Episodes

  • May 21, 2026 - Jeff Colgan | Ryan Cooper | Edward McCafferey

    May 21, 2026 - Jeff Colgan | Ryan Cooper | Edward McCafferey
    May 21 2026
    With Trump's War Stalemated, More Sticker Shock Coming For Working Americans Being Punished at the Gas Pump | The Flimsy DNC Autopsy on the 2024 Loss Fails to Mention Gaza | The Trump Family Are So Good at Being Bad as the Democrats and the Press Get Distracted by the $1.8 Billion Slush Fund When the Real Scam is Barring the IRS From Investigating the Family's Monetization of the Presidency backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • May 20, 2026 - Rick Wilson | Bruce Fein | Bill Scher

    May 20, 2026 - Rick Wilson | Bruce Fein | Bill Scher
    May 20 2026
    Trump's Grip Over the GOP Tightens as His Poll Numbers Tank | Trump's Capture of the DoJ Gives Him a $1.77 Slush Fund and IRS Immunity From Tax Fraud | Hondurasgate Look Worse Than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined But the US Media Is Ignoring It backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • May 19, 2026 - David Adler | Jeremi Suri | Stuart Schrader

    May 19, 2026 - David Adler | Jeremi Suri | Stuart Schrader
    May 19 2026
    A Scandal Worse Than Watergate and Iran Contra Combined Which Is Not Being Covered by the American Press | Trump Endorses a "Christian Crook" in Good News For James Talarico's Texas Senate Race | The Political Clout That Allows Police to Protect and Serve Themselves backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • May 18, 2026 - Orville Schell | Mike Lofgren | Adam Hanieh

    May 18, 2026 - Orville Schell | Mike Lofgren | Adam Hanieh
    May 18 2026
    The Different Versions on What Trump Had To Say And What Xi Said Happened at the Trump - Xi Summit | The Darkening Embrace of Evil as Trump's Mafia-Like Control of the GOP Strengthens | The Trickle Down Impact of the Gulf Oil Cutoff on Transportation, Food Supplies, Plastics, Chips and the Global Financial System backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    59 mins
  • May 17, 2026 - Kent Harrington | William LeoGrande | A.J.A. Woods

    May 17, 2026 - Kent Harrington | William LeoGrande | A.J.A. Woods
    May 17 2026
    How Xi Handled the Barbarian Who Went Home Emptyhanded Ready to Sell Out Taiwan | The US Offers $100 Million in Aid to Cubans Suffering Collective Punishment As They Run Out of Oil From a Total US Blockade | Republicans Fight Against Imaginary Problems Like Cultural Marxism Because They Have Nothing Real to Offer backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • May 13, 2026 - Dr. Henry Abraham | Juan Cole | David Ost

    May 13, 2026 - Dr. Henry Abraham | Juan Cole | David Ost
    May 13 2026
    Growing Medical Concern About the President of the United States | The US and Israel Have Destabilized Global Oil and Gas Supplies For the Foreseeable Future | The Meaning of Fascism as Authoritarian Populism is on the Rise backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • May 14, 2026 - David Daley | Victor Shih | Noam Schieber

    May 14, 2026 - David Daley | Victor Shih | Noam Schieber
    May 14 2026
    The Republican Electoral Coup Underway to Offset a Wipeout in November by Gerrymandering to Hold the House and Senate Before One Vote is Cast | An Update on the Trump - Xi Summit | How a Generation of Over-Qualified Young Americans With Degrees Working in the Gig Economy Will Impact Our Politics in the Future backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • May 12, 2026 - Sidney Blumenthal | Michael Swaine | Molly Crabapple

    May 12, 2026 - Sidney Blumenthal | Michael Swaine | Molly Crabapple
    May 12 2026
    A Sunsetting Trump's Demonstratively Declining Mental and Physical Abilities | Trump's Weak Hand as He Meets With Xi | Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund's Struggle For a Secular, Internationalist Society Based on Socialist Ideals of Equality and Dignity backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
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    1 hr and 5 mins