Background Briefing with Ian Masters
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August 2, 2026 - Sebastiaan Faber | Abby Vesoulis | Robert Pape
Aug 3, 20261h 1m
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Jul 26, 20261h 4m
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July 22, 2026 - Joe Cirincione | Arnie Arnesen | Daniel Boguslaw
Jul 22, 20261h 3m
July 21, 2026 - Johnathan Buma | Scott Horton | Eli Clifton
Jul 21, 202656 min
July 20, 2026 - Nicholas Heras | Simon Shuster | Rick Hasen
Jul 20, 20261h 0m
July 19, 2026 - Patrick Blanchfield | Tom Mockaitis | Dr. Michael McDonald
Jul 19, 20261h 2m
July 17, 2026 - Brett Adkins | Karen Greenberg | Alan Abramowitz
Jul 16, 20261h 2m
July 17, 2026 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Anna Grzymala-Busse | Marci Shore
Jul 15, 20261h 0m
July 14, 2026 - Wendy Via | Mitchell Plitnick
Jul 14, 202656 min
July 13, 2026 - Tad Devine | Danielle Vinson | James Livingston
Jul 13, 202656 min
July 12, 2026 - Omer Aziz | David Broder
Jul 12, 20261h 1m
July 9, 2026 - Hussein Banai | Fred Turner | Stephen Marche
Jul 9, 20261h 2m
July 8, 2026 - Emma Ashford | Bill Scher | John Pitney
Jul 8, 20261h 1m
July 7, 2026 - Daniel Shea | Tamar Jacoby | George Beebe
Jul 7, 20261h 2m
July 6, 2026 - David Hirshey | Timothy Shenk | Kian Tajbakhsh
Jul 6, 20261h 1m
July 5, 2026 - Adele Stan | Aziz Rana
Jul 5, 202635 min
July 2, 2026 - Lincoln Mitchell | Allan Lichtman | Kent Harrington
Jul 2, 20261h 0m
July 1, 2026 - Ken Klippenstein | Hannah Metzger | David Daley
Jul 1, 20261h 0m
June 30, 2026 - Mae Ngai | James Zirin | Dr. Henry Abraham
Jun 30, 20261h 0m
June 29, 2026 - Aziz Huq | Nader Hashemi | Christy McGillivray
Jun 29, 20261h 2m
June 28, 2026 - David Smilde | David Schultz | Steven Greenhouse
Jun 28, 20261h 2m
June 25, 2026 - Matt Sledge | Josh Fox | Judith Levine
Jun 25, 20261h 0m
June 24, 2026 - Eric Blanc | Stephen Wertheim | Christopher Miller
Jun 24, 20261h 1m
June 23, 2026 - Dean Baker | Sidney Blumenthal | Steven Levistsky
Jun 23, 20261h 1m
June 22, 2026 - Polly Toynbee | Karen Greenberg | Timi Iwayemi
Jun 22, 20261h 1m
June 21, 2026 - Sina Toossi | Andrei Markovits | Alexander Motyl
Jun 21, 20261h 2m
June 18, 2026 - Joshua Landis | R. Daniel Kelemen | Shawna Kidman
Jun 18, 20261h 0m
June 17, 2026 - Robert Malley | Joshua Shifrinson | David Walbert
Jun 17, 20261h 2m
June 16, 2026 - Matthew Petti | Charles Kupchan | Jennifer Kavanagh
Jun 16, 20261h 0m
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