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

Background Briefing: April 17, 2019

  Will the Mueller Report Give a Career Criminal and a Traitor a Free Pass? We begin with tomorrow’s release of the Mueller Report the impact of which has been cushioned by Barr who by some accounts has managed to redact 60% of what Mueller found in his 22 month...

Background Briefing: April 16, 2019

  Paris the Day After the Burning of Notre Dame We will begin and go to Paris for an update on local reactions following Monday’s fire which devastated the 850 year old Notre Dame cathedral, destroying its roof and spire and possibly damaging the surviving outer...

Background Briefing: April 15, 2019

  On Tax Day Trump Hides His Returns While He and Jared Pay No Taxes On this tax day we begin with an assessment of how unfair our tax system is with the president, who claims to be a billionaire, placing himself above the law refusing to disclose his taxes, as...

Background Briefing: April 14, 2019

  It Will Be a Long Time Before Julian Assange is in US Custody We begin with fate of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange who is in custody in the U.K. facing extradition to the United States and speak with Mike Harris, the publisher of Little Atoms who writes on...

Background Briefing: April 11, 2019

  The Danger in Celebrating Assange’s Arrest We  begin with the arrest today in London of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange who was dragged out from the Ecuadorian embassy where he sought refuge and political asylum in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden...