Background Briefing with Ian Masters

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August 6, 2026 - Lindsay Owens | Jacob Heilbrunn | Casey Michel
06/08/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
How Democrats Can Distance Themselves From Nutty Ideas Like Cancelling Thanksgiving and Why Third Way Should Not Waste Money Trashing Democratic Socialists | The Uncanny Parallels Between Hiltler's Project 1933 and Trump's Project 2025 | Trump and His Greedy Family and Treasonous Oligarchs
August 5, 2026 - Andy Levin | Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick | Warren Sakey
05/08/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
A Former Michigan Congressman Who Was Defeated by Congresswoman Stevens and AIPAC Money on Abdul El-Sayed's Victory | Has AIPAC's Power As Washington's Kingmaker Peaked? | With Even Trump Criticising Oil Company Profits, China is Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuel Dependence, But Not the U.S.
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August 4, 2026 - Harrison Mann | William Cohan | Lisa Graves
04/08/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
Could the Ellisons Walk Away From Their $111 Billion Takeover of Warner Brothers? | Two Craven Republican Senators Accepted Worthless Assurances From Blanche Who Faces an Uncertain Confirmation Vote in the Full Senate | Trump Gives Iran One Day to Make a Deal Over Hormuz Which They Are Doing With Oman Not the U.S
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August 3, 2026 - Mohsen Milani | Danny Postel | Nicholas Enrich
03/08/2026 | 1h
Trump Backs Down Then Iran Refutes His Claim He Did So Because They Want to Talk | Has the Fratricide Between the Democrats Running For the US Senate in Michigan Doomed the Party's Chances of Winning Back the Senate? | A Whistleblower Who Revealed Trump and Musk's Illegitimate and Dangerous Dismantling of USAID
Host: Ian Masters
Producers: Graham FitzGibbon, Asher Price
August 2, 2026 - Sebastiaan Faber | Abby Vesoulis | Robert Pape
03/08/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
Is Speaker Johnson Protecting an Accused Wife Beater and Child Abuser While Senator Bernie Moreno Attacks Dr. Fauci But Does Not Defend the Victim, His Own Daughter?
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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. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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