Velshi
291 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 562 ratingsMSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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THE WEEK AHEAD: TRUMP ON TRIAL
April 21, 2024 17:59 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBCharles 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBCharles 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBCharles 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 MBCharles 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBCharles 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBAli 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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.
“Chapter F”
December 24, 2023 18:03 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBAli Velshi is joined by Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Avner Gvaryahu, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, José Andrés, Co-Founder of the World Center Kitchen, and Elizabeth Price, Mother of Hisham Awartani
Trump and the 14th Amendment
December 23, 2023 20:38 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBAli Velshi is joined by Noah Bookbinder, President & CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Sarit Michaeli, International Advocacy Lead for B’Tselem, Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow for the American Stagecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Bill Browder, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, and Oleksiy Gon...
The Immigration Issue
December 17, 2023 20:45 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBAli Velshi is joined by Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D) U.S. Virgin Islands, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Leslie Reagan, Author of ‘When Abortion was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973’, Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter for NBC News, and Bill McKibben, Contributing Writer at The New Yorker
America’s Immigration Debate
December 16, 2023 17:59 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBAli is joined by Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Andrew Kirtzman, President of Kirtzman Strategies, Amb. William B. Taylor, Fmr. U.S Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East & Africa Studies at Council on Foreign Affairs, Michelle Goldberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist at The New York Times, Robin Marty, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center, Tara Palmeri, Senior Political Correspondent at Puck News, Melissa Redmon, Fmr. Fulton Cou...
Trump’s “Dictator For One Day” Threat
December 10, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBAli Velshi is joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland, Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D) Maryland, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, (D) Texas, Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief at Investopedia, Erica Newland, Counsel at Protect Democracy, Franklin Foer, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jeremy Ben-Ami, President & Founder at J Street, and Dr. Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation.
What happens if Trump wins the White House again?
December 09, 2023 18:11 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBAli Velshi is joined by Michael Cohen, Principal at Crisis-X, Michael McFaul, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Hanan Ashrawi, Fmr. Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to Middle East Peace Process, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Barton Gellman, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Diana Buttu, Fmr. Spokesperson at Palestine Liberation Organization, and Stephen Chbosky, Author o...
Trump’s Legal Deluge
December 03, 2023 20:50 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBAli Velshi is joined by Paul Butler, Professor at Georgetown School of Law, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at Washington Post, Asaf Zamir, Former Consul General of Israel in New York, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow at American Stagecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney, Rina Shah, Principal and Founder of Rilax Strategies, Rep. Summer Lee (D) Pennsylvania, and Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU.
Trump and January 6th
December 02, 2023 23:57 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBAli Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Blow, Writer & Executive Producer of ‘South to Black Power’, State Rep. Justin Jones (D) Tennessee, Michael Steele, Fmr. Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser for The Lincoln Project, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, and ...
3rd Hostage Swap
November 26, 2023 20:52 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBCharles Coleman Jr. is joined by Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Rina Shah, Principal and Founder at Rilax Strategies, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) New York, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project, Tara Setmayer, Fmr. GOP Communications Director, Ameshia Cross, Political Analyst at SiriusXM, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow at American Stagecraft Progr...
Israel and Hamas Set to Swap Hostages
November 25, 2023 22:03 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBCharles Coleman Jr. is joined by Anthony Coley, Fmr. Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Dept of Justice, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney, Christopher O’Leary, Senior Vice-President at Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of The Advancement Project National Office, Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, David A. Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) Texas, Noga Tarnopolsky, I...
Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
November 19, 2023 18:50 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBGuest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Zack Beauchamp of VOX, independent journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, political strategist Lauren Harper, Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Yale University’s Jason Stanley, Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Alisha Haridasani Gupta from The New York Times and Prof. Chris Bobel from the University of Massachusetts Boston
The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code
November 19, 2023 03:35 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBAli Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Prof. Laurence Tribe, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, Diana Buttu, Fmr. Palestine Liberation Organization Spokesperson for Negotiations Support Unit, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate, Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, Noah Bookbinder, President & CEO for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, David Ignatius, ...
Democracy on the Ballot
November 12, 2023 18:15 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBAli Velshi is joined by Steve Benen, Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Creator of “the 1619 Project”, Norman Ornstein, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, Fmr. Rep. Charles Dent, Executive Director & Vice President of the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, Medical Director at MedGlobal, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writ...
Election Take-Aways
November 11, 2023 18:35 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBAli Velshi is joined by Michael Steele, Fmr. Chairman, Republican National Committee, Lynn Hastings, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory flr UN OCHA, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Fmr. Rep. David Jolly, Fmr. Florida Republican Congressman, Jonathan Allen, Senior National Politics Reporter at NBC News, Yonatan Zeigen, Son of Missing Israeli Peace Activist, and Dorit Rabinyan, A...
Blinken Meets with Palestinian President
November 05, 2023 22:32 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBAli Velshi is joined by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Majed Bamya, former federal judge Michael Luttig, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party David Pepper, former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, Washington Post Opinion Writer Jennifer Rubin, Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, NBC’s Josh Lederman, NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist & NBC”s Erin McLaughlin.
Trump on the Trail while on Trial
November 04, 2023 20:37 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBAli Velshi is joined by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, California Rep. Ro Khanna, Yale international law professor Oona Hathaway, Tufts University international law professor Tom Dannenbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, New York Times Investigative Reporter Susanne Craig, NBC’s Ali Arouzi, NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald & NBC’s Josh Lederman
Who Will Flip on Trump Next?
October 29, 2023 17:13 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBGuest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Madeleine Dean, former Sen. Doug Jones, former RNC chair Michael Steele, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former GOP Communications Director Tara Setmayer, Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart, NBC’s Jay Gray, NBC’s Steve Patterson, and best-selling authors David Baldacci & Michael Connelly
The Path Forward
October 22, 2023 17:18 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBAli Velshi is joined by David Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Amb. Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, Christopher O’Leary, Senior Vice-President of Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Tzipi Livni, Fmr. Israeli Vice Prime Minister, and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) New York.