
Episodes
Trump faces MAGA fallout
7/13/2025
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
Duration:00:40:01
How Trump’s Economy is Weakening the American Dollar
7/13/2025
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
Duration:00:40:27
Trumpworld in Damage Control
7/13/2025
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
Duration:00:41:22
An ICE buildup, a MAGA rift, and a crucial story about the Black experience
7/12/2025
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
Duration:00:41:19
The Truth About Trump’s Trade Wars
7/12/2025
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
Duration:00:40:12
America’s ICE Age
7/12/2025
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
Duration:00:40:16
The GOP’s Big, Beautiful Gimmick
7/6/2025
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
Duration:00:40:08
“The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom & Tyranny”
7/6/2025
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
Duration:00:49:46
Behind the GOP’s Accounting Gimmick
7/6/2025
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
Duration:00:39:56
How the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Will Devastate Healthcare
7/5/2025
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
Duration:00:41:03
Trump Coming for the Citizenship of Dissenters
7/5/2025
Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ryan Chandler, Prof. Cassandra Burke-Robertson, SiriusXM’s Dean Obeidallah, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Duration:00:35:19
American Healthcare Upended with the Stroke of a Pen
7/5/2025
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)
Duration:00:41:00
Democrats Make Moves Against Trump’s Spending Bill
6/29/2025
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
Duration:00:40:40
The Trump Court
6/29/2025
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
Duration:00:40:38
The Fight Over Funding Trump's Agenda
6/29/2025
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
Duration:00:40:07
One Big Beautiful Mess
6/28/2025
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
Duration:00:41:26
‘No Right Is Safe’: SCOTUS Limits Nationwide Injunctions Used to Stop Trump Cruel Policies
6/28/2025
Ali Velshi is joined by The Nation’s Elie Mystal, longtime Pentagon reporter Kevin Baron, and author of ‘World War Z’ Max Brooks.
Duration:00:40:19
Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill
6/28/2025
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.
Duration:00:40:24
Stalling, Punting, and Reversing Course: A Week in Trumpworld
6/21/2025
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
Duration:00:41:36
The Undecider-in-Chief
6/21/2025
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 Brad ley, fmr. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, author of “Olive’s Ocean” Kevin Henkes
Duration:00:41:08