Episodes

  • House avoids government shutdown after GOP chaos

    House avoids government shutdown after GOP chaos
    Dec 21 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, December 20, and delivers in-depth reporting on the House passing a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon. Chai Komanduri, Julia Jester and Juanita Tolliver also join.
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    42 mins
  • Obama vet on shifting political landscape

    Obama vet on shifting political landscape
    Dec 20 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, December 19, and reports on Elon Musk, GOP House chaos and the political divide within the United States. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon. Blake Zeff and Howard Dean also join.
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    50 mins
  • Trump Threatens Liz Cheney with FBI Probe

    Trump Threatens Liz Cheney with FBI Probe
    Dec 19 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, December 18, and reports on Donald Trump's plan for retribution against Liz Cheney and the Democratic party's path forward. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with Freestyler Rapper Harry Mack and Reverend Al Sharpton. Ankush Khardori and Ari Berman also join.
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    42 mins
  • Trump sues Iowa pollster

    Trump sues Iowa pollster
    Dec 18 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, December 17, and reports on Donald Trump's friends and enemies and the Democratic party's path forward. Plus, listen to Melber's interview with director and producer Ron Howard. Paul Rosenzweig and Frank Bowman join.
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    41 mins
  • Trump rattles off potential new targets in media

    Trump rattles off potential new targets in media
    Dec 17 2024
    MSNBC's Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Monday, December 16th and reports on Donald Trump's latest attacks on the free press. Plus, the latest on the Wisconsin school shooting. EJ Dionne, Hugo Lowell, Thomas Adams, Melanie Zanona, Barbara McQuade and Jim Cavanaugh join.
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    50 mins
  • Some tech titans bend to Trump

    Some tech titans bend to Trump
    Dec 16 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, December 13 and reports on tech leaders meeting with President-elect Trump as companies make major donations. Plus, "Rick and Morty's" Dan Harmon joins for a wide-ranging interview. Alencia Johnson and Eugene Robinson join.
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    41 mins
  • BONUS: Epic! Rick & Morty’s Dan Harmon on POTUS, nihilistic politics, fan theories, Putin & life w Melber

    BONUS: Epic! Rick & Morty’s Dan Harmon on POTUS, nihilistic politics, fan theories, Putin & life w Melber
    Dec 16 2024
    In this podcast extra, “Rick and Morty” and “Community" showrunner Dan Harmon sits down with MSNBC’s Ari Melber for an extended conversation on how art informs the meaning of life and fan theories. Harmon responds to Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny quoting his character Rick Sanchez during his show trial.
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    1 hr
  • Trump’s ‘swampy’ ethics invade DC, as he looks to flout rules in second term

    Trump’s ‘swampy’ ethics invade DC, as he looks to flout rules in second term
    Dec 13 2024
    MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, December 12 and reports on billionaires like Elon Musk's relationship to the incoming second Trump administration in an ethics special report. Sarah Matthews and Anthony Coley join.
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    41 mins