

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

Dec 28, 2021 • 1h 22min
From Washington, D.C. to Wall Street
Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Kyle Cheney, Legal affairs reporter for Politico, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Deborah Watts, Cousin of Emmett Till, Gov. Steve Bullock, Former Governor of Montana, Marina Jenkins Litigation and Policy Director at National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post.

Dec 27, 2021 • 1h 23min
Christmas with “Velshi”
Ali Velshi is joined by Dr. Ebony Hilton, Critical Care Anesthesiologist at University of Virginia, Rep. Susan Wild, Democrat of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lipi Roy, Medical Director of COVID Isolation & Quarantine Sites for Housing Works in New York City, Andy Slavitt, Fmr. White House Senior Advisor for COVID Response, Andre Perry, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution.

Dec 19, 2021 • 1h 24min
“Complete bullsh*t”
Ali Velshi is joined by Philip Bump, National Correspondent at The Washington Post, Rep. David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Nse Ufot, CEO at New Georgia Project, Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Attorney General, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director at Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law, Sociology of Civil Rights and Africana studies at University of Pennsylvania, and, Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large at the 19th.

Dec 12, 2021 • 1h 30min
On the Ground in Kentucky
Ali Velshi is joined by Mayfield City Council member Barry McDonald, Lt. Dean Patterson of the KY State Police, vaccine specialist Dr. Peter Hotez, WSMV reporter Ryan Breslin, tornado survivor Kyanna Parsons-Perez, Kentucky State Sen. Whitney Westerfield, Rep. Stacey Plasket, Misty Thomas from the Kentucky Red Cross, and Colorado’s Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

Dec 5, 2021 • 1h 23min
Insurrection Investigation
Ali Velshi is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, Mark Simon, Author of ‘Attacked! A Memoir of Extreme Bullying’, Caitlin Dickerson, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Alex Gibney, ‘The Forever Prisoner’ Filmmaker, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Rep. Judy Chu, Democrat of California, Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning global health journalist, Dr. Willie Parker, OB/GYN, and Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney.

Dec 4, 2021 • 1h 5min
Omicron, Abortion, and Arraignment
Ali Velshi is joined by Mary Ziegler, Author of ‘Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present’, Alencia Johnson, Founder & Head of Impact at 1063 West Broad, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Melissa Murray, Professor at NYU Law, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director at Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research.

Dec 4, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Party of Big Government
Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, The 19th's Errin Haines, West Alabama Women's Center Communications Director and author of "The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America" Robin Marty, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray, Slate Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick, early Facebook and Google investor and author of the book "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastophe" Roger McNamee, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, NBC's Jonathan Allen, Josh Lederman and Jacob Ward, and Adam Harris, author of the new book "The State Must Provide: Why America's Colleges Have Always Been Unequal -- and How to Set Them Right."

Nov 28, 2021 • 1h 21min
Back to Court
Ali Velshi is joined by Loyce Pace, HHS Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Rep. Alma Adams , Democrat of North Carolina, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Marc Levinson, “The Box” Author, Betsy Woodruff Swan, National Correspondent at Politico, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Marina Jenkins, Litigation and Policy Director at National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large at The 19th, and Donna Edwards, Fmr. Democratic Congresswoman of Maryland.

Nov 27, 2021 • 1h 24min
Omicron Fears Spread the Globe
Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Troy Carter, Democrat of Louisiana, CK Hoffler, CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat of Missouri, Brittney Cooper, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, and Ben Jealous, Former President and CEO of the NAACP.