A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: October 22, 2019

  The Russians Are Using Gabbard, but That Does Not Make Her Their Asset We  begin with the increasingly active Russian trolls and propaganda networks who are amplifying Trump’s conspiracy theories, particularly the one that serves both their interests, the...

Background Briefing: October 21, 2019

  American Convoys Abandon the Kurds as Putin and Erdogan Meet to Carve up the Spoils We begin with the ignominious withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria in convoys sporting large American flags which local villagers left to the mercy of the invading...

Background Briefing: October 20, 2019

  Billions Made on Trades Apparently Based on Trump Insider Knowledge We begin with the bombshell article in Vanity Fair by their Wall Street special correspondent William Cohan, the author of The New York Times bestsellers “Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs...

Background Briefing: October 17, 2019

  Does US “Credibility” and “Leadership” in the Middle East Still Mean US Hegemony? We begin with the contrast between the international condemnation of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and the enormous popularity Erdogan has at home...

Background Briefing: October 16, 2019

  Trump Melts Down as Our Foreign Policy and National Security Breaks Down We begin with Trump’s meltdown today in a White House meeting with Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer in which according to Pelosi, the president had a meltdown calling her...