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
June 1, 2023 - Dennis Aftergut | Richard Parker | Ben Freeman
6/1/2023
Trump Eviscerates His Own Defense as Jack Smith Closes in on Indicting Him | The Disconnect Between Biden's Low Poll Numbers and His Many Achievements | How Defense Contractors Influence the Ukraine Debate backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:42
May 31, 2023 - Chris McGreal | Daniel Serwer | Jake Grumbach
5/31/2023
The Sacklers Get to Keep Most of Their Money After a Million Americans Have Died From Their Drug OxyContin | Serbia's Authoritarian Leader and Russian Provocateurs Are Behind What Lavrov Says is a Big Explosion Looming in the Heart of Europe | The March Towards Authoritarianism in States Taken Over by Republican Supermajorities backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:07
May 30, 2023 - Jeff Hauser | Paul Pillar | Aaron Stein
5/30/2023
The Hazardous Passage of the Debt Ceiling Deal Through Congress | Will Putin Get the Traitor-in-Chief Back in the Oval Office? | Is Erdogan's Victory Also a Victory For Putin? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:01
May 29, 2023 - Lucian Truscott IV | Julia Gledhill | Scott Shapiro
5/29/2023
Remembering an American General Who Would Not Speak of the Glorious Dead on Memorial Day | How Defense Contractors Are Gouging the Taxpayer While Rewarding Shareholders at the Expense of R&D | Is Cybersecurity an Unsolvable Problem? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:05:52
May 28, 2023 - Jeremi Suri | Steven Harper | Branislav Slantchev
5/28/2023
The Impeachment of a MAGA Crook by a Far-Right Republican-Dominated House of the Texas Legislature | Ron DeSantis's Alarming Promise to Do To the Nation What He Has Done To Florida | The Ukrainian Counteroffensive and the "Game of Thrones" Power Struggle Inside the Kremlin backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:41
May 25, 2023 - David Roth | Steven Greenhouse | Shibley Telhami
5/25/2023
The Meltdown of DeSantis's Big Announcement on Elon Musk's Troubled $44 Billion Platform | A Chief Justice Out of Touch With Reality and a Call For Justice Thomas to Resign | Time to Deal With the One State Reality of Israel backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:06:36
May 24, 2023 - E.J. Dionne | Ari Berman | Nina Burleigh
5/24/2023
The Continuing Standoff Over the Debt Ceiling as the Congressional Clock Runs Out | As a Red State Turns Blue, New Bills in Texas Target Democratic Voters in Houston | The Shadowy Fixer For the Reverse Altruism of Right Wing Billionaires Who Have Captured Our Courts and Want the Rest backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:10
May 23, 2023 - Michael Binder | Whitney Tucker | Kent Harrington
5/23/2023
Ron DeSantis Will Announce His Bid For the Presidency in Conversation With Elon Musk on Twitter | Debt Ceiling Negotiations Will Determine How Much Punishment Will Be Inflicted on the Poor to Reward the Rich | Putin Could Be Arrested If He Shows Up For the BRICS Summit in South Africa in August backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:18
May 22, 2023 - Alec Bertina | Joshua Shifrinson | Quinn Slobodian
5/22/2023
Ukrainian Sabotage Operations Inside Russia as Part of the Upcoming Counteroffensive | Europe Can Provide More Military and Economic Assistance to Ukraine | Free Trade Zones as Capitalist Nirvanas to Unleash the Market From the Tyranny of Government and Bureaucracy backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:13
May 21, 2023 - Ellis Krauss | Jon Hoffman | Aram Shabanian
5/21/2023
Zelensky's Surprise Visit to the G7 in Hiroshima, Japan | MBS Welcomes Assad Back Into the Arab League While Also Welcoming President Zelensky | Russia Warns of Escalation as Biden Allows Ukrainian Pilots to Train on F-16s backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:55
May 18, 2023 - Mark Fitzpatrick | Dean Baker | David Dayen
5/18/2023
The G7 Summit Underway in Hiroshima, Japan and the Haunting Spectre of Nuclear Weapons | Can the House Radicals Compromise on a Deal Many Democrats Say Biden Should Not Be Negotiating? | The Politics Behind Diane Feinstein's Sad Return to the US Senate backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:04:42
May 17, 2023 - Cleo Paskal | Lloyd Green | Jessica Melugin
5/17/2023
How Domestic Turmoil Caused by GOP Radicals Makes the U.S. an Unreliable Partner on the World Stage | What Does Trump Owe Rudy Giuliani and Will he Throw Him Under the Bus? | Regulation of Promising But Potentially Dangerous AI Technology is Necessary But is it Practical or Possible? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:31
May 16, 2023 - Thomas Kahn | Scott Horton | Aslı Bâli
5/16/2023
A Lawsuit With Recorded Evidence Against Giuliani By A Woman Scorned Could Be Devastating For Trump | Democrats Cave on a Clean Debt Ceiling Bill | The Disappointing Results of Sunday's Elections in Turkey backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:56
May 15, 2023 - Stephanie Kelton | Nicholas Danforth | Fred Turner
5/15/2023
As the Standoff Over the Debt Ceiling Gets Closer to Default, Can Biden Call the House Republicans Bluff? | Running an Anti-American Campaign, Erdogan is Likely to be Reelected, Making Him Less Constrained and More Authoritarian | Not Only Do We Have a Mad Candidate, Countries Can Fall Into the Grip of Madness as Germany Did in the 1930's backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:30
May 14, 2023 - Miles Taylor | Orville Schell | James Risen
5/14/2023
The First White House Insider to Expose Trump on How Trump Will be Even More Dangerous Next Time | After Top Officials Met For 8 Hours, Could China and the U.S. Work Together to End the War in Ukraine? | A Champion of Democracy and Transparency Who Took on Powerful Interests and Won backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:04
Could China and the U.S. Work Together to End the War in Ukraine?
5/14/2023
Could China and the U.S. Work Together to End the War in Ukraine? by Ian Masters
Duration:00:19:05
May 11, 2023 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Michelle Garcia | Christine Fair
5/11/2023
Trump's Unstable Unfitness For Office on Display as the Much of the U.S Falls into the Grip of Madness | A Flood of Desperate and Destitute Migrants Face More Military and Police Response Than Humanitarian Assistance | The Arrest of Imran Khan, the Pakistan Military's Favorite who Fell Out of Favor With Them backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:44
May 10, 2023 - Will Brederman | Michael Gorham | Elmira Bayrasli
5/10/2023
Today's Indictment of Congressman George Santos on 13 Counts and Calls For Him To Resign, But Not From Speaker McCarthy | Prigozhin Throws Shade on Putin's Victory Day Parade Telling Him Not to F**k Around On Red Square | Could Turkey's Kleptocratic Authoritarian Be Voted out on Sunday and Will He Accept the Results? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:46
May 9, 2023 - Anthea Butler | Robert Hockett | Hamilton Nolan
5/9/2023
A Former President Has Been Found Guilty of Sexual Assault But Does the Party of Donald Trump and George Santos Care? | After Today's Pointless Meeting, Biden Should Now Call McCarthy's Bluff on the Debt Ceiling | The Writers' Guild Strike Has Much More Significance Beyond Hollywood backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:57
May 8, 2023 - Victoria Sanford | Garrett Epps | Sam Biddle
5/8/2023
Thursday's Expected Influx of Immigrants at the Southern Border and the Failure to Deal With the Root Causes | As Republicans Try to Extort Budget Cuts, the Counter Leverage of the 14th Amendment is in Biden's Pocket | The Weaponization of AI Tech as the Pentagon Looks at CHAT GPT backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:07