

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 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

Aug 25, 2024 • 1h 4min
August 25, 2024 - Dr. Allen Frances | Will Bunch | Stephen Biddle
The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump's GOP? | A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr's Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States | A Military Analysis of Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War
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Aug 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
August 22, 2024 - Casey Michel | Jacob Heilbrunn | David Klion
The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up | Last Night's Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson on Project 2025 | Trump's Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro
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Aug 21, 2024 • 58min
August 21, 2024 - Bill Scher | Lincoln Mitchell | Orville Schell
A Review of Last Night's Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight's | The Generational Change Underway in the Harris/Walz Democratic Party | China Sues Stanford For Mao's Secretary's Diaries With an Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018
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Aug 20, 2024 • 1h 1min
August 20, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Tom LoBianco | Rob Johnson
Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point | An Appraisal of Last Night's Speeches at the DNC | The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
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