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

Background Briefing: August 4, 2022

  Alex Jones on Trial and His Lawyer’s Blunder That Will Prove a Gift to the January 6 Investigation We begin with the trial of Alex Jones in Austin, Texas where Jones was just hit with a $4 million fine as the jury now decides how much more money Jones...

Background Briefing: August 3, 2022

  Results From Kansas Signal a Robust National Majority Against the Supreme Court and Republican Legislators We begin with yesterday’s overwhelming victory for abortion rights in Kansas which signal a robust national majority against the recent Supreme...

Background Briefing: August 2, 2022

  The Drone Strike on Al Qaeda’s Leader the Taliban Were Hosting in Spite of Reassurances to the Contrary We begin with the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri the leader of Al Qaeda by a US drone strike over the weekend and speak with Peter Bergen, one of the few...

Background Briefing: August 1, 2022

  Ron DeSantis’s Nazification of American Education We begin with Florida’s culture wars being waged by Governor DeSantis in schools where teachers are scrambling to remake lessons less than two weeks away from the first day of school in Florida to...

Background Briefing: July 31, 2022

  The DOJ Prepares to Force Top Trump Officials to Testify About the Insurrection and Trump’s Role in It We begin with the Department of Justice preparing for a courtroom battle to force former top officials in the Trump administration to testify in what...