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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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Background Briefing with Ian Masters Ian Masters

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    • 4.7 • 552 Ratings

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 9, 2024 - Gideon Levy | Jennifer Taub | Mike Lofgren

    May 9, 2024 - Gideon Levy | Jennifer Taub | Mike Lofgren

    The Israeli Public's Support for Continuing the War and Netanyahu's Defiant Response to Biden | Trump's Wildly Inflated Ego Takes a Beating as Stormy Daniels Belittles Trump's Sexual Prowess | Will the Slapdown 359 to 43 Vote Deter "Moscow Marge" From Fomenting Further Chaos in the House?
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    • 59 min
    May 8, 20224 - Michael Greenberger | Azamat Junisbai | Henry Giroux

    May 8, 20224 - Michael Greenberger | Azamat Junisbai | Henry Giroux

    Trump's Delaying Tactic is Working as 3 of the 4 Trials He's Facing Will Likely Not be Heard Before the Election | Following His 5th Inauguration, Putin Is Now Called "Imperator", the Formal Title For the Russian Tsars | Student Protests in the Age of the New McCarthyism
    Host: Ian Masters
    Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
    Assistant Producer: Evan Green

    • 1 hr
    May 7, 2024 - Leila Hilal | Oona Hathaway | Casey Michel

    May 7, 2024 - Leila Hilal | Oona Hathaway | Casey Michel

    Israel Joins Peace Talks in Cairo Amid IDF Escalation in Gaza | Strengthening the Laws of War as Non-combatants Die in Gaza and Ukraine | Brazen Examples of Foreign Governments Buying US Senators and Congressmen
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    May 6, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Jeremi Suri | Eugene Rumer

    May 6, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Jeremi Suri | Eugene Rumer

    The Gaza Impasses With Hamas Wanting a Permanent Ceasefire and Israel a Temporary One | A Possible Change in the US's Israel/Palestinian Policy as Grassroots and Student Protests Ended Support For South Africa's Apartheid Regime | Russia Announces Drills For the Use of Tactical Nukes Ahead of Putin's Inauguration Tomorrow
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    • 1 hr
    May 5, 2024 - John Nichols | Harold Meyerson | Brian Levin

    May 5, 2024 - John Nichols | Harold Meyerson | Brian Levin

    The House Speaker Uses an Antisemitic Trope Blaming George Soros as he Launches Hearings on Anti Semitism on Campuses | The Role of Right Wing, Christian Zionist and MAGA Provocateurs in Campus Violence | Models of Dialogue and Deescalation as Outside Opportunists Stoke Violence on Campuses
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    May 2, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Pozen | Cat Packer

    May 2, 2024 - Paul Pillar | David Pozen | Cat Packer

    On the Brink of the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Are Deadlocked | The DEA's Decriminalization of Marijuana as Too Little Too Late | Could a Change in DEA Policy Revive California's Troubled Marijuana Industry?
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    • 1 hr 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
552 Ratings

552 Ratings

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Consistent

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Fabulous discussion and insights.

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!

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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.

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