221 hr 25 minEp. 132

Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

Sam Stein speaks with Daniel S. Goldman, Former House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel, Rep. Ann McLane, (D) New Hampshire, Rep. Peter Welch, (D) Vermont, Clint Watts, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Philip Bump, National Correspondent at The Washington Post, Michael Steele, Former RNC Chairman, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Sapphire Garcia-Lies, President of Kansas Birth ...

Jul 24, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 131

Insider Risk

Sam Stein is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Manuel Oliver, Founder of Change The Ref, Michele Goodwin, Law Professor at University of California – Irvine, Secretary Jena Griswold,(D) Colorado Secretary of State, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Dr. Tani Molhatra, OB/GYN- Maternal and Fetal Medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center, Re...

Jul 17, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 130

Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

Sam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM radio's ‘The Dean Obeidallah show’, Meridith McGraw, National Political Correspondent at Politico, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Mary Ziegler, Professor at UC Davis Law School, Hagar Chemali,...

Jul 16, 20221 hr 36 minEp. 129

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital Ryan Reilly, Fmr. January 6thSenior Investigator John Wood, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Ben Wikler, NBC News Technology Correspondent Jake Ward, Political Strategist & Pollster Frank Luntz, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Host of ‘The Mary Trump Show’ podcast Mary Trump, Michigan Attorney General (D) Dana Nessel, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and author of “Out of Darkness” Ashley Hope Per...

Jul 10, 20221 hr 24 minEp. 128

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times Katie Benner, Fmr. House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel Daniel S. Goldman, Fmr. Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassy Moscow Tom Firestone, MSNBC Legal Analyst Barbara McQuade, Founder and Chair of the Trans Affirming Alliance Celeste Fiore, Esq, Director at the Red River Women’s Clinic Tammi Kromenaker, Professor of Constitutional Law at the NYU Law School Kenji Yoshino, Politico National Correspondent Betsy Wo...

Jul 09, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 127

50 Years Since Watergate and Washington is Back in Scandal

Sam Stein is joined by Katie Benner, Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Secretary Jena Griswold (D) Colorado Secretary of State, Elizabeth Holtzman, Fmr. U.S. Congresswoman, Michael Conway, Counsel of U.S. House Judiciary Committee in the Impeachment Inquiry of President Nixon, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Kyle Cheney, Sen...

Jun 19, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 126

The Nation Reacts to January 6th Hearings

Michael Steele is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Joyce Vance, Professor at University of Alabama School of Law, Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. David C...

Jun 18, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 125

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Insurrection and more

Michael Steele is joined by Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan Barbara McQuade, Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH), Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence Olivia Troye, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and MSNBC Political Analyst Tim O’Brien, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R- IL), Rep. Stacey E. Pl...

Jun 12, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 124

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Gun Control, and more

Ali Velshi is joined by Editor of The Maddow Blog Steve Benen, Founder of Change The Ref Manuel Oliver, NBC News National Security Analyst and Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of California, President of the Independent Firearm Owners Association Richard Feldman, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian Hugo Lowell, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita at ...

Jun 05, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 123

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy and more

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Opinion Columnist with The Washington Post Radley Balko, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Tia Lessin, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Emma Pildes, Reporter Heidi Przybyla, Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, Fmr. Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Attorney for the Sandy Hook Families Joshua Ko...

Jun 04, 20221 hr 40 minEp. 122

Alicia Menendez is in for Ali Velshi, and reports live from Uvalde, TX

Alicia Menendez is joined by NBC News’ Ken Dilanian, Liz McLaughlin, Erin McLaughlin, Deon Hampton, Sam Brock, Shaquille Brewster, NBC News/MSNBC Terrorism Analyst and Ret. ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh, MSNBC Political Analyst and Fmr. United States Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro, Brennan Center Fellow Eric Ruben, TX State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Co-Founder & CEO of Sandy Hook Promise Nicole Hockley, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for Nationa...

May 28, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 121

Ali Velshi reports the latest on President Biden’s trip abroad and more

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Foreign Correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer, Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law Susan A. Thornton, Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research & Associate Director at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Political Strategist and Pollster Frank Luntz, Former Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Kozyrev, Former Director for Europ...

May 22, 20221 hr 25 minEp. 120

The Rise of “The Great Replacement” Theory

Ali Velshi is joined by Larry Platt, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at The Philadelphia Citizen, Ned Foley, Director of Election Law and Constitutional Law Chair at Ohio State Contributing Columnist at The Washington Post, Heather Long, Economic Columnist and Editorial Board member at The Washington Post, Spencer Glendon, Senior Fellow at Woodwell Climate Research Center, Ian Bremmer, President & Founder at Eurasia Group & GZERO Media, Steve Benen, Editor at The Maddow Blog, Michae...

May 21, 20221 hr 26 minEp. 119

Maria Teresa Kumar fills in for Ali Velshi

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by NBC News Correspondent Jesse Kirsch, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst Clint Watts, Host and Managing Editor, #RolandMartinUnfiltered Roland Martin, Professor of Law, Sociology, Civil Rights and Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania Dorothy Roberts, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Erin McLaughlin, U.S. Charge D'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Kristina Kvien, President & Founder of Futuro Media, Anchor & Executive Producer of La...

May 15, 20221 hr 26 minEp. 118

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for women’s rights, the war in Ukraine, and more

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-Founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-author of ‘Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom’ Kathryn Kolbert, Democratic Representative Barbara Lee of California, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Kelly Cobiella, NBC News’ Mike Memoli, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Chair of Religious Studies at University of Pennsylvania and author of ‘White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America’ Anthea Butler, Democra...

May 08, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 117

A Post-Roe Future

Ali Velshi is joined by Robin Marty, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center, Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive RightsPresident & CEO, Maksym Borodin, Mariupol City Council member, Petro Poroshenko, Former President of Ukraine, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin, Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center President & CEO, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) Massachusetts, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, and Mary Ziegl...

May 07, 20221 hr 41 minEp. 116

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the War in Ukraine, and Margaret Atwood joins the show

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Raf Sanchez and Erin McLaughlin, Executive Editor of The New Voice of Ukraine Veronika Melkozerova, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Producer and Director of FRONTLINE’S ‘The Power of Big Oil’ Dan Edge, Fmr. House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel and MSNBC Legal Analyst Daniel S. Goldman, Rep. David Cicilline- (D-RI), Political Editor and COO of the Kyiv Independent Oleksiy Sorokin, and Award-winning Author of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Margaret Atwood. To listen to this ...

May 01, 20221 hr 23 minEp. 115

Fight for Democracy

Ali Velshi is joined by Jonathan D. Katz, Director of Democracy Initiatives, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, Kenneth S. Rogoff, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Harvard University, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Joyce Vance, University of Alabama School of Law Professor, Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian Parliament Member, Roger McNamee, Co-founder at Elevation Partners,...

Apr 30, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 114

Biden’s Climate Goals A Year Later

Ali Velshi is joined by Daniel S. Goldman, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Bill Browder, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Founder and Host of ‘Black Diplomats’ Podcast, Frank Luntz, Political Analyst, Communications Consultant & Pollster, Toomas Ilves, Former President of the Republic of Estonia, Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Washington), and Nic Stone, Author of “Dear Martin”. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads,...

Apr 24, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 113

Ali Velshi is back in New York City

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Raf Sanchez and Kelly Cobiella, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Politico National Correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan, Ukrainian Parliament Member Inna Sovsun, MSNBC Political Analyst and Publisher of The.Ink Anand Giridharadas, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and NBC/MSNBC Public Health Analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener, Principal Policy Associate...

Apr 23, 20221 hr 29 minEp. 112

Special Guest Host

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chair at The Center for Civil Liberties, Lisa Yasko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Dr. Ebony Hilton, MSNBC Medical Contributor, Toby Fricker, Chief of Communications and Partnerships at UNICEF, David Miliband, President & CEO of International Rescue Committee, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post Foreign Correspondent, Clint Watts, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst, Joyce Vance, University of Alabama School of Law Pr...

Apr 18, 20221 hr 25 minEp. 111

Maria Teresa Kumar with the latest on the War in Ukraine, and more

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by NBC Foreign Correspondent Raf Sanchiz in Lviv, Ukraine, President, German Marshall Fund Heather Conley, Political Editor and COO of the Kyiv Independent Oleksiy Sorokin, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Deputy Director of the Ukrainian World Congress Sviatoslav Yurash, Co-Executive Director of Trust Women Rebecca Tong, Actress Oliwia Dabrowska, Chairman of The Human Rights Foundation, Garry Kasparov, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Leader of Holos P...

Apr 16, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 110

Ali Velshi live from Lviv, Ukraine

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Molly Hunter in Kyiv, NBC’s Raf Sanchez from Lviv, Fmr. Director for European Affairs, National Security Council retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Editor, Geopolitical Intelligence Services and former Chief Editor & Executive Director of the Kyiv Post Brian Bonner, Member of Ukrainian Parliament Dmytro Gurin, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, Emergency Coordinator,Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors without Borders Alex Wade, former UN High...

Apr 10, 20221 hr 28 minEp. 109

Ali Velshi live from Lviv, Ukraine

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Raf Sanchez from Lviv, NBC’s Molly Hunter in Kyiv, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center Jane Harman, Executive Editor, The New Voice of Ukraine Veronika Melkozerova, Senior Staff Writer with The War Zone Howard Altman, Vice-Chairman of IHS Markit Daniel Yergin, President & CEO of the International Rescue Committee and Fmr. Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom David Miliband, Washington Post Foreign CorrespondentIsabelle Khurshudyan, Profe...

Apr 09, 20221 hr 29 minEp. 108

Bearing Witness in Ukraine

Ali Velshi is joined by Andrei Kozyrev, Former Foreign Minister of Russia, Toomas Ilves, Former President of the Republic of Estonia, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post Foreign Correspondent, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D- Vermont, Inna Sovsun, Ukrainian Parliament Member, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Former Director for European Affairs at National Security Council, Kristina Kvien, U.S. Charge D'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian Journalist, and Major (Ret.) J...

Apr 03, 20221 hr 36 minEp. 107

Live from Lviv

Ali Velshi is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Sudarsan Raghavan, Correspondent at Large at the Washington Post, Oleksiy Goncharenko, Member of Ukrainian Parliament, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Angela Stent, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Member of Parliament, Serhiy Kiral, Deputy Mayor of Lviv, and Nate Mook, CEO of World C...

Apr 03, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 106

Live from Warsaw, PolandLive from Warsaw, Poland

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Jacob Soboroff from Lviv, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, founder and host of ‘Black Diplomats’ podcast Terrell Jermaine Starr in Ukraine, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine Lesia Vasylenko, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy Forum Major (ret.) John Spencer, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, Eurasia Director at the Forei...

Mar 27, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 105

Live from Warsaw, Poland

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ali Arouzi, Kelly O’Donnell, Jacob Soboroff, and Gabe Gutierrez. Also, former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, Washington Post Correspondent Sudarsan Raghavan, Ukrainian Member of Parliament Inna Sovsun, Professor of International Law at Yale Law School Oona Hathaway, President of the German Marshall Fund Heather Conley, Executive Editor of The New Voice of Ukraine Veronika Melkozerova, President & CEO of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband...

Mar 26, 20221 hr 51 minEp. 104

Live from Budapest, Hungary

Ali Velshi is joined by Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Founder and Host of the ‘Black Diplomats’ Podcast, Olena Sotnyk, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, David Miliband, President & CEO at International Rescue Committee, Angela Stent, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Isobel Yeung, VICE News Correspondent, Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Me...

Mar 20, 20221 hr 28 minEp. 103
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