
Background Briefing with 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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Latest episodes

Sep 8, 2024 • 1h 6min
September 8, 2024 - Natalie Manaeva Rice | Steven Pifer | Allan Lichtman
Americans Colluding With Russia as Spies, Propagandists and Useful Idiots | UK and US Heads of Intelligence Warn of Russia's "Reckless Campaign of Sabotage" | The Accurate Predictor Issues His Presidential Prediction for 2024
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Sep 5, 2024 • 1h 3min
September 5, 2024 - Jared Holt | Jonathan Metzl | Natalie Melnyczuk
Russia Interferes in Our Elections Underway Via Pro-Trump Influencers Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters | But For Police Failures, The Gun Culture and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened | The Shakeup In Zelensky's Government Who is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses as Russian Missiles Kill His Civilians
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Sep 4, 2024 • 1h 1min
September 4, 2024 - Robert Creamer | David Hearst | Tom Collina
Another School Shooting and Can a Progressive Ticket Win the Presidency? | Could the Arsonist Netanyahu Spark a Wider War With Jordan a Powder Keg About to Explode | A New Nuclear Doctrine to Confront Russia, China and North Korea Simultaneously
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Sep 3, 2024 • 1h 4min
September 3, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Daley | Scott Horton
Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu From the Israeli Public as the UK Cuts Off Arms Sales | How the Republicans Are Funding and Boosting the Cornel West and Jill Stein Campaigns | The Putin-Orban-Heritage Foundation-Project 2025 Connections
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Sep 2, 2024 • 1h 5min
September 2, 2024 - John Nichols | Betsey Stevenson | Dr. Harley Shaiken
How Much Will the Harris/Walz Pro-Labor Stance Help Get Them Elected With 70% of Americans Approving of Unions? | America's Growing Economic Inequality | The Democratic Party Will Need a House and Senate Majority to Pass the PRO Act for President Harris to Sign

Sep 1, 2024 • 1h 2min
September 1, 2024 - James Risen | Rabbi Steven Jacobs | Jennifer McCoy
The Media's Horse-race Coverage of the Election as CNN's Pathetic Harris/Walz Interview Asks Trump/Vance Attack Lines to Avoid the "Liberal Media" Label | Give a Post-Gaza Israeli/Palestinian Peace a Chance | The Domestic Threat to Democracy Posed by Trump and Project 2025
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Aug 29, 2024 • 1h 4min
August 29, 2024 - Paul Waldman | Andra Gillespie | Beth Daviess
After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight's CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions? | Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew? | The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Civic Renewal
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Aug 28, 2024 • 1h 2min
August 28, 2024 - Richard Parker | Alan Abramowitz | Nader Hashemi
As the Press and Republicans Clamour For More Policy Details, Harris/Walz Are Winning on Charisma and Change | Today's Harris/Walz Bus Tour of Georgia | An Olive Branch to the US From Iran's Supreme Leader as We Wait For His Promised Retaliation Against Israel
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Aug 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
August 27, 2024 - Rick Wilson | Matthew Seligman | David Andelman
How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left - Center Right Alliance? | Could Jack Smith's Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case? | Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual?
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Aug 26, 2024 • 1h 4min
August 26, 2024 - Allan Lichtman | Michael Gorham | Charles Schmitz
Harris Surges in the Polls as Trump Tries to Weasel Out of the September 10 ABC Debate With Harris | The French Arrest the Founder of Telegram After a Possible Meeting With Putin | Houthi Recklessness is About to Cause the Fifth Largest Oil Spill in History