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

Background Briefing: December 10, 2025

Will the Anti-Capitalist Gen Z Left Which Has Energized the Democrats Dominate American Politics in the Future? We begin with a follow up from a recent Harvard Youth Poll that found only 13% of Americans between 18 and 29 say the U.S. is heading in the right direction...

Background Briefing: December 9, 2025

Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time We begin with Trump telling Politico that Venezuela’s Maduro’s days are numbered, refusing to rule out a U.S. ground invasion. With the strikes on so-called...

Background Briefing: December 8, 2025

Trump’s Billionaire Buddy Launches a Hostile Takeover To Create a Trump-Friendly Media Giant We begin with a hostile takeover attempt by the country’s second richest billionaire apparently in cahoots with his buddy President Trump aimed at undoing the...

Background Briefing: December 7, 2025

A Former JAG on Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War We begin with emerging evidence of a war crime following a closed-door intelligence briefing at which a select group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers saw...

Background Briefing: December 4, 2025

France’s Fifth Government in Three Years Collapses as the Far Right in Europe Rises We begin the collapse of France’s fifth government in three years fueling the rise of the far right National Rally party while Germany’s nativist AfD party grows in...