Velshi

Velshi

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

Episodes

August 2, 2025 40 mins

The former Commissioner of Bureau Statistics weighs in on the absurdity that is Trump’s decision to fire her successor following a weak jobs report; why a high-ranking U.S. official’s trip to Gaza may be a substitute for action and not a call to it; and Abdi Nazemian’s young-adult novel “Like A Love Story” is the subject of this week’s “Velshi Banned Book Club.”

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Donald Trump has a long history with conspiracies and those who consume them, but those same people are now turning on him. But Trump is trying to reel them back in with a new conspiracy theory; former Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) weighs in on the Trump administration’s push to revoke a landmark rule that has been critical in fighting climate change; Trump's Texas gerrymandering scheme is a dangerous escalation of an anti-democratic tact...

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August 2, 2025 40 mins

How Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner hours after a weak jobs report is a dangerous escalation in America’s slide into authoritarianism; why a high-ranking U.S. official’s trip to Gaza may be a substitute for action, and not a call to it; and the family of a Jeffrey Epstein victim speaks out against Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.

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President Trump gives belligerent, rambling remarks in Scotland ahead of trade talks with the European Union; Mehdi Hasan talks about his viral debate with 20 far-right conservatives.

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How the scandal over the Epstein files leaves a major opening for a movement against Trump’s authoritarian creep, and what past political protest movements tell us about what can work now; plus. how Trump’s tariffs and trade wars are impacting American consumers.

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July 27, 2025 39 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by independent journalist Jim Acosta, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), fmr. Marine Corps attack pilot Kyleanne Hunter, co-creator of ‘The Daily Show’ Lizz Winstead

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Ali Velshi is joined by Columnist at The New York Times Michelle Goldberg, fmr. Assistant U.S. Attorney at SDNY Nick Akerman, Sr. Fellow of American Stagecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Aaron David Miller, Author of ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ George M. Johnson

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Ali Velshi is joined by fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Contributing Editor and political Columnist at The New Republican Ana Marie Cox, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto Jason Stanley

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July 26, 2025 39 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by fmr. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Sr. Fellow of American Stagecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Aaron David Miller, Senior Columnist at The Boston Globe Opinion Kimberly Atkins Stohr, fmr. Federal Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks

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Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Correspondent at Vox Zack Beauchamp, Journalist John Harwood, MSNBC Political Analyst Richard Stengel, Visiting Fellow at Center for Asia Policy Studies at The Brookings Institute Mira Rapp-Hooper, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie Glaude

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Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien, Staff Writer for The Atlantic David Graham, Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Brown University Omer Bartov, Deputy Director of Immigrants’ Rights Project at ACLU Lee Gelernt, Senior Fellow at American Immigration Council Dara Lind

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July 20, 2025 40 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, fmr. President & CEO of NPR Vivian Schiller, MSNBC Political Analyst Richard Stengel, Visiting Fellow at Center for Asia Policy Studies at The Brookings Institute Mira Rapp-Hooper

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Ali Velshi is joined by columnist for The New York Times Michelle Goldberg, MSNBC Legal Analyst Catherine Christian, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Christina Greer, Morning News Anchor on NY1 Pat Kiernan

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July 19, 2025 40 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump, fmr. Federal prosecutor Paul Butler, Senior Contributing Editor for Health News Analysis at KFF Health News Elisabeth Rosenthal, Investigative Reporter Caitlin Dickerson, host of ‘Going For Broke’ podcast Ray Suarez

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Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, fmr. Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), author of ‘Abortion, Everyday’ Kylie Cheung

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July 13, 2025 40 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by Independent Journalist Jim Acosta, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Founding Partner & Washington Correspondent at Puck News Julia Ioffe, Chief Washington Correspondent at KFF Health News Julie Rovner, Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Professor at The University of Pennsylvania Exequiel Hernandez

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Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Economics at Harvard University Kenneth Rogoff, Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law at Rice University Jim Blackburn, MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny

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July 13, 2025 41 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Founding Partner & Washington Correspondent at Puck News Julia Ioffe, Contributing Columnist for Zeteo John Harwood, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah

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Ali Velshi is joined by Distinguished Professor of Democracy at University of Toronto Lucan Ahmad Way, fmr. U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), author of “This Is My America” Kim Johnson

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July 12, 2025 40 mins

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, Russian Opposition Politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Staff Writer at The Atlantic Tom Nichols

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