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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

POLICING & POLITICS

Ali Velshi is joined by Civil Rights Attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, Democratic Strategist Peter Fenn, Fmr. Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Fmr. Gov. Bill Weld (R- MA), Attorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, ‘The Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee, Author of “The Power Of One” Frances Haugen 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...

Jun 18, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 213

Trump’s Legal Woes

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Professor at University of Michigan Law School, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman, Juno Dawson, author of ‘This Book Is Gay’, Michael Steele, Former Chairman of the RNC, Charles F. Coleman, Jr., Civil Rights Attorney, Michael Waldman, President & CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and Soledad O’Brien, CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions. To listen to this show and other MS pod...

Jun 17, 20231 hr 27 minEp. 212

THE INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Garrett Haake, NBC News Ken Dilanian, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), National Security Attorney Bradley P. Moss, Staff Writer for The Atlantic David Graham, Senior Advisor for Lincoln Project Tara Setmayer, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) Yevgeny Vindman, former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by ...

Jun 11, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 211

THE INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Ken Dilanian, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary McCord, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D–U.S. VI), former Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, former Representative Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY), White House Correspondent for The Independent Andrew Feinberg, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, form...

Jun 10, 20232 hr 9 minEp. 210

INVESTIGATIONS & RETRIBUTION

Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Politics Reporter at Rolling Stone Asawin Suebsaeng, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Fatima Goss Graves, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, SeniorColumnist at The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, President and CEO of The Wildlife Conservation Society Monica Medina, Founder and Executive Director at IllumiNative Cryst...

Jun 04, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 209

THE GROWING GOP PRIMARY FIELD & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, former Rep. Joe Walsh, President and Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Fmr. Rep. David Jolly, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, NBC’s Molly Hunter, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Just Security Tess Bridgeman, Author of ‘The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After the Americans Left’ Prof. Hassa...

Jun 03, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 208

DEBT CEILING DEAL

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, NBC’s Monica Alba, NBC’s Matt Bradley, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Fmr. Democratic Nominee for Texas Attorney General Rochelle Garza, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Fmr. Governor of Ohio (R) Fmr. Gov. John Kasich 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 and use of personal ...

May 28, 20231 hr 39 minEp. 207

DEBT CEILING DEADLINE APPROACHING

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ryan Nobles, NBC’s Monica Alba, NBC’s Molly Hunter, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), State Sen. Mia McLeod (I-SC), Director of Economic Policy Studies at American Enterprise Institute Michael Strain, Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia Caleb Silver, Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Pulitzer Prize-winning Artist/Illustrator and Author of ‘Maus’ Art Spiegelman. To listen to t...

May 27, 20231 hr 27 minEp. 206

STANDOFF & SUMMIT

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), NBC’s Molly Hunter, Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, Senior Editor at Politico Michael Schaffer, President & CEO at the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), State Sen. Megan Hunt (D-NE), NBC News Technology Correspondent Jake Ward, Co-Founder of Elevation Partners Roger McNamee To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by ...

May 22, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 205

LOSING ISSUES & RECKLESS GAMBLES

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), NBC’s Molly Hunter, Fmr. 9-term congresswoman from CA Jane Harman, Professor at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at University of California, San Francisco Dr. Katrina Kimport, Professor at University of California, Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Fmr. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, New York Times Best-Selling Author of ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ George M. Johnson, Author of ‘Out of Darkness’ Ashley Hope...

May 20, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 204

THE POWER OF ONE, AND MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley CollegeKellie Carter Jackson, Founder & CEO of TransLash Media Imara Jones, Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), Mexico Country Director of the International Rescue Committee Rafael A. Velasquez Garcia, Senior Editor at Slate Dahlia Lithwick, Fmr. SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg To listen to this show and other M...

May 15, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 203

LIES & ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julia Ainsley, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Tom Nichols, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Caitlin Dickerson, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), former Chairman of the Republican National CommitteeMichael Steele, Senior Correspondent at Vox Zack Beauchamp, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Author of ‘They Called Us Enemy’ George Takei To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NO...

May 13, 20231 hr 26 minEp. 202

MASS SHOOTING IN TX & MORE

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Morgan Chesky, NBC’s Guad Venegas, NBC News National Security Analyst Clint Watts, CEO & Founder of Their Future Our Vote Dr. Annie Andrews, Staff Writer The Atlantic Caitlin Dickerson, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Senior Adviser of The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Ret. ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh, Fmr. Firearms Executive Ryan Busse, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Fmr. Secretary of Housing an...

May 07, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 201

AMERICA’S SPLIT-SCREEN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), former Director of European Affairs for the United States National Security Council Lt. Col. (Ret.) Alexander Vindman, NBC News’ George Solis, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele, Political Columnist for The Washington Post Karen Tumulty, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health Dr. Jamila Perritt, Lead Plaintiff, Texas Abortion Ban lawsuit Am...

Apr 30, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 200

THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY & MORE

Velshi is joined by Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones (D), Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson (D), South Carolina State Senator Sandy Senn (R), Fmr. Florida Republican Congressman David Jolly, Republican StrategistRina Shah, Oklahoma State Rep. Ajay Pittman (D), California Assemblymember Alex Lee (D), former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza Evgenia Kara-Murza, Author of “Fates and Furies” Lauren Gr...

Apr 29, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 199

PRIMARY POLITICS & EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ali Vitali, NBC’s Courtney Kube, NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald, Political Journalist Michael Shure, Professor and Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University Danielle Allen, Executive Director at Texas Library Association Shirley Robinson, Governor of Washington Jay Inslee (D), Chairman & CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Howard Buffett, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Law Professor and Histo...

Apr 23, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 198

SCOTUS STAY & MORE

Velshi is joined by Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine Irin Carmon, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Technical Lead for XPRIZE WildfireJay Stalnacker, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive RightsNancy Northup, SeniorColumnist at The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Mattei, Opinion Writer for The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Senio...

Apr 22, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 197

Time of Reckoning in the GOP

Sam Stein subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), actor John Leguizamo, Politico’s Kyle Cheney, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast, GOP Strategist Rina Shah, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women’s Law Center. 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 informati...

Apr 16, 20231 hr 28 minEp. 196

THE FIGHT FOR ABORTION ACCESS

Maria Teresa Kumar subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman, Visiting Professor of Political Science at NYU Shanghai Ray Suarez, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Political Strategist Shermichael Singleton, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Carol Lam, and a...

Apr 15, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 195

Republican Overreach

Ali Velshi is joined by Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, Carol Lam, Former Superior Court Judge in San Diego County, April Ryan, White House Correspondent & Bureau Chief at The Grio, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Cynthia Alksne, Former Federal Prosecutor, John O. Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Julia Alvarez, Author of ‘How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents’. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts w...

Apr 09, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 194

Abortion Pill Ruling

Ali Velshi is joined by Former Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights, David Cay Johnston, Professor & Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law, Michele Goodwin, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rev. Al Sharpton, Host of MSNBC’s Politics Nation, Jalal Abukhater, Palestinian Writer based in Jer...

Apr 09, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 193

How History Will Remember Trump

Ali Velshi is joined by Jonathan Allen, Senior National Politics Reporter at NBC News, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman – Judiciary Committee member who voted to impeach Nixon, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History NYU, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer The Atlantic, Hugo Lowell, Political Investigations Reporter The Guardian, Carol Lam, Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and Michae...

Apr 02, 20231 hr 26 minEp. 192

DONALD THE INDICTED

Ali Velshi is joined by Independent Journalist Michael Shure, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim, former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg, Professor & Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law David Cay Johnston, NBC News’ Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Emilie Ikeda, former U.S. Attorney in MichiganBarbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Executive Editor forNewYorker.com Dav...

Apr 01, 20232 hr 7 minEp. 191

TRUMP VISITS WACO & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, NBC’s Molly Hunter, former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg, Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Author of “Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right” Matthew Dallek, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Washington Correspondent at The New York Times Charlie Savage, former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair, Fmr. Governor of Ohio (R) John Kasich To listen to this show and ot...

Mar 29, 20231 hr 51 minEp. 190

TORNADO & TRUMP

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Priscilla Thompson, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Carol Lam, Editor and Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion Bobby Ghosh, Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Dorothy Roberts, Founder & President of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation Diane Foley, former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence...

Mar 26, 20231 hr 27 minEp. 189

AWAITING INDICTMENT & IRAQ

Ayman Mohyeldin is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Garrett Haake, Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post Carol Leonnig, Fmr. SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Professor at University of California Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) Yevgeny Vindman, former Director ...

Mar 20, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 188

INDICTMENT INCOMING?

Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart are in for Ali Velshi and are joined by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, NBC’s Garrett Haake, NBC’s Michael Beschloss, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, Executive Editor,NewYorker.com David Rohde, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterrorism Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Sen. Tina Smith (D- MN), Advisor of Renew Democracy Initiative Rina Shah, NBC News Senior Politics Editor Digital Aman...

Mar 18, 20231 hr 33 minEp. 187

Trump’s Revenge

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D) Pennsylvania, Maj. John Spencer (Ret.), Chair of Urban Warfare Studies, Madison Policy Forum, Imara Jones, Founder, TransLash Media, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D) U.S.V.I., Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D) California. 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.adsw...

Mar 14, 20231 hr 26 minEp. 186

RAMIFICATIONS, REPERCUSSIONS, & RETRIBUTION

Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Dasha Burns, NBC’s Erin McLaughlin, Executive Editor for News atNewYorker.com David Rohde, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, Fmr. FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, Fmr. Advisor, Palestine Liberation Organization Diana Buttu, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), President of BancAlliance Lori Bettinger, Author of ‘Ready or Not’ Meg Cabot To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Prem...

Mar 12, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 185

CPAC 2023 & THE SPLINTERING GOP

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, SNAP Deputy Director for the Food Research & Action Center Gina Plata-Nino, former Mike Pence aide Olivia Troye, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, Marc Hearron of the Center for Reproductive Rights, historian Kellie Carter Jackson, and former Republican strategist Rina Shah. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up f...

Mar 04, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 184
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