The Beat with Ari Melber
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.
Episodes
Aug 31, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW's Antonia Hylton reports on the latest on the Iran war and is joined by Reverend Al Sharpton. Plus, President Donald Trump calls for NBC anchor Kristen Welker to face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission over her comments about his primary endorsement record. Hylton reports and is joined by NYU's Melissa Murray.
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Aug 28, 2026; 6pm; The war in Iran has reached the six-month mark. MS NOW’s Jackie Alemany reports and is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson and Bloomberg’s Jeff Mason. Plus, Alemany reports on how a growing revolt against Big Tech could shape the upcoming midterm elections.
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Aug 27, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on tech innovator and Microsoft founder Bill Gates issuing an extensive warning about the current AI boom. Plus, President Trump faces a polling crisis amid an unpopular war and high prices. Also, Jason Johnson and rapper E-40 join for the latest installment of “Fallback.”
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Aug 26, 2026; 6pm; Meta and a group of state attorneys general announced a settlement agreement in which the social media giant will pay up to $17 billion and make changes to its apps following allegations that its technology harms children’s mental health. MS NOW's Ari Melber delivers a special report. Obama campaign veteran Chai Komanduri joins Melber to discuss AI and social media.
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Aug 25, 2026; 6pm; Tributes pour in for country music legend Dolly Parton. MS NOW’s Ari Melber remembers the singer, songwriter, musician, businesswoman and philanthropist. Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren, Martha Ackmann, author of “And Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton,” and Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, join to discuss Parton’s legacy.
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Aug 24, 2026; 6pm: President Trump revives a tariff clash with ally and trading partner Canada. Veteran journalist Kurt Andersen joins to discuss. Plus, MS NOW's Ari Melber delivers a special report on a key area where Trump is trying to skirt or break the laws that oversee prosecutors. Renowned civil rights attorney Nancy Erika Smith joins.
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Aug 21, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on a flashing “Code Red” for President Trump and Republicans as Trump’s poll numbers continue to sink. Plus, Melber reports on a troubling new power grab in Trump’s retribution campaign and is joined by former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance. And in a special digital extra, listen to part of Melber’s interview with YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor...
Aug 20, 2026; 6pm; MAGA allies are making huge bets on AI amid new signs that a tech “bubble” could rattle the economy. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and journalist Ed Zitron. Plus, Melber is joined by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman for an extended discussion on the latest from the Trump administration.
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Aug 19, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on new results and signals emerging from the primaries, including bruising losses for Trump-endorsed candidates. Reverend Al Sharpton and Bill de Blasio, former New York City mayor join. Plus, who is Trump aide Natalie Harp? Melber breaks down her role and influence.
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Aug 18, 2026; 6pm: New polling from Reuters shows President Trump’s approval rating at 33 percent. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Plus, ABC is suing the FCC over threats to force its stations off the air. Melber breaks down the lawsuit with NPR’s David Folkenflik.
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Aug 17, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on President Trump’s latest legal setbacks with former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Plus, Rose Horowitch, author of The Atlantic’s “The End of Reading Is Here,” joins Melber and The New York Times’ Michelle Goldberg to discuss America’s decline in reading, and what it could mean for culture, politics, and society.
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Aug 14, 2026; 6pm;MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on the tech boom, deregulation and the MAGA allies reshaping AI and media. Melber draws from a New York Times investigation, “Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of an A.I. Bubble?” New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg joined Melber later on “The Beat.”
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Aug 13, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber is joined by former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb to discuss growing backlash to President Trump’s power grabs. Plus, Melber reports on new revelations that a major U.S. bank believed the Trump Organization was potentially linked to money laundering. NYU’s Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins for analysis.
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Aug 12, 2026; 6pm; New reporting from The Washington Post reveals that President Trump’s White House construction projects are expected to cost nearly $1 billion, with taxpayers footing most of the bill. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Alex Wagner and CNBC’s Ron Insana for analysis. Plus, new fallout over Trump's secret plane swap.
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August 11, 2026; 6pm; Evidence of President Trump’s autocratic ambitions is mounting. MS NOW’s Ari Melber examines allegations of corruption involving Trump and is joined by acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart and Josh Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of Talking Points Memo. Plus, Trump upends childhood vaccine guidance with an executive order calling for major changes to vaccine recommendations for children.
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Aug 10, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on how the Trump White House is resurrecting parts of the failed Jan. 6 coup attempt. Plus, journalist Dylan Ratigan joins to discuss the Trump economy.
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August 7, 2026; 6pm; A new July jobs report shows the US economy losing 23-thousand jobs. Plus, a new legal setback for Trump as a federal appeals court halted above-ground construction on the White House ballroom. Jared Bernstein, Jason Johnson, Juanita Tolliver, Liz Stein, Priya Sridhar and Keith Ellison join The Beat.
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In this podcast extra, genre-defying music icon Jon Batiste joins MS NOW's Ari Melber to discuss growing up in a legacy musical family, overcoming stage fright, the power of failure, why he put both Lil Wayne and Kenny G on his new album, and what it means for him to “love being myself in every room.” This interview aired in 2023.
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Aug 6, 2026; 6pm; With less than three months before the midterms, Trump is facing a massive polling crash, rising gas prices, an unpopular war of choice, and a MAGA revolt by some of his closest MAGA allies. Molly Jong-Fast, Rick Wilson, Tim O'Brien, Will Sommer and Rick Reilly join The Beat to discuss.
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Aug 5, 2025; 6pm; Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan formally declared victory in his Democratic Senate primary. Democratic strategists see an opportunity to retake the Senate in this year's midterms. Eugene Robinson and Adam Green join The Beat to discuss. Plus, Mary Trump on her uncle's "decline."
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