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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Apr 29, 2024 • 1h 2min
April 29, 2024 - Raz Segal | Dennis Aftergut | Sumit Ganguly
The Weaponization of Anti Semitism Against Students Protesting on American Campuses | The Strength of the Only Trial That May End Up Holding Trump to Account Before the Election | Elections Underway in the World's Largest Democracy and the Dark Side Modi's India
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Apr 28, 2024 • 1h 1min
April 28, 2024 - Lara Friedman | Leah Litman | Allan Lichtman
Experts Lara Friedman, Leah Litman, and Allan Lichtman discuss the impact of legislation targeting nonprofits supporting Palestinian causes, the Supreme Court's handling of Trump's immunity claim, and Lichtman's accurate predictions of presidential elections. Insights into Israeli foreign policy, challenges of NGO legislation, and accountability double standards are also covered.
Apr 25, 2024 • 60min
April 25, 2024 - Aziz Huq | Aynne Kokas | David Austin Walsh
More Special Treatment of Trump by the Supreme Court | Implications of Biden's TikTok Ban | The Enduring Relationship Between the Far-Right and Conservative Movements of "Responsible" and "Respectable" Republicans
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Apr 24, 2024 • 1h
April 24, 2024 - George Beebe | Dr. Rob Davidson | Ari Berman
Supreme Court Anti-Abortion Ideologues Threaten Access to Emergency Care | The Search For Diplomatic Openings as the War in Ukraine Escalates | Trump's Republican Party Makes it Clear the GOP Would Rather Cheat Than Compete
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green
Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 2min
April 23, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Sidney Blumenthal | Garrett Epps
Trump's History of Using and Abusing Women | The Pathetic Man on Display in the Courtroom as a Far Cry From the MAGA Faithful's Superhero | Will SCOTUS Undermine the 8th Amendment's Protection For the Homeless Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
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Apr 22, 2024 • 60min
April 22, 2024 - Alexander Sammon | Anne Nelson | Natalie Foster
Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale | The Optics of Trump on Trial in New York; a President Off His Pedestal Defending Sleazy Criminal Behavior | A Positive Case For America's Next Economy
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green
Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 4min
April 21, 2024 - Aram Shabanian | Nataliya Gumenyuk | Steven Simon
Meeting Ukraine's Needs as Russia Mobilizes for a June Offensive | How Ukraine Will Survive and Adjust to Permanent War | The Deadly War in Gaza and Israel's Tenuous Standoff With Iran as Both Israel and Palestine Appear to be Leaderless and Directionless
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Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 2min
April 18, 2024 - Illia Ponomarenko | Scott Horton | Steven Greenhouse
A View From Ukraine as the Fate of Their Country Hangs in the Hands of Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene | Jurors Quit the Trump Trial as the Criminal Defendant Tests the Gag Orders | As Billionaires Try to Kill the NLRB, the UAW Makes Gains in the South
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Apr 17, 2024 • 59min
April 17, 2024 - Rebecca Roiphe | Anders Åslund | Chuck Marr
The Prologue to the Trump Criminal Trial Underway in Which AG Barr Went Out of His Way to Protect "Individual 1" | Is Mike Johnson Serious About Aiding Ukraine or Following Trump and Putin's Orders? | Biden's Tax Plan in Contrast to Trump's Giveaway to Billionaires
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Apr 16, 2024 • 57min
April 16, 2024 - Assal Rad | Mansour Farhang | Claire Finkelstein
A Look Inside Iran as Its People Wait For Israel's Retaliation Which Could Lead to a Wider War | The Symbiosis Between Israel's Hardline PM and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei | An Assessment of Today's Oral Argument That Could Result in the Supreme Court Undoing Charges Against Trump and the J6 Insurrectionists
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