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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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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
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April 23, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Sidney Blumenthal | Garrett Epps
Trump's History of Using and Abusing Women | The Pathetic Man on Display in the Courtroom as a Far Cry From the MAGA Faithful's Superhero | Will SCOTUS Undermine the 8th Amendment's Protection For the Homeless Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
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April 22, 2024 - Alexander Sammon | Anne Nelson | Natalie Foster
Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale | The Optics of Trump on Trial in New York; a President Off His Pedestal Defending Sleazy Criminal Behavior | A Positive Case For America's Next Economy
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
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April 21, 2024 - Aram Shabanian | Nataliya Gumenyuk | Steven Simon
Meeting Ukraine's Needs as Russia Mobilizes for a June Offensive | How Ukraine Will Survive and Adjust to Permanent War | The Deadly War in Gaza and Israel's Tenuous Standoff With Iran as Both Israel and Palestine Appear to be Leaderless and Directionless
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April 18, 2024 - Illia Ponomarenko | Scott Horton | Steven Greenhouse
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
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April 17, 2024 - Rebecca Roiphe | Anders Åslund | Chuck Marr
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
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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.