Background Briefing with Ian Masters
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October 8, 2026 - Dr. Vincent Greenwood | JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine
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October 1, 2026 - Michael Weinstein | Emma Ashford | Sonali Kolhatkar
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September 30, 2026 - Lisa Graves | Isabella Mosselmans | Dan Grazier
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September 29, 2026 - Nader Hashemi | Paul Eisenstein | Jacob Weisberg
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September 28 2026 - Alexander Sammon | David Corn
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September 27, 2026 - Dr. Allen Frances | James Risen | Michael McDonald
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September 24, 2026 - Jake Werner | Molly Redden | Gil Durán
Sep 24, 20261h 0m
September 23, 2026 - Alex Lawson | Andra Garner | Dulcie Leimbach
Sep 23, 20261h 5m
September 22, 2026 - Amy Fried | Dr. Nancy Okail | Kai Bird & Susan Goldmark
Sep 22, 20261h 3m
September 21, 2026 - Dan Froomkin | Paul Pillar | Jonathan Handel
Sep 21, 20261h 5m
September 20, 2026 - Joan Williams | Haggai Matar | Garrett Epps
Sep 20, 20261h 1m
September 17, 2026 - Ben Terris | Nicholas Heras | Juan Cole
Sep 17, 202659 min
September 16th, 2026 - Robert Hockett | Mark Hays | Donald Moynihan
Sep 16, 202648 min
September 15th, 2026 - Robert Young Pelton | Daryl Kimball | Peter Beinart
Sep 15, 20261h 15m
September 14, 2026 - David Daley | Yaqiu Wang | Michael Kimmage
Sep 14, 20261h 6m
September 13, 2026 - Dr. Annelle Sheline | Dr. Justin Bullock | SarangShidore
Sep 13, 20261h 2m
September 10, 2026 - Scott Hibbard | Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark | Eric Schlosser
Sep 10, 20261h 2m
September 9, 2026 - Steven Simon | Chandra Manning
Sep 9, 202659 min
September 8, 2026 - Luke Harding | Thomas Ferguson | Brian Levin
Sep 8, 20261h 2m
September 7, 2026 - Kim Phillips-Fein | John Nichols
Sep 7, 202658 min
September 6, 2206 - Thomas Berger | Tamar Jacoby | Karl Loftus
Sep 6, 20261h 0m
September 3, 2026 - Moira Donegan | Alexandra Hutzler | Dr. Henry Abrahams
Sep 3, 20261h 3m
September 2, 2026 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Paul Glastris | Ilya Somin
Sep 2, 202658 min
September 1, 2026 - Harold Meyerson | Thomas Homer Dixon | Aaron Regunberg
Sep 1, 20261h 1m
August 31, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | William Hartung | Javier Corrales
Aug 31, 20261h 2m
August 30, 2026 - Molly White | Pavlina Tcherneva | Jennifer Kavanagh
Aug 30, 20261h 1m
August 27, 2026 - Manju von Rospatt | Marc Lynch | J.B. Branch
Aug 27, 20261h 2m
August 26, 2026 - Gregory Treverton | Robert Kuttner | Sacoby Wilson
Aug 26, 20261h 3m
August 25, 2026 - David Walbert | Orville Schell | Will Bunch
Aug 25, 20261h 0m
August 24, 2026 - Stephen Marche | Hossein Askari | Gil Duran
Aug 24, 20261h 2m
August 23, 2026 - Dr. Thaer Ahmad & Dr. Feroze Sidhwa | Sidney Blumenthal
Aug 23, 20261h 14m
August 20, 2026 - Michelle Berenfeldt | Dean Baker
Aug 20, 202659 min
August 19, 2026 - Paul Waldman | Craig Aaron | Sean Freeder
Aug 19, 20261h 2m
August 18, 2026 - Rachel VanLandingham | Michael Fuchs | Tricia Cortez
Aug 18, 20261h 5m
August 17, 2026 - Stephen Walt | Kent Harrington | Aziz Huq
Aug 17, 20261h 0m
August 16, 2026 - Asli Bali | Harry Litman | Olga Lautman
Aug 16, 20261h 6m
August 13, 2026 - Garrett Epps | Ori Goldberg | Anders Aslund
Aug 13, 20261h 2m
August 12, 2026 - Aaron Regunberg | Brian Concannon | Helaine Olen
Aug 12, 202659 min
August 11, 2026 - Hussein Banai | Joan Williams | Eugene Gholz
Aug 11, 20261h 0m
August 10, 2026 - Nina Burleigh | Tyson Slocum | Henri Barkey
Aug 10, 20261h 1m
August 9, 2026 - Ryan Cooper | Mike Lofgren | Cory Doctorow
Aug 9, 20261h 2m
August 6, 2026 - Lindsay Owens | Jacob Heilbrunn | Casey Michel
Aug 6, 20261h 2m
August 5, 2026 - Andy Levin | Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick | Warren Sackey
Aug 5, 20261h 10m
August 4, 2026 - Harrison Mann | William Cohan | Lisa Graves
Aug 4, 20261h 3m
August 3, 2026 - Mohsen Milani | Danny Postel | Nicholas Enrich
Aug 3, 20261h 0m