Background Briefing with Ian Masters Podcast
1) October 22 - Will the Release of the JFK Assassination Files Clear the Air?; The Author of "How the Right Lost Its Mind"; How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) January 22, 2026 - Lisa Graves | Joseph Lowndes | Will Bunch
Republicans Try to Discredit Jack Smith's Testimony While Trump Calls Him "A Deranged Animal" But Smith Made Clear He Will Not Be Intimidated | The Same Conditions That Dragged Down Biden To Defeat Ar...Show More
3) January 21, 2026 | David Cay Johnston | Christian Leuprecht | Jonathan Taplin
After Piling on About Biden's Mental Acuity, the Press is Mostly Silent on Trump's Obvious Madness | The Country's Closest Friend and Neighbor is Making Precautionary Military Plans Against a U.S. Inv...Show More
4) January 20, 2026 - Mae Ngai | Paul Pillar | Joshua Landis
On the One Year Anniversary of the Return of Trump On How He Has Weaponized Immigration | Trump's Billion Dollar a Head Board of Peace and the Reality on the Ground in Gaza | The Latest Sellout of the...Show More
5) January 19, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | Rebecca Riddell | Justin Elliott
The Caligula Moment of the Madman in the Oval Office Waging War Against Half of Our Country and Our Allies Abroad | The Latest Report From Oxfam "Resisting the Rule of The Rich: Defending Freedom Agai...Show More
6) January 15, 2026 - Aaron Regunberg | Dr. Louisse Shelley | Andrew Miller
Trump's Resource Imperialism and Imperial Racketeering | The "Putinization" of American Foreign Policy | Israel and Gulf Allies Urged Trump to Pause Bombing Iran as US Naval Assets Head For the Region...Show More
7) January 14, 2026 - Mikkel Runge Olesen | Dr. Nancy Okail | Jacob SilvermN
Vance and Rubio Meet With the Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland Amid Mafia-like Threats From Trump | Unconfirmed Reports of an Off Ramp For Trump if Iran Stops the Killings and Delays Executi...Show More
8) January 13, 2026 - Emmanuel Maule贸n | Ray Takeyh | Mark Fitzpatrick
The DoJ Goes After the Victims Wife While Exonerating the ICE Shooter Who Murdered Renee Good | With Over 3,000 Killed By the Iranian Regime, Will Trump Come to The People's Rescue as Promised? | Can ...Show More
9) January 12, 2026 - Robert Hockett | Annelle Sheline | David Daley
Bondi's Department of Crime Manufactures Trumped Up Charges Against The Fed Chairman | As Violence Escalates Inside Iran, Clashes Between Saudi Arabia and the UAE Intensify | Trump's Assault on Americ...Show More
10) January 11, 2026 - Karen Greenberg | Mohsen Milani | Alfred McCoy
Trump, Vance, Hegseth and MAGA's Deadly War on "Woke" Women | Is Iran's Cruel and Corrupt Clerical Government About to Fall? | As Trump Effortlessly Destroys America, a New Cold War Emerges background...Show More