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 30, 2024 • 1h
September 30, 2024 - Aaron David Miller | David Phillips | Alexander Motyl
Now That He is Suddenly Popular, Netanyahu Has Boxed Harris in to Support His War in Gaza and Lebanon | How Turkey's Erdogan, Who Has Stolen Billions, Threw Chump Change to the NYC Mayor Eric Adams | An Assessment of Zelensky's US Visit and the Real Reason Trump Hates Him
Sep 29, 2024 • 1h 3min
September 29, 2024 - Mohsen Milani | Frederick Clarkson | Maximina Juson
After Repeated Humiliations, Will Iran Strike Back at Israel in a Wider Middle East War? | J.D. Vance Doubles Down in His Embrace of Christian Nationalism and "Christo-Fascism | The Filmmaker of the Feature Documentary on the Electoral College One Person, One Vote Which Premieres on PBS's Independent Lens on Monday
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Sep 26, 2024 • 1h
September 26, 2024 - Steven Simon | James Zirin | Dr. Bradley Onishi
The US and 21 Allies Call For a Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Which Netanyahu Rejected | New York's Mayor Charged with Bribery, Wire Fraud and Seeking Illegal Campaign Donations | How J.D. Vance and His Backers Plan to Legislate Morality
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Sep 25, 2024 • 1h 3min
September 25, 2024 - Asher Kaufman | Dulcie Leimbach | Dr. Oleh Kotsyuba
Israel Appears Poised For a Ground Invasion of Lebanon | UN Activities and Speeches Today and Yesterday | Zelensky Tries to Get the UN to Focus on Ukraine While a War in Lebanon Looms
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Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 3min
September 24, 2024 - Simon Shuster |Philip Stark | Jacob Ware
Zelensky's "Victory Plan" And His Remark That "We Are Closer To Peace Than We Think" | Trump Can Steal the Election Since He Has the Software For the Voting Machines in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Colorado | An Expert on Terrorism on How Election Violence is Already Underway
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Asher Price
Sep 23, 2024 • 1h 2min
September 23, 2024 - Habib Battah | Ari Berman | Cleo Paskal
As Netanyahu Goads Hezbollah and Iran Into War, Biden and Harris Will be the Losers But Seem Helpless in Stopping the Escalation | Trump and Vance Are Not Trying to Win Over Voters But Are Focused on Stopping the Democratic Vote and the Counting of Votes | An Analysis of the Quad Meeting of the PMs of Australia, India and Japan Biden Hosted
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Asher Price
Sep 22, 2024 • 1h 4min
September 22, 2024 - Marilyn Marks | Jonathan Weiler | Sidney Blumenthal
The Republicans Have Stolen the Software for the Voting Machines in Georgia and Can Manipulate the November Results at Will | Trump Abandons His "Black NAZI" Gubernatorial Candidate in North Carolina He Recently Referred to as "Martin Luther King on Steroids" | Can Trump and Vance Win With a Campaign Based on Racist Hatred?
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Sep 19, 2024 • 1h 4min
September 19, 2024 - Olga Lautman | Michele Goodwin | Rob Larson
Musk Promotes Russian Fake News Claiming Kamala Harris Injured a Black Girl in a Hit and Run That Did Not Happen | Women Are Dying Because of Abortion Bans by Trump and "Christian" Republicans Who Won't Let Doctors Practice Medicine For Fear of Going to Jail | How Bilious Billionaires Like Musk Are More Influential Than World Leaders
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Sep 18, 2024 • 59min
September 18, 2024 - Robert Hockett | Robert Baer | Juan Cole
How the Lowering of Interest Rates by the Fed Will Impact the Economy and the Election | Does Netanyahu Have an "October Surprise" in Store for the Harris/Walz Campaign? | Are We at the Beginning Stage of Another War in the Middle East That the US Will be Dragged Into?
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Sep 17, 2024 • 1h 3min
September 17, 2024 - Thannasis Cambanis | Lisa Graves | Jared Yates Sexton
Will Another Humiliation of Hezbollah and Iran Lead to a War in Lebanon? | Chief Justice Roberts Does Not Call Balls and Strikes, He Rigs the Playing Field Before the Game | As Incendiary Hate, Racism and Paranoia From Trump and Vance Escalates, What Can We Expect If They Lose the Election?
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