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Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshiwww.ms.now
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Episodes

The Fallout From the Minneapolis ICE Shooting

The latest on the fallout from the deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting of Renee Good; Rep. Angie Craig discusses being blocked from entering an ICE facility; how Trump’s attempt to freeze social safety net funding in several Democratic-led states is part of his retribution campaign; how Trump’s wealth has soared since he retook the Presidency 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.adswi...

Jan 11, 202641 minEp. 26011110

Another Big Lie Catches Fire

Analyzing the footage from the Minneapolis ICE shooting; how the MN ICE shooting is part of the ongoing threat to American democracy; Nanette Vonnegut discusses her father’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five in this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club 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 advert...

Jan 10, 202637 minEp. 26011012

Trump’s Quest For Venezuela’s Oil

How President Trump is now making it clear that the U.S. operation aimed at Venezuela is about oil; U.S. Representatives from Minnesota Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig & Kelly Morrison discuss their attempt to conduct oversight of a Minneapolis ICE facility; Jacob Soboroff discusses his important new book about the California wildfires 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 ...

Jan 10, 202647 minEp. 26011011

Fallout Out Over MN Ice Shooting

Analyzing the footage from the Minneapolis ICE shooting; how the Trump administration’s narrative on the ICE shooting is part of an ongoing threat to American democracy which started with the Big Lie; the growing Republican rift of Obamacare subsidies 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....

Jan 10, 202645 minEp. 26011010

Secy. Rubio: ‘People keep fixating’ on Trump saying we’ll run Venezuela

What we know about the Trump administration’s plans for Venezuela after seizing its president; Trump’s new warning for Venezuela’s Vice President; and why we’ll all pay for the lapse in Obamacare health insurance subsidies. 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....

Jan 04, 202645 minEp. 26010412

Red State Blues, Foreign Entanglements, and Oil

Long-time geopolitical and law experts weigh in on Trump’s capturing of Maduro, the future of Venezuela, and why oil is at the center of this all. Plus you need to know newly-elected Iowa State Senator Renee Hardman’s name and her story. 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....

Jan 04, 202641 minEp. 26010411

“We’re going to run the country”

What Donald Trump has revealed about his plans for Venezuela after capturing its president, a report from the ground in Caracas about a country in crisis, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s objection to Maduro’s imprisonment in Brooklyn. 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....

Jan 04, 202640 minEp. 26010410

What’s Next for Venezuela?

In the wake of Nicolas Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, President Trump says America will now run Venezuela. Ali Velshi is joined by Ana Vanessa Herrero, an independent journalist in Caracas, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and others to answer the top question on everyone’s mind: “What comes next?” 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...

Jan 03, 20261 hrEp. 26010312

Trump: “We Are Going to Run” Venezuela

President Trump holds a news conference to address the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro. The president says the U.S. is “going to run the country” in Maduro’s absence. Ali Velshi digs into that assertion with James Story, former U.S. Ambassador to the Venezuela Affairs Unit. 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 abou...

Jan 03, 20261 hr 1 minEp. 26010311

Trump Administration Captures Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Overnight

The U.S. awakens to news that the Trump administration captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife overnight. Ali Velshi gets the scoop from New York Times correspondent Tyler Pager, who spoke with the president in the immediate aftermath of the operation, and is joined by geopolitical experts and former military personnel to discuss what could come next. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...

Jan 03, 202652 minEp. 26010310

What happens to America when the shared belief in process collapses?

Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by John Fabian Witt, who talks about his argument in the New York Times that 2025 was the year Americans’ shared belief in process collapsed - and the historical example from his new book about how it can be rebuilt; plus former Congressman Denver Riggleman and Dean Obeidallah on Speaker Mike Johnson’s broken Congress; and Dr. Uche Blackstock on the power of politics over the public good that has invaded American healthcare. To listen to this show and other MS...

Dec 28, 202541 minEp. 25122812

The State of Trump’s Republican Party

Looking ahead to the 2026 midterms, the party of Trump’s infighting and discontent have reached a fever pitch. Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by former Republican Congressmen David Jolly and Joe Walsh on where Republicans go from here; Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser discusses the lawsuit by 19 states that HHS of overstepping its authority in its latest salvo against gender affirming care for minors; and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Michele Goodwin comment on a “very bad year” for women’...

Dec 28, 202541 minEp. 25122811

A Year of Dubious Distinctions for the Republican Congress

It has been a record-breaking year for Congress, but not in the way they would hope. Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by Molly Jong-Fast and Steve Benen on the way the institution of Congress has fallen in 2025; plus, Dr. Uche Blackstock on how America’s healthcare system broke in 2025; and Brad Lander and Maria Hinojosa on how the strength of communities coming together in collective responsibility for their neighbors is challenging the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant propaganda machin...

Dec 28, 202541 minEp. 25122810

A Christmas Message from the President and More

Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. looks at Donald Trump’s unorthodox holiday messages, a narrow but important setback for the president’s deployments of National Guard troops to the streets of unwilling states and cities, and Ali Velshi returns for a meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club, featuring “The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze” by Derrick Barnes. 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. ...

Dec 27, 202541 minEp. 25122712

The World According to Trump

Ali Velshi hosts a special hour focusing on how the return of an emboldened Donald Trump to the world stage has spread chaos at home and abroad. From unsparing trade wars, to a mixed record in the Middle East, to the brink of war with Venezuela, and the dragging out of the war in Ukraine he promised to end on day one of his presidency. 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....

Dec 27, 202541 minEp. 25122711

A Holiday Breakdown

The news has not slowed down over the holiday, nor has the president’s penchant for posting inflammatory messages online. Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Joyce Vance and Anthony Coley to talk about Trump’s preoccupation with the Epstein files - and where the release of the files stands; Ian Millheiser and Radley Balko discuss a narrow but important loss for the president’s positioning of unwelcome National Guard troops in American cities; and Paul Butler explains a new approach by th...

Dec 27, 202540 minEp. 25122710

Pres. Trump and the Rule of Law

President Trump's administration selectively decides how to apply the rule of law; why America’s affordability crisis isn’t a ‘hoax;’ former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee warns of consequences from Trump’s disinformation on climate change 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....

Dec 21, 202541 minEp. 25122111

Let’s Talk Affordability

Americans face an affordability crisis, paying more for housing, healthcare, and childcare than ever before; former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper discusses his new bid for the U.S. Senate; President Trump intensifies his misogynistic insults of female journalists 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 adv...

Dec 21, 202541 minEp. 25122110

This Is What Trump’s Economy Looks Like

President Trump gives himself high marks on the economy, but the reality for most Americans is far different; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi breaks down the DOJ’s release of some of the Jeffrey Epstein files; E. Lockhart’s “We Were Liars” trilogy is the subject of this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club 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 ou...

Dec 20, 202541 minEp. 25122012

How Corporations Help Drive the Affordability Crisis

How some major corporations are driving up prices for the American people; what is and what isn’t inside the DOJ’s release of some of the Jeffrey Epstein files; inside Canada’s aggressive play to lure highly skilled H-1B visa holders from America 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....

Dec 20, 202541 minEp. 25122011

What Trump’s “A+++++” Economy Really Looks Like

President Trump gives himself a grade a “A+++++” on the economy, but the reality for most Americans is very different; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi discusses the DOJ’s release of some of the Jeffrey Epstein files; a detailed breakdown of what MRNA vaccines are, how they work, and why they are so important 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 colle...

Dec 20, 202541 minEp. 25122010

Deadly Attacks in Rhode Island and Australia

Ali Velshi discusses Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University that killed at least two and injured nine others with Rep. Seth Magaziner, Sen. Jack Reed, Brown University student Jack Diprimio, and Fred Guttenberg; MS NOW senior national security reporter David Rohde offers his analysis of the mass shooting attack in Bondi Beach, Australia targeting a Hanukkah celebration To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simpleca...

Dec 14, 202545 minEp. 25121410

Deadly Shootings in Rhode Island and Australia

Ali Velshi discusses Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University that killed at least two and injured nine others with MS NOW reporter Maya Eaglin, Providence, RI Councilman John Goncalves, MS NOW investigative reporter Mark Santia, The Soufan Group director Colin Clarke, MS NOW legal analyst Barbara McQuade, MS NOW intelligence analyst Christopher O’Leary, and MS NOW law enforcement analyst Tom Manger To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple...

Dec 14, 202545 minEp. 25121411

Mass Shootings in Rhode Island and Australia

Ali Velshi discusses the latest on the shooting attack at Brown University that killed at least two and injured nine, as well the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia with MS NOW intelligence analyst Christopher O’Leary, MS NOW law enforcement analyst Tom Manger, and MS NOW senior national security reporter David Rohde; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) comments on President Trump’s ongoing rhetorical attacks on the Somali-American community in Minnesota To listen to this show and other MS ...

Dec 14, 202554 minEp. 25121412

Trump’s Honeymoon Period Is Over

Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem stirs up controversy, as calls for her to step down grow; Rep. Andre Carson discusses Indiana lawmakers rejecting Pres. Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional map; Rep. Jasmine Crockett discusses her new run for the U.S. Senate; award-winning authors Joanna Ho and Caroline Pritchard discuss their book, “The Day The Books Disappeared,” in this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club To listen to this show and other MS podcasts witho...

Dec 13, 202541 minEp. 25121312

The Media and America’s Authoritarian Slide

University of Toronto professor Jason Stanly warns of a slide to authoritarianism when the president of the United States involve himself in mega media mergers; Rep. Ted Lieu discusses President Trump’s retribution campaign against perceived opponents and his latest setback; Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer weighs in on Trump’s new National Security Strategy document, which some say reads like a right-wing propaganda pamphlet To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NO...

Dec 13, 202542 minEp. 25121311

Trump’s Faltering Party Power

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), candidate for Governor of Alabama fmr. Sen. Doug Jones, candidate for Congress New York City Controller Brad Lander 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....

Dec 13, 202540 minEp. 25121310

The Ramifications of Trump’s Hand-Picked Lawyers

How Trump’s litany of lawyers and appointed U.S. attorneys are ruining his retribution agenda; the important new research revealing the affordability struggles facing America’s shrinking middle class; award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien discusses her new documentary chronicling post-Roe America ‘The Devil Is Busy’ 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...

Dec 07, 202541 minEp. 25120712

The White House Wants You To Snitch

Why the White House wants Americans to become an army of informants and how it’s a flashing red light of America’s authoritarian slide; fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius explains what the end of ACA subsidies would mean for Americans; why Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has a penchant for pushing Putin’s positions 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 informa...

Dec 07, 202540 minEp. 25120711

Trump’s Hand-Picked Lawyers Are Ruining His Retribution Agenda

How Trump's lawyers and many of the U.S. attorneys he has appointed are ruining his retribution agenda; the important new research revealing the affordability struggles facing America’s shrinking middle class; why Trump seemingly falling asleep during a cabinet meeting is a serious matter; the devastating consequences of the CDC’s new recommendation regarding the Hepatitis B vaccine To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by ...

Dec 07, 202541 minEp. 25120710
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