

Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Ian Masters
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, expert guests, policymakers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues.
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Sep 9, 2025 • 20min
With a Sept. 30 Gov Shutdown Looming, Do the Dems Get Blamed or Do They Let the Republicans Own it?
With a Sept. 30 Gov Shutdown Looming, Do the Dems Get Blamed or Do They Let the Republicans Own it? by Ian Masters

Sep 9, 2025 • 15min
Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the ME?
Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the ME? by Ian Masters

Sep 9, 2025 • 26min
The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Disinformation Warfare
The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Disinformation Warfare by Ian Masters

Sep 9, 2025 • 1h 6min
September 9, 2025 - Daoud Kuttab | Olga Luatman | Bill Scher
With a September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it Since They Don't Negotiate in Good Faith? | Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the Middle East? | The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Russian, Chinese and Iranian Disinformation Warfare
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Sep 8, 2025 • 1h 2min
September 8, 2025 - Anne Nelson | Bruce Fein | Rick Perlstein
A Major TV Network Caves Again, Censoring Trump Protests at the US Open Men's Tennis Final | The Growing Rift Between the Supreme Court and the Lower Courts | A Chicagoan Manning the Barricades Ahead of Trump's "Invasion" in His War on Chicago
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Sep 7, 2025 • 58min
September 7, 2025 - Miguel Tinker Salas | Aram Shabanian | Brette Steele
Trump Escalates Threats Against Venezuela as Rubio Calls For a Regional Latin American Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings | The Weak and Cynical Trump Plans For Defending Ukraine In a Possible Deal With Putin | The Consequence of DHS Violence Prevention Funding Cuts to Minnesota Just Ahead of the Minneapolis Mass Shooting of Kids on Their First Day of School
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Sep 4, 2025 • 18min
The Moral and Strategic Collapse of US Policy in the Middle East
September 4, 2025 - Jonathan Guyer
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Sep 4, 2025 • 1h 3min
September 4, 2025 - Thomas Bollyky | Juliegrace Brufke | Jonathan Guyer
RFK Jr. Grilled by Senate Democrats Who Want him Fired and Republicans He Lied To | A Congressional Reporter on the Women Abused And Trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell as Trump, the Doj and the House Speaker Fight to Keep the Epstein Files From the Public | The Moral and Strategic Collapse of US Policy in the Middle East
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Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 2min
September 3, 2025 - Lisa Graves | David Smilde | Dr. Ariel Cohen
With Trump's DoJ and House Republicans on the Side of a Depraved Socialite Instead of the Victims of Her Sex Trafficking, Maxwell's Survivors Had to Speak in Front of the Capitol Today | Is Trump Cooking Up a Nice Little War to Take Out Maduro as a Distraction From Epstein? | ICE's Shameful Deportation of Asylum Seekers Back to Russian Torture and Imprisonment
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Sep 2, 2025 • 1h 5min
September 2, 2025 - Sasha Abramsky | Orville Schell | Eric Blanc
A Federal Court Rules That Trump and Hegseth Violated the Posse Comitatus Act and That Trump is Creating a National Police Force With Him As Its Chief | Does Xi Jinping Command the World Stage Because of His Diplomatic Skills or Because of Trump's Blundering Lack of Diplomacy? | A Mayor Mamdani Will Need A Mass Movement Behind Him To Overcome an Establishment Out to Crush Him
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