Background Briefing with Ian Masters
1,513 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 551 ratingsBackground 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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Episodes
December 7, 2023 - Aaron Rupar | Haggai Matar | Phil Gunson
December 07, 2023 21:56 - 1 hour - 138 MBA Meaningless Debate in a Democratic Ritual That Avoided Discussing Our Endangered Democracy | How Anti-War Left Wing Activists in Israel Are Being Threatened and Silenced | Growing Tensions as Venezuela Threatens to Annex an Oil-Rich Region of Guyana Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Evan Green
December 6, 2023 - Samuel Moyn | William Arkin | Stephanie Muravchik
December 06, 2023 21:38 - 1 hour - 146 MBHow the Laws of War, International Law and the Right of Self-Defense Apply to the War in Gaza | Aid to Ukraine is Now Stalled in the House and the Senate | As Liz Cheney Campaigns to Stop Trump, "We Are Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship" Host: Ian Masters Producer: Graham FitzGibbon Assistant Producer: Evan Green
December 5, 2023 - John Nichols | Rashid Khalidi | Susan Joy Hassol
December 05, 2023 22:16 - 1 hour - 149 MBThe Target of a Lunatic Conspiracy Theory Who Trump Claims Encouraged Jan. 6 Violence on Behalf of the Deep State | Did Blinken Lean on Jordanian and Egyptian Leaders to Allow Palestinians to be Expelled Into Their Territories? | At COP28 Oil and Gas Delegates Vastly Outnumber Climate Scientists, Activist and Indigenous People backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
December 4, 2023 - Chuck Collins | Robert Downen | Timothy Canova
December 04, 2023 23:37 - 1 hour - 140 MBSCOTUS Poised to Kill Any Wealth Tax Before It Even Exists | The Texas GOP Refuses to Ban Contacts With Anti Semites, Pro-Nazi Sympathizers or Holocaust Deniers in Resolution Supporting Israel | An Exploding Sexual Assault Scandal Involving A Threesome With A Founder of "Moms For Liberty" Has DeSantis Asking his Friend, Florida's GOP Chair, to Step Down backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
December 3, 2023 - Paul Pillar | Greg Grandin | Ganesh Sitaraman
December 03, 2023 17:28 - 1 hour - 143 MBAn Assessment of the Chillingly Precise Intelligence Report on the Planned Hamas Attack That Was ignored | The Price We Paid For the Capture of US Foreign Policy by Kissinger's Realpolitik | How Deregulation Made Airline Travel Miserable as Underinvestment is Making it Dangerous backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
November 30, 2023 - Jeremi Suri | Stephanie Carvin | Dr. Daniel Markey
November 30, 2023 22:03 - 57 minutes - 131 MBThe Death of Henry Kissinger, a great Elder Statesman to Some and a War Criminal to Others | The Canadian Connection to the Foiled Assassination Plot on US Soil | Why Did Modi's Government Take Such a Brazen Risk to Conduct a Hit on a US Citizen on US Soil? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
November 29, 2023 - Bill McKibben | Shibley Telhami | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
November 29, 2023 21:57 - 1 hour - 142 MBThe 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
Russia's Penetration of Ukraine's Leadership Circle For Assassination
November 28, 2023 22:42 - 18 minutes - 42.4 MBRussia's Penetration of Ukraine's Leadership Circle For Assassination by Ian Masters
Tensions Inside Netanyahu's Cabinet and Between Him and the IDF Leadership
November 28, 2023 22:41 - 17 minutes - 40.9 MBTensions Inside Netanyahu's Cabinet and Between Him and the IDF Leadership by Ian Masters
Hunter Biden Calls the Bluff of the Barking Fool Congressman James Comer
November 28, 2023 22:41 - 16 minutes - 38.9 MBHunter Biden Calls the Bluff of the Barking Fool Congressman James Comer by Ian Masters
November 28, 2023 - Guy Ziv | Jacob Heilbrunn | Anders Aslund
November 28, 2023 22:41 - 1 hour - 138 MBNovember 28, 2023 - Guy Ziv | Jacob Heilbrunn | Anders Aslund by Ian Masters
The Possibility of a Ceasefire and the Probability of a Resumption of the War in Gaza
November 27, 2023 23:46 - 19 minutes - 44.8 MBThe Possibility of a Ceasefire and the Probability of a Resumption of the War in Gaza by Ian Masters
November 27, 2023 - Brian Katulis | James Thurber | Cleo Paskal
November 27, 2023 23:34 - 59 minutes - 135 MBNovember 27, 2023 - Brian Katulis | James Thurber | Cleo Paskal by Ian Masters
China's Influence in the Indo-Pacific Grows
November 27, 2023 23:34 - 18 minutes - 42 MBChina's Influence in the Indo-Pacific Grows by Ian Masters
Many Members of Congress Quit in Frustration Over Polarization and Gridlock
November 27, 2023 23:33 - 17 minutes - 40.3 MBMany Members of Congress Quit in Frustration Over Polarization and Gridlock by Ian Masters
Did the Dutch Just Elect a Fascist as Their Leader?
November 26, 2023 18:01 - 19 minutes - 44.5 MBDid the Dutch Just Elect a Fascist as Their Leader? by Ian Masters
An Update on Trump's Many Trials and Whether He Will be Sentenced Before the Election
November 26, 2023 18:01 - 20 minutes - 46.9 MBAn Update on Trump's Many Trials and Whether He Will be Sentenced Before the Election by Ian Masters
Did India Try to Assassinate a Sikh Activist on US Soil?
November 26, 2023 18:00 - 18 minutes - 42.6 MBDid India Try to Assassinate a Sikh Activist on US Soil? by Ian Masters
November 26 - Harry Litman | Rob Riemen | Christine Fair
November 26, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBNovember 26 - Harry Litman | Rob Riemen | Christine Fair by Ian Masters
November 23, 2023 - Stefan Aune | Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | Stephan Schwartz
November 23, 2023 18:51 - 58 minutes - 133 MBWas 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
November 22, 2023 - Raz Segal | Kristin Kobes Du Mez | Reverend Billy Talen
November 22, 2023 20:50 - 1 hour - 141 MBAn 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
November 21, 2023 - Robert Baer | Dean Baker | Toby Miller
November 21, 2023 22:37 - 57 minutes - 132 MBA 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
November 20, 2023 - James Fallows | Leopoldo Rodriquez | Wendy Via
November 20, 2023 22:44 - 1 hour - 144 MBThe 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
November 19, 2023 - Simon Shuster | Mark Chiusano | Darrin McMahon
November 19, 2023 18:31 - 1 hour - 142 MBThe 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
November 16, 2023 - Thomas Mockaitis | Alexander Sammon | Michael Swaine
November 16, 2023 22:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBThe 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
November 15, 2023 - Yaqiu Wang | Joanne Freeman | Dannagal Young
November 15, 2023 21:49 - 59 minutes - 137 MBWhat 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
November 14, 2023 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Craig Holman | Richard Briffault
November 14, 2023 21:45 - 1 hour - 140 MBIs 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
November 13, 2023 - Matthew Dallek | Will Bunch | Bennett Ramberg
November 13, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour - 138 MBOn 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
November 12, 2023 - Lisa Graves | Orville Schell | James Van Nostrand
November 12, 2023 18:31 - 1 hour - 140 MBSenate 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
November 9, 2023 - Justin Higgins | David Cay Johnston | Daniel Byman
November 09, 2023 22:30 - 1 hour - 143 MBRepublican 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
November 8, 2023 - David Pepper | Amanda Marcotte | Wajahat Ali
November 08, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBDemocratic 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
November 7, 2023 - Miles Taylor | Rick Hasen | Seth Masket
November 07, 2023 23:35 - 1 hour - 142 MBOne 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
November 6, 2023 - Dennis Aftergut | Rashid Khalidi
November 07, 2023 00:03 - 57 minutes - 132 MBTrump 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
November 5, 2023 - Ghada & Ghaida Ageel | Thanassis Cambanis | Chenggang Xu
November 05, 2023 17:50 - 1 hour - 142 MBA 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
November 2, 2023 - Harold Meyerson | Andrew Nathan | David Schultz
November 02, 2023 21:59 - 1 hour - 138 MBIncreasing 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
November 1, 2023 - Edward McCaffery | Gershom Gorenberg | Jennifer Taub
November 01, 2023 22:38 - 1 hour - 143 MBMAGA 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
October 31, 2023 - M.J. Rosenberg | Anne Nelson
October 31, 2023 21:11 - 57 minutes - 132 MBMore Civilian Deaths in Gaza as Israel's Ground Campaign Intensifies | Both Trump and Mike Johnson Were Backed by the Council For National Policy Founded by Right-Wing Fundamentalists and Oil Barons backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 30, 2023 - Andrew Payne | Emerson Brooking | Steven Greenhouse
October 30, 2023 22:51 - 1 hour - 140 MBHow the War in Gaza is Impacting U.S. Electoral Politics | With the New House Speaker a Champion of the Big Lie, How Do We Deal With the Challenges Ahead From Fake News and Deep Fakes? | After Big Wins For Labor, the UAW Seals a Good Deal With the Big Three backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 29, 2023 - Lara Friedman | Jonathan Metzl | Frederick Clarkson
October 29, 2023 17:25 - 1 hour - 143 MBWinning the Military Campaign But Losing the Information War | After the 565th Mass Shooting This Year, a Look at Red and Yellow Flag Laws | The Ascension of Mike Johnson as a Christian Fundamentalist Politician backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 26, 2023 - Clyde Wilcox | Abbas Milani | Franklin Foer
October 26, 2023 20:55 - 1 hour - 139 MBTrump's Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson | Will Iran's Aging Supreme Leader Avoid a Wider War or Bring on the Apocalypse? | An Inside Look at the President and Joe Biden's First Two Years in Office backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 28, 2023 - Clyde Wilcox | Abbas Milani | Franklin Foer
October 26, 2023 20:55 - 1 hour - 139 MBTrump's Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson | Will Iran's Aging Supreme Leader Avoid a Wider War or Bring on the Apocalypse? | An Inside Look at the President and Joe Biden's First Two Years in Office backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 25, 2023 - Allan Lichtman | Nick Heras | Juan Cole
October 25, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBTrump Gets His Speaker With a Friendlier Face But a Hard Right Record | A Strategic Overview of the Middle East on the Brink of a Wider War | The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 24, 2023 - Lawrence Jacobs | Rebecca Gordon | Maziar Behrooz
October 24, 2023 22:39 - 1 hour - 139 MBEmmer Gets the Nomination, Trump Calls Him a RINO, Then He Drops Out of the Race For Speaker | Are the Insurrectionist House Republicans Fascist or Nihilists, or Both? | When Israel Invades Gaza They Will Cross Iran and Hezbollah's Red Line backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 23, 2023 - E.J. Dionne | Jon Hoffman | David Adler
October 23, 2023 21:57 - 1 hour - 142 MBThe Continuing Paralysis of the Legislative Branch | Instead of Doubling Down on Failed Policies, It's Time to Reconsider Our Position in the Middle East | Argentina's Potty-Mouth Populist is Down But Not Out backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 22, 2023 - Victoria Nourse | Stephen Wertheim | David Daley
October 22, 2023 17:33 - 59 minutes - 137 MBPutin, Hamas and Trump's House Republicans Demonstrate Their Contempt For Democracy | Biden's $105 Billion Aid Request Goes to a Leaderless House With No One Constitutionally Able to Act on It | How Much Will Third Party Candidates Swing the 2024 Election to Trump? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 19, 2023 - Amy Wilentz | Sa’ed Atshan | David Graham
October 19, 2023 21:44 - 58 minutes - 135 MBThe War on Children as Bombs Fall on Gaza Where Half the Population is Under 18 | The Search for Humanity and Compassion Amid the Killing | The Kraken is Released on Probation and Will Testify Against Trump and His Cohorts backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 18, 2023 - William Arkin | Haggai Matar | Moira Donegan
October 18, 2023 22:00 - 58 minutes - 133 MBAn Assessment of the Latest Intelligence on the Strike on the Gaza Hospital Parking Lot | A Local Reaction From a Journalist and Activist to Biden's Short Visit to Israel | Jordan Fails Again After Unleashing Fox News Junkyard Dogs and MAGA Threats at the House Republicans Cowards Caucus backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 17, 2023 - David Hearst | Ryan Cooper | Michael Hiltzik
October 17, 2023 22:36 - 1 hour - 139 MBWith the Facts of Who and What Was Behind the Bombing of a Hospital in Gaza Not Yet Verified, We Look Into How it Has Backfired on Israel | Jim Jordan Falls 20 GOP Votes Short, So Trump Does Not Yet Control the House | Is the Supreme Court's Right Wing Majority Using a Specious Case For a Massive Gift to Their Billionaire Backers? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 16, 2023 - Julian Zelizer | Jan Kubik | Anita Isaacs
October 16, 2023 22:39 - 56 minutes - 130 MBParalysis at Home While Wars Rage Abroad With the House to Vote on Jim (Gym) Jordan For Speaker on Tuesday at Noon | Sunday's Election in Poland a Welcome Reversal of Democratic Backsliding | Will the Corrupt, Crooked and Reactionary Establishment in Guatemala Deny the Democratically-Elected President Arévalo His Right to Govern? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
October 15, 2023 - Steven Simon | Katherine Franke
October 15, 2023 17:38 - 55 minutes - 128 MBCan Israel Destroy Hamas Then Hand Over Gaza to the UN and Arab States to Rebuild and Sustain it? | Rising Tensions on Campuses Between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Students backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia