

Velshi
MSNBC
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Feb 6, 2022 • 1h 24min
Reframing American History
Ali Velshi is joined by Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. NSC Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucuses, and Russia, Geoff Bennett, MSNBC Political Contributor, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, (D) Pennsylvania, Keiawnna Pitts, Founder and Chief Community Catalyst, Round Rock Black Parents Association, Nola Haynes, Director, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS) Adjunct Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Pepperdine University, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Former Senior White House Official & Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Boston Globe Columnist, Rep. Barbara Lee (D) California, Imani Perry, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, and Jelani Cobb, Director, Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at Columbia University.

Feb 5, 2022 • 1h 24min
Rudy Caludy
Ali Velshi is joined by Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to Donald Trump, Eugene Scott, National Political Reporter at The Washington Post, Dr. Ala Stanford, Founder at Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, Nikole Hannah Jones, Pulitzer Prize Winning Staff Writer at the New York Times Magazine, Yamiche Alcindor, Anchor & Moderator at ‘Washington Week’ on PBS, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, Democrat of U.S. Virgin Islands, Helene Cooper, Pulitzer Prize-winning Pentagon Correspondent at The New York Times, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, and William M. Rodgers III, Vice President and Director at Institute for Economic Equity for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Jan 31, 2022 • 1h 22min
Ukraine in Context
Ali Velshi is joined by Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor & Legal Correspondent at Slate Magazine, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Rep. Madeleine Dean, (D) Pennsylvania, Jake Ward, NBC News Technology Correspondent, Matthew Seligman, Fellow at Center for Private Law at Yale Law School, Jim Obergefell, Lead Plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States, Lev Parnas, Former Associate of Rudy Giuliani, Wajahat Ali, Columnist at The Daily Beast, and Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large at The 19th.

Jan 29, 2022 • 1h 23min
Republicans Take Aim at Books
Ali Velshi is joined by Olatunde C. Johnson, Professor of Law at Columbia University, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Garry Kasparov, Founder and Chairman at Renew Democracy Initiative, Eric Hirschberg, Founder of Will Work for Change, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Boston Globe Columnist, Katie Benner, Pulitzer Prize-winning Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Ian Bremmer, President and Founder at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, Eddie Glaude, Princeton University Department of African American Studies Chair, and Timothy Snyder Professor of History at Yale University.

Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 22min
The Future for Ukraine, The Republican Party, and the Climate
Ali Velshi is joined by Kyle Cheney, Legal affairs reporter for Politico, Olivia Troye, Former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence, Dr. David Skorton, President & CEO at Association of American Medical Colleges, Bonnie Schneider, Author of “Taking The Heat: How Climate Change is Affecting Your Mind, Body, & Spirit and What You Can Do About It”, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, Katie Benner, Pulitzer Prize-winning Department Reporter at New York Times, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, Representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. NSC Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucuses, and Russia, and Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State.

Jan 22, 2022 • 1h 24min
Tension at Home and Overseas
Ali Velshi is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Rep. Joaquin Castro, (D) Texas, Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence, Ari Berman, Senior Reporter at Mother Jones, Steve Benen, Editor at The Maddow Blog, Carol Leonnig, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Tammi Kromenaker, Director of Red River Women’s Clinic, Elizabeth Nash Principal Policy Associate and Interim Associate Director of State Issues at Guttmacher Institute.

Jan 16, 2022 • 1h 22min
Crisis Averted in Texas
Ali Velshi is joined U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, former OSHA chief David Michaels, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan, and NBC’s Morgan Chesky.

Jan 15, 2022 • 1h 23min
Democracy at Stake
Ali Velshi is joined Rep. Jim Clyburn, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, former majority counsel for the House Impeachment Inquiry Daniel Goldman, Rev. Dr. William Barber, The New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Helene Cooper, SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah, former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, and NBC’s Jake Ward.

Jan 9, 2022 • 1h 21min
What Can Be Done To Save Democracy?
Ali Velshi is joined by Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Democrat of New York, Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine & Director at Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery, Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group & GZERO Media, Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, Trey Grayson, Former Kentucky Secretary of State, Alencia Johnson, Democratic Strategist & Chief Impact Officer of 1063 West Broad, and Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post.

Jan 8, 2022 • 1h 24min
The Fight for Democracy
Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Joanne Freeman, Award-winning Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D) South Carolina, Roger McNamee, Author of ‘Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe’, Karl Racine, Washington, D.C. Attorney General, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Dr. Ala Stanford, Founder of Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security, Counterterror & COVID Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Michael Steele, Fmr. RNC Chairman.