Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Taking listeners deep into the underlying issues and forces that shape our world.
Ian Masters
Show overview
Background Briefing with Ian Masters has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 555 episodes. That works out to roughly 570 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 1m and 1h 3m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News & Politics show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 125 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 269 episodes published. Published by Ian Masters.
From the publisher
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. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia