

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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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

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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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