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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Nov 19, 2023 • 1h 2min
November 19, 2023 - Simon Shuster | Mark Chiusano | Darrin McMahon
The US Priority of Helping Israel Over Ukraine Which is Repelling the Russian Invader While Israel Turns a Tiny Strip of Land Into Rubble | Will the House Finally Show George Santos the Door? | Most of Us Are Against Inequality, But Few Have Explored What Equality Is
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Nov 16, 2023 • 60min
November 16, 2023 - Thomas Mockaitis | Alexander Sammon | Michael Swaine
The Escalating Threat of Domestic Terrorism as a Result of the War in Gaza | The Likely Impact of AIPAC's $100 Million Targeting of the Squad in Next Year Primaries | An Appraisal of the Biden-Xi Meeting
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Nov 15, 2023 • 60min
November 15, 2023 - Yaqiu Wang | Joanne Freeman | Dannagal Young
What the US Can Do To Reach Out To the Chinese People | The Breakdown of Decorum With Outbursts of Schoolyard Taunts and Threats of Violence From Congressmen and Senators | America's Appetite For Misinformation and How the Press Should Handle Trump's Nazi Threats
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Nov 14, 2023 • 1h 1min
November 14, 2023 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Craig Holman | Richard Briffault
Is Israel Trying to Drag the US Into a Wider War That Neither Biden or Iran Want? | The Surprising Pragmatism Coming From the New House Speaker | The Supreme Court's New Ethics Code as a PR Stunt Rather Than an Enforceable Regime
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Nov 13, 2023 • 1h
November 13, 2023 - Matthew Dallek | Will Bunch | Bennett Ramberg
On Veterans Day Trump Channels Adolf Hitler | Why Does the Mainstream Media Treat Trump With the Equal and Opposite Convention of So-Called Balance? | Should the US Prepare For a Post-Putin Russian Nuclear Meltdown?
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Nov 12, 2023 • 1h 1min
November 12, 2023 - Lisa Graves | Orville Schell | James Van Nostrand
Senate Republicans Protect the Powerful From the Public | A Preview of the Biden/Xi Summit in San Francisco | Will the Saboteur Joe Manchin Deliver Biden a Fatal Blow?
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Nov 9, 2023 • 1h 2min
November 9, 2023 - Justin Higgins | David Cay Johnston | Daniel Byman
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Want War Against Iran, China, Mexico and Even Canada | Ivanka Trump's Memory Lapses About Her Job That She Was Proud Of | Is Netanyahu Emotionally Destroyed and a Danger to Israel as a Former Israeli PM Charges?
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Nov 8, 2023 • 1h 1min
November 8, 2023 - David Pepper | Amanda Marcotte | Wajahat Ali
Democratic Wins Look Good For 2024 In Spite of the Party Leader's Poll Numbers | How the Politics of Abortion Will Play Out in 2024 | Islamophobia in the House as the Only Palestinian American in Congress is Censured
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Nov 7, 2023 • 1h 2min
November 7, 2023 - Miles Taylor | Rick Hasen | Seth Masket
One of the "Adults in the Room" on Trump's Vengeful Plans For a Second Term | A Silver Lining in the Looming Specter of American Fascism Under the Dear Leader Donald Trump | An Examination of The New York Times Poll That Has Trump Ahead in 5 of the 6 Swing States
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Nov 7, 2023 • 58min
November 6, 2023 - Dennis Aftergut | Rashid Khalidi
Trump on the Witness Stand in a Case He Has Already Lost | An Expert on Palestinian Issues Examines the Possibility of the End to the Agony in Gaza
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