Episodes

  • April 23, 2026 - Jennifer Kavanaugh | James Zirin | Bruce Fein

    April 23, 2026 - Jennifer Kavanaugh | James Zirin | Bruce Fein
    Apr 23 2026
    While Trump Thrashes About, Iran's Leaders Can Afford to be Patient | The Blowback From Assassinating Heads of State | If the Law is to Bring Down a Lawless President, Impeachment is Much More Likely to Succeed Than the 25th Amendment backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • April 22, 2026 - Harrison Mann | Jacob Heilbrunn | Kathleen Rogers

    April 22, 2026 - Harrison Mann | Jacob Heilbrunn | Kathleen Rogers
    Apr 22 2026
    Our Reality TV President is at War With Reality in Iran | Trump Is Also Losing on the Domestic Front After Yesterday's Election in Virginia | On Earth Day a World Addicted to Oil Looking For a Fix as the Dealers Fight Over the Supply backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • April 21, 2026 - Jonathan Guyer | Stephen Marche | Scott Horton

    April 21, 2026 - Jonathan Guyer | Stephen Marche | Scott Horton
    Apr 21 2026
    Kushner/Witkoff Diplomacy Fails Again with Trump "Ready to Go To War" as Iran Has "Prepared New Surprises" | Trump Turns Allies Into Enemies While Weakening America at Warp Speed | How Long Can the Ridiculous Drunken Fanboy in Charge of the FBI Last? backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr
  • April 20, 2026 - Nader Hashemi | Stephen Kinzer | Fred Turner

    April 20, 2026 - Nader Hashemi | Stephen Kinzer | Fred Turner
    Apr 20 2026
    Uncertainty Over Talks to End the War on Iran Before the Ceasefire Deadline Expires | The CIA's Legacy of Blowback Where, But For Their 1953 Coup, Iran Would be a Thriving, Secular Democratic State Today | Palantir's Manifesto as a Technofascist Doctrine backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • April 19, 2026 - Juan Cole | Thanassis Cambanis | Allen Frances

    April 19, 2026 - Juan Cole | Thanassis Cambanis | Allen Frances
    Apr 19 2026
    With What Trump Calls the Strait of Iran Closed Again, It's Clear Whomever the Administration is Talking to Are Not in Charge of Iran | Although Trump Forced Netanyahu's Hand Prohibiting Him From Bombing Lebanon, the Israeli Public Wants the IDF to Finish Off Hezbollah | How to Remove an Increasingly Mentally Ill Trump From Office backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • April 16, 2026 - Habib Battah | Basav Sen | Lindsay Koshgarian | Amy Goodman

    April 16, 2026 - Habib Battah | Basav Sen | Lindsay Koshgarian | Amy Goodman
    Apr 16 2026
    A Reality Check on Trump's Claims He's Stopping His 10th War in Lebanon | How Big Oil is Making an Extra $30 Million an Hour Out of the Iran War | The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 For War and Weapons Last Year | Amy Goodman on the New Film About Her STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • April 15, 2026 - Paul Pillar | Meghan Schneider | Harold Meyerson

    April 15, 2026 - Paul Pillar | Meghan Schneider | Harold Meyerson
    Apr 15 2026
    Could a Ceasefire Between Israel and Lebanon Lead to an Iran-US Agreement to End the War? | On Tax Day Working And Middle Class Americans Do Their Patriotic Duty While the Richest Among Us Take Their Money and Run | The Delusional Democrats Crowding Out the Governor's Race Make it Likely a MAGA Republican Will be California's Next Governor backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr
  • April 14, 2026 - Daniel Immerwahr | Jamie Martin | Maziar Behrooz

    April 14, 2026 - Daniel Immerwahr | Jamie Martin | Maziar Behrooz
    Apr 14 2026
    The Trump Administration's Explanation of Why We Are At War With Iran..."We're America Bitches" | The History of Blockades and Their Impact on Global Trade | The State of Opposition Movements Against Iran's Brutal Theocracy backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr and 1 min