

Velshi
MSNBC
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 32min
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.

Oct 15, 2022 • 1h 30min
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’.

Oct 9, 2022 • 1h 31min
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

Oct 9, 2022 • 1h 33min
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.

Sep 25, 2022 • 1h 23min
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.

Sep 24, 2022 • 1h 26min
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.

Sep 19, 2022 • 1h 23min
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

Sep 18, 2022 • 1h 29min
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.

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 25min
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.

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Sep 10, 2022 • 1h 50min
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.