He’ll talk to writer and MSNBC national reporter Trymaine Lee, scholar and recent MacArthur Fellow Imani Perry, and Chicago rapper, entrepreneur, and Savemoney collective founder Vic Mensa. Hayes will host a live version of Why Is This Happening? on Monday, October 9, at House of Blues.

In September, All In shifted to a four-night per week schedule, giving Hayes the ability to take long weekends on the road with his projects. In April, All In, Hayes’s weeknight news and opinion talk show, celebrated a decade on-air, and in May, Why Is This Happening?, a podcast Hayes created and hosts for MSNBC’s audio programming, celebrated five years. 2023 has been a year of anniversaries for Hayes at the network. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & RecreationĬhris Hayes reaches a larger audience with his MSNBC show All In With Chris Hayes than he did when he first wrote for the Reader in 2001, but his sense of curiosity and sensitivity to the complexities of politics has stayed the same.