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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

An extremely fragile trillion dollar deal

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Alex Padilla, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Congressman Andrew Garbarino, NPR political correspondent Asma Khalid, NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba, Rev. Dr. William Barber, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the Cuban Ambassador to the U.N. Pedro Luis Pedroso, Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins-Stohr, The 19th Editor-at-Large Errin Haines, NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky, and the mayor of Surfside, FL, Charles Burkett. To listen t...

Jun 27, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 41

Party out of Power

Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Tim Kaine, Representative Stacey Plaskett, Representative Jim Himes, Representative Charlie Crist, former Representative Barbara Comstock, Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson, and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. 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 data for advertising....

Jun 26, 20211 hr 29 minEp. 26

Tragedy and Mystery in Florida

Ali Velshi is joined by Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, Surfside Commissioner Charles Kesl, structural engineer Joel Figueroa-Vallines, architect Kobi Karp, geophysics professor Shimon Wdowinski, former Miami-Dade fire chief Dave Downey, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy-Armstrong, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard, and NBC News National Reporter Deon Hampton. To listen to...

Jun 26, 20211 hr 29 minEp. 40

Battle for the Ballot

Ali Velshi is joined by Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Joyce Beatty, Rep. Sharice Davids, NIH Director Francis Collins, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, Boston Globe columnist Renee Graham, comedian and author D.L. Hughley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and the New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb 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 infor...

Jun 20, 20211 hr 28 minEp. 39

Juneteenth

Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman James Clyburn, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Senator Mazie Hirono, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, NBC Tehran Bureau Chief Ali Arouzi, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton, Rutgers Professor Brittney Cooper, 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 pcm.adswizz.com for...

Jun 19, 20211 hr 34 minEp. 38

Biden on the World Stage

Ali Velshi is joined by Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh, former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Hagar Chemali, Rev. Dr. William Barber, Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, and Mississippi high school students Layla Temple and Ikeria Washington. 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.a...

Jun 13, 20211 hr 41 minEp. 37

Is America Back, Though?

Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Peter Welch, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Washington Post columnist Max Boot, Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, George Vrandenburg of Us Against Alzheimer's , and NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by ...

Jun 12, 20211 hr 31 minEp. 36

The Authoritarian Dream

Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Jim Clyburn, Congressman Mondaire Jones, Congressman French Hill, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, New York Times reporter Katie Benner, Thomas Bollyky of the Council on Foreign Relations, the New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar, the New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb, founder of the Progress Network at New America Zachary Karabell, The 19th’s Errin Haines, NBC’s Jake Ward, and NBC’s Kerry Sanders. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for ...

Jun 06, 20211 hr 31 minEp. 35

The Insurrection Is Not Over

Ali Velshi is joined by former impeachment manager Rep. Stacey Plaskett, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Post reporter Philip Bump, New York Times reporter Matt Apuzzo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, former federal prosecutor Kim Wehle, Investopedia’s Caleb Silver, the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer, and the one and only Bill Nye the Science Guy. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, s...

Jun 05, 20211 hr 27 minEp. 34

Block the Vote

Ali Velshi is joined by Texas State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez, Roland Martin, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, former Congresswoman Jane Harman, former Congressman Joe Walsh, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb, The 19th Editor-at-Large Errin Haines, and MSNBC Daily’s Hayes Brown. 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...

May 30, 20211 hr 33 minEp. 33

The Party of Insurrection

Ali Velshi is joined by former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, former Republican consultant Shermichael Singleton, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, Pulitizer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett, president of the Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, author and attorney Hannibal B. Johnson, Tony Award-winning director and producer Bartlett Sher, and Arizona Republic reporter Jen Fifield. To...

May 29, 20211 hr 33 minEp. 32

Putting Unity over Honesty

Ali Velshi is joined by California Senator Alex Padilla, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin, California Representative Barbara Lee, former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker, Errin Haines from the 19th*, The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig, NBC’s Kelly Cobiella, and MSNBC Public Health Analyst Irwin Redlener. 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....

May 23, 20211 hr 24 minEp. 31

Inside the GOP’s January 6 Calculus

Ali Velshi is joined by Delaware Senator Tom Carper, U.S.V.I Representative Stacey Plaskett, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northup, Ronald Greene’s family lawyer Lee Merritt, award-winning humanitarian Hanan Ashrawi, Ronen Bergman from The New York Times Magazine, Katie Benner from The New York Times, NBC’s Richard Engel, MSNBC’s Hayes Brown, plus Anne Gearan, Jennifer Rubin & Eugene Scott from The Washington Post. To listen to this show and...

May 22, 20211 hr 35 minEp. 30

Facing Hate in America

Ali Velshi is joined by a roundtable of citizens and leaders from the AAPI community for a powerful conversation about race and anti-Asian violence. Also joining the show: Congressman Bennie Thompson, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Jason Crow, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Andrew Garbarino, Academy Award-winning producer of the new documentary “Crime of the Century” Alex Gibney, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Was...

May 16, 20211 hr 32 minEp. 29

Florida Man's Legal Woes

Ali Velshi is joined by former governors Bill Weld and Christine Todd Whitman, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence, the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Week moderator Yamiche Alcindor, former senior Capitol HIll aide Rina Shah, Ryan Streeter of the American Enterprise Institute. To listen...

May 15, 20211 hr 38 minEp. 28

The Premonition

Ali Velshi is joined by author Michael Lewis, NIH Director Francis Collins, Congressman James Clyburn, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins, Washington Post reporter Eugene Scott, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Arizona Republic reporter Jen Fifield, MSNBC Daily writer and editor Hayes Brown, and Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium...

May 09, 20211 hr 29 minEp. 27

The Real Voter Fraud in Arizona

Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Bob Casey, Senator Debbie Stabenow, White House Economic adviser Heather Boushey, former federal prosecutor with the Southern District of New York Kan Nawaday, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Carol Leonnig, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Commissioner with the Federal Election Commission Ellen Weintraub, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, The 19th Founder Errin Haines, and New Yorker staff writer and Columbia University professor Jelani Cobb. To listen to this show an...

May 02, 20211 hr 25 minEp. 25

Breaking Down the Rudy Raid With A Guy Who’s Been There

Ali Velshi is joined by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressman Mondaire Jones, Congresswoman Sharice Davids, former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Republican policy consultant Rina Shah, and The Washington Post’s Barkha Dutt. 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...

May 01, 20211 hr 27 minEp. 24

The First 100 Days

Ali Velshi is joined by White House Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, NBC News Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny, Arizona Republic Reporter Jen Fifield, The 19th Founder Errin Haines, Rutgers Professor Brittney Cooper, Dr. Ala Stanford, and police officer Patrick Skinner. 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 data for ...

Apr 25, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 23

The Fight Continues

Ali Velshi is joined by Rev. Al Sharpton, Samaria Rice, Deborah Watts, L. Chris Stewart, former Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, St. Cloud, MN Police Chief Blair Anderson, Hayes Brown, and Fordham Professor Christina Greer. 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 data for advertising....

Apr 24, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 22

Better Policing is Possible

Ali Velshi is joined by civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, former Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Princeton professor Imani Perry, New York Times reporter Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NBC’s Jake Ward and Anna Schecter, San Francisco Fire Department community para-medicine chief Simon Pang, Errin Haines of The 19th, New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb, Yale professor Joanne Freeman, and Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild. To listen to this show and oth...

Apr 18, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 21

The First Flip

Ali Velshi is joined by retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Dr. Peter Hotez. 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 data for advertising....

Apr 17, 202140 minEp. 20

Crumbling of the Blue Wall

Ali Velshi is joined by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore, former homeland security adviser to VP Mike Pence - Olivia Troye, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, the first trans person elected to office in Arkansas - Evelyn Rios Stafford, award-winning civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, Roland Martin, PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah and MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin live from Guatemal...

Apr 11, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 19

Fighting the Gun “Epidemic”

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, St. Louis Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones, The New York Times justice reporter Katie Benner, criminal defense attorney Yodit Tewolde, Investopedia’s Caleb Silver, Sheelah Kolhatkar of The New Yorker, Errin Haines from the 19th*, and MSNBC’s Ali Arouzi & Hayes Brown. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an ...

Apr 10, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 18

Caught, Cornered, and Digging In

Ali Velshi is joined by Georgia State Representative Erica Thomas, Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, The 19th’s Errin Haines, the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer, former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire, MSNBC’s Richard Lui, and Dax Valdes from Hollaback bystander training. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcas...

Apr 04, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 17

The Boycott Begins

Ali Velshi is joined by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia State Representative Donna McLeod, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Katie Benner and Carol Leonnig, Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins, former prosecutor Yodit Tewolde, reporter and self-proclaimed infrastructure geek Jeremy Hobson, and Dr. Irwin Redlener. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. H...

Apr 03, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 16

8:46 The Trial of Derek Chauvin

Ali Velshi is joined by Rev. Al Sharpton, Floyd family attorney L. Chris Stewart, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, American University Law Professor Jenny Roberts, and a special panel of Black leaders from Minneapolis who share their hopes and experiences leading up to the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign ...

Mar 28, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 15

Jim Crow 2.0

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Angie Craig, former NRA lobbyist Richard Feldman, Andrea Young of the Georgia ACLU, Professor Christina Greer and Professor Cristina Beltran, Professor Dorothy A. Brown, Dr. Ani Nalbandian, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and award-winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson. 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.c...

Mar 28, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 14

What’s a Regular Republican to Do?

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, former Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon, New Georgia Project CEO Nse Ufot, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Princeton Professor Imani Perry, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Carol Leonnig, former senior Capitol Hill aide Rina Shah, the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, Pro-Publica’s Dara Lind, Dr. Lipi Roy, and Hyattsville, Maryland police officer Edgar Andrickson-Franco. To listen to this show and other...

Mar 21, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 13

Help is Needed

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were already planning to visit Atlanta as part of their ‘Help is here’ tour promoting the just-passed Covid-19 relief bill. But after eight people in the Atlanta area – most of them Asian American women – were gunned down amid a wave of anti-Asian violence around the country, Biden and Harris turned their attention to the AAPI community where help is needed. Ali Velshi covers this story and much more as he’s joined by Congresswoman Judy Chu, C...

Mar 20, 20211 hr 20 minEp. 12
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