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

Background Briefing: August 27, 2019

  Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Protect American Journalism We will begin with Bernie Sanders’ detailed and ambitious plan to protect American journalism which was unveiled on Monday to what seems an unsurprising and predictable lack of coverage by the mainstream...

Background Briefing: August 26, 2019

  Could Collective Action Against Bad Actors Stop Climate Change? We begin with the pressure on Brazil from the G-7 to stop burning the Amazon rainforests and assess whether this could be the precursor for collective action against a bad environmental actor or...

Background Briefing: August 25, 2019

  Trump Has Second Thoughts About The Trade War With China We begin with the apparent backpedaling by President Trump who seems to be having second thoughts about his intensifying trade war with China. An expert on Chinese politics and the Chinese Communist...

Background Briefing: August 22, 2019

  “The Chosen One” Is Losing It We begin with the growing concern that Trump is becoming unhinged following Wednesday’s rambling diatribe on the south lawn of the White House where he looked up to the heavens and declared himself the chosen one. One...

Background Briefing: August 21, 2019

  Is Trump Losing It? Is the President Crazy? We begin with the question more and more people are asking, including those who have worked closely with Trump, and that is, is he losing it? Is the president crazy? Joining us is William Cohan, a former senior Wall...