Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Ian Masters
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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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 2min
March 19, 2026 - David Hearst | Harrison Mann | Mike Lofgren
The Global Impact of the Trump/Netanyahu War on Iran as Energy Prices Shoot Through the Roof | A Former DIA Intelligence Officer on the Folly of Sending Marines Into the Gulf | Trump is Being Played at We Deplete Expensive Weapons on Cheap Iranian Drones
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Mar 18, 2026 • 1h 2min
March 18, 2026 - David Adler | Steven Simon
The Organizer of an International Humanitarian Flotilla Delivering Aid to the Desperate and Starving People of Cuba | Possible Scenarios to End the US/Israeli War on Iran and a More Likely Escalation of Attacks on Oil and Gas Terminals and Storage Facilities
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 1min
March 17, 2026 - Tom Mockaitis | Christine Fair | Luis Martinez-Fernandez
Today's Blowback and the Historical Record of US Meddling in Iran | The Intensifying War Between Afghanistan's Taliba And Their Former Sponsor Pakistan | Trump's Claim He will Have "The Honor of Taking Cuba" Which is Likely to Fall in a Matter of Weeks
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Mar 16, 2026 • 1h 1min
March 16, 2026 - Joshua Shifrinson | Juan Cole | Adele Stan
Although the US Navy Won't Go Into the Gulf, Trump is Demanding Other Navies Escort Tankers Through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran's Strategic Plans For a Long War With Layers of Redundancy in the Ranks of Leadership | The Crackup on the Right Against Trump's War on Iran
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Mar 15, 2026 • 60min
March 15, 2026 - Emma Ashford | Dr. Allen Frances | Justin Levitt
Trump's War of Choice Rattles Allies While Rewarding Russia | Our Commander-in-Chief is a Senile Old Man Who is Losing His Mind | Trump's Cynical SAVE America Act Will Not Save Republicans in November
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Mar 12, 2026 • 1h 1min
March 12, 2026 - William LeoGrande | Mike Lofgren | Karen Hao
After Declaring Victory Over Iran, Trump Vows That Cuba Is Next | What Can Be Done To Reign In If Not Abolish DHS | AI's Sweeping and Growing Impact on Every Aspect of Society
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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 3min
March 11, 2026 - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Jonathan Taplin | Jacob Heilbrunn
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Trump, Epstein and Putin | The Silicon Valley Billionaire Bros Are Determined to Have the Tech-Industrial Complex Replace the Military-Industrial Complex | The Iran War and the Return of the Neocons
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Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 1min
March 10, 2026 - Jonathan Guyer | Dr. Annelle Sheline | Jennifer Kavanaugh
Trump Reverses Himself on Ending the Iran War After A Call With Putin | Iran's New Supreme Leader Will Likely Reverse His Father's Fatwa Against Nuclear Weapons | A Military Analysis of the Iran War and the Russia/Ukraine War
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Mar 9, 2026 • 1h 4min
March 9, 2026 - Nicholas Heras | Kian Tajbakhsh | Oona Hathaway
A War Iran Only Has to Stay in While We Can Only Win At a Price We Are Unlikely to Want to Pay | An Analysis of a Brutal Regime From Which the Iranian People Desperately Want to be Freed But Have No Power to Do So | A Lawless World Trump is Dragging Us Into Based on Force and His Whims
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Mar 8, 2026 • 1h 1min
March 8, 2026 - Ken Klippenstein | Paul Pillar | Gabby Birenbaum
How Relying on Regime Decapitation Could Backfire | As Evidence Mounts That the War on Iran Is a Disaster, We Will Look For Some Kind of "Success" | Our Gen Z Reporter on the Texas Senate Race as Republicans Panic Over the Talented Young Talarico
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