
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

Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 2min
January 28, 2024 - Jared Yates Sexton | Maria Popova & Oxana Shevel | Alexander Sammon
Texas Leads a Secession Movement as Militias Head to the Border in a New Civil War | The Real Reasons Behind Putin's War on Ukraine | Billionaire Republican Donors Are Prepared to Spend Over $100 Million to Primary Progressive House Democrats
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Jan 25, 2024 • 59min
January 25, 2024 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Nader Hashemi | Kim Lane Scheppele
Trump's Mental Unfitness Will Now be a Campaign Issue Thanks to Nikki Haley | Undeterred, an Emboldened Iran Benefits From Israel's US-Backed War on Gaza | Exposing Hungary's Dictator Orban as the Blackmailer and Kleptocrat That He Is
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Jan 24, 2024 • 1h 1min
January 24, 2024 - Stephen Wertheim | Nina Khrushcheva | Federico Perelmuter
The Need For a New Strategy to Defend Democracy at Home and Abroad as the US No Longer Deters Iran, Russia, China or North Korea | Life in Russia Which is Becoming a Garrison State With a Wartime Leader Who Started a War He Has No Intention of Stopping | Argentina Faces a General Strike in Opposition to Its Chainsaw-wielding New Leader's Slash and Burn Policies

Jan 23, 2024 • 1h 2min
January 23, 2024 - Matt Hongoltz-Hetling | Zaha Hassan | Sue Mi Terry
Why New Hampshire Republican Voters Love Trump | Coming Soon the ICJ Provisional Ruling on South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel Will Further Isolate Biden | Has Kim Jong Un Made a Strategic Decision to Go to War Against the South?
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Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
January 22, 2024 - Michael Binder | Michael Mechanic | Erica Payne
The Rise and Fall of the Warrior Against Woke, Ron DeSantis | An Editor and Contributor to the American Oligarchy Issue of Mother Jones Just Out | A Letter to Davos From 260 Millionaires and Billionaires Demanding World Leaders Increase Their Taxes
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Jan 21, 2024 • 1h
January 21, 2024 - Haggai Matar | Dalal Mawad | Brandon Formby
A Defiant Netanyahu Will Drag Out His War to Hurt Biden and Help Trump | A Failing State Lebanon Poised to Fail Completely Should War Between Israel and Hezbollah Break Out | Uvalde: So Much For the NRA Refrain That The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun Is a Good Guy With a Gun
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Jan 18, 2024 • 59min
January 18, 2024 - Michael Hiltzick | Daniel Markey | Adam Weinstein
January 18, 2024 - Michael Hiltzick | Daniel Markey | Adam Weinstein by Ian Masters

Jan 17, 2024 • 59min
January 17, 2024 - Jody Freeman | James Goodwin | Christopher Preble
A Supreme Court Poised to Gut the Administrative State | Should Bitter, Angry Justices in the Thrall of Billionaires and Corporate Power Decide What We Eat, Breath, How Long We Live and What Kind of World We Live in? | Testing US Foreign Policy Assumptions on the Brink of a Wider War in the Middle East
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Jan 16, 2024 • 60min
January 16, 2024 - Geoffrey Kabaservice | Dr. Allen Frances | Wladimir van Wilgenburg
After Trump's Blowout Victory in Iowa, He is All But Certain to be the GOP's Presidential Nominee | As MAGA World Celebrates Trump's Lawlessness, Is the Rule of Law Itself on Trial in This Election? | A Report From Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan on an Iranian Missile and Drone Strike
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Jan 15, 2024 • 59min
January 15, 2024 - Jon Hoffman | Michael Gerhardt | Timothy Hagle
Are Israel and Saudi Arabia Liabilities Emboldened by the US to Pursue Reckless Policies? | An Expert on Impeachment as Rep. Comer Backs Down on Impeaching Biden | An Update From Iowa on the Coldest Caucus Day in History
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