Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Ian Masters
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Aug 19, 2024 • 60min

August 19, 2024 - David Faris | Paul Glastris | Rhona Michie

An Update From Chicago on the Democratic National Convention | A Presidential Speechwriter on the Delicate Job a President Passing the Baton to His VP | As Bombs Fall on Gaza and Ukraine, Arms Industries Benefit From Tragedy
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Aug 18, 2024 • 1h 2min

August 18, 2024 - Michael Kimmage | Sarah Leah Whitson | Dean Baker

Will Biden Come Up With a Strategy For Ukraine the Absence of Which is an Excuse For Trump And the Republicans Not to Support Its Defense Against Russia? | The Irony That Saudi's MbS "Prince Bonesaw" Now Fears Assassination | An Assessment of the Harris/Walz Economic Plan backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 15, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 15, 2024 - Rashid Khalidi | Adam Kirsch | Sumit Ganguly

Peace Negotiations For a Gaza Ceasefire Now Minus a Representative From Hamas | The Origins and Definition of Settler Colonialism Which Used to Be Applied to Australia, Canada and the US But is Now is Labelling Israel | Bangladesh: The Latest Example of the US Not Acting According to Its Democratic Ideals backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 14, 2024 • 1h 5min

August 18, 2024 - Steve Benen | Sidney Blumenthal | Andrew Feinberg

How a Reality TV Star Living in His Own Reality Captured the GOP and Up To Half of Americans Now Living in a Phony Reality | America's Historical Irony of its Foundation in a Revolution Against a Mad King Only to Possibly Re-elect a Mad King Anointed by the Supreme Court With Monarchical Power and Immunity | Did Trump's Pandering to Young White Men and Joe Rogan and Elon Musk Fanboys on X Help His Campaign? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 13, 2024 • 1h 3min

August 13, 2024 - Nicholas Heras | John Lawrence | Anastasia Edel

With War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable, a Strategic Analysis of How Much It Could Escalate | Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's Competing Tax Proposals on Tips Aimed at Winning Nevada | Putin's Long Game Counters the Current Optimism as Ukraine Takes Russian Territory backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 12, 2024 - Justin Higgins | Rick Hasen | Mohsen Milani

A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign | Trump's Plan to Deny a Harris Victory by Stalling Certification of the Vote at the Local and State Levels to Delay Results and Cause Chaos | How Much Humiliation is Driving Iran's Promised Response to Netanyahu's Provocations backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 11, 2024 • 1h 4min

August 10, 2024 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Robert Young Pelton | Mitchell Plitnick

Americans Are Being Denied the Truth About Trump's Mental Instability and Possible Dementia | How Does the Veteran Community Feel About the Latest Round of Swift-Boating? | Can A Deal For Iran Not to Retaliate in Exchange For A Ceasefire in Gaza be Made? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 8, 2024 • 1h 1min

August 8, 2024 - David Cay Johnston | Shireen Al-Adeimi | Aram Shabanian

Trump's Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy and Now He's Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman | How Will the Harris/Walz Team Handle More Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations? | Objectives Behind the Ukrainian Incursion Into Russia backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 7, 2024 • 1h 2min

August 7, 2024 - Clarissa Hayward | Moira Donegan | Joshua Landis

With Millions From Republican Billionaires, AIPAC Unseats Another Member of The Squad | Have The Democrats Learned Their Lesson of Playing it Safe With VP Picks? | Netanyahu Has Provoked and Khamenei Has Promised a War That Nobody Wants backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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Aug 6, 2024 • 1h 6min

August 6, 2024 - Jonathan Alter | Quinn Slobodian | K. Sabeel Rahman

What the VP Pick Tim Walz Brings to the Electoral Map | The Global Menace of Elon Musk Stoking Racial Unrest in the UK | How to Save Government Oversight and Expertise From the Ravages of SCOTUS Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

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