Background Briefing with Ian Masters
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June 28, 2026 - David Smilde | David Schultz | Steven Greenhouse
Jun 28, 20261h 2m
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June 21, 2026 - Sina Toossi | Andrei Markovits | Alexander Motyl
Jun 21, 20261h 2m
June 18, 2026 - Joshua Landis | R. Daniel Kelemen | Shawna Kidman
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June 17, 2026 - Robert Malley | Joshua Shifrinson | David Walbert
Jun 17, 20261h 2m
June 16, 2026 - Matthew Petti | Charles Kupchan | Jennifer Kavanagh
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June 15, 2026 - Juan Cole | Jeremi Suri | Quinn Slobodian
Jun 15, 20261h 3m
June 14, 2026 - Harrison Mann | Aslı Bâli | Aaron Regunberg
Jun 14, 20261h 0m
June 11, 2026 - Robert Pape | Elizabeth Goitein | Moira Donegan
Jun 11, 20261h 1m
June 10, 2026 - Paul Pillar | Ira Shapiro
Jun 10, 20261h 0m
June 9, 2026 - Ben Burgis | Mitchell Prothero | Lisa Graves
Jun 9, 202659 min
June 8, 2026 - Hussein Banai | Ben Freeman | James Risen
Jun 8, 20261h 0m
June 7, 2026 - David Hearst | Robert Kuttner | Steven Harper
Jun 7, 202659 min
June 4, 2026 - James Zirin | Amy Fried | Michael Kimmage
Jun 4, 202659 min
June 3, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | Edward McCaffery | Steven Simon
Jun 3, 20261h 1m
June 2, 2026 - Thanassis Cambanis | Anne Nelson | Chris Whipple
Jun 2, 20261h 1m
June 1, 2026 - Dr. Annelle Sheline | Suchi Mathur | Nina Burleigh
Jun 1, 20261h 1m
May 31, 2026 - Mohsen Milani | Daniel Boguslaw | Stephen Walt
May 31, 20261h 4m
May 28, 2026 - Eli Clifton | Olga Lautman | Theodore Hamm
May 28, 20261h 3m
May 27, 2026 -David Graham | James Moore | Jeffrey Winters
May 27, 20261h 1m
May 26, 2026 - Katherine Hawkins | Harold Meyerson | Cory Haala
May 26, 202659 min
May 25, 2026 - Robert Young Pelton | Nader Hashemi | Tom Mockaitis
May 25, 20261h 1m
May 24, 2026 - Jonathan Alter | Gregory Treverton | Afshin Matin-Asgari
May 24, 20261h 0m
May 21, 2026 - Jeff Colgan | Ryan Cooper | Edward McCafferey
May 21, 20261h 2m
May 20, 2026 - Rick Wilson | Bruce Fein | Bill Scher
May 20, 20261h 1m
May 19, 2026 - David Adler | Jeremi Suri | Stuart Schrader
May 19, 20261h 5m
May 18, 2026 - Orville Schell | Mike Lofgren | Adam Hanieh
May 18, 202659 min
May 17, 2026 - Kent Harrington | William LeoGrande | A.J.A. Woods
May 17, 20261h 0m
May 14, 2026 - David Daley | Victor Shih | Noam Schieber
May 14, 20261h 1m
May 13, 2026 - Dr. Henry Abraham | Juan Cole | David Ost
May 13, 20261h 0m
May 12, 2026 - Sidney Blumenthal | Michael Swaine | Molly Crabapple
May 12, 20261h 4m
May 11, 2026 - Mark Fitzpatrick | Jacob Heilbrunn | Andrew Cockburn
May 11, 20261h 0m
May 10, 2026 - Ori Goldberg | Firmesk Rahim | Marc Bennetts
May 10, 202658 min
May 7, 2026 - Dr. Nancy Okail | John Nichols | Quinn Slobodian
May 7, 20261h 0m
May 8, 2026 - Nicholas Grossman | Dr. Sara Vakhshouri | Tom LoBianco
May 6, 20261h 1m
May 5, 2026 - Michael Gorham | Lisa Graves | Scott Ferson
May 5, 20261h 1m
May 4, 2026 - Michael Kimmage | Thomas Berger | Oona Hathaway
May 4, 20261h 0m
May 3, 2026 - Hussein Banai | Charles Derber | Peter Dreier
May 3, 20261h 7m
April 30, 2026 - Karen Greenberg | Tamar Jacoby | Thomas Mockaitis
Apr 30, 202659 min
April 29, 2026 - Harry Litman | Michael McDonald | Thomas Nichols
Apr 29, 20261h 2m
April 26, 2026 - Bill Scher | Peter Loge | Toby Miller
Apr 28, 20261h 0m
April 27, 2026 - Ken Klippenstein | Charles Kupchan | Juan David Rojas
Apr 27, 20261h 2m
April 26, 2026 - Adele Stan | Matthew Petti | Alfred McCoy
Apr 26, 20261h 1m
April 23, 2026 - Jennifer Kavanaugh | James Zirin | Bruce Fein
Apr 23, 20261h 0m
April 22, 2026 - Harrison Mann | Jacob Heilbrunn | Kathleen Rogers
Apr 22, 20261h 1m
April 21, 2026 - Jonathan Guyer | Stephen Marche | Scott Horton
Apr 21, 20261h 0m
April 20, 2026 - Nader Hashemi | Stephen Kinzer | Fred Turner
Apr 20, 20261h 1m