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Velshi

309 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 601 ratings

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

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Episodes

THE WORLD’S ON FIRE

November 26, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Adm. James Stavridis, Editor and Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion Bobby Ghosh, Fmr. Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Host of the ‘Lost in Panama’ podcast Mariana Atencio, Politics Reporter at The New York Times Maya King, Host and Managing Editor of ‘#RolandMartinUnfiltered’Roland S. Martin, Co-Founder of Elevation PartnersRoger McNamee, Host of ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

DEMOCRATS MAINTAIN THE SENATE

November 14, 2022 00:23 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Columnist & Editor, MSNBC Daily Hayes Brown, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, host of "Politics Nation" on  MSNBC Reverend Al Sharpton, Niece of Donald Trump & Host of ‘The Mary Trump Show’ podcast Mary Trump, Fmr. Republican Congressman & Host of ‘White Flag with Joe Walsh’ Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh , Opinion Writer with The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney & Host of ‘Mea Culpa’ podcast & Author of “REVENGE” Michael Cohen, Ne...

High Stakes Midterm Elections

November 12, 2022 20:59 - 2 hours - 96.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Jessica Boehm, Phoenix Reporter at Axios, Tara Setmayer, Senior Advisor at The Lincoln Project, Rep. Sharice Davids, (D) Kansas, Alencia Johnson, Founder & Chief Impact Officer at 1063 West Broad, Jill Filipovic, Journalist, Rep.-Elect Mike Lawler, (R) New York, Michael Shure, Political Journalist, Rep. Tom Malinowski, (D) New Jersey, Eugene Scott, National Political Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. Jahana Hayes, (D) Connecticut, Rep-Elect Ruwa Romman, (D) Georgi...

2 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS

November 07, 2022 06:15 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Editor of The Maddow Blog & Author of “The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics” Steve Benen,  Columnist & Editor of MSNBC Daily Hayes Brown, Host of “Field Report with Paola Ramos” Paola Ramos, Campaign Manager for Protect Kentucky Access Rachel Sweet, NBC News’ Dasha Burns, NBC News’ Matt Bradley, NBC News’ Mark Murray, host of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” Jonathan Capehart, Interim Executive Director & Deputy Director o...

Countdown to Midterms

November 06, 2022 04:17 - 2 hours - 84.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU,  Jocelyn Benson, (D) Michigan Secretary of State, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D- Wisconsin), Ernest Moniz, Co-Chair & CEO of Nuclear Threat Initiative, Michael Steele, Fmr. RNC Chairman, Joe Walsh, Fmr. Rep. Republican Congressman, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. NSC Director for European Affairs, Eddie Glaude, Jr., Professor and Chair, Dept. of African American Studies, Princeton University, and Reza Aslan, NYT Best-se...

Special Edition of “Velshi Across America” From Michigan

October 23, 2022 18:52 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan), Reza Aslan, Author of ‘An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Bakersville’, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D- Michigan), Kym L. Worthy, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney, and Dr. Gregory Goyert, OBGYN based in Detroit.

VELSHI ACROSS AMERICA: LIVE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

October 23, 2022 00:25 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Ali Velshi is live in Detroit, Michigan and is joined by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), NBC News Correspondent Cal Perry, Writer at Large with the New York Times Magazine & author of “Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind” Robert Draper, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D), Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-MI)

THE INTERVIEW TO SAVE DEMOCRACY

October 16, 2022 23:05 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Fmr. Federal Judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Editor of The Maddow Blog & Author of “The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics” Steve Benen, Founder of the “Me Too” Movement & author of “Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement Tarana Burke, Founder of Ukraine Children’s Action Project & Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at ...

A Letter to the Women of Iran

October 15, 2022 18:31 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D) New Jersey, Nicole Hockley, CEO of Sandy Hook Promise, Julia Boorstin, Senior Media & Tech Reporter at CNBC, Carol Leonnig,Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, (D) U.S. Virgin Islands, Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Parliament Member, and Alex Gino, Award-winning Author of ‘Melissa’.

MIDTERMS AND DEMOCRACY, & MORE

October 09, 2022 19:20 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Senior International Correspondent Keir Simmons, Pulitzer Prize-winning National Political Reporter with The Washington Post Amy Gardner, Fellow at the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law Matthew Seligman, Author of ‘Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever’ Nomi Prins, Senior Editor at Slate & Host of the ‘Amicus’ podcast & Author of ‘LADY JUSTICE: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America’ Dahlia Lithwick...

Crude Awakening

October 09, 2022 00:29 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by John Brennan, Former CIA Director, Rep. Sean Casten (D) Illinois, Chris Miller, Associate Professor of International History at Tuft’s The Fletcher School, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Joe Cirincione, National Security and Nuclear Expert, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, NSC Fmr. Director for European Affairs, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby (D) Florida, and Reshma Saujani, Found...

BACK AT IT

September 25, 2022 19:44 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Ali Vitali, Ukrainian Parliament Member Kira Rudik, Vice President of Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace Amb. William B. Taylor, Fmr. Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Author of “LADY JUSTICE: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America” Dahlia Lithwick, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter with The New York Times Susanne Craig, Pennsylvania Attorney GeneralJosh Shapiro, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz SE Mohamed El-Erian, Presid...

The “Why” Behind all the Book Bans

September 24, 2022 18:37 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian Parliament Member, Sen. Tim Kaine (D- Virginia), Ray Suarez, Visiting Professor of Political Science at NYU Shanghai, Andy Campbell, Author, ‘We are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism’, Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney, Negar Mortazavi, Iranian-American journalist, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. Director for European Affairs at National Security Council, and Suzanne Nossel...

All Eyes On Arizona

September 19, 2022 00:27 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at Madison Policy Forum, Charlie Crist, Democratic nominee for Florida Governor, Lara Setrakian, Co-Founder & CEO of News Deeply, Thelma Pannell-Dantzler, Mother of Phillip Pannell, Natacha Pannell, Sister of Phillip Pannell, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Host of ‘Black Diplomats’ podcast, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D) Vermont, and Secretary Katie Hobbs , Arizona Secretary of St...

Trump Associate Subpoenaed by Grand Jury

September 18, 2022 01:51 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Nancy Northup, President & CEO for Center for Reproductive Rights, Dara Lind, Immigration Reporter, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter, Daniel S. Goldman, Former House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Stephanie Land, New York Times Best-Selling Author of ‘Maid’, and Sa...

THE STATE OF THE WORLD

September 13, 2022 21:41 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Ali Velshi and Chris Jansing are joined by NBC News’ Rehema Ellis and Tom Llamas, Editor and Columnist for Bloomberg Opinion Bobby Ghosh, History Professor & Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences at Boston University Arianne Chernock, Award-winning historian & NBC News Royal Contributor Suzannah Lipscomb, Executive Editor at Newyorker.com David Rohde, Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital Ryan Reilly, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee & Fmr. U.K. Foreign...

THE END OF AN ERA

September 10, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

Ali Velshi and Chris Jansing are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning National Political Correspondent at The Washington Post Mary Jordan, Fmr. Royal Editor for ITV News & Author of “Queen Elizabeth II, A Celebration of Her Majesty’s 90thBirthday” Tim Ewart, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Correspondent for The New York Times Charlie Savage, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan & Professor at the University of Michigan Law SchoolBarbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. and Sweden & author o...

A Never Before Aired Conversation with Margaret Atwood

September 05, 2022 03:59 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, Eddie Glaude, Jr. Professor and Chair of the Dept. of African American Studies at Princeton University, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University, Dr. Daniel James Baker, Executive Director of Lenox Hill Hospital, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Amb. Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Rep. Raja Krishnam...

The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

September 04, 2022 03:34 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent at The New York Time, Barbara McQuade, Former U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Bradley P. Moss, Partner at Mark S. Zaid, P.C., Michael Kirk, Filmmaker, Lt. Gen. RusselHonoré, Former Commander for the Joint Task Force Katrina, Dr. David Priess, Former CIA Officer, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, D – U.S. Virgin Islands, Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, and Rina ...

RISK ASSESSMENT

August 28, 2022 17:40 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, former RNC chairman Michael Steele, retired Maryland police captain Sonia Pruitt, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Princeton’s Eddie Glaude, The New Yorker’s David Rohde & Sheelah Kolhatkar, Charlie Savage of The New York Times, The Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin, Prof. Leslie Reagan, MSNBC anchor Lindsey Reiser and NBC News Correspondents Scott Cohn & Meagan Fitzgerald.

“PROBABLE CAUSE”

August 28, 2022 17:10 - 1 hour - 59 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Democratic Representative Stacey Plaskett, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former CIA officer David Priess, Center for Reproductive Rights’ CEO Nancy Northup, author Ellen Hopkins, New York Times photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Brookings senior fellow Andre Perry, Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, and CNBC’s Annie Nova.

Country Over Party

August 21, 2022 21:22 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi,(D) Illinois, Nastya Shpot, Ukrainian high schooler, Ben Collins, Senior Reporter at NBC News, Julie Burkhart, Founder & President of Wellspring Health Access, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, Katie Benner, Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Rep. Don Bacon (R) Nebraska, Frank Luntz, Republican Political Stra...

Six Months in Ukraine

August 21, 2022 08:11 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Evan McMullin, U.S. Senate Candidate for Utah, Rep. Spencer Wetmore (D) South Carolina, Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Inna Sovsun, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Non-resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Cen...

FBI Raid Sparks Far-Right Rhetoric

August 14, 2022 19:50 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita at the Wilson Center, Dr. David Priess, Fmr. CIA Officer, Caitlin Dickerson, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Matthieu Aikins, Pulitzer Prize-winning Contributing Writer at New York Times Magazine, Charlie Savage, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Correspondent at The New York Times, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Joanne Freeman, Award-winning Historian & Professor of History and American Studies ...

A SEARCH, WARRANTED

August 13, 2022 22:30 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Fmr. CIA John Brennan, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney Michael Cohen, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Nataliya Pipa, Deputy National Editor at The Washington Post Philip Rucker, National Security Attorney Bradley Moss, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- WI), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, and NBC News’ Emily Ikeda.

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for Abortion rights, the Inflation Reduction Act, and more

August 07, 2022 20:13 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Ali Velshi is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is joined by NBC News’ Ali Vitali, Law Professor at the University of California – Irvine Michele Goodwin, Maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. David Hackney, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Wisconsin Attorney General (D) Josh Kaul, Editor of The Maddow Blog Steve Benen, Democratic Candidate for Kansas Attorney General Chris Mann, NYT Bestselling Author of ‘Speak’ Laurie Halse Anderson, and Molly Jong

Post-Roe in Action in Alabama

August 06, 2022 20:06 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Sen. Bob Casey, (D) Pennsylvania, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz SE, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at Washington Post, Michael Steele, Fmr. RNC Chairman.

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

July 31, 2022 22:57 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Justice Department Reporter for The New York Times Katie Benner, Fmr. Chief Spokesperson for the DOJ Matthew Miller, Economics Reporter for the WSJ Amara Omeokwe, Fmr. Pence Senior Advisor Olivia Troye, Fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Politico National Correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan, Rep. AdamKinzinger (R-IL), Co-Founder, Ukraine Children’s Action Project Dr. Irwin Redlener, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Scholar-in-Residence at...

Sam Stein Guest Hosts for Ali Velshi

July 26, 2022 00:23 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Sam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Carol Leonnig. Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Dr. Uché Blackstock, Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity, Jonathan Kott, Founder of Majority Makers, Nancy Northup, President & CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, Dr. Melissa March, OB/GYN - Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, and Jacqueline Woodson, Au...

Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

July 24, 2022 01:52 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Sam Stein speaks with Daniel S. Goldman, Former House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel, Rep. Ann McLane, (D) New Hampshire, Rep. Peter Welch, (D) Vermont, Clint Watts, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Philip Bump, National Correspondent at The Washington Post, Michael Steele, Former RNC Chairman, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Sapphire Garcia-Lies, President of Kansas Birth ...

Insider Risk

July 17, 2022 16:06 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Sam Stein is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Manuel Oliver, Founder of Change The Ref, Michele Goodwin, Law Professor at University of California – Irvine, Secretary Jena Griswold,(D) Colorado Secretary of State, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Dr. Tani Molhatra, OB/GYN- Maternal and Fetal Medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

July 10, 2022 18:30 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital Ryan Reilly, Fmr. January 6thSenior Investigator John Wood, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Ben Wikler, NBC News Technology Correspondent Jake Ward, Political Strategist & Pollster Frank Luntz, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Host of ‘The Mary Trump Show’ podcast Mary Trump, Michigan Attorney General (D) Dana Nessel, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and author of “Out of Darkness” Ashley Hope Per...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

July 09, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times Katie Benner, Fmr. House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel Daniel S. Goldman, Fmr. Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassy Moscow Tom Firestone, MSNBC Legal AnalystBarbara McQuade, Founder and Chair of the Trans Affirming Alliance Celeste Fiore, Esq, Director at the Red River Women’s ClinicTammi Kromenaker, Professor of Constitutional Law at the NYU Law School Kenji Yoshino, Politico National CorrespondentBetsy W...

50 Years Since Watergate and Washington is Back in Scandal

June 19, 2022 20:03 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

Sam Stein is joined by Katie Benner, Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Secretary Jena Griswold (D) Colorado Secretary of State, Elizabeth Holtzman, Fmr. U.S. Congresswoman, Michael Conway, Counsel of U.S. House Judiciary Committee in the Impeachment Inquiry of President Nixon, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Kyle Cheney,...

The Nation Reacts to January 6th Hearings

June 18, 2022 18:26 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Michael Steele is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Joyce Vance, Professor at University of Alabama School of Law, Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. David C...

Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Insurrection and more

June 12, 2022 08:04 - 1 hour - 60 MB

Michael Steele is joined by Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan Barbara McQuade, Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH), Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence Olivia Troye, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and MSNBC Political Analyst Tim O’Brien, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R- IL), Rep. Stacey E...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Gun Control, and more

June 05, 2022 23:53 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Editor of The Maddow Blog Steve Benen, Founder of Change The Ref Manuel Oliver, NBC News National Security Analyst and Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of California, President of the Independent Firearm Owners Association Richard Feldman, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian Hugo Lowell, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy and more

June 04, 2022 16:14 - 1 hour - 68.4 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Opinion Columnist with The Washington Post Radley Balko, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Tia Lessin, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Emma Pildes, Reporter Heidi Przybyla, Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, Fmr. Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Attorney for the Sandy Hook Families Joshu...

Alicia Menendez is in for Ali Velshi, and reports live from Uvalde, TX

May 28, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Alicia Menendez is joined by NBC News’ Ken Dilanian, Liz McLaughlin, Erin McLaughlin, Deon Hampton, Sam Brock, Shaquille Brewster, NBC News/MSNBC Terrorism Analyst and Ret. ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh, MSNBC Political Analyst and Fmr. United States Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro, Brennan Center Fellow Eric Ruben, TX State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Co-Founder & CEO of Sandy Hook Promise Nicole Hockley, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Se...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on President Biden’s trip abroad and more

May 22, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Foreign Correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer, Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law Susan A. Thornton, Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research & Associate Director at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Political Strategist and Pollster Frank Luntz, Former Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Kozyrev, Former Director for Europ...

The Rise of “The Great Replacement” Theory

May 21, 2022 19:57 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Larry Platt, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at The Philadelphia Citizen, Ned Foley, Director of Election Law and Constitutional Law Chair at Ohio State Contributing Columnist at The Washington Post, Heather Long, Economic Columnist and Editorial Board member at The Washington Post, Spencer Glendon, Senior Fellow at Woodwell Climate Research Center, Ian Bremmer, President & Founder at Eurasia Group & GZERO Media, Steve Benen, Editor at The Maddow Blog, Michael St...

Maria Teresa Kumar fills in for Ali Velshi

May 15, 2022 04:05 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by NBC News Correspondent Jesse Kirsch, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst Clint Watts, Host and Managing Editor, #RolandMartinUnfiltered Roland Martin, Professor of Law, Sociology, Civil Rights and Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania Dorothy Roberts, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Erin McLaughlin, U.S. Charge D'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Kristina Kvien, President & Founder of Futuro Media, Anchor & Executive Producer of Latino USA...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for women’s rights, the war in Ukraine, and more

May 08, 2022 18:16 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-Founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-author of ‘Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom’ Kathryn Kolbert, Democratic Representative Barbara Lee of California, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Kelly Cobiella, NBC News’ Mike Memoli, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Chair of Religious Studies at University of Pennsylvania and author of ‘White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America’ Anthea Butler, Dem...

A Post-Roe Future

May 07, 2022 18:49 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Robin Marty, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center, Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive RightsPresident & CEO, Maksym Borodin, Mariupol City Council member, Petro Poroshenko, Former President of Ukraine, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin, Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center President & CEO, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) Massachusetts, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, and Mary Ziegler, ...

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the War in Ukraine, and Margaret Atwood joins the show

May 01, 2022 22:24 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Raf Sanchez and Erin McLaughlin, Executive Editor of The New Voice of Ukraine Veronika Melkozerova, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Producer and Director of FRONTLINE’S ‘The Power of Big Oil’ Dan Edge, Fmr. House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel and MSNBC Legal Analyst Daniel S. Goldman, Rep. David Cicilline- (D-RI), Political Editor and COO of the Kyiv Independent Oleksiy Sorokin, and Award-winning Author of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Margaret Atwood.

Fight for Democracy

April 30, 2022 17:22 - 1 hour - 63 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Jonathan D. Katz, Director of Democracy Initiatives, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, Kenneth S. Rogoff, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Harvard University, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Joyce Vance, University of Alabama School of Law Professor, Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian Parliament Member, Roger McNamee, Co-founder at Elevation Partn...

Biden’s Climate Goals A Year Later

April 24, 2022 15:59 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by Daniel S. Goldman, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Bill Browder, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Founder and Host of ‘Black Diplomats’ Podcast, Frank Luntz, Political Analyst, Communications Consultant & Pollster, Toomas Ilves, Former President of the Republic of Estonia, Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Washington), and Nic Stone, Author of “Dear Martin”.  

Ali Velshi is back in New York City

April 23, 2022 20:18 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Raf Sanchez and Kelly Cobiella, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Politico National Correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan, Ukrainian Parliament Member Inna Sovsun, MSNBC Political Analyst and Publisher of The.Ink Anand Giridharadas, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and NBC/MSNBC Public Health Analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener, Principal Policy Assoc...

Special Guest Host

April 18, 2022 16:26 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chair at The Center for Civil Liberties, Lisa Yasko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Dr. Ebony Hilton, MSNBC Medical Contributor, Toby Fricker, Chief of Communications and Partnerships at UNICEF, David Miliband, President & CEO of International Rescue Committee, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post Foreign Correspondent, Clint Watts, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst, Joyce Vance, University of Alabama School of Law Profes...

Maria Teresa Kumar with the latest on the War in Ukraine, and more

April 16, 2022 16:18 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by NBC Foreign Correspondent Raf Sanchiz in Lviv, Ukraine, President, German Marshall Fund Heather Conley, Political Editor and COO of the Kyiv Independent Oleksiy Sorokin, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Deputy Director of the Ukrainian World CongressSviatoslav Yurash, Co-Executive Director of Trust Women Rebecca Tong, Actress Oliwia Dabrowska, Chairman of The Human Rights Foundation, Garry Kasparov, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Leader of Hol...