

Velshi
MSNBC
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Nov 21, 2021 • 1h 23min
Bullish on “Build Back Better”
Ali Velshi is joined by Jena Griswold, Colorado’s Secretary of State, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate, Carlos Gutierrez, Former United States Secretary of Commerce, Heather Boushey, White House Economic Advisor, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, Paul Waldman, Senior writer at American Prospect, Former Rep. Max Rose, Democrat of New York, and Fomer Rep. Debbie Mucarsel Powell, Democrat of Florida.

Nov 20, 2021 • 1h 20min
Not Guilty on All Counts
Ali Velshi is joined by defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, retired Police Captain Sonia Pruitt, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congressman Don Bacon, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah Jones, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Republican strategist Rick Tyler, The Washington Post's Eugene Scott, and NBC's Antonia Hylton, Meagan Fitzgerald, and Liz McLaughlin.

Nov 14, 2021 • 1h 23min
Ripple effects of Bannon indictment
Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, former Mike Pence aide Olivia Troye, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, attorney Kim Motley, American historian Joanne Freeman, activist Melissa Bumstead, The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig, Errin Haines from The 19th* News, and executive director of the Advancement Project Judith Browne Dianis.

Nov 13, 2021 • 1h 22min
Indicted
Velshi guest host Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Senator Mazie Hirono, Politico’s Kyle Cheney, The New York Times’ Katie Benner, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former trial attorney Kimberly Atkins Stohr, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, NPR’s Tim Mak, NBC’s Liz McLaughlin, Congressman Ritchie Torres, and architectural and urban designer Amy Stelly.

Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 23min
Subpoenas Coming
Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC's Hayes Brown, former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang, and Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz.

Nov 6, 2021 • 1h 33min
It Really Is Infrastructure Week
Ali Velshi is joined by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Congressman Dan Kildee, Investopedia's Caleb Silver, the New Yorker's Sheelah Kolhatkar, Politico's Kyle Cheney, The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig, NYU history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC's Leigh Ann Caldwell and Kristen Welker, MSNBC columnist Dean Obeidallah, Princeton professor Imani Perry, and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler.

Oct 31, 2021 • 1h 29min
Scary Polling
Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, NBC's Mark Murray, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, former Congressman Joe Walsh, political strategists Alencia Johnson and Rina Shah, NBC's Mike Memoli and Molly Hunter, the Boston Globe's Kimberly Atkins Stohr, and Gleaners Food Bank CEO John Elliott.

Oct 30, 2021 • 1h 22min
Opportunity Cost
Ali Velshi is joined by White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congresswoman Judy Chu, The Ink's Anand Giridharadas, President of the New York City Uniformed Firefighters Association Andrew Ansbro, The Guttmacher Institute's Elizabeth Nash, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig, NBC's Brandy Zadrozny, and The Wilson Center's Nina Jankowicz.

Oct 24, 2021 • 1h 24min
The Big Lie's Command Center
Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Pete Aguilar, Senator Sherrod Brown, the Washington Post's Philip Bump and Jacqueline Alemany, Professor Kellie Carter Jackson, Transhealth CEO Dallas Ducar, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, the New Yorker's Sheelah Kolhatkar, and Bloomberg's Tim O'Brien.

Oct 23, 2021 • 1h 25min
Calling Out the Lies
Ali Velshi is joined by "Civil War" filmmaker Rachel Boynton, Mississippi high school history teacher and principal Antwayn Patrick, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, Congressman Ritchie Torres, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan and Tara Palmeri, early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, Dr. Peter Hotez, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and Roland Martin.