

Velshi
MSNBC
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Sep 18, 2021 • 1h 25min
Another Far-Right Rally
Mehdi Hasan, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Reps. Madeleine Dean and Stacey Plaskett, NBC's Ellison Barber, Julie Tsirkin, Garrett Haake, Antonia Hylton, and Brandy Zadrozny, MSNBC hosts Yasmin Vossoughian and Kendis Gibson, former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former adviser to Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Carol Leonnig, and author of the book "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe," Roger McNamee.

Sep 13, 2021 • 1h 25min
The astroturfers coming after your rights
Maria Teresa Kumar, sitting in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Congressman James Clyburn, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, former presidential candidate Julian Castro, Mother Jones' Ari Berman, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, abortion rights activist and author Robin Marty, MSNBC Daily's Hayes Brown, The 19th's Errin Haines, Punchbowl News founder Anna Palmer, NBC's Antonia Hylton, captain of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team Somaya Faruqi, founder of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team Roya Mahboob, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association Dr. Georges Benjamin, and Alabama resident Dorothy Oliver, who went door-to-door and helped get her rural town 94% vaccinated.

Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 34min
The New Abortion War
Ali Velshi is joined by President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights Nancy Northup, Miriam Camero from RAICES, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman James Clyburn, New York Magazine senior correspondent Irin Carmon, the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Dr. Uche Blackstock, Penn State professor and scientist Michael Mann, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, and New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg.

Aug 28, 2021 • 1h 24min
The March on Washington
Mehdi Hasan, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Woke Vote creator DeJuana Thompson, president of the African American Intellectual History Society Keisha Blain, Congressman Mondaire Jones, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, NBC's Ali Arouzi and Josh Lederman, the New York Times' Helene Cooper, former interpreter and veteran Said Noor, and NBC's Antonia Hylton.

Aug 23, 2021 • 1h 34min
Bracing for Tropical Storm Henri
Maria Teresa Kumar is joined by House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Ritchie Torres, TX State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, former Obama Health Policy Director Dr. Kavita Patel, Whole Woman’s Health Alliance president Amy Hagstrom Miller, Abortion Access Front founder & CCO Lizz Winstead, “Shots at the Shop” director Dr. Stephen Thomas, Rev. Dr. William Barber, NewYorker.com executive news editor David Rohde, The Washington Post reporter Anne Gearan, editor-at-large of The 19th* Errin Haines, NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins, and NBC correspondents Janessa Webb and Kathy Park.

Aug 21, 2021 • 1h 22min
"Move away from the microphone"
Mehdi Hasan, sitting in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Congresswoman Susan Wild, Dr. Irwin Redlener, former White House aide Olivia Troye, NPR's Asma Khalid, the New York Times' Helene Cooper, photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Dr. Richina Bicette, the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, Afghanistan War veteran Kiyoshi Mino, journalist and author Spencer Ackerman, and former FBI agent Clint Watts.

Aug 14, 2021 • 1h 33min
Trump's Plot Unravels
Ali Velshi talks to Congressman Jason Crow, Senator Bob Casey, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Kelly Cobiella, human rights attorney Kimberley Motley, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan and Eugene Daniels, the Boston Globe's Kimberly Atkins Stohr, the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus, Dr. Kelechi Iheagwara, Travis County, Texas Judge Andy Brown, Texas State Rep. Gene Wu, ProPublica's Justin Elliott, NYU's Cristina Beltran, and NPR's Ray Suarez.

Aug 9, 2021 • 1h 28min
Subversion
Ali Velshi is joined by New York Times reporter Katie Benner, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Dr. Howard Koh, The 19th’s Errin Haines, the New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, early Facebook and Google investor Roger McNamee, and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Aug 7, 2021 • 1h 22min
The Coup That Could Have Been
Ali Velshi is joined by retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, the Rev. Dr. William Barber, Roland Martin, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Dr. Peter Hotez, Alachua County, FL school board chair Leanetta McNealy, Punchbowl News’ Anna Palmer, the Boston Globe’s Renee Graham, NY1’s Gloria Pazmino, and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.

Aug 1, 2021 • 1h 23min
Subpoena Power
Ali Velshi is joined by House Select Committe Member Rep. Pete Aguilar, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Rep. Mondaire Jones, NIH Director Francis Collins, NPR political correspondent Asma Khalid, historian Anne Applebaum, Dr. Ebony Hilton, MSNBC producer and blogger Steve Benen, Interim President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute DeJuana Thompson, and MSNBC Dailey editor Hayes Brown.