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Velshi

309 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 601 ratings

MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.

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Episodes

24 Hours Until Immunity Decision

June 30, 2024 17:33 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist, Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, former Federal Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit J. Michael Luttig, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law Michele Goodwin, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Executive Director & Chief Counsel of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Dona...

The Road Ahead

June 29, 2024 18:38 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former Special Counsel to Donald Trump Michael Cohen, Co-Host of ‘The Weekend’ on MSNBC Symone Sanders-Townsend, Justice Correspondent with The Nation Elie Mystal, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Jody Freeman, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Constitutional Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School Kermit Roosevelt III, 2023-2024 President of the American Library Association...

Live Coverage: First Presidential Debate of 2024

June 28, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

It’s been four years since President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump have gone head-to-head. And on Thursday night, the incumbent and the former president faced off in the first presidential debate of 2024. The debate was held in Atlanta and hosted by CNN. Listen to the full debate here and visit msnbc.com for more coverage in the lead up to the election.

Days Away From An Unhinged Debate

June 23, 2024 18:03 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former Executive Vice-President of the Trump Organization Barbara Res, Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, retired U.S. Army Colonel Eugene Vindman, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of PennsylvaniaAnthea Butler, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien, Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra, Presidentia...

Scotus Slow-Walking Immunity Decision

June 22, 2024 17:21 - 1 hour - 78.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman, Senior Columnist at The Boston Globe Opinion Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor in the Obama Administration Ben Rhodes, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Distinguished Fellow at Conservation International Monica Medina, Distinguished Scholar of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College...

The Threat of Project 2025

June 16, 2024 17:34 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Director of the Public Policy Program at the Roosevelt House Institute of Hunter College, Dr. Basil Smikle, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin, Department of Religious Studies’ Chair at University of Pennsylvania, Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Democratic Representative, Stacey Plaskett, Civil Rights Attorney, Benjamin Crump, Lincoln Project’s Senio...

Supreme Court in Crisis

June 15, 2024 21:18 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Democratic Representative, Jasmine Crockett, President & CEO of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Michael Waldman, Democratic Representative, Sharice Davids, Justice Correspondent at The Nation, Elie Mystal, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Molly Jong-Fast, Professor of History at NYU, Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, American History Chair at Fordham University, Dr. Saul Cornell, and Award-winning Author of ‘Dragonwings’, Laurence Yep

Trump’s Global Threat

June 09, 2024 18:05 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, Pulitzer-Prize winning Investigative Reporter, Caitlin Dickerson, Award-Winning Journalist, Paola Ramos, Senior Editor at Bloomberg, Bobby Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita at Wilson Center, Jane Harman, Former U.S. Army Major for the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Man, and Professor of Constitutional Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School, Kermit Roosevelt III

Retribution and Stoking Violence

June 08, 2024 20:52 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, David Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, Michael Cohen, Fmr. Special Counsel to Donald Trump, and Lee Rowland, Executive Director at the National Coalition Against Censorship.

INSIDE A POST-GUILTY TRUMPWORLD

June 02, 2024 19:13 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Former Executive Vice-President of the Trump Organization Barbara Res, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, former Special Assistant to Chief of Staff of the Department of Interior Lily Greenberg Call, former State Department Official Josh Paul, Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair MollyJong-Fast, Opinion Writer with The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Associate Professor at The Wharton School Zeke Hernandez, NBC News’ ...

GUILTY TRUMP & THE NEW 2024 LANDSCAPE

June 01, 2024 16:48 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Senior Fellow at the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Aaron David Miller, Reporter with The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones, Staff Writer at The Atlantic David Graham, Staff Writer at The New Yorker Susan Glasser, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, former Senator Doug Jo...

THE BIG WEEK AHEAD

May 26, 2024 18:14 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

Charles Coleman Jr is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair MollyJong-Fast, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin, Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund Tona Boyd, NBC News’ Meagan Fitzgerald, former President of the Alabama Library Association Matthew Layne, Founding Member of Read Freely Alabama Angie Hayden, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien,  Investigative Reporter at The N...

A SCARY WEEK OF TRUMPIAN THREATS AND RHETORIC

May 25, 2024 18:49 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Charles Coleman Jr is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Staff Writer at The New Yorker Susan Glasser, Staff Writer at The Atlantic David A. Graham, Host of MSNBC’S ‘The Weekend’ Michael Steele, Republican Political StrategistRina Shah, Professor of History and American Studies atYale University Joanne Freeman, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist, Youth Outreach C...

SYMBOL OF DISTRESS

May 18, 2024 18:46 - 1 hour - 80 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Noah Bookbinder, Senior Opinion Writer and Columnist for The Boston Globe Kimberly Atkins Stohr, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband, former Senator John Danforth (R-MO), former Representative Charle Dent (R-PA), Justice Correspondent and Columnist at The Nation Elie Mystal, Opinion Writer with The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), Staff Writer for The N...

“THE FIXER” GETS READY TO TAKE THE STAND

May 12, 2024 19:48 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by producer of the Rachel Maddow Show Steve BeneN, Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast, NBC’s Hala Gorani, former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Vindman, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, MSNBC Host of ‘Inside with Jen Psaki’ Jen Psaki, Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean, Professor at University of California, Berkeley M. Steven Fish, and Senior Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien.

TRUMP ON TRIAL & ON THE TRAIL

May 11, 2024 20:11 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer with The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, NBC’s Hala Gorani, Distinguished Scholar of Environmental Studies at Middlebury CollegeBill McKibben, Authorof “Kingdom of Rage” Elizabeth Neumann, Staff Writer with The Atlantic David Graham, President andCEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Noah Bookbinder, Executive Director of Yellowhammer Fund Jenice Fountain, Author of “The Giver” Lois Lowry

Trump on Trail

April 28, 2024 19:31 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, State Rep. Gloria Johnson, (D) Tennessee, State Rep. Justin Jones, (D) Tennessee, Doug Jones, (D) Fmr. U.S. Senator for Alabama, Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist at the New York Times, Maulik Pancholy, Author of “The Best At It”, and Nate Hegyi, Host of ‘Outside in Radio’ podcast.

Free Speech in America

April 27, 2024 18:21 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by AZ Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Prof. Mary Anne Franks, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk, author Ghassan Zeineddine, author James Frankie Thomas, MSNBC Legal Analysts Jill Wine-Banks and Charles Coleman Jr.

THE WEEK AHEAD: TRUMP ON TRIAL

April 21, 2024 17:59 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Opinion Writer with The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, Producer for ‘Food, Inc. 2’ Michael Pollan, Producer for ‘Food, Inc. 2’ EricSchlosser, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Senior Correspondent for Vox Ian Millhiser, International President of Association of Flight Attendants- CWA, AFL-CIO Sara Nelson, Professor at the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University...

THE 2024 SPLITSCREEN

April 20, 2024 17:01 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University Joanne Freeman, NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Ukrainian Refugee Inna Tokareva, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Author of “The Best At It” & “Nikhil Out Loud” Maulik Pancholy

THE TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM

April 13, 2024 21:28 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by former U.S. Attorney in MichiganBarbara McQuade, Professor at Georgetown School of Law Paul Butler, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent at HuffPost Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Editor-at-Large of The 19th  Errin Haines, Political Analyst at SiriusXM Ameshia Cross, Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, NBC News’ Josh Lederman, NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin, National Politics Reporter at Axios Sophia Cai, Author of “Bridge t...

TRUMP & THE BILLIONAIRES

April 07, 2024 23:48 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University Joanne Freeman, NBC News’ Hala Gorani, President and Founder of J Street Jeremy Ben-Ami, Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, NBC’s Maura Barrett, former Director of European Affairs for the United States National Security Council Alexander Vindman, former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, NBC News’s Ali Vitali, President and Founder of ...

THE DANGERS OF DONALD TRUMP

April 06, 2024 20:42 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson (D), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, former Israeli Vice Prime MinisterTzipi Livni, Author of “A Kids Book About Israel and Palestine” Reza Aslan

TRUMP VS. THE RULE OF LAW

March 31, 2024 21:43 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined byformer Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity Dr. Uché Blackstock, Medical Director and Co-Founder of GOODSTOCK Consulting Dr. Ebony Hilton, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Staff Writer at The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar, MSNBC and Telemundo News Contributor Paola Ramos, Co-Director of The Food Se...

FURTHER DESCENT INTO AUTHORITARIANISM

March 30, 2024 22:51 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Opinion Writer with The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, former Assistant U.S. Attorney with the SDNY Gregory Diskant, Elected Alabama State Representative Marilyn Lands, Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Founder at Rilax Strategies Rina Shah, Investigative Reporter Caitlin Dickerson, Author of ‘Hunger’ Roxane Gay.

TRUMP’S BIG LEGAL WEEK AHEAD

March 24, 2024 19:47 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents Peter Beinart, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Caitlin Dickerson, former President of American Immigration Lawyers Association Allen Orr, former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, Opinion Writer for Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Host of MSNBC’S ‘The Weekend’ Michael Steele, Co-Fou...

TRUMP, TIKTOK, AND TRUTH SOCIAL

March 23, 2024 19:20 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by National Politics Reporter at Axios Sophia Cai, President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Noah Bookbinder, President and CEO of International Rescue Committee David Miliband, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania Michael Mann, former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston, NBC’s Matt Bradley, ...

A PENCHANT FOR DICTATORS

March 17, 2024 19:04 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer at The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, Senior Correspondent at VOX Zack Beauchamp, Political Pollster and Communications Strategist Frank Luntz, MSNBC Host of ‘The Reid Out’ Joy Reid, Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Professor of the Administration of Justice at University of Pennsylvania Law School Kermit Roosevelt III, Professor of History at University of Illinois Leslie Reagan, Chief M...

BIG DECISIONS & NEW DELAYS

March 16, 2024 22:10 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Federal Criminal Defense & Appellate Attorney Amy Lee Copeland, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, Pulitzer-Prize winning Investigative Reporter at The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Sunbox Majd Almashharawi, Lawyer at Sunbox Kamal Almashharawi, Fmr. Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Melissa Redmon, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Human Rights Activist Evgenia Kara-Murza, New York Times Bestselling Aut...

NATION AT AN INFLECTION POINT

March 10, 2024 19:23 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Opinion Writer for Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Co-Host of “The Weekend” on MSNBC Michael Steele, Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Political Analyst on SiriusXM Ameshia Cross, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), NBC News Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (D), Retired Polic...

MARCH MADNESS

March 03, 2024 19:55 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Opinion Writer with The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, Editor-at-Large for Jewish Currents Peter Beinart, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah, Editor-at-Large of The 19th* Errin Haines, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-Host of ‘The Circus: Inside The Greatest Political Show on Earth’ on Showtime Ma...

TRUMP ON TRIAL

March 03, 2024 03:44 - 1 hour - 60 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, President and Founder at Futuro Media Maria Hinojosa, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, former Manhattan Asstistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, Executive Director of Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center Mary McCord, NBC News’ Guad Venegas, Senio...

THE SOUTH CAROLINA GOP PRIMARY & MORE

February 25, 2024 17:57 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, Founder of Orange Ribbons for Jaime & Orange Ribbons for Gun Safety Fred Guttenberg, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, Founder and CEO of For Women By Women PeriodCarrington Baker

THE WAR IN UKRAINE SECOND ANNIVERSARY

February 24, 2024 19:11 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Ukrainian Parliament Member Lesia Vasylenko, Founder & Host of ‘Black Diplomats’ podcast Terrell Jermaine Starr, NBC News’ Garrett Haake, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law Michele Goodwin, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, Ukrainian Parliament Member Oleksiy Goncharenko Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, NBC News’ Ali Vitali, For...

UP NEXT IN TRUMP’S LEGAL TROUBLES

February 18, 2024 21:55 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), former director European Affairs for the United States National Security Council Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.), Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Author of “Saving Democracy: A User’s Manual for Every American” David Pepper, President & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights Maya Wiley, former assistant U.S. Attorney with SDNY Joshua Naftalis, NBC News’ Molly Hunter, former Democratic Representative ...

TRUMP FRAUD RULING

February 17, 2024 20:04 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former Counsel to Donald Trump Michael Cohen, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston, former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, former Republican Congressman Charlie Dent, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Investigative Reporter with The New York Times Susanne Craig, former Executive Vice-President of the Trump Organization Barbara Res, Founding Partner & Washington Correspondent for Puck News Julia Ioffe, Author of ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ George M....

THE MANY DOORS OF TRUMP’S LEGAL TROUBLES

February 11, 2024 19:52 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Republican Political Strategist & Commentator Rina Shah, NBC News’ Julia Jester, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Senior Advisor with The Lincoln Project Tara Setmayer, Editor-at-Large with The 19th* Errin Haines, Fellow with the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law Matt Seligman, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC News’ Matt Bradley, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), Professor of Law at NYU M...

FROM ‘THE APPRENTICE’ TO ‘THE DEFENDANT’

February 10, 2024 17:24 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Noah Bookbinder, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Janai Nelson, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS), NBC News’ Julia Jester, Host of #RolandMartinUnfiltered Roland Martin, Co-Founder & CEO of Capital B News Lauren Williams, Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fas...

U.S. AIRSTRIKES & MORE

February 04, 2024 22:36 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, Founder & Director of Fordham University’s Center on National Security Karen Greenberg, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent at HuffPost Akbar Ahmed, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Host, ‘Black Men in America: The Road to 2024’ Trymaine Lee, Host, ‘Black Men in America: The Road to 2024’ Charles Coleman, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), NBC News National Security Reporter Dan De Luce, Vice Chancellor of Innovation and Strategic Partnership...

U.S. Strikes Back Against Iran-Backed Militias

February 03, 2024 19:09 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Tim Kaine, former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, former U.S. State Dept. senior adviser Vali Nasr, Senior Fellow at American University of Beirut Rami Khouri, Director of Research at The Soufan Group Colin Clarke, Huff Post’s Akbar Ahmed, NBC’s Dan De Luce, NBC’s Antonia Hylton, NBC’s Trymaine Lee, NBC’s Keir Simmons, President & CEO of “Visit Philadelphia” Angela Val

THE TRIALS & CAMPAIGN OF DONALD J TRUMP

January 28, 2024 19:57 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, former Manhattan Asstistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, Political Analyst on SiriusXM Ameshia Cross, Executive Director of BlackPAC Adrianne Shropshire, Republican Political Strategist Rina Shah, former Rep. Charlie Dent, NBC’s Matt Bradley, former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, former Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Melissa Redmon, Taxation Chair and Professor of Law at Geor...

$83.3 MILLION & MORE

January 27, 2024 22:41 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Investigative Reporter with The New York Times Susanne Craig, Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Opinion Writer with Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Award winning Science Fiction and fantasy author Nisi Shawl, Award-winning Fiction Writer, Poet, & Editor Sheree Renée Thomas

Two Days Until the New Hampshire Primaries

January 21, 2024 20:47 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), former Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, former Rep. Charlie Dent, GOP pollster Frank Luntz, Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson , Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times, The Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell, Lincoln Project senior adviser Stuart Stevens, and Prof. Kermit Roosevelt from UPenn Law School

THE ALARMING STATE OF THE GOP PRIMARY & MORE

January 20, 2024 18:29 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer with The Atlantic Tom Nichols, former Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd, NBC News’ Ali Vitali, NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Staff Writer with The Atlantic McKay Coppins, Opinion Writer with Washington PostJennifer Rubin, NBC News’ Anna Schecter, Dean of Columbia Journalism School Jelani Cobb, Assistant Professor of English at University of Alabama Taylor Brorby

Countdown to Iowa

January 14, 2024 21:42 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at VOX, Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Founder & Host of the ‘Black Diplomats’ podcast, Karen Attiah, Award-winning Columnist at The Washington Post, Steve Benen, Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show, Rev. William Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, and Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney

The GOP Primary

January 14, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Ana Marie Cox, Political Columnist at The New Republic, Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO at the National Constitution Center, Akbar Ahmed, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent at HuffPost, Oona Hathaway, Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, Michael Shure, Political Journalist, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) Washington, and Jesmyn Ward,  Author of ‘Salvage The Bones’

Perception vs. Reality

January 07, 2024 17:51 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post, Norman Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute, retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Foreign Policy’s Ravi Agrawal, The Washington Post’s Ishaan Tharoor, Eugene Scott of Axios, NBC’s Jonathan Allen, Asaf Zamir - former Consul General of Israel in New York, Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb and Princeton University’s Eddie Glaude Jr.

Three Years Since January 6th

January 06, 2024 17:54 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Secretary Shenna Bellows, (D) Maine Secretary of State, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, (D) U.S. VI, Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University, Joanne Freeman, Professor of American History & American Studies at Yale University, Secretary Jena Griswold, (D) Colorado Secretary of State, Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, and Jason Stanley, Professor of Phi...

A Year in Review

December 31, 2023 18:14 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Rep. Jim Clyburn, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, former Rep. Joe Walsh, Republican strategist Rina Shah, labor union president Sara Nelson, Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast, radio host Dean Obeidallah, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick, Vox’s Ian Millhiser, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss 

Dodging Accountability

December 30, 2023 19:07 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by former Rep. David Jolly, The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Watergate Assistant Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, independent journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Mini Timmaraju from Reproductive Freedom for All, Dr. Uche Blackstock, Dr. L. Ebony Boulware, Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice, and criminal defense attorney Danny Cevallos.