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Velshi

291 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 562 ratings

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

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Episodes

Fighting the Fog of War

October 21, 2023 20:21 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

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...

A “Manufactured Crisis”

October 01, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

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

Government Shutdown Looms

September 30, 2023 21:46 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB

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.

American Politics on the Knife’s Edge

September 24, 2023 19:26 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

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.

America’s New Battlefront: State Courts

September 24, 2023 11:03 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

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...

Chaos in the GOP

September 17, 2023 18:44 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

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...

SPECIAL COUNSEL SEEKS GAG ORDER AGAINST TRUMP

September 17, 2023 07:58 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

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.

TRUMP THE DISQUALIFIED & BIDEN ABROAD

September 10, 2023 20:11 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

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 ...

TRUMPWORLD LEGAL LATEST & THE 14TH AMENDMENT

September 09, 2023 20:56 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

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, C...

THE 14TH AMENDMENT

September 03, 2023 18:18 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

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

COMMUNISM OR COSTCO

September 02, 2023 17:39 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

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...

THE POLITICAL FIGHT AHEAD

August 27, 2023 17:33 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

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 Res...

SURRENDER, BUT DON’T GIVE YOURSELF AWAY

August 26, 2023 18:32 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

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 Coll...

TRUMP & OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

August 20, 2023 23:18 - 1 hour - 58 MB

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 Linc...

OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

August 19, 2023 19:41 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

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...

IMPENDING CHARGES?

August 14, 2023 01:08 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

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,...

PROTECTION ORDERS & WILDFIRES

August 12, 2023 19:49 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

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 Georgeto...

Trump’s Long List of Lies

August 06, 2023 18:16 - 1 hour - 58 MB

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.

SERIOUS & STILL HAPPENING

August 05, 2023 17:59 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

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.

Dangerous Loyalty to Trump

July 30, 2023 18:01 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

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...

Indictment Watch

July 29, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

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’

The True Victim of Trump’s Indictments

July 23, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

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 Interna...

INCOMING INDICTMENTS & MORE

July 22, 2023 18:45 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

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

PERILOUS TIMES & THE CLIMATE CRISIS

July 16, 2023 18:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

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 N...

THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF DONALD TRUMP

July 15, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

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 fo...

PRIMARY POLITICS & MORE

July 09, 2023 20:47 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

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...

DONALD TRUMP’S HOUSE & MORE

July 08, 2023 19:36 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

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 ...

The Future of the GOP

July 02, 2023 19:20 - 1 hour - 55 MB

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 Horn, Fmr. New ...

The Supreme Court’s Ethics Problem

July 01, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

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,...

ARMED REBELLION IN RUSSIA

June 24, 2023 17:02 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

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

POLICING & POLITICS

June 18, 2023 19:30 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Civil Rights Attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, Democratic Strategist Peter Fenn, Fmr. Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Fmr. Gov. Bill Weld (R- MA), Attorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, ‘The Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee, Author of “The Power Of One” Frances Haugen

Trump’s Legal Woes

June 17, 2023 21:59 - 1 hour - 60 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Professor at University of Michigan Law School, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman, Juno Dawson, author of ‘This Book Is Gay’, Michael Steele, Former Chairman of the RNC, Charles F. Coleman, Jr., Civil Rights Attorney, Michael Waldman, President & CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and Soledad O’Brien, CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions.

THE INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

June 11, 2023 21:07 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Garrett Haake, NBC News Ken Dilanian, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), National Security Attorney Bradley P. Moss, Staff Writer for The Atlantic David Graham, Senior Advisor for Lincoln Project Tara Setmayer, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) Yevgeny Vindman, former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance

THE INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

June 10, 2023 17:55 - 2 hours - 88.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Ken Dilanian, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary McCord, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D–U.S. VI), former Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, former Representative Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY), White House Correspondent for The Independent Andrew Feinberg, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, ...

INVESTIGATIONS & RETRIBUTION

June 04, 2023 18:45 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Politics Reporter at Rolling Stone Asawin Suebsaeng, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Fatima Goss Graves, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, SeniorColumnist at The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, President and CEO of The Wildlife Conservation Society Monica Medina, Founder and Executive Director at IllumiNative C...

THE GROWING GOP PRIMARY FIELD & MORE

June 03, 2023 23:15 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by former U.S. Attorney in Michigan Barbara McQuade, former Rep. Joe Walsh, President and Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Fmr. Rep. David Jolly, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, NBC’s Molly Hunter, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Just Security Tess Bridgeman, Author of ‘The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After the Americans Left’ Prof. H...

DEBT CEILING DEAL

May 28, 2023 20:17 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, NBC’s Monica Alba, NBC’s Matt Bradley, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Fmr. Democratic Nominee for Texas Attorney General Rochelle Garza, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Fmr. Governor of Ohio (R) Fmr. Gov. John Kasich

DEBT CEILING DEADLINE APPROACHING

May 27, 2023 21:18 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ryan Nobles, NBC’s Monica Alba, NBC’s Molly Hunter, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), State Sen. Mia McLeod (I-SC), Director of Economic Policy Studies at American Enterprise Institute Michael Strain, Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia Caleb Silver, Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX),  Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Pulitzer Prize-winning Artist/Illustrator and Author of ‘Maus’ Art Spiegelman.

STANDOFF & SUMMIT

May 22, 2023 08:28 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), NBC’s Molly Hunter, Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, Senior Editor at Politico Michael Schaffer, President & CEO at the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), State Sen. Megan Hunt (D-NE), NBC News Technology Correspondent Jake Ward, Co-Founder of Elevation Partners Roger McNamee

LOSING ISSUES & RECKLESS GAMBLES

May 20, 2023 21:51 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), NBC’s Molly Hunter, Fmr. 9-term congresswoman from CA Jane Harman, Professor at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at University of California, San Francisco Dr. Katrina Kimport, Professor at University of California, Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Fmr. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, New York Times Best-Selling Author of ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ George M. Johnson, Author of ‘Out of Darkness’ Ashley ...

THE POWER OF ONE, AND MORE

May 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley CollegeKellie Carter Jackson, Founder & CEO of TransLash Media Imara Jones, Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), Mexico Country Director of the International Rescue Committee Rafael A. Velasquez Garcia, Senior Editor at Slate Dahlia Lithwick, Fmr. SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg

LIES & ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MORE

May 13, 2023 17:56 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Julia Ainsley, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Tom Nichols, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Caitlin Dickerson, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), former Chairman of the Republican National CommitteeMichael Steele, Senior Correspondent at Vox Zack Beauchamp, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Author of ‘They Called Us Enemy’ George Takei

MASS SHOOTING IN TX & MORE

May 07, 2023 21:59 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Morgan Chesky, NBC’s Guad Venegas, NBC News National Security Analyst Clint Watts, CEO & Founder of Their Future Our Vote Dr. Annie Andrews, Staff Writer The Atlantic Caitlin Dickerson, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Senior Adviser of The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Ret. ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh, Fmr. Firearms Executive Ryan Busse, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Fmr. Secretary of Housing an...

AMERICA’S SPLIT-SCREEN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE & MORE

April 30, 2023 19:05 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), former Director of European Affairs for the United States National Security Council Lt. Col. (Ret.) Alexander Vindman, NBC News’ George Solis, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele, Political Columnist for The Washington Post Karen Tumulty, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health Dr. Jamila Perritt, Lead Plaintiff, Texas Abortion Ban lawsuit Am...

THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY & MORE

April 29, 2023 23:56 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Velshi is joined by Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones (D), Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson (D), South Carolina State Senator Sandy Senn (R), Fmr. Florida Republican Congressman David Jolly, Republican StrategistRina Shah, Oklahoma State Rep. Ajay Pittman (D), California Assemblymember Alex Lee (D), former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza Evgenia Kara-Murza, Author of “Fates and Furies” Laure...

PRIMARY POLITICS & EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS

April 23, 2023 17:38 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ali Vitali, NBC’s Courtney Kube, NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald, Political Journalist Michael Shure, Professor and Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University Danielle Allen, Executive Director at Texas Library Association Shirley Robinson, Governor of Washington Jay Inslee (D), Chairman & CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Howard Buffett, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Law Professor and Histo...

SCOTUS STAY & MORE

April 22, 2023 14:21 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

Velshi is joined by Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine Irin Carmon, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Technical Lead for XPRIZE WildfireJay Stalnacker, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive RightsNancy Northup, SeniorColumnist at The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Mattei, Opinion Writer for The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Senio...

Time of Reckoning in the GOP

April 16, 2023 23:30 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Sam Stein subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), actor John Leguizamo, Politico’s Kyle Cheney, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast, GOP Strategist Rina Shah, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women’s Law Center.

THE FIGHT FOR ABORTION ACCESS

April 15, 2023 20:24 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Maria Teresa Kumar subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman, Visiting Professor of Political Science at NYU Shanghai Ray Suarez, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Political Strategist Shermichael Singleton, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Carol Lam, a...

Republican Overreach

April 09, 2023 18:51 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, Carol Lam, Former Superior Court Judge in San Diego County, April Ryan, White House Correspondent & Bureau Chief at The Grio, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Cynthia Alksne, Former Federal Prosecutor, John O. Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Julia Alvarez, Author of ‘How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents’.