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MSNBC

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

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New York, NY

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US News

Networks:

MSNBC

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

Language:

English


Episodes
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Trump's Economy

5/3/2025
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

Duration:01:51:04

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Trump’s Bad New Polling

4/27/2025
Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by The Contrarian co-founder Jennifer Rubin, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan Paula Thornton Greear, The Rachel Maddow Show’s Steve Benen, Hayes Brown, The Atlantic’s David Graham, Rina Shah, Harvard’s Imani Perry, Tracie Therence Ferrell, and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)

Duration:01:22:33

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Escalations, Crackdowns, and Churn on Day 96

4/26/2025
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.

Duration:01:21:50

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The Movement is Underway

4/20/2025
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.

Duration:01:20:58

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How The Trump Admin. Is Avoiding The Courts

4/19/2025
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.

Duration:01:23:32

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Trump’s Trade War & the United States’ Waning Influence

4/13/2025
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

Duration:01:22:08

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Don’t Fall For Trump’s Tariff Trick

4/12/2025
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.

Duration:01:21:22

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‘Hands Off’ Protests & The New Resistance

4/6/2025
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.

Duration:01:21:18

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This is the Economy on Trump’s Tariffs

4/5/2025
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.

Duration:01:21:45

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The Seriousness of the Signal Chat Scandal

3/30/2025
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.

Duration:01:20:58

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Signal Chat Scandal & Trump v Courts Continues

3/29/2025
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

Duration:01:21:23

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The Growing Resistance against Trump 2.0

3/23/2025
Ali Velshi is joined by Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Wisconsin Candidate for Congress Rebecca Cooke, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond, Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN), independent journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, author of “The Human Scale” Lawrence Wright & former FTC Commissioner Lina Khan

Duration:01:21:58

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Trump vs. The Courts, and What Comes Next

3/22/2025
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

Duration:01:22:31

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The Math Ain’t Mathin’

3/16/2025
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

Duration:01:21:15

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With Friends Like These…

3/15/2025
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.

Duration:01:20:47

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The Battle to Hold the Line Against Trump’s Power Grab

3/9/2025
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.

Duration:01:22:06

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Challenging Trump in Congress and the Courts

3/8/2025
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.

Duration:01:23:19

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Global Disarray and “Alternative Math” in the Trump Era

3/2/2025
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

Duration:01:23:02

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Allies, Adversaries, and Who’s in Control

3/1/2025
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

Duration:01:21:10

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Past & Prologue

2/23/2025
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

Duration:01:22:26