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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May 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
May 13, 2024 - Adele Stan | Lincoln Mitchell | John Branstetter
In Paying Off A Porn Star For Her Silence Trump Tells Cohen to "Just do it!" | Georgia's Billionaire-Owned Government Passes a Kremlin-Style Law Although the Vast Majority Want to Join the EU | Neo-Nazis, Christian Nationalists and Proud Boys Were in the Pro-Israel Mob at UCLA Claiming to Fight Antisemitism
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May 12, 2024 • 1h
May 12, 2024 - Joshua Shifrinson | Luke Goldstein
As Ukraine Faces a Long War, Will the US and NATO be There and Is There Any Hope of a Peace Deal? | The FTC Goes After Corporate Greed and AIPAC Goes After a January 6 Hero
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May 9, 2024 • 59min
May 9, 2024 - Gideon Levy | Jennifer Taub | Mike Lofgren
The Israeli Public's Support for Continuing the War and Netanyahu's Defiant Response to Biden | Trump's Wildly Inflated Ego Takes a Beating as Stormy Daniels Belittles Trump's Sexual Prowess | Will the Slapdown 359 to 43 Vote Deter "Moscow Marge" From Fomenting Further Chaos in the House?
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May 8, 2024 • 1h 1min
May 8, 20224 - Michael Greenberger | Azamat Junisbai | Henry Giroux
Trump's Delaying Tactic is Working as 3 of the 4 Trials He's Facing Will Likely Not be Heard Before the Election | Following His 5th Inauguration, Putin Is Now Called "Imperator", the Formal Title For the Russian Tsars | Student Protests in the Age of the New McCarthyism
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green
May 7, 2024 • 1h 1min
May 7, 2024 - Leila Hilal | Oona Hathaway | Casey Michel
Israel Joins Peace Talks in Cairo Amid IDF Escalation in Gaza | Strengthening the Laws of War as Non-combatants Die in Gaza and Ukraine | Brazen Examples of Foreign Governments Buying US Senators and Congressmen
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May 6, 2024 • 1h
May 6, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Jeremi Suri | Eugene Rumer
The Gaza Impasses With Hamas Wanting a Permanent Ceasefire and Israel a Temporary One | A Possible Change in the US's Israel/Palestinian Policy as Grassroots and Student Protests Ended Support For South Africa's Apartheid Regime | Russia Announces Drills For the Use of Tactical Nukes Ahead of Putin's Inauguration Tomorrow
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May 5, 2024 • 1h 3min
May 5, 2024 - John Nichols | Harold Meyerson | Brian Levin
The House Speaker Uses an Antisemitic Trope Blaming George Soros as he Launches Hearings on Anti Semitism on Campuses | The Role of Right Wing, Christian Zionist and MAGA Provocateurs in Campus Violence | Models of Dialogue and Deescalation as Outside Opportunists Stoke Violence on Campuses
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May 2, 2024 • 1h 1min
May 2, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Pozen | Cat Packer
On the Brink of the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Are Deadlocked | The DEA's Decriminalization of Marijuana as Too Little Too Late | Could a Change in DEA Policy Revive California's Troubled Marijuana Industry?
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May 1, 2024 • 58min
May 1, 2024 - Ananya Roy | Aziz Rana
A Pro-Israel Mob Invades the UCLA Campus to Beat up Pro-Palestinian Students While the Police Look On | Assessing the Flaws and Exploring the Fixes to a Constitution That is Failing Americans As Fascism Threatens Our Democracy
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green
Apr 30, 2024 • 59min
April 30, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Timothy Ryback
As Campus Protests Intensify and Spread, Northwestern University Serves as a Model For Deescalation | The Disturbingly Accurate Analogies Between Hitler's Rise to Power and Trump's Threat to Democracy
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