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

Background Briefing: March 10, 2022

  Is Putin’s Nuclear Alert a Bluff and Could He Cross the Nuclear Threshold by Firing a Tactical Nuke? We begin with concerns expressed by the White House and the U.K. PM that Russia is preparing a false flag operation to use chemical weapons in Ukraine...

Background Briefing: March 9, 2022

  An Appeal to Western Academic and Cultural Institutions to Sever Ties With Putin’s Oligarchs We begin with an appeal to Western academic and cultural institutions to sever their ties with Putin’s oligarchs whose money has bought influence in an...

Background Briefing: March 8, 2022

  An Analysis of Ukraine’s Military Capabilities We begin with an assessment of Ukraine’s military and how long they can hold out against the overwhelming Russian onslaught and Putin’s brutal tactic of targeting civilians using Chechen and...

Background Briefing: March 7, 2022

  The Consequences Today of Trump’s 40-Year-Long Effort to Help Russia by Getting the U.S. Out of NATO We begin with a recent poll that has 62% of Americans believing that if Trump were president, the war in Ukraine would not have happened. This is a sad...

Background Briefing: March 6, 2022

  Putin’s Strategy to Weaponize Refugees We begin with Putin pounding and starving Ukrainian civilians with major cities under siege and brutal bombardment and explore his strategy of weaponizing refugees by creating a so-called humanitarian corridor to...