Velshi - Season 6 / Year 2025

Velshi - Season 6 / Year 2025

Season 6 / Year 2025

Network
DatesJan 4, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025
Previous Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Year 2025Episode 1120 min

Episode 1

What Speaker Mike Johnson's narrowest of margins means for a new Republican congress, the alarming details of an under-the-radar Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies;  and the most underappreciated aspects of Jimmy Carter's legacy as his state funeral begins in Georgia.

Rep. Debbie Dingell and Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent on what Republican governance will look like; Samm Sacks on the threat posed by a sophisticated Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies; and Rep. Hank Johnson on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter

Jan 4, 2025
Episode 2
Year 2025Episode 2120 min

Episode 2

Donald Trump's election win will be certified on January 6, 2025 - four years after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn  his previous election loss. Congressman Jamie Raskin reflects on that dark day, the impeachment that followed, and "the struggle between authoritarian lies and democracy" that will continue into a second Trump term.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on the new Republican congress, Sen. Gary Peters on what happens when a government is uninterested in accurate information in national security matters, Caleb Silver on why both President Biden and President-Elect Trump opposed the U.S. Steel deal, and Zeke Hernandez and Stuart Stevens on the immigration battle playing out in Republican politics.

Jan 5, 2025
Episode 3
Year 2025Episode 3120 min

Episode 3

The California wildfires are playing into a growing insurance crisis, Mark Zuckerberg is getting fact-checked on his motivations for ending fact-checking on Meta, what Donald Trump's sentencing means, and a timely analysis of Ray Bradbury's dystopian classic ‘Fahrenheit 451' with author Lois Lowry and fascism expert Jason Stanley.  

Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy on advanced fire-fighting and prevention technology; what's next in Trump's hush-money case with Melissa Murray and Lisa Rubin; the heads of PolitiFact and Snopes discuss what the end of Meta's fact-checking program means for the spread of disinformation; Lois Lowry and Jason Stanley join the Velshi Banned Book Club to discuss Ray Bradbury's ‘Fahrenheit 451'

Jan 11, 2025
Episode 4
Year 2025Episode 4120 min

Episode 4

How mixed-status families are planning for Donald Trump's promised immigration crackdown, how Trump's pick for CIA is being received in the Senate, and the tech that could make wildfires detectable in minutes.

Erika Andiola and Viviana Marquez share personal stories from when their own immigrant families were caught in the crosshairs of America's broken immigration system ahead of a promised crackdown by Donald Trump; Pulitzer Prize-winner David Rhode previews Senate hearings for John Ratcliffe's nomination to head the CIA; and Orange County, California Fire Chief Brian Fennessy explains how game-changing new tech could transform wildfire detection.

Jan 12, 2025
Episode 5
Year 2025Episode 5120 min

Episode 5

Former CIA Director John Brennan weighs in on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as Director of National Intelligence, Nobel Prize-winner Maria Ressa shares crucial lessons for reporting on a government that's hostile to the free press, and why this week's selection for the Velshi Banned Book Club, John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" is still so relevant to American life and politics that it's still being banned.

Jan 18, 2025
Episode 6
Year 2025Episode 6120 min

Episode 6

Jan 19, 2025
Episode 7
Year 2025Episode 7120 min

Episode 7

Barbara McQuade, Charles Coleman Jr., Joyce Vance and Elie Mystal on how justice is already being reshaped one week into Trump's new term; inside the president's late-night firing of federal agency Inspectors General; Attorneys General Keith Ellison and William Tong on fighting back against Trump's push to end birthright citizenship; Jen Rubin on how to hold the line for democracy; and Manuel Munoz on his short story collection, "The Consequences" on the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Jan 25, 2025
Episode 8
Year 2025Episode 8120 min

Episode 8

Ambassador John Bolton and Rep. Bennie Thompson discuss what President Trump's first week back in office means for American national security; inside the dangerous new efforts to undermine laws that were enacted to curb violence against abortion providers; what the rise of the new American oligarchy means for America's democracy and the working class; Peter Beinart on the future of the war in Gaza; Paula Ramos discusses her alarming conversation with a prominent member of the Proud Boys following his presidential pardon

Jan 26, 2025
Episode 9
Year 2025Episode 9120 min

Episode 9

A new shock-wave of firings by the Trump administration, Day One of Trump's new tariffs, and the state of the most endangered Trump cabinet nominations.

Ali Velshi is joined by Joyce Vance, Tim Weiner, Tom Nichols, Anna Merlan, Eddie Glaude, Melissa Murray, and Christopher Paul Curtis

Feb 1, 2025
Episode 10
Year 2025Episode 10120 min

Episode 10

U.S. trade partners retaliate for Trump's tariffs, Trump's FBI purge meets pushback, and a new era of American unseriousness on the global stage takes hold.

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Ryan Reilly, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Mehdi Hasan, Ravi Agrawal, Richard Cordray, and Randi Weingarten

Feb 2, 2025
Episode 11
Year 2025Episode 11120 min

Episode 11

How Elon Musk's DOGE is amassing power and President Trump is making good on his promise to dismantle government. Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Rep. Gwen Moore, Joyce Vance, and fmr. RNC Chair Michael Steele discuss the dangers of President Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling of the federal government; plus the Velshi Banned Book Club features one of the student plaintiffs suing the state of Idaho over its book banning law.

Feb 8, 2025
Episode 12
Year 2025Episode 12120 min

Episode 12

Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tammy Baldwin discuss plans being floated in Congress to fight the Trump-Musk dismantling of the federal government; fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan explains what's at stake for America's children if the Department of Education is shut down; Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza offers a warning about what happens when big tech coddles dictators; Imani Perry and Errin Haines discuss why eviscerating the civil service could hit the Black community hardest.

Feb 9, 2025
Episode 13
Year 2025Episode 13120 min

Episode 13

The judicial branch is now under threat as the Trump administration continues its power grab in Washington and tests the limits of the president's power. Will America's system of checks and balances hold? Laurence Tribe and Larry Summers discuss the Trump administration potential Constitutional overreach; inside the rift erupting at the DOJ following the Trump administration's move to dismiss charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams; how Elon Musk and his business empire may be benefitting from DOGE's efforts to dismantle the government; fmr. VA Inspector General Michael Missal discusses the lawsuit he and his colleagues have filed against the Trump administration; Gillian Flynn, author of "Gone Girl", is this week's guest on the Velshi Banned Book Club

Feb 15, 2025
Episode 14
Year 2025Episode 14120 min

Episode 14

Even with both chambers of Congress at his disposal, Donald Trump continues to unilaterally bulldoze his way through government, consolidating power. At every turn the president flouts the proper channels and procedures necessary to accomplish his goals, and instead Trump chooses chaos. But it really doesn't have to be this way.

Feb 16, 2025
Episode 15
Year 2025Episode 15120 min

Episode 15

What's behind an extraordinary series of late-night firings at the Pentagon, the truth about Republican cost-cutting, and what the new American administration's reversal on Ukraine means for the war-torn country.

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Brendan Boyle, former HHS Secretary and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt III, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Yaroslav Trofimov.

Feb 22, 2025
Episode 16
Year 2025Episode 16120 min

Episode 16

How America's foreign policy realignment under Donald Trump threatens to unravel decades of global alliances and what history tells us about what might come next.

Ali Velshi is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Anne Applebaum and Jon Meacham, former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, and Nastya Shpot, who was a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee fleeing the Russian invasion when Ali first met her in Poland in 2022.

Feb 23, 2025
Episode 17
Year 2025Episode 17120 min

Episode 17

Trump takes Russia's side, the White House seizes control over the press pool, and post-Roe America brings echoes of the real-life stories that inspired The Handmaid's Tale

Mar 1, 2025
Episode 18
Year 2025Episode 18120 min

Episode 18

Europe prepares for a world without the U.S. as a reliable ally, Canada readies for Trump's tariffs, and Republicans work toward slashing health and nutrition programs to pay for tax cuts

Mar 2, 2025
Episode 19
Year 2025Episode 19120 min

Episode 19

Congressman Al Green (D-TX) talks about challenging President Trump with "righteous incivility" while the courts are increasingly viewed as the last, best, clearest line of defense against presidential overreach.

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Al Green, fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Judith Browne Dianis, Kate Shaw, Joyce Vance, Leah Litman, Barbara McQuade, Caleb Silver, Joanne Freeman, and Michele Goodman.

Mar 8, 2025
Episode 20
Year 2025Episode 20120 min

Episode 20

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Douglas Brinkley, Janai Nelson, Lisa Rubin, Caroline Randall Williams, and Imani Perry.

Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discuss the funding fight in Congress, the battle to hold the line against Trump's power grab, and the continuing fight for civil rights in America

Mar 9, 2025
Episode 21
Year 2025Episode 21120 min

Episode 21

Ali Velshi is joined by Harvard Economist Kenneth Rogoff, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Canada's Consul-General in New York Tom Clark, constitutional law and global health policy professor Michele Goodwin, two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, and Columbia Professor Rachel E. Adams.

Mar 15, 2025
Episode 22
Year 2025Episode 22120 min

Episode 22

Why Donald Trump is underwater on the economy, what's at stake as he slashes health research, and why more people aren't speaking out against creeping authoritarianism

Ali Velshi is joined by Dr. Peter Hotez Co-Director for the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA), fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), first amendment scholar Mary Anne Franks, and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist John Harwood

Mar 16, 2025
Episode 23
Year 2025Episode 23120 min

Episode 23

President Trump and his allies' increasingly contentious rhetoric towards America's judiciary is ramping up fears of an historic clash that could have dire consequences for democracy, while Trump's assault against the freedom and independence of America's colleges and universities is taking us down a dangerous path that will cost us all

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist with The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, The Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, Renowned Presidential Historian Jon Meacham, fmr. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, author of ‘The 57 Bus' Dashka Slater.

 

Mar 22, 2025
Episode 24
Year 2025Episode 24120 min

Episode 24

Mar 23, 2025
Episode 25
Year 2025Episode 25120 min

Episode 25

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), fmr. FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, White House Correspondent with The New York Times Luke Broadwater, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Greer Donley, Professor of Law at Drexel University David Cohen

New revelations shed light on the Trump administration's Signal chat scandal; two law firms are fighting back against President Trump's campaign of retribution; and Rep. Ayanna Pressley reacts to a college student being snatched off the streets of her district on the orders of the Trump administration.

 

Mar 29, 2025
Episode 26
Year 2025Episode 26120 min

Episode 26

Michele Norris is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund Janai Nelson, Director of Social Security & Disability Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Kathleen Romig, Professor of International Affairs at UC-San Diego Barbara F. Walter, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University Martha S. Jones, Professor of U.S. History at Georgetown University Chandra Manning, and co-authors of ‘You Must Take Part In Revolution' Melissa Chan and Badiucao.

Mar 30, 2025
Episode 27
Year 2025Episode 27120 min

Episode 27

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, Contributing Editor of The Atlantic Norman Ornstein, Deputy Director of Immigrants' Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union Lee Gelernt, Business Investigations Editor for The New York Times David Enrich, Co-Host, MSNBC's "The Weekend: Primetime" Catherine Rampell, fmr. Advisor to the National Economic Council Diane Swonk, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil Baher Azmy, Executive Director of The Yellowhammer Fund Jenice Fountain, Executive Director of the West Alabama Women's Center Robin Marty.

Apr 5, 2025
Episode 28
Year 2025Episode 28120 min

Episode 28

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Columnist & Editor for MSNBC Daily Hayes Brown, Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA), UCLA School of Law's Richard L. Hasen, NYU School of Law's Rachel Barkow, Co-Founders of The Contrarian Norman Eisen and Jennifer Rubin, Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine Katherine Spillar, Politico's Josh Gerstein, and Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman.

Apr 6, 2025
Episode 29
Year 2025Episode 29120 min

Episode 29

Ali Velshi is joined by Independent Journalist Jim Acosta, Director of Economic Policy Studies & Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Michael Strain, National Security Attorney Bradley Moss, Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Journalist John Harwood, Chief Economist at KPMG Diane Swonk, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, President of PEN America Board of Trustees Jennifer F. Boylan.

Apr 12, 2025
Episode 30
Year 2025Episode 30120 min

Episode 30

Ali Velshi is joined by President and Founder of the Eurasia Group & GZERO Media Ian Bremmer, former Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Fred Hochberg, former Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom Rachel Cohen, Managing Partner of Mark S. Zaid, P.C. Mark Zaid, former Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership at the Yale School of Management Jeffrey Sonnenfeld & fmr. asst. Chief Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative J. Nicole Bivens Collinson.

Apr 13, 2025
Episode 31
Year 2025Episode 31120 min

Episode 31

Ali Velshi is joined by Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs' Asha Rangappa, MSNBC's ‘The Weekend' host Michael Steele, Fmr. Chair of the FTC Lina Khan, President of Wesleyan University Michael Roth, George Washington University Law School's Mary Anne Franks, MSNBC Legal Analyst Barbara McQuade, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Contrarian' Jennifer Rubin, Filmmaker Alex Gibney, "The Gatsby Gambit" author Claire Anderson Wheeler, and Playwright of ‘Gatsby: An American Myth' Martyna Majok. 

Apr 19, 2025
Episode 32
Year 2025Episode 32120 min

Episode 32

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT), economist Mohamed El-Erian, Brookings' Andre Perry, TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, Vanity Fair's Molly Jong-Fast, New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, Caitlin Dickerson from The Atlantic, and attorney Petra Molnar.

Apr 20, 2025
Episode 33
Year 2025Episode 33120 min

Episode 33

Charles Coleman, sitting in for Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA), Slate's Mark Joseph Stern, Georgetown's Michele Goodwin, Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Molly Jong-Fast, the ACLU's Alanah Odoms, the Nation's Ray Suarez, and MacMillan Publishers CEO Jon Yaged.

Apr 26, 2025
Episode 34
Year 2025Episode 34120 min

Episode 34

Brand new polling has bad news for President Trump's signature policies, the CEO of Michigan Planned Parenthood describes the consequences of closing three clinics due to Trump's funding cuts, and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discusses his visit to the Louisiana ICE facility where two detained international students are being held and the vital importance of due process in America

Apr 27, 2025
Episode 35
Year 2025Episode 35180 min

Episode 35

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend: Primetime" Catherine Rampell, host of SiriusXM's ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show' Dean Obeidallah, Law Professor at Columbia University Kimberlé Crenshaw, Co-hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend: Primetime" Ayman Mohyeldin and Antonia Hylton, Professor of Law at University of California Berkeley Law Daniel Farber, Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor of Eurasia Group Gerald Butts, Staff Writer at The Atlantic David Graham, Senior Correspondent at Vox Zack Beauchamp, Co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend: Primetime" Elise Jordan, Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, author of ‘All Boys Aren't Blue' George M. Johnson

May 3, 2025
Episode 36
Year 2025Episode 36180 min

Episode 36

May 4, 2025
Episode 37
Year 2025Episode 37180 min

Episode 37

Ali Velshi is joined by former Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), Yale University professor of philosophy Jason Stanley, The Atlantic Staff Writer Rose Horowitch, President of Wesleyan University Michael Roth, The Atlantic's Tom Nichols, former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray, University of Michigan Economics Professor Justin Wolfers, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), author of ‘Tell Me How It Ends' Valeria Luiselli.

May 10, 2025
Episode 38
Year 2025Episode 38180 min

Episode 38

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), geopolitical analyst Bobby Ghosh, and CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan, fmr. FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, Immigration Attorney Allen Orr, and fmr. U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, co-founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, Dean Obeidallah, fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), fmr. Rep. Charles Dent (D-PA).

May 11, 2025
Episode 39
Year 2025Episode 39180 min

Episode 39

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Krugman, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, NBC News Senior National Security Analyst Frank Figliuzzi, Senior Fellow Emeritus at American Enterprise Institute Norman Ornstein, fmr. Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, author of ‘Last Night At The Telegraph Club' Malinda Lo, fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, fmr. Rep. Charles Dent, host of ‘Assembly Required' podcast Stacey Abrams

May 17, 2025
Episode 40
Year 2025Episode 40180 min

Episode 40

Ali Velshi is joined by independent journalist Jim Acosta, co-founder of The Contrarian Norm Eisen, fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, fmr. assistant Watergate special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, fmr. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, co-founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, writer & editor of MSNBC Daily Hayes Brown, fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA)

From banners of his face hanging outside a federal building to the military parade that just so happens to fall on his birthday, why we all need to pay attention to the authoritarian window dressings that are increasingly appearing around President Trump; plus a first-hand account of how Trump's tariffs are hurting America's small businesses.

 

May 18, 2025
Episode 41
Year 2025Episode 41180 min

Episode 41

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), NBC News' Matt Bradley, fmr. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, Professor of History at Yale University Marci Shore.

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman, Sr. Fellow at the American Statecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Aaron David Miller, author of "Fun Home" Alison Bechdel

Ali Velshi is joined by host of SiriusXM's ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show' Dean Obeidallah, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law Michele Goodwin, reproductive rights advocate Kaitlyn Kash

May 24, 2025
Episode 42
Year 2025Episode 42180 min

Episode 42

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), owner of Wise Mouth Lei Nichols.

Ali Velshi is joined by fmr. Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Race & Democracy at University of Texas at Austin Peniel Joseph.

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Economics & Urban Policy at The New School Darrick Hamilton, producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Senior Editor of Slate Dahlia Lithwick, co-founder & CEO of Center for Policing Equity Phillip Atiba Solomon, retired Police Captain for the Montgomery County Police Department Sonia Pruitt

May 25, 2025
Episode 43
Year 2025Episode 43180 min

Episode 43

Ali Velshi is joined by Yale University History Professor Timothy Snyder, fmr. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Molly Jong-Fast, SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah.

Ali Velshi is joined by The Contrarian's Jennifer Rubin, Independent Journalist Jim Acosta, The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, co-creator of the Migration and Technology Monitor - Petra Molnar, NYU Law Professor Rachel Barkow.

Ali Velshi is joined by The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, fmr. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, author of the children's book "Pride Puppy" Robin Stevenson.

May 31, 2025
Episode 44
Year 2025Episode 44180 min

Episode 44

Ali Velshi is joined by co-host of ‘The Weekend' on MSNBC Jonathan Capehart, fmr. Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, candidate for U.S. Senator in South Carolina Annie Andrews, staff writer at The Atlantic Adam Serwer.

Ali Velshi is joined by MSNBC Senior National Security Analyst Frank Figliuzzi, Associate Professor of International Affairs & Director of Graduate Studies at Georgia Tech Margaret Kosal, Senior Writer at Slate Mark Joseph Stern, fmr. U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at University of Baltimore School of Law Kimberly Wehle, retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, candidate for U.S. Senator in South Carolina Annie Andrews, staff writer at The New Yorker John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar.

Jun 1, 2025
Episode 45
Year 2025Episode 45180 min

Episode 45

Ali Velshi is joined by the creator of ‘The Real Michael Cohen' Michael Cohen, spokesperson for UNICEF James Elder, fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.

Ali Velshi is joined by Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University Akhil Amar, President & CEO of International Rescue Committee David Miliband, Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast.

Ali Velshi is joined by host of ‘The Thom Hartmann Program' Thom Hartmann, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Immigration Attorney Allen Orr, spokesperson for UNICEF James Elder, author Téa Obreht.

Jun 7, 2025
Episode 46
Year 2025Episode 46180 min

Episode 46

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, Senior Director at Brennan Center for Justice Faiza Patel, Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, Lead Plaintiff in Texas Abortion Ban lawsuit Amanda Zurawski, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray.

Ali Velshi is joined by fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-FL), Staff Writer at The New Yorker Evan Osnos.

Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer at The Atlantic Adam Serwer, President of National Immigration Law Center Kica Matos, fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), fmr. U.S. attorney Joyce Vance

Jun 8, 2025
Episode 47
Year 2025Episode 47180 min

Episode 47

Jun 14, 2025
Episode 48
Year 2025Episode 48180 min

Episode 48

Ali Velshi is joined by co-founder & co-Executive Director of Indivisible Project Leah Greenberg, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Virginia Congressman Eugene Vindman, President and founder of Futuro Media Maria Hinojosa, and MSNBC Contributor Paola Ramos.

Ali Velshi is joined by host of "The Thom Hartmann Program," Thom Hartmann, NBC News Correspondent David Noriega, former Arizona Governor and former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, and author of Zeteo's "The Stakes" column John Harwood.

Ali Velshi is joined by former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, Virginia Congressman Eugene Vindman, former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa, and retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath.

Jun 15, 2025
Episode 49
Year 2025Episode 49180 min

Episode 49

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair Molly Jong-Fast, fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, NBC News International Correspondent Matt Bradley, fmr. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, author of "Olive's Ocean" Kevin Henkes.

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Political Analyst for SiriusXM Ameshia Cross, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie Glaude, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Christina Greer.

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor in the Obama Administration Ben Rhodes, Sr. Fellow on American Immigration Council Dara Lind, author of "We Are Home" Ray Suarez, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law Michele Goodwin.

Jun 21, 2025
Episode 50
Year 2025Episode 50180 min

Episode 50

Ali Velshi is joined by The Atlantic's Norman Ornstein, former Rep. Charlie Dent, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, The Brookings Institution's Andre Perry, syndicated radio host Thom Hartmann.

Ali Velshi is joined by The Nation's Elie Mystal, longtime Pentagon reporter Kevin Baron, and author of ‘World War Z' Max Brooks. 

Ali Velshi is joined by fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, The Contrarian's co-founder Jennifer Rubin, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.

Jun 28, 2025
Episode 51
Year 2025Episode 51180 min

Episode 51

Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by NBC's Vaughn Hillyard, MSNBC Political Contributor Steve Benen, former FL Congressman David Jolly, The New York Times' Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, MSNBC Legal Analyst Melissa Murray, former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, Columbia University's Dr. Irwin Redlener, Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist Laurie Garrett.

Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), Political Strategist Rina Shah, NBC's Maya Eaglin, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chief of Policy Programs at The Century Foundation Angela Hanks, author of "Black Capitalists" Rachel Laryea.

Jun 29, 2025
Episode 52
Year 2025Episode 52180 min

Episode 52

Ali Velshi is joined by NBC's Ryan Chandler, former CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), NBC's Daniele Hamamdjian, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)

Ali Velshi is joined by Prof. Cassandra Burke-Robertson, SiriusXM's Dean Obeidallah, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)

Ali Velshi is joined by former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, NBC's Daniele Hamamdjian; longtime immigration reporter Ray Suarez, The Guardian's Robert Tait

Jul 5, 2025
Episode 53
Year 2025Episode 53180 min

Episode 53

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, NBC News' Ryan Chandler, Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel.

Ali Velshi is joined by Fmr. Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lead Plaintiff on the Texas Abortion Ban lawsuit Amanda Zurawski, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law Michele Goodwin.

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Senior Fellow Emeritus at American Enterprise Institute Norman Ornstein, Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia Caleb Silver, President & Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach Bishop William Barber II.

Jul 6, 2025
Episode 54
Year 2025Episode 54180 min

Episode 54

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto Jason Stanley, Investigative Journalist Radley Balko, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman.

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.

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.

Jul 12, 2025
Episode 55
Year 2025Episode 55180 min

Episode 55

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.

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.

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.

Jul 13, 2025
Episode 56
Year 2025Episode 56180 min

Episode 56

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.

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.

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

Jul 19, 2025
Episode 57
Year 2025Episode 57180 min

Episode 57

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.

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.

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.

Jul 20, 2025
Episode 58
Year 2025Episode 58180 min

Episode 58

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.

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.

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.

Jul 26, 2025
Episode 59
Year 2025Episode 59180 min

Episode 59

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.

Ali Velshi is joined by syndicated radio talk show host of ‘The Thom Hartmann Program' Thom Hartmann, Professor of Constitutional Law and Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, fmr. Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Fred Hochberg, Staff Writer for The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar.

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin, Senior Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion Tim O'Brien, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Zeteo News Mehdi Hasan.

Jul 27, 2025
Episode 60
Year 2025Episode 60180 min

Episode 60

Aug 2, 2025
Episode 61
Year 2025Episode 61180 min

Episode 61

Aug 3, 2025

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