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Velshi
Hosted by MS NOW, Ali Velshi · EN
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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California Dreaming: A Look at CA’s crucial upcoming primaries
4d ago00:47:26Tap to summarizeGrowing 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. California Senator Barbara Boxer weighs in on the upcoming California primaries. Fmr. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade discusses her new book “The Fix”. What started out as an "impossible" idea, led to a massive medical breakthrough for pancreatic cancer. Dr. Shubham Pant explains. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Power Hungry: Inside the Utility Cost Trap
4d ago00:38:21Tap to summarizeVelshi 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 police state To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Bearing Witness to New Jersey’s Contentious Immigrant Detention Center
4d ago00:50:03Tap to summarizeProtests 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 facility. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is confronted over actions by the NJ State Police to block the press from witnessing the protests. Eddie Glaude discusses his new, and timely, book ‘America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Trump’s Texas Gamble
5d ago00:41:03Tap to summarizeThe 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 Scheindlin explains the stakes in her lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund; plus, today’s Velshi Banned Book Club features author Nick Cutter and his new novel, “The Dorians.” To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →The Spread of AI Data Centers Triggers Voter Backlash
5d ago00:41:12Tap to summarizeAn 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; plus former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes has a new book that delves into what it means to be an American and who gets to decide. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Trump’s Setbacks Signal Blowback for the President
5d ago00:40:16Tap to summarizeMark 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 administration's “anti-weaponization" fund has “shifted the tectonic plates of politics overnight.” Why Luttig says he is personally fighting back. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Donald Trump’s Reign of Error
2w ago00:42:25Tap to summarizeHow 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; Co-Creator of The Daily Show Lizz Winstead discusses the end of The Late Show and what it means for politics, art, and expression in the second Trump era. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →The Collapse of the Civil Rights Era
2w ago00:40:50Tap to summarizeThe 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 across the U.S.; how miscarriage patients are paying the price for living in states with abortion bans To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →The Life and Times of an Unpopular President
2w ago00:39:37Tap to summarizeHow 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 bid for Georgia Governor. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Growing Outrage Over Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
2w ago00:40:28Tap to summarizeThe 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 discusses his new lawsuit seeking to block the creation of Trump’s fund; Palestinian author Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli author Maoz Inon discuss their important new book “The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land" on the Velshi Banned Book Club To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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