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    Velshi

    MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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    Episodes (281)

    Honoring Native American Heritage Month

    Honoring Native American Heritage Month

    Ali Velshi is joined by Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Jeremy Duda, Journalist at Axios, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Rebecca Nagle, Cherokee Nation Author and Writer, Carol Leonnig, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. Diana DeGette (D) Colorado, Dr. Irwin Redlener, Founding Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, and David Cay Johnston, Co-Founder of DCReport.org.

    THE WORLD’S ON FIRE

    THE WORLD’S ON FIRE

    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

    DEMOCRATS MAINTAIN THE SENATE

    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, Nevada Secretary of State- Elect Cisco Aguilar (D), Michigan Secretary of StateJocelyn Benson (D), Investigative Reporter at Reckon News & author of “NO CHOICE” Becca Andrews, Research Fellow at Institute to End Mass Incarceration & Executive Director at Families United for Freedom Rachael Bedard, MD.

    High Stakes Midterm Elections

    High Stakes Midterm Elections

    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) Georgia, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University, and Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU.

    2 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS

    2 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS

    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 of the ACLU of Kentucky Amber Duke, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D), Co-Hosts of the “Gaslit Nation” Podcast Andrea Chalupa & Sarah Kendzior.

    Countdown to Midterms

    Countdown to Midterms

    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-selling Author, ‘Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalism’.

     

     

    VELSHI ACROSS AMERICA: LIVE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

    VELSHI ACROSS AMERICA: LIVE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

    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

    THE INTERVIEW TO SAVE DEMOCRACY

    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 Columbia University Dr. Irwin Redlener, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney & Author of “REVENGE: How Donald Trump Weaponized the Department of Justice Against His Critics” Michael Cohen, Senior Markets Correspondent at CNBC Business News & Author of “Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing From the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange” Bob Pisani, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Colorado Secretary of State Secretary Jena Griswold(D), President and CEO of the National Constitution Center & Law Professor at George Washington University Law School Jeffrey Rosen.

    A Letter to the Women of Iran

    A Letter to the Women of Iran

    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

    MIDTERMS AND DEMOCRACY, & MORE

    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, Co-Director for Center for Vaccine Development at the Texas Children’s Hospital & Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Peter Hotez, Editor of The Maddow Blog & Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show & Author of ‘The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics’ Steve Benen, Candidate for Louisiana Congress 1stDistrict Katie Darling, Editor-at-Large for The 19thErrin Haines, Politics Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Shannon McCaffrey, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney & Host of the ‘Mea Culpa’ podcast & Author of ‘REVENGE: How Donald Trump Weaponized the Department of Justice Against His Critics’ Michael Cohen

    Crude Awakening

    Crude Awakening

    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, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code.

    BACK AT IT

    BACK AT IT

    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, President of BancAlliance Lori Bettinger.

    The “Why” Behind all the Book Bans

    The “Why” Behind all the Book Bans

    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, CEO, PEN America.

    All Eyes On Arizona

    All Eyes On Arizona

    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 State

    Trump Associate Subpoenaed by Grand Jury

    Trump Associate Subpoenaed by Grand Jury

    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 Sarah Smarsh, Author of ‘Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth.

    THE STATE OF THE WORLD

    THE STATE OF THE WORLD

    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 Secretary David Miliband, Michigan Secretary of StateJocelyn Benson (D), Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D), Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R- NY), President and Founder of the Eurasia Group & GZERO Media Ian Bremmer, Queenship and Royal Studies historian at the University of Winchester & Founder and Director of the Royal Studies Network Elena Woodacre, Niece of Shireen Abu Akleh Lina Abu Akleh.

    THE END OF AN ERA

    THE END OF AN ERA

    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 of “The Power of Giving Away Power: How The Best Leaders Learn to Let Go” Fmr. Ambassador Matthew Barzun, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Adm. James Stavridis, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D- WA), Royal Historian & author of “Elizabeth: Queen and Crown” Sarah Gristwood, NBC News/MSNBC British Historian Andrew Roberts, co-authors of ‘”Queen Elizabeth II: An Oral History” Deborah Hart Strober & Gerald Strober, Professor at the School of Public Affairs & School of Education at American University & author of “Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right” Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University & author of “The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World” Kehinde Andrews, Professor at NYU School of Law Melissa Murray.

    A Never Before Aired Conversation with Margaret Atwood

    A Never Before Aired Conversation with Margaret Atwood

    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 Krishnamoorthi (D) Illinois, Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian, Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School, and Margaret Atwood, Author of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale

    The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

    The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

    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 Shah, Principal & Founder of Rilax Strategies