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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
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Episodes

August 27, 2024 - Rick Wilson | Matthew Seligman | David Andelman

How Many Disaffected Republicans Can Kamala Harris Peel Off in a Center Left - Center Right Alliance? | Could Jack Smith's Appeal to the 11th Circuit Result in Judge Cannon Being Taken Off the Case? | Is the Current Crisis in France Politics as Usual? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 27, 20241 hr 3 min

August 26, 2024 - Allan Lichtman | Michael Gorham | Charles Schmitz

Harris Surges in the Polls as Trump Tries to Weasel Out of the September 10 ABC Debate With Harris | The French Arrest the Founder of Telegram After a Possible Meeting With Putin | Houthi Recklessness is About to Cause the Fifth Largest Oil Spill in History

Aug 26, 20241 hr 4 min

August 25, 2024 - Dr. Allen Frances | Will Bunch | Stephen Biddle

The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump's GOP? | A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr's Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States | A Military Analysis of Ukraine's Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 25, 20241 hr 4 min

August 22, 2024 - Casey Michel | Jacob Heilbrunn | David Klion

The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up | Last Night's Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson on Project 2025 | Trump's Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 22, 20241 hr 2 min

August 21, 2024 - Bill Scher | Lincoln Mitchell | Orville Schell

A Review of Last Night's Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight's | The Generational Change Underway in the Harris/Walz Democratic Party | China Sues Stanford For Mao's Secretary's Diaries With an Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 21, 202458 min

August 20, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Tom LoBianco | Rob Johnson

Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point | An Appraisal of Last Night's Speeches at the DNC | The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 20, 20241 hr 1 min

August 19, 2024 - David Faris | Paul Glastris | Rhona Michie

An Update From Chicago on the Democratic National Convention | A Presidential Speechwriter on the Delicate Job a President Passing the Baton to His VP | As Bombs Fall on Gaza and Ukraine, Arms Industries Benefit From Tragedy

Aug 19, 20241 hr

August 18, 2024 - Michael Kimmage | Sarah Leah Whitson | Dean Baker

Will Biden Come Up With a Strategy For Ukraine the Absence of Which is an Excuse For Trump And the Republicans Not to Support Its Defense Against Russia? | The Irony That Saudi's MbS "Prince Bonesaw" Now Fears Assassination | An Assessment of the Harris/Walz Economic Plan backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 18, 20241 hr 2 min

August 15, 2024 - Rashid Khalidi | Adam Kirsch | Sumit Ganguly

Peace Negotiations For a Gaza Ceasefire Now Minus a Representative From Hamas | The Origins and Definition of Settler Colonialism Which Used to Be Applied to Australia, Canada and the US But is Now is Labelling Israel | Bangladesh: The Latest Example of the US Not Acting According to Its Democratic Ideals backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 15, 20241 hr 4 min

August 18, 2024 - Steve Benen | Sidney Blumenthal | Andrew Feinberg

How a Reality TV Star Living in His Own Reality Captured the GOP and Up To Half of Americans Now Living in a Phony Reality | America's Historical Irony of its Foundation in a Revolution Against a Mad King Only to Possibly Re-elect a Mad King Anointed by the Supreme Court With Monarchical Power and Immunity | Did Trump's Pandering to Young White Men and Joe Rogan and Elon Musk Fanboys on X Help His Campaign? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 14, 20241 hr 5 min

August 13, 2024 - Nicholas Heras | John Lawrence | Anastasia Edel

With War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable, a Strategic Analysis of How Much It Could Escalate | Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's Competing Tax Proposals on Tips Aimed at Winning Nevada | Putin's Long Game Counters the Current Optimism as Ukraine Takes Russian Territory backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 13, 20241 hr 3 min

August 12, 2024 - Justin Higgins | Rick Hasen | Mohsen Milani

A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign | Trump's Plan to Deny a Harris Victory by Stalling Certification of the Vote at the Local and State Levels to Delay Results and Cause Chaos | How Much Humiliation is Driving Iran's Promised Response to Netanyahu's Provocations backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 12, 20241 hr 4 min

August 10, 2024 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Robert Young Pelton | Mitchell Plitnick

Americans Are Being Denied the Truth About Trump's Mental Instability and Possible Dementia | How Does the Veteran Community Feel About the Latest Round of Swift-Boating? | Can A Deal For Iran Not to Retaliate in Exchange For A Ceasefire in Gaza be Made? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 11, 20241 hr 4 min

August 8, 2024 - David Cay Johnston | Shireen Al-Adeimi | Aram Shabanian

Trump's Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy and Now He's Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman | How Will the Harris/Walz Team Handle More Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations? | Objectives Behind the Ukrainian Incursion Into Russia backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 08, 20241 hr 1 min

August 7, 2024 - Clarissa Hayward | Moira Donegan | Joshua Landis

With Millions From Republican Billionaires, AIPAC Unseats Another Member of The Squad | Have The Democrats Learned Their Lesson of Playing it Safe With VP Picks? | Netanyahu Has Provoked and Khamenei Has Promised a War That Nobody Wants backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 07, 20241 hr 2 min

August 6, 2024 - Jonathan Alter | Quinn Slobodian | K. Sabeel Rahman

What the VP Pick Tim Walz Brings to the Electoral Map | The Global Menace of Elon Musk Stoking Racial Unrest in the UK | How to Save Government Oversight and Expertise From the Ravages of SCOTUS Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

Aug 06, 20241 hr 6 min

August 5, 2024 - David Schultz | David Daley | Pavlina Tcherneva

Governor Tim Walz May be Kamala Harris's Pick For VP | The Plutocratic Capture of John Roberts's Supreme Court | Wall Street's and the Global Drop in Markets Does Not Spell Recession backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 05, 20241 hr 2 min

August 4, 2024 - Brett Eagleson | Ian Haney López | Katherine Stewart

Evidence the US Government Has Buried For 23 Years Appears Poised to Blow the Lid Off Saudi Involvement in 9/11 | Will Trump's Revival of the "Birther" Dog Whistle Work Against Kamala Harris? | The Noble Lie, J.D. Vance and the New Right backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 04, 20241 hr 1 min

August 1, 2024 - Olga Lautman | Adam Weinstein | Lawrence Jacobs

Russia Swaps Innocent Hostages For Putin's Spies, Criminals and Hackers | Will Netanyahu Drag the US Into Another Forever War in the Middle East | A Profile of a Possible VP Pick, Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Aug 01, 20241 hr 4 min

July 31, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Haggai Matar | Jim Small

With Assassinations in Tehran and Beirut, Netanyahu Taunts Iran and Hezbollah to Bring It On | The Arrest of 9 IDF Soldiers by Military Police For Gang Rape of Palestinian Prisoners 36 of Whom Have Been Tortured to Death | A Profile of Senator Mark Kelly as a Possible VP for Kamala Harris backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 31, 20241 hr 4 min

July 30, 2024 - Harry Litman | Christopher Borick | Molly White

Biden's Supreme Court Reform Plans Now That Leonard Leo and the Federalists Have Stacked the Courts | As Governor Shapiro Auditions for the VP Slot, We Look at His Pros and Cons | The Cryptocurrency Industry is All-In For Trump Who is Promising to Give Away the Store to Them backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 30, 20241 hr 2 min

July 29, 2024 - Alejandro Velasco | Habib Battah | Jesselyn Cook

Venezuela's Maduro Defies Most of the World Claiming Victory When the Vote Was as Much as 70 to 30% Against Him | On the Brink of Another War as the US and Israel Reject Hezbollah's Claim a Missile That Killed 12 Was Not Theirs | With the GOP Now Seen as a Cult, Why Are Americans Susceptible to Cults? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 29, 20241 hr 1 min

July 28, 2024 - Adele Stan | Lisa Graves | David Smilde

With Democrats Reeling From Despair to Euphoria, Kamala Harris Steps Out of the Shadows Into the Limelight | After Capturing Our Judiciary, Opus Dei Operatives Are Poised to Capture the Executive Branch With J.D. Vance and Kevin Roberts, the Leader of Project 2025 | Since He Should Lose Today's Election in Venezuela, Will Maduro Do a Trump and Not Concede? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 28, 20241 hr 4 min

July 25, 2024 - Andy Kroll | Dewey Clayton | Steven Simon

More Alarming Information About Who J.D. Vance is and What he Believes Continues to Surface | Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as a Possible Running Mate For Kamala Harris | Netanyahu's Visit With Biden and Harris Followed by His Meeting Tomorrow With Trump Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Asher Price

Jul 25, 20241 hr 5 min

July 24, 2024 - Annelle Sheline | Sarah Leah Whitson | Dr. Guy Ziv

A Former State Department Official Who Just Quit Over Gaza on Netanyahu's 4th Address to a Joint Session of Congress | Demonstrations Against Netanyahu Outside Congress Today and the Boycott of His Speech Inside | Netanyahu's Speech Was Aimed at His Domestic Audience With No Ceasefire Since His Coalition Will Collapse If He Makes a Ceasefire Deal Before the Knesset Adjourns backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 24, 20241 hr 2 min

July 23, 2024 - Gil Duran | Ruth Conniff | Nelson Lichtenstein

The Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him | Kamala Harris Campaigns in Wisconsin Today Which Trump Barely Won in 2016 and Biden in 2020 | Project 2025 Is More of a Corporate Wishlist Than a MAGA Manifesto and Trump and Vance Are Running Away From Its Unpopularity backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia fa...

Jul 23, 202459 min

July 22, 2024 - Gautam Mukunda | Anthea Butler | Ben Burgis

How the Most Important Hire in the World Has Been Made With, Good, Bad and Ugly Consequences | The Vice Presidential Sweepstakes and the Importance of Swing States | A Democratic Party Reborn backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 22, 20241 hr 6 min

July 21, 2024 - Jennifer Mercieca | Will Bunch | Jacob Silverman

The Gulf Between Rhetoric and Reality As One Presidential Candidate Drones on Disavowing his Plans While the Other is in a Bunker Not Listening | A Recap of the Republican Convention and What it Tells Us About a Future Trump Presidency | How a Handful of Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Enact Their Techno-Fascist Fantasies with Their Bro in the Oval Office backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 21, 20241 hr 1 min

July 18, 2024 - Alexander Stille | Samuel Moyn | Jacob Heilbrunn

Mounting Pressure From Democratic Leaders on Biden to Step Down Could Overwhelm His Stubbornness | Beyond Biden, America Has a Problem With Gerontocracy | Doubling Down on America First, the Trump/Vance Ticket Will Undermine Democracy and the Rule of Law at Home and Abroad backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 18, 202459 min

July 17, 2024 - Joshua Shifrinson | Joe Conason

J.D. Vance's Foreign Policy Views Plus Trump's Ties to Putin Spell Doom For Ukraine | 75 Years of Rightwing Conmen, Quacks and Charlatans Making Money Attacking Liberals, Influencing the Wider Political Landscape and Moving the Country to the Right backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Jul 17, 20241 hr
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