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Background Briefing with Ian Masters Ian Masters
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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.
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May 1, 2024 - Ananya Roy | Aziz Rana
A Pro-Israel Mob Invades the UCLA Campus to Beat up Pro-Palestinian Students While the Police Look On | Assessing the Flaws and Exploring the Fixes to a Constitution That is Failing Americans As Fascism Threatens Our Democracy
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April 30, 2024 - Wendy Pearlman | Timothy Ryback
As Campus Protests Intensify and Spread, Northwestern University Serves as a Model For Deescalation | The Disturbingly Accurate Analogies Between Hitler's Rise to Power and Trump's Threat to Democracy
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April 29, 2024 - Raz Segal | Dennis Aftergut | Sumit Ganguly
The Weaponization of Anti Semitism Against Students Protesting on American Campuses | The Strength of the Only Trial That May End Up Holding Trump to Account Before the Election | Elections Underway in the World's Largest Democracy and the Dark Side Modi's India
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April 28, 2024 - Lara Friedman | Leah Litman | Allan Lichtman
The House and Senate Moves to Strip Non-Profit Status From Foundations That Support Palestinian Causes | The Damage the Supreme Court is Doing to the Rule of Law by Making Trump Above the Law | Biden's Reelection Chances According to a Prediction System That Has Got Every Presidential Election Right Since 1984
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April 25, 2024 - Aziz Huq | Aynne Kokas | David Austin Walsh
More Special Treatment of Trump by the Supreme Court | Implications of Biden's TikTok Ban | The Enduring Relationship Between the Far-Right and Conservative Movements of "Responsible" and "Respectable" Republicans
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April 24, 2024 - George Beebe | Dr. Rob Davidson | Ari Berman
Supreme Court Anti-Abortion Ideologues Threaten Access to Emergency Care | The Search For Diplomatic Openings as the War in Ukraine Escalates | Trump's Republican Party Makes it Clear the GOP Would Rather Cheat Than Compete
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green
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If you want deeper analyses and insights in politics and current events both domestic and international, this is the show for you. Interesting and relevant guests and intelligent, incisive conversations and commentary. Fabulous!
Long time listener. Grateful.
Background Briefing with Ian Masters is one of my fav pods. Never miss. Longtime listener of show on KPFK in LA too. Glad Ian can do his own thing now. Show has gotten even better. We need background briefing and other media/ journalists like Ian Masters. Thanks.