Background Briefing with Ian Masters
News & Politics Podcasts
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
Location:
United States
Description:
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
Twitter:
@ianmastersmedia
Language:
English
Contact:
213 422 0537
Website:
https://backgroundbriefing.org/
Episodes
April 18, 2024 - Illia Ponomarenko | Scott Horton | Steven Greenhouse
4/18/2024
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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:01
April 17, 2024 - Rebecca Roiphe | Anders Åslund | Chuck Marr
4/17/2024
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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:59:54
April 16, 2024 - Assal Rad | Mansour Farhang | Claire Finkelstein
4/16/2024
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 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:56:51
April 15, 2024 - Adam Weinstein | Jennifer Taub | Joshua Ferrer
4/15/2024
Biden Meets With Iraq's PM Over Concerns That US Troops in Iraq and Syria Are Vulnerable if Israel Retaliates Against Iran | The First Day of Trump's NY Trial and the Possibility of a Trumpster on the Jury Causing a Mistrial as Happened in the Bannon "We Build the Wall" Fraud Case | The Record Numbers of Election Officials Quitting Under Threats From the "Stop the Steal" Lies backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:19
April 14, 2024 - Nicholas Heras | Lisa Graves | Paul Glastris
4/14/2024
Iran's Theatrical Response to the Israeli Strike and the Fear of Netanyahu Escalating | Finally the Architect of the Far-Right Takeover of the US Judiciary | An Assessment of the Trump vs Biden Records of Achievement backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:32
April 11, 2024 - Dr. Nancy Okail | Ellis Krauss | Stephen Lemons
4/11/2024
Israel's AI Tools "Gospel", "Lavender" and "Where's Daddy" Are Being Used For Targeted Assassinations in Gaza | Increased Cooperation Between the U.S., Japan and The Philippines' Militaries Tops the White House Summit Agenda | An Assessment of the Political Damage to Arizona Republicans From the 1864 Abortion Ban backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:12
April 10, 2024 - Jessica Mason Pieklo | Caroline Fredrickson | James Risen
4/10/2024
The Arizona Supreme Court Takes the State Back to 1864 Before it Was a State With a Draconian Abortion Law | The Left/Right Coalition Refusing to Re-Authorize FISA With MAGA Republicans Doing So Because Trump Thinks it Was Used to Spy on Him | The Fatal Combination of Passivity in the Electorate and Trump's Impunity Could End American Democracy backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:31
April 9, 2024 - Laurie Levenson | Miles Taylor | Michael Graetz
4/9/2024
Did Trump's Lawyers Mislead the NY Appeals Court to Get a Lower Bond? | As Trump Encourages Secession and Threatens Civil War, He Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving to China and Russia | How Billionaires Who Don't Pay Taxes Use Their Surplus Money to Buy Politicians to Lower Their Taxes Even Further backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:22
April 8, 2024 - Renee Hobbs | Dr. Allen Frances | Kevin Carey
4/8/2024
April 8, 2024 - Renee Hobbs | Dr. Allen Frances | Kevin Carey by Ian Masters
Duration:00:59:00
April 7, 2024 - Nader Hashemi | Jeff Colgan | Robert Hockett
4/7/2024
Iran's vow to Retaliate Against an Israeli Strike Could Lead to a Wider War Biden is Trying to Avoid | With MbS and Trump Talking, What Could They Do to Jack Up Gas Prices to Hurt Biden's Reelection? | Good Economic News as Janet Yellen Tries to Get a Level Playing Field With China backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:59:46
April 4, 2024 - Ryan Cooper | Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal | Tommy Miles
4/4/2024
Trump's Piety in Contrast to the Porn he Faces and the Cruelty and Hatred he Displays | The 100 Right Wing Tax-Exempt Organizations With Over $2 Billion to Elect Trump | AFRICOM Loses Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger to the Russians backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:38
April 3, 2024 - Harry Litman | John Stoehr | Jeet Heer
4/3/2024
Jack Smith's Shot Across the Bow at the Trump-Friendly Judge on the Classified Documents Case | The Florida Supreme Court's 6 Week Abortion Ban and a Ballot Initiative to Enshrine Abortion Access in the Florida State Constitution | "Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr." Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Evan Green
Duration:01:00:26
April 2, 2024 - Sarah Leah Whitson | Thanassis Cambanis | Ahmet Yayla
4/2/2024
Israel's Killing of 7 Aid Workers Who Were Feeding Starving Gazans Sparks International Outrage | Will Israel's Strike on an Iranian Consulate That Killed Top IRGC Officials Provoke a Wider War? | What the US Could Learn From the Electoral Rebuke of Erdogan's Dictatorship and Kleptocracy backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:59:32
April 1, 2024 - Michael Weiss | Marci Shore | Steven Hahn
4/1/2024
New evidence on "Havana Syndrome" Links the GRU's Assassination Unit 29155 to Mysterious Attacks on U.S. Officials and Their Families | A Scholar Just Back From Ukraine on the Heroism of Ukraine and the Nihilism of Mike Johnson | Trump's Illiberalism is Not a Departure But a Recurring Theme in American History backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:39
March 31, 2024 - Annelle Sheline | Peter Pomerantsev | Martin Sixsmith
3/31/2024
The State Department Officer With Feds United for Peace Who Resigned to Protest US Complicity in Israel's War on Gaza | The Success of Propaganda as a Third of Americans Now Believe Trump's Big Lie | Putin's Evolution From Democrat to Despot backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:01
March 27, 2024 - Jacob Silverman | Fred Turner | Brian Concannon
3/27/2024
Plutocrats Are Backing Trump, Not Because They Like Him, But to Extend Trump's Tax Cuts For the Ultra-Rich | RFK Jr's Pick For His Running Mate Has Deep Pockets But a Shallow Resume | Guns and Ammo From the US Fuel Anarchy in Haiti backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:08
March 26, 2024 - Jon Hoffman | Michele Goodwin | Jay Ritter
3/26/2024
Is Israel Becoming a Strategic Liability For the United States? | Today's Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court on a Nationwide Ban of a Medication Abortion Drug | After Today's Trading, Trump's Essentially Worthless Company is Suddenly Worth $15 Billion? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:56:04
March 25, 2024 - Robert Young Pelton | Dr. Trita Parsi | Lloyd Green
3/25/2024
A Look at the Islamic State's Global Terrorist Franchises While Putin Tries to Shift the Blame Onto Ukraine | Will The US Help Implement the UN Ceasefire Resolution Which For the First Time It Did Not Veto? | Today's Lifeline Thrown to Trump Reducing His Bond Down From $454 Million to $175 Million backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:52
March 24, 2024 - James Thurber | James Henry | Alec Bertina
3/24/2024
The Do-Nothing Congress Descends Into the Chaos Congress | Could Billions Made Out of Nothing Pumped Into Truth Social Rescue Trump Tomorrow? | While Putin Has His Security Services Going After Gays and Lesbians He Prioritizes as Terrorists, Real Terrorists Strike Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Evan Green
Duration:01:05:13
March 21, 2024 - Nathan Schneider | Thomas Mockaitis | Dr. Lance Dodes
3/21/2024
Can the Public Own Giant Tech Companies Who Operate as Monopolies? | In a Major Shift, the US Drafts a UN Resolution For an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza and a Hostage Deal | The Ethical Obligation to Warn the Public About Trump's Dementia backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:15