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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Nov 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
November 19, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | David Halperin | Christopher Miller
A Weakened Trump As a Split in MAGA Emerges With Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance Jockeying to Succeed America's Most Corrupt and Disastrous President | Trump's Plan to Gut the Department of Education That Only Congress Has the Legal Right to Do | Trump is Pressuring a Weakened Zelensky to Accept a Sellout Peace Plan That is Putin's Wish List
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Nov 19, 2025 • 1h 1min
November 18, 2025 - Ken Klippenstein | Sarah Leah Whitson | Brendan Benedict
The Loophole in the Epstein Files Bill Passed by the House Today 427 to 1 That Allows Trump to Classify What He Does Not Want the Public to See | The Former Pariah's Lavish White House Welcome With Trump Dismissing MBS's Murder and Dismemberment of a Critic as "Things Happen" | Meta Wins the Antitrust Case Against the Tech Giant on the Basis Facebook Has Lost So Much Market Share to TikTok and YouTube
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Nov 17, 2025 • 1h
November 17, 2025 - Jonathan Larsen | Mietek Boduszynski | Ben Freeman
The Cast of Characters Feeding the Bogus and Delusional Intel Trump is Using to Justify a War With Venezuela | Apparent Russian Sabotage of Poland's Rail Link to Ukraine | As They Throw Money at the Pentagon, When Will Our Politicians Address the Guns Versus Butter Issue?
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Nov 16, 2025 • 1h 1min
November 16, 2025 - Daniel Boguslaw | Faiza Patel | Aaron Regunberg
Epstein's Ties to Foreign Leaders and How Much the CIA Has an Epstein Problem | In Targeting an Organization That Does Not Exist, Trump Can Now Target Anyone |Will AI be an Issue in the Next Election?
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Nov 13, 2025 • 1h 2min
November 13, 2025 - Matthew Petti | Louise Shelley | Christopher Prebble
One of the First Journalists to Reveal the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence | The Damaging Scandal of Zelensky's Former Media Partner on the Lam With $100 Million in Energy Repairs Stolen | Does the U.S. Need Trump's Security Pact With Saudi Arabia?
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Nov 12, 2025 • 60min
November 12, 2025 - Nina Burleigh | Fred Turner | Jonathan Guyer
More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real "Smoking Gun" Remains Epstein's Ties to Israeli Intelligence | Silicon Valley's Migration to Texas with Musk's Monarcho-Capitalism Embracing the Christian Nationalist of Petrobaptists | A New Poll That Finds GOP Voters See Trump as Tough, Intelligent or a Peacemaker While Democrats and Independents Say He's Destructive, Erratic or Reckless
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Nov 11, 2025 • 1h
November 11, 2025 - John Sweeney | Michael Mann | Olga Lautman
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Nov 10, 2025 • 60min
November 10, 2025 - Jeet Heer | Joshua Landis | Jennifer Kavanagh
Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises |
Can Trump Overcome Supporters of Israel in Congress to End US Sanctions and Stabilize Syria? | Hegseth Wants Defense Contractors on a "Wartime Footing" as He Plans to Attack Venezuela
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Nov 8, 2025 • 1h 3min
November 9, 2025 - Jeff Wise | David Graham | J.W. Mason
An Assessment of Air Safety as Air Travel Melts Down | Following Orban's Example, Trump's Announces His Plan to Rig Election So That "We will never lose the midterms, and we will never lose a general election" | A Followup on Mamdani's Victory on How He Will Deal With the Affordability Crisis
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Nov 6, 2025 • 1h 4min
November 6, 2025 - Rick Wilson | Michael McDonald | John Lawrence
Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken | As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election? | Nancy Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
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