Background Briefing with Ian Masters

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July 30, 2026 - Juan Cole | Larry Tye | Clay Risen
30/07/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
Reviving Their War on Yemen, an Incensed Saudi Leadership Strikes Back at the Houthis | Yesterday's Unseemly Grilling of Fauci by Republican Junkyard Dogs | Similarities Between Stalin's Show Trials and Rand Paul's Ambush of Fauci
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July 29, 2026 - Paul Pillar | Rich Logis | Thomas Bollyky
29/07/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
The Increasing Likelihood Trump Will Escalate His War on Iran | Where Refugees From the MAGA Movement Which Has Captured the GOP Can Find a Home | Dr. Fauci Takes the 5th at Senator's Paul's Ambush Designed to Feed Red Meat to the Anti-Vaxxer, Conspiracy Theorists, Quacks and Crackpots
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July 28, 2026 - Adam Weinstein | Simon Rosenberg | Gota Chanturia
28/07/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
Trump's Meeting With Netanyahu and Hegseth's Shameful Cover Up of U.S. Casualties | How To Heal Divisions Between Centrists and Democratic Socialists Amid Calls For the Embattled Head of the DNC to be Replaced | Guest Host Anna Leah Interviews a Pro-Democracy Activist in the Republic of Georgia Which Like Ukraine, Was Invaded by Russia
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July 27, 2026 - Nader Hashemi | Sumit Ganguly | Hannah Lucinda Smith
27/07/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
Facing a Choice to Escalate or Capitulate, Will Netanyahu Talk Trump Into Resuming Their War or Will He Listen to the JCS Chair and VP Telling Him We've Run Out of Ammo? | Could America's Gen Z Learn From the Youthful Rebellion in India Against Their Autocratic Leader? | Could the New Cold War in the Hinterlands of Europe and Asia Lead to WWIII?
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July 26, 2026 - Andrew Latham | Robert Kuttner | Coco Fusco
26/07/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
Trump's Latest Attack on Our Good Neighbor to the North | How to Survive Tyranny and Redeem America | The Release of a Cuban Dissident Artist While Rubio Turns the Screws on Collective Punishment
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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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