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MS NOW, Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Jun 13, 2021 • 1h 41min
Biden on the World Stage
Ali Velshi is joined by Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh, former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Hagar Chemali, Rev. Dr. William Barber, Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, and Mississippi high school students Layla Temple and Ikeria Washington.
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Jun 12, 2021 • 1h 31min
Is America Back, Though?
Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Peter Welch, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Washington Post columnist Max Boot, Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, George Vrandenburg of Us Against Alzheimer's, and NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander.
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Jun 6, 2021 • 1h 31min
The Authoritarian Dream
Ali Velshi is joined by Congressman Jim Clyburn, Congressman Mondaire Jones, Congressman French Hill, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, New York Times reporter Katie Benner, Thomas Bollyky of the Council on Foreign Relations, the New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar, the New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb, founder of the Progress Network at New America Zachary Karabell, The 19th’s Errin Haines, NBC’s Jake Ward, and NBC’s Kerry Sanders.
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Jun 5, 2021 • 1h 27min
The Insurrection Is Not Over
Ali Velshi is joined by former impeachment manager Rep. Stacey Plaskett, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Post reporter Philip Bump, New York Times reporter Matt Apuzzo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, former federal prosecutor Kim Wehle, Investopedia’s Caleb Silver, the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer, and the one and only Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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May 30, 2021 • 1h 33min
Block the Vote
Ali Velshi is joined by Texas State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez, Roland Martin, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, former Congresswoman Jane Harman, former Congressman Joe Walsh, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb, The 19th Editor-at-Large Errin Haines, and MSNBC Daily’s Hayes Brown.
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May 29, 2021 • 1h 33min
The Party of Insurrection
Ali Velshi is joined by former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, former Republican consultant Shermichael Singleton, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia, Pulitizer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett, president of the Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, author and attorney Hannibal B. Johnson, Tony Award-winning director and producer Bartlett Sher, and Arizona Republic reporter Jen Fifield.
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May 23, 2021 • 1h 24min
Putting Unity over Honesty
Ali Velshi is joined by California Senator Alex Padilla, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin, California Representative Barbara Lee, former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker, Errin Haines from the 19th*, The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig, NBC’s Kelly Cobiella, and MSNBC Public Health Analyst Irwin Redlener.
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May 22, 2021 • 1h 35min
Inside the GOP’s January 6 Calculus
Ali Velshi is joined by Delaware Senator Tom Carper, U.S.V.I Representative Stacey Plaskett, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northup, Ronald Greene’s family lawyer Lee Merritt, award-winning humanitarian Hanan Ashrawi, Ronen Bergman from The New York Times Magazine, Katie Benner from The New York Times, NBC’s Richard Engel, MSNBC’s Hayes Brown, plus Anne Gearan, Jennifer Rubin & Eugene Scott from The Washington Post.
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May 16, 2021 • 1h 32min
Facing Hate in America
Ali Velshi is joined by a roundtable of citizens and leaders from the AAPI community for a powerful conversation about race and anti-Asian violence. Also joining the show: Congressman Bennie Thompson, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Jason Crow, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Andrew Garbarino, Academy Award-winning producer of the new documentary “Crime of the Century” Alex Gibney, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Washington Post White House correspondent Anne Gearan, and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Katie Benner.
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May 15, 2021 • 1h 38min
Florida Man's Legal Woes
Ali Velshi is joined by former governors Bill Weld and Christine Todd Whitman, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence, the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Week moderator Yamiche Alcindor, former senior Capitol HIll aide Rina Shah, Ryan Streeter of the American Enterprise Institute.
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