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
October 1, 2025 - Ken Klippenstein | Stephen Marche | Sasha Abramsky
10/1/2025
Trump and Miller's National Security Directive NSPM-7 Outlaws the Common Beliefs of Over Half of the Country | Trump Is More the Latin American Caudillo Than the European Fascists of the 1930's | Trump and Vought Use the Government Shutdown to Gleefully Inflict Trauma on Public Service Workers and Their Families backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:03:12
September 30, 2025 - Robert Kuttner | Stuart Schrader | Michael Mann
9/30/2025
How Trump Will Take Advantage of the Government Shutdown | Trump Tells Our Admirals and Generals That the Enemy is Within and Democratic U.S. Cities Should be Military Training Grounds | Ignorance is the Key Ingredient That Keeps MAGAworld Believing Trump's Lies and Absurdities backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:47
September 29, 2025 - Guy Ziv | James Thurber | Jim Manley
9/29/2025
Trump Promises Eternal Peace in the Middle East With a Peace Plan Hamas Has Yet to Sign | Trump Meets With Democratic Leaders to Avoid a Shutdown Making it Clear He Won't Compromise | Can Democratic Senators Convince the Public You Can't Make Deals With Republicans Acting in Bad Faith backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:18
September 28, 2025 - Harry Litman | David Adler | Robert Malley
9/28/2025
The Consiglieres Running Trump's Private Law Firm, the DoJ as Junkyard Dogs Unleashed to Hound, Harass, Bankrupt and Jail the Mob Boss's Enemies | An Activist on a Boat in a Flotilla Heading to Gaza That the Israelis Have Attacked With Drones | A Senior Middle East Negotiator for Clinton, Obama and Biden on the Pursuit of Israel/Palestine Peace and the Horrors of Today backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:04:32
September 25, 2025 - Sidney Blumenthal | Mark Hannah | Jacob Silverman
9/25/2025
The Leninists and Stalinist at the Head of MAGA and the Trump White House | Trump Trashes the UN Leaving China to Fill the Void After the US Withdraws From the World Body | Silicon Valley's Merging of Techno-Fascism and Christo-Fascism as Musk Merges X with xAI is His Latest Grift backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:35
September 24, 2025 - Richard Parker | George Beebe | Chris Whipple
9/24/2025
Could Our Democracy Be Over Before We Get to Vote in 2026? | Zelensky Warns the World is "in the Most Destructive Arms Race in History" | Harris' Book Reminds Us That Biden's Inner Circle Are Responsible For the Catastrophic Return of Trump backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:00:19
September 23, 2025 - Dulcie Leimbach | Arthur Caplan | Maha Nassar
9/23/2025
September 23, 2025 - Dulcie Leimbach | Arthur Caplan | Maha Nassar Trump Trashes the Countries of the World at the UN in Front of the World's Leaders | The Deadly Consequences of Trump's Lies and Quackery As He Announces a "Cure" For Autism | At the UN Today Trump's Call to End the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza Repeats an Empty Promise backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:57:59
September 22, 2025 - Ahmed Moor | Andre Pagliarini | Will Bunch
9/22/2025
Does Recognizing Palestine Create an Illusion of Action to End the Agony in Gaza? | Massive Demonstrations Across Brazil Against Pardoning Bolsonaro and How We Should Have Jailed Trump After His Coup Attempt | Trump Spews Hatred at Charlie Kirk's Memorial After Kirk's Widow Invokes Her Christian Faith To Forgive Her Husband's Murderer backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:05
September 21, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | James Henry
9/21/2025
The Trump Coup Underway and His Assault on the First Amendment | The Real Epstein Files Story in the 7,000 + SARS Files at Treasury and the Central Role of Robert Maxwell and His Depraved Daughter backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:00:57:17
September 18, 2025 - William Cohan | Craig Aaron | Aziz Huq
9/18/2025
The Richest Man in the World, Trump's Buddy Larry Ellison, Will Soon Own Most of the Media and We Will Have Government TV and Wall-to-Wall Fox News | Trump's MAGA Apparatchik Brendon Carr Uses Charlie Kirk to Kill Free Speech | Time For Jimmy Kimmel to Sue the Trump Administration backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:23
September 17, 2025 - Dean Baker | Ben Freeman | Jonathan Alter
9/17/2025
September 17, 2025 - Dean Baker | Ben Freeman | Jonathan Alter by Ian Masters
Duration:01:01:08
September 16, 2025 - Gil Duran | Scott Horton | Nizar Farsakh
9/16/2025
Peter Thiel's Obsession With the Antichrist Brings Techno-Fascism and Christo-Fascism Together | The Senate Grills the Unqualified and Incompetent Kash Patel as the FBI's Top Talent is Purged | Israel Invades Gaza City as a UN Report Concludes Israel is Commititng Genocide in Gaza backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:27
September 15, 2025 - Ben Burgis | Reverend Billy | Stephen Biddle
9/15/2025
Ben Burgis Who Debated Charlie Kirk on "Democratic Socialism vs. Conservative Populism" | Echoes of the 60's and 70's From Protest Songs Against Trump and MAGA Fascism | An Assessment of the Military Standoff Between Russia and Ukraine backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:39
September 14, 2025 - Kim Lane Scheppele | Jared Holt | Reality Winner
9/14/2025
Trump and His Co-President Stephen Miller Declare War on the Democratic Party Which Miller Calls "A Domestic Terrorism Organization" | Charlie Kirk's Christian Nationalism in Embraced by the Shadow Rulers J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson and Russ Vought | Reality Winner Got 5 Years in Prison While Trump Got a Free Pass From a Judge he Owns For Far, Far Worse Breaches of the Espionage Act of 1917 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:02:54
September 11, 2025 - Barbara F. Walter | Thomas Mockaitis | Bruce Cumings
9/11/2025
September 11, 2025 - Barbara F. Walter | Thomas Mockaitis | Bruce Cumings by Ian Masters
Duration:01:05:51
September 10, 2025 - Jonathan Katz | Harold Meyerson | Juan Cole
9/10/2025
Putin Tests the NATO Alliance With a Drone Incursion Into Poland | Why Are Democratic Leaders Avoiding Popular And Promising Candidates Like Mamdani and Maine's Oysterman? | Qatar Was Not Warned About the Israeli Attack Which Happened at 3.46 Because the US Told Them About it 10 Minutes Later at 3.56 backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:01:58
September 9, 2025 - Daoud Kuttab | Olga Luatman | Bill Scher
9/9/2025
With a September 30 Government Shutdown Looming, Do the Democrats Get Blamed or Do They Walk Away and Let the Republicans Own it Since They Don't Negotiate in Good Faith? | Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the Middle East? | The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Russian, Chinese and Iranian Disinformation Warfare backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
Duration:01:06:14
With a Sept. 30 Gov Shutdown Looming, Do the Dems Get Blamed or Do They Let the Republicans Own it?
9/9/2025
With a Sept. 30 Gov Shutdown Looming, Do the Dems Get Blamed or Do They Let the Republicans Own it? by Ian Masters
Duration:00:19:53
Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the ME?
9/9/2025
Did the US Allow Israel to Strike an Allied Country That Hosts the Biggest US Base in the ME? by Ian Masters
Duration:00:14:54
The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Disinformation Warfare
9/9/2025
The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Disinformation Warfare by Ian Masters
Duration:00:26:08