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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

Fighting the Fog of War

Ali Velshi is joined by Norman Ornstein, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, Ray Smock, Former Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ben Rhodes, Former Deputy National Security Advisor, Barbara McQuade, Former U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Fred Smith, Jr., Professor of Law at Emory University, Fmr. Pennsylvania Rep. Charles Dent, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University, Hanan Ashrawi, Fmr. Official Spokesperson of the Palesti...

Oct 21, 20231 hr 26 minEp. 243

A “Manufactured Crisis”

Guest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien, former Assistant U.S Attorney Maya Wiley, NYU law professor Melissa Murray, Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin, The Grio’s April Ryan, The Boston Globe’s Renee Graham, Eugene Scott from Axios, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, and NBC’s Sahil Kapur 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 ...

Oct 01, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 242

Government Shutdown Looms

Guest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Dan Kildee, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross, Republican strategist Rina Shah, defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, The Lincoln Project senior adviser Tara Setmayer, The Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols, Politico’s Sam Stein, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, and NBC’s Antonia Hylton. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcas...

Sep 30, 20231 hr 32 minEp. 241

American Politics on the Knife’s Edge

Ali Velshi is joined by Bob King, Fmr. President of the UAW, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director for Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Melissa Redmon, Fmr. Fulton County Deputy District Attorney, Rep. Debbie Dingell, (D) Michigan, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Michael Hirsh, Senior Correspondent, Foreign Policy, and Steve Benen, Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts with...

Sep 24, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 240

America’s New Battlefront: State Courts

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Don Bacon, (R) Nebraska, Maria Ressa, Nobel Prize winner and journalist, Devlin Barrett, Justice Reporter at The Washington Post, David Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent Executive Director & Vice President of the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Fmr. Gov. Mark Sanford, (R ) South Carolina, Lindsay Dougherty, Vice-President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and David Polonsky, Award-winning Illustrator of ‘Anne Fran...

Sep 24, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 239

Chaos in the GOP

Ali Velshi is joined by Joe Walsh, Former Republican Congressman, Tom Nichols, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, John Brennan, Former Director of the CIA, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) Texas, State Rep. Ann Johnson, (D) Texas, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Charlie Dent, Executive Director & Vice President for the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Sara Nelson, President of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Rob...

Sep 17, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 238

SPECIAL COUNSEL SEEKS GAG ORDER AGAINST TRUMP

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster, NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson, Emory University Law Professors Fred Smith & Kay Levine, Fmr. Asst. Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, lead plaintiff in lawsuit against Idaho’s abortion law Jennifer Adkins, ‘ Tyranny of the Minority’ co-authors Steve Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, Fmr. Superior Court Judge Carol Lam, NYU Professor of Law Melissa Murray and Host of ‘Roland Martin Unfiltered’ Roland Martin. To listen to this show a...

Sep 17, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 237

TRUMP THE DISQUALIFIED & BIDEN ABROAD

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell, Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, former Chair of the National Bar Association PAC A. Scott Bolden, Director of the Climate Risk Initiative at the UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment Dave Jones, Law Professor and Hist...

Sep 10, 20231 hr 39 minEp. 236

TRUMPWORLD LEGAL LATEST & THE 14TH AMENDMENT

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Matt Bradley, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter at Politico Josh Gerstein, Professor of Law at Emory University Fred Smith, Jr., President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Noah Bookbinder, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent at Lawfare Anna Bower, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law Emeritus at Emory University Morgan Cloud, Color...

Sep 09, 20231 hr 21 minEp. 235

THE 14TH AMENDMENT

Ali Velshi is joined by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, former Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party David Pepper, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, former Federal Judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Host of MSNBC’S Politics Nation Rev. Al Sharpton, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents Peter Beinart To listen to this show and other MS podc...

Sep 03, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 234

COMMUNISM OR COSTCO

Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer with The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar, Staff Writer with The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Adm. James Stavridis, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, former Senior Analyst for Domestic Terrorism at the U.S. Deptartment of Homeland Security Daryl Johnson, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute James Pethokoukis, Fmr. President of Estonia Toomas Ilves, Founding Legal Director of the Brennan Cen...

Sep 02, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 233

THE POLITICAL FIGHT AHEAD

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Marissa Parra, MSNBC Political Analyst Brittany Packnett Cunningham, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-GA), Professor at Georgetown School of Law Paul Butler, Author of “How to be an Antiracist” Ibram X. Kendi, Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, 2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Fmr. Rep Will Hurd, Little Rock Nine member Dr. Terrence Roberts, Director of Education Innovation and Research...

Aug 27, 20231 hr 27 minEp. 232

SURRENDER, BUT DON’T GIVE YOURSELF AWAY

Ali Velshi is joined by former Special Counsel to Donald Trump Michael Cohen, NBC’s Trymaine Lee, NBC’s Antonia Hylton, Attorney Dean Obeidallah, former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, former Chairman of the Republican National ConventionMichael Steele, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Shakespeare Scholar at Harvard University Jeffrey R. Wilson, Research Fellow and Dean for Welfare at Magdalen College,...

Aug 26, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 231

TRUMP & OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

Ali Velshi and is joined by Political Investigations Reporter with The Guardian Hugo Lowell, former Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University Quinn Yeargain, State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-GA), Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University, Fred Smith, Jr., Opinion Writer at Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Political Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein, Reporter for The Wall Street Journal Jim Carlton, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln ...

Aug 20, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 230

OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

Ali Velshi and is joined by former Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, former Ted Cruz Campaign National Spokesperson Rick Tyler, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC’s Steve Patterson, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University Akhil Reed Amar...

Aug 19, 20231 hr 29 minEp. 229

IMPENDING CHARGES?

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Steve Patterson, Political Investigations Reporter at The Guardian Hugo Lowell, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Fmr. U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, Fmr. Representative Joe Walsh (R-IL), Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, Reporter for ProPublica Brett Murphy, Senior Writer at Slate Mark Joseph Stern, Fmr. Asst. Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, Executive Director & Founder at James Madison Project Mark Zaid,...

Aug 14, 20231 hr 28 minEp. 228

PROTECTION ORDERS & WILDFIRES

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC News’ Ryan Reilly, Senior Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien, President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Noah Bookbinder, NBC News’ Monica Alba, Opinion Writer with The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Columnist with The New York Times Michelle Goldberg, NBC News’ Steve Patterson, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Charlottesville Don Gathers, Author and Poet Caroline Randall Williams, Professor at Georgetown S...

Aug 12, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 227

Trump’s Long List of Lies

Ali Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, David Pepper, Fmr. Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party, Maya Wiley, President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) Mississippi, Secretary Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, Paul Butler, Professor, Georgetown School of Law, and Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up f...

Aug 06, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 226

SERIOUS & STILL HAPPENING

Ali Velshi is joined by Opinion Writer for The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Operations Director at the West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, former Senior Investigative Counsel with the January 6thCommittee Marc Harris, Staff Writer with The Atlantic Tom Nichols, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University Joanne Freeman, former Senior Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Author of “Persepolis” Marjane Satrapi. To listen to th...

Aug 05, 20231 hr 28 minEp. 225

Dangerous Loyalty to Trump

Ali Velshi is joined by Michael Cohen, Fmr. Special Counsel to Donald Trump, Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief at Investopedia, Christopher Browning, Professor of History Emeritus at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Eden McLean, Historian and Professor at Auburn University, Catherine Christian, Former Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman, Ebony Twilley Martin, Executive Director at Greenpeace USA, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, an...

Jul 30, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 224

Indictment Watch

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, (D) U.S. Virgin Islands, Lynsey Barron, Fmr. Asst. U.S. Attorney in Northern District of GA, Frank Luntz, Political Strategist & Pollster, A. Scott Bolden, White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Tess Bridgeman, Co-Editor-in-Chief at Just Security, and Maulik Pancholy, Author of ‘The Best At It’ To listen to this show and...

Jul 29, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 223

The True Victim of Trump’s Indictments

Ali Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Hon. Dick Gephardt, Fmr. House Majority Leader, Jerry Goldfeder, Director at Fordham Law School Voting Rights and Democracy Project, Prof.KimberléCrenshaw, Author of ‘#SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence’, Matthew Seligman, Lawyer and Legal Scholar, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Sean O’Brien, President of Internation...

Jul 23, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 222

INCOMING INDICTMENTS & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by President & CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Noah Bookbinder, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Staff Writer with The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, History Professor at Yale University Timothy Snyder, former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, former RudyGuiliani Associate Lev Parnas, Professor of African American Studies at Harvard University Imani Perry To listen to this ...

Jul 22, 20231 hr 27 minEp. 221

PERILOUS TIMES & THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Adviser for The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants- CWA, AFL-CIO Sara Nelson, Ret. U.S. Army Colonel Colonel Jack Jacobs, former CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Jeremy Butler, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, former Republican CongressmanJoe Walsh, President and CEO of The Wildlife Conservation Society Monica Medina, Senior Reporter for NBC News ...

Jul 16, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 220

THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF DONALD TRUMP

Ali Velshi is joined former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, SeniorColumnist for The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Adm. James Stavridis, Leader of the Digital Threat Analysis Center at Microsoft Clint Watts, Vice President at the Centre for Information Resilience Nina Jankowicz, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Opinion Writer with Washington PostJennifer Rubin, NBC News’ Marissa Parra, President and CEO for Physicians for Re...

Jul 15, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 219

PRIMARY POLITICS & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by 2024 Presidential Candidate fmr. Rep. Will Hurd (R- TX), Staff Writer at The Atlantic Adam Harris, Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), fmr. Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party David Pepper, fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, NBC News Senior Executive Editor for National Security David Rohde, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania Michael Mann, Co-Host of ‘Déjà Newsw/ Rachel Maddow’ podcast Isaac D...

Jul 09, 20231 hr 25 minEp. 218

DONALD TRUMP’S HOUSE & MORE

Ali Velshi is joined by Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), Fmr. Director of European Affairs for the United States National Security Council Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.), Co-Founder of Elevation Partners Roger McNamee, Vice-President Centre for Information Resilience Nina Jankowicz, Senior Politics Reporter at Axios Eugene Scott, Senior Adviser for The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Co-Director of Breaking the Silence Avner Gvaryahu, Justice Corr...

Jul 08, 20231 hr 24 minEp. 217

The Future of the GOP

Michael Steele, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Fmr. Gov. MarkSanford, Fmr. Governor of South Carolina, Dr. Uché Blackstock, Founder & CEO at Advancing Health Equity, Dr. David J. Skorton, President & CEO at Association of American Medical Colleges, Rina Shah, Principal & Founder at Rilax Strategies, Tara Setmayer, Senior Advisor at Lincoln Project, April Ryan, White House Correspondent& Bureau Chief at The Grio, Jennifer Hor...

Jul 02, 20231 hr 20 minEp. 216

The Supreme Court’s Ethics Problem

Michael Steel, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Judith Browne-Dianis, Executive Director at Advancement Project, Jeannie Suk Gersen, Contributing Writer at the New Yorker, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Fmr. Rep. Charles Dent, Executive Director & Vice President for the Congressional Program at the Aspen Institute, Adam Harris, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Imani Perry, Professor of African American Studies at Harvard University,...

Jul 01, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 215

ARMED REBELLION IN RUSSIA

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Richard Engel, Kelly Cobiella, Ali Arouzi, Matt Bodner, Director of Research at the Soufan Group Colin Clark, host of the ‘Black Diplomats’ podcast Terrell Jermaine Starr, Commander inf the Ukrainian Armed Forces Mamuka Maulashvili, professor of International Affairs at The New School Nina Khrushcheva, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Adm. James Stavridis, fmr. Rep. Jane Harmon, President of the Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer To listen to this show and other M...

Jun 24, 20231 hr 36 minEp. 214
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