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

Background Briefing: January 27, 2022

  Understanding Putin’s Mindset and Why He Won’t Accept Ukrainian Sovereignty We begin with insight into why Putin has manufactured this crisis over Ukraine and why Western leaders can’t grasp what is underpinning Putin’s mindset which is...

Background Briefing: January 26, 2022

  Lessons Learned From RBG With Justice Breyer Retiring From the Supreme Court We begin with news that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire soon and already Senate Majority Leader Schumer is promising a replacement “will be considered and...

Background Briefing: January 25, 2022

  How to Penetrate Putin’s Wall of Propaganda Inside Russia Instead of Feeding It We begin with the propaganda saturating the state controlled media in Russia which portrays NATO as the aggressor, Ukraine as an American puppet, the EU an American lapdog and...

Background Briefing: January 24, 2022

  Mounting Russian Military Preparation as Ukraine Disperses its Army in Readiness For Guerrilla War We begin with mounting Russian preparations for war with Ukraine as Western diplomats and their families leave Kyiv and the stock market drops 1,000 points in...

Background Briefing: January 23, 2022

  Russia’s Military Industrial Complex and Hawkish Generals Driving the War Party We begin with the expectation of war in Europe as Russia masses more forces surrounding Ukraine in the north from Belarus, the east in the Donbas and the south on the Black...