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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. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Episodes

November 29, 2023 - Bill McKibben | Shibley Telhami | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

The Host of the COP 28 Climate Summit in Dubai Exposed as a Cynic Willing to Sacrifice the Planet for Money and Power | Hugging Netanyahu is Hurting Biden | Charles Koch's $5 Billion Political Slush Fund Will Try to Elect Nikki Haley President backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 29, 20231 hr 2 min

November 23, 2023 - Stefan Aune | Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | Stephan Schwartz

Was the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? | As the Poor and Homeless Are Fed on This Day, What Will it Take to Feed All Americans Every Day? | An Exploration of Future Trends We Can Be Thankful For backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 23, 202358 min

November 22, 2023 - Raz Segal | Kristin Kobes Du Mez | Reverend Billy Talen

An Assessment of Whether the Term Genocide Applies to What is Happening in Gaza | Speaker Mike Johnson's Pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago as his Extremist Views Are Exposed | An Activist Who Preaches Against Consumerism and Black Friday Shopping backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 22, 20231 hr 1 min

November 21, 2023 - Robert Baer | Dean Baker | Toby Miller

A Brief Pause in Gaza But a Long War to Follow | On Thanksgiving Should We Be Thankful For an Improved Economy? | Lesson For the Democratic Party From Spain Where a Fragmented Left Was Rebuilt to Now Hold Power backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 21, 202358 min

November 20, 2023 - James Fallows | Leopoldo Rodriquez | Wendy Via

The Death of a First Lady Who Made a Difference | A Chainsaw-Wielding Madman Just Got Elected President of Argentina | Musk's Open Anti-Semitism is Being Spread to His 170 Million Followers backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 20, 20231 hr 3 min

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 19, 20231 hr 2 min

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 16, 20231 hr

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 15, 20231 hr

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 14, 20231 hr 1 min

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? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 13, 20231 hr

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? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 12, 20231 hr 1 min

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? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 09, 20231 hr 2 min

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 08, 20231 hr 1 min

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 07, 20231 hr 2 min

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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 07, 202358 min

November 5, 2023 - Ghada & Ghaida Ageel | Thanassis Cambanis | Chenggang Xu

A Palestinian Mother and Daughter Who Just Lost 36 Members of Their Family in Gaza | An Analysis of the Speech by the Leader of Hezbollah Which Is Poised to Open a Second Front | US/China Relations Ahead of Next Saturday's APEC Summit Where Biden and Xi Will Meet backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 05, 20231 hr 2 min

November 2, 2023 - Harold Meyerson | Andrew Nathan | David Schultz

Increasing Tensions Inside the American Left on Campuses and Among and Between Arab and Jewish Americans Over the Gaza War | As China Mourns Li Keqiang, Its Insecure and Unpopular Leader Xi Jinping Stifles Expressions of Grief | Will Minnesota's Supreme Court Take the Insurrectionist Trump Off the Ballot Along With Colorado, New Hampshire, Arizona and Michigan? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 02, 20231 hr

November 1, 2023 - Edward McCaffery | Gershom Gorenberg | Jennifer Taub

MAGA Mike Johnson's Top Priority to Cut Taxes on the Rich by Gutting the IRS's Ability to Collect Revenues From Wealthy Tax Cheats | A Report From Israel Inside the Homes Where Hamas Terrorists Butchered Families | Donald Junior's Testimony in the $250 Million Fraud Trial In Which the Trump Organization Has Already Been Found Liable backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Nov 01, 20231 hr 2 min