

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

Oct 17, 2021 • 1h 28min
Will Bannon’s loyalty to Trump cost him his freedom?
Ali Velshi is joined by NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Mondaire Jones, former NJ governor Christine Todd Whitman, former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Guttmacher Institute’s Associate Director of State Issues Elizabeth Nash, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, PBS Washington Week moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan, and NBC’s Raf Sanchez.

Oct 17, 2021 • 1h 27min
Democracy Hanging in the Balance
Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, author Timothy Snyder, Rev. Dr. William Barber, executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation Katherine Spillar, abortion rights advocate Dr. Willie Parker, Carol Leonnig from The Washington Post, The New York Times’ Katie Benner, McKay Coppins from The Atlantic, and NBC’s Scott Cohn.

Oct 3, 2021 • 1h 22min
It's Always Infrastructure Week Now
Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Mazie Hirono, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, author and poet Caroline Randall Williams, science journalist Laurie Garrett, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, NPR's Asma Khalid, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, and NBC's Brandy Zadrozny.

Oct 2, 2021 • 1h 31min
"Criminal Referrals"
Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Jamie Raskin, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Congressman Mondaire Jones, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Trust Women's Rebecca Tong, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, the Washington Post's Philip Bump and Carol Leonnig, NBC's Jacob Soboroff and Stephanie Stanton, Dr. Peter Hotez, and former SEC economist Lori Bettinger.

Sep 29, 2021 • 1h 25min
Bills, Bills, Bills
Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Debbie Stabenow, Congressman Jamie Raskin, Congressman Pete Aguilar, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, author & historian Adam Tooze, children’s book author Brad Meltzer, political strategist Juanita Tolliver, The Washington Post opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin, and The New York Times’ Katie Benner.

Sep 26, 2021 • 1h 29min
The Biden Agenda Hangs in the Balance
Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Ritchie Torres, Congresswoman Cori Bush, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC's Hayes Brown, the author of "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive," Stephanie Land, Dr. Bernard Ashby, the Atlantic's Caitlin Dickerson, former Republican Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, Facebook critic (and early investor) Roger McNamee, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and co-hosts of the Southlake podcast, Antonia Hylton and Mike Hixenbaugh

Sep 19, 2021 • 1h 26min
The Fight Ahead
Anand Giridharadas, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congressman Sean Casten, Rev. Dr. William Barber, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, the Washington Post's Philip Bump, Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, the New York Times' Katie Benner, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, Professor Dorothy Brown, and John Brown, a Missouri man who was evicted from his home and is traveling to Washington to help make the case for a federal eviction moratorium.