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Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Signup to Generate a PitchVelshi is hosted by MS NOW, Ali Velshi. The show has published 717 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "California Dreaming: A Look at CA’s crucial upcoming primaries" (31 May 2026, 47 minutes), "Power Hungry: Inside the Utility Cost Trap" (31 May 2026, 38 minutes), and "Bearing Witness to New Jersey’s Contentious Immigrant Detention Center" (31 May 2026, 50 minutes).
Velshi publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 717 episodes.
Booking probability for Velshi is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Velshi requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Velshi's contact route on record: verified email.
MS NOW, Ali Velshi hosts Velshi, a news podcast with 717 episodes published.
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Episode #26053112
Growing scrutiny over the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey. Allen Orr discusses the legality of the detention facility that’s being accused of substandard care for detainees. Fmr...
Episode #26053111
Velshi takes a deep dive into the broken system driving utility rate increases; protests erupt outside one of the nation’s most controversial ICE detention centers; and the story of a 14-year-old trapped in a post-Roe...
Protests outside the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center in Newark, NJ have intensified over several days. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) discusses the lack of transparency over the conditions of the...
Episode #26052415
The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty delves into President Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton in the senate primary in Texas and how it could come back to haunt him in the midterms; retired U.S. district judge Shira...
Episode #26052414
An artificial intelligence insider warns the quick spread of the technology is “a red line we can't cross;” former Sen. Jon Tester comes from a family of Montana farmers and worries his generation could be the last...
Episode #26052413
Mark McKinnon has worked for political candidates and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and he says this election cycle is “totally different;” former U.S. circuit court judge J. Michael Luttig warns the Trump...
Episode #26052412
How President Trump’s political retribution tour could come back to haunt him and Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections; fmr. Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses her bid for Governor of Georgia...
Episode #26052411
The rare bipartisan effort in Congress to fix America’s housing crisis; the latest on the potential agreement end the War with Iran; Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses the systematic effort to dismantle Black political power...
Episode #26052410
How Donald Trump’s midterm primary revenge tour could backfire on him in November; MS NOW’s inside look at what it will take to demine the Strait of Hormuz; and fmr. Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms talks about her...
Episode #26051020
The growing GOP outrage over President Trump’s $1.8B so-called ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund and how it’s threatening to derail Trump and the GOP’s political agenda; Washington DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges...
Episode #26051019
How Hawaii is employing a creative and potentially powerful new tool against corporate campaign spending in politics; why the CFTC is looking into suspiciously-timed oil trades around President Trump’s Iran...
Episode #26051018
The Trump administration is trying, and failing, to contain the fallout over the creation of President Trump’s $1.8B so-called ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund; Fmr. U.S Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn discusses his new...
Episode #26051017
Federal judges overwhelmingly rebuke ICE detention practices and breaches of due process; Democrats back independent candidate Dan Osborn for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska; the Trump administration ramps up its...
Episode #26051016
President Trump is funding expensive vanity projects in spite of an agenda that seeks to make big domestic cuts; what the UAE quitting OPEC means for the mighty oil cartel; Trump’s grip on the Republican Party remains...
Incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy loses big in Louisiana's Republican primary; Democrats back Independent candidate Dan Osborn for the Nebraska's U.S. Senate seat; Israel and Lebanon talks yield a ceasefire extension, while...
Episode #26051014
Why Republicans’ gerrymandering strategy could backfire on them in November; how President Trump’s seemingly small concession to China’s Xi Jinping could have massive consequences; and the state of the resistance, as...
Episode #26051013
How China’s innovation powers its ascent on the world stage as a rival superpower to the United States; rising inflation paints an alarming economic picture; a teacher and mom in Tennessee take the fight to their local...
Episode #26051013
How Republicans may have overshot with gerrymandering; what the true cost could be for the seemingly small win Trump handed to China’s Xi on Taiwan ; and why Eric Trump’s participation in his father’s trip to China is...
Episode #26051012
Antonia Hylton is in for Ali Velshi; Republicans rush to redraw congressional maps after two consequential court decisions that sap Democrats of their midterm edge; the first passengers fly home from the hantavirus-hit...
Episode #26051011
Antonia Hylton sits in for Ali Velshi; Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones explains why his state is ground zero for America’s struggle for democracy; Professors Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude Jr. discuss how a recent...
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