

The Beat with Ari Melber
Ari Melber, MSNBC
Ari Melber delivers the biggest political and news stories of the day, with interviews and original reporting from around the nation. An Emmy-winning journalist, attorney and former Senate staffer, Melber cuts through the spin and the noise to tell you what's really happening. Real news, every night.
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Dec 24, 2024 • 42min
House Ethics Committee releases damning report on Matt Gaetz
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, December 23, and reports on the House Ethics Committee's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz. Plus, listen to Melber's overview on the 2024 election. British rapper Giggs, Andrew Weissmann, Gordon Sondland and Steve Israel join.

Dec 21, 2024 • 42min
House avoids government shutdown after GOP chaos
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, December 20, and delivers in-depth reporting on the House passing a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon. Chai Komanduri, Julia Jester and Juanita Tolliver also join.

Dec 20, 2024 • 50min
Obama vet on shifting political landscape
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, December 19, and reports on Elon Musk, GOP House chaos and the political divide within the United States. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon. Blake Zeff and Howard Dean also join.

Dec 19, 2024 • 42min
Trump Threatens Liz Cheney with FBI Probe
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, December 18, and reports on Donald Trump's plan for retribution against Liz Cheney and the Democratic party's path forward. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Freestyler Rapper Harry Mack and Reverend Al Sharpton. Ankush Khardori and Ari Berman also join.

Dec 18, 2024 • 41min
Trump sues Iowa pollster
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, December 17, and reports on Donald Trump's friends and enemies and the Democratic party's path forward. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with director and producer Ron Howard. Paul Rosenzweig and Frank Bowman join.

Dec 17, 2024 • 50min
Trump rattles off potential new targets in media
MSNBC's Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Monday, December 16th and reports on Donald Trump's latest attacks on the free press. Plus, the latest on the Wisconsin school shooting. EJ Dionne, Hugo Lowell, Thomas Adams, Melanie Zanona, Barbara McQuade and Jim Cavanaugh join.

Dec 16, 2024 • 41min
Some tech titans bend to Trump
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, December 13 and reports on tech leaders meeting with President-elect Trump as companies make major donations. Plus, "Rick and Morty's" Dan Harmon joins for a wide-ranging interview. Alencia Johnson and Eugene Robinson join.

Dec 16, 2024 • 1h
BONUS: Epic! Rick & Morty’s Dan Harmon on POTUS, nihilistic politics, fan theories, Putin & life w Melber
In this podcast extra, “Rick and Morty” and “Community" showrunner Dan Harmon sits down with MSNBC’s Ari Melber for an extended conversation on how art informs the meaning of life and fan theories. Harmon responds to Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny quoting his character Rick Sanchez during his show trial.

Dec 13, 2024 • 41min
Trump’s ‘swampy’ ethics invade DC, as he looks to flout rules in second term
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, December 12 and reports on billionaires like Elon Musk's relationship to the incoming second Trump administration in an ethics special report. Sarah Matthews and Anthony Coley join.

Dec 12, 2024 • 41min
Bending to MAGA pressure, Wray bails on FBI during term
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Wednesday, December 11th, and reports on FBI Director Christopher Wray's announcement he will resign early and Trump's plan to pardon January 6th insurrectionists. Andrew Weissmann, Frank Figliuzzi, Garrett Graff, Fat Joe and Andrew Ross Sorkin join.