The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

Michael Lewis Has a Warning About the State of Our Soul

If Michael Lewis has a superpower, it’s the ability to make anything — even the most esoteric subject — interesting. Now, one of the country’s biggest nonfiction writers

Judge Esther Salas: This Country Has Given Us Too Much for Us to Abandon It

Judge Esther Salas knows what it’s like to overcome a dark moment. On July 19th, 2020, the U.S. district judge suffered a devastating loss: a man who had been a plaintiff

Anthony Scaramucci Says Trump Made All the Wrong Moves

Anthony Scaramucci has stories to tell. He joins Nicolle for this special episode as part of the new “Nicolle Wallace Presents: 92NY on MS NOW” series to discuss the root

Pete Buttigieg: We're in a "Make or Break" Moment

Pete Buttigieg thinks this is a “make-or-break” moment in American politics. As Americans continue to struggle economically and President Trump’s focus seems elsewhere, t

Ted Boutrous Jr.: “Today was a Feel-Good Moment for the First Amendment”

Meet the man who just won the first round in one of the biggest First Amendment fights in years. Ted Boutrous Jr. has been the lawyer behind some of the cases that have m

John Heilemann: Trump will Pay at the Ballot Box

John Heilemann thinks it’s time for America to change the channel on President Trump. The “Impolitic” podcast host and chief political columnist at Puck sees the Commande

Dan Harris Wants Us to Stop Worrying Alone

Dan Harris knows that the most important fight is the one happening within. Reflecting on his journey of self-regulation, the former ABC anchor recalls a news report on G

Julia Curlee: “This is my Country, Too.”

Julia Curlee brings stories of a remarkable career, recounting her time as a CIA analyst and as an intelligence briefer for Vice President Mike Pence. She begins, however

Best of The Best: Chris Hayes Makes His Curiosity the Antidote to Anxiety

This week, we’re revisiting an episode we recorded back in May with MSNOW’s own Chris Hayes. Please enjoy! We’ll be back with a new episode next week. Chris Hayes’ antid

Tim Miller Thinks Trump is Losing His Grip

Tim Miller has some ideas about how Democrats can seize this moment as President Trump’s poll numbers continue to decline. A GOP strategist turned never-Trumper, the host

Tim Snyder on the “Tiny Infinitesimal Amount of Courage” We Need

Tim Snyder sees through the myth of President Trump’s strength. “He’s not actually strong,” the “On Tyranny” author and historian tells Nicolle, likening the Commander in

Marc Elias: We’re Not Heading Towards the Precipice — “We’re There”

Marc Elias is adamant: what’s dangerous in this era is that many people think President Trump’s second term is just business as usual. As the administration works to unde

Brian Driscoll on the Hollowing Out of the FBI: "It's Devastating”

Brian Driscoll doesn’t have to be a “hopeful guy” — and yet, he is. A year ago, he was fired as acting director of the FBI after resisting demands to hand over the names

Sue Gordon: Trump’s Approach to Intel is “Breathtakingly Reckless"

Sue Gordon is indefatigable. Nicolle calls her a “unicorn”: a rare case of somebody who served with honor and integrity as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intel

Heather Cox Richardson on America’s Vibe Shift

If historian Heather Cox Richardson ever had an agenda, it’d be protecting democracy. The history professor and author of the “Letters from an American” Substack joins Ni

Rachel Maddow: Donald Trump is ‘Emotionally Incontinent’

Nicolle sits down with her dear friend and colleague Rachel Maddow for a revealing conversation about the state of the nation and Rachel's coverage of the Trump administr

Jim Acosta Is Still Asking the Tough Questions

Jim Acosta is pretty sure that when 60 Minutes is in trouble, we're all in trouble. A year and a half after stepping down from a storied career as a White House correspon

Sen. Raphael Warnock: "The Power is in the People. It's Not the People in Power”

Senator and Pastor Raphael Warnock recognizes that “Democracy is the house we live in. It's the context in which we get to fight.” Coming off the release of his new book,

Exclusive: Jack Smith Will Not Be Intimidated

Jack Smith is speaking out. In his first news interview since criminally charging Donald Trump and finding himself on the President’s enemies list, the former DOJ Special

Eddie Glaude Wants You to “Tell the Truth With Love, Lit by Rage”

Eddie Glaude believes that, “if we're not angry about our current moment, something's wrong.” Bonded by their experiences covering some of the nation’s most haunting mode