Special Fund Drive Programming – Background Briefing – July 26, 2023
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news”.
Background Briefing
3:00pm
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Background Briefing – July 25, 2023
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news”.
Background Briefing – July 24, 2023
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news”.
Background Briefing – July 20, 2023
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news”.
Background Briefing – July 19, 2023
We begin with global temperature records being broken as heat domes across 4 continents bake the planet from Rome where today’s high was 110 degrees to Phoenix, Arizona where you could fry eggs on the pavement. We discuss how the fossil fuel industry now making record profits is backsliding on promises to address global warming … Continued
Background Briefing – July 18, 2023
We begin with the wooing of Senator Joe Manchin by the so-called non-partisan group No Labels to run as a third party candidate for president with Manchin delivering a keynote address tonight at a No Labels event in New Hampshire where he might make an announcement. The group is led by Senator Joe Leiberman and … Continued
Background Briefing – July 17, 2023
We begin with the hatred spewing from House MAGA Republicans like Eli Crane’s atavistic, racist complaints about “colored people” and Congressman Perry viciously attacking Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry and explore the origins of this hatred, how it has entered the mainstream and what can be done to restore civility and decency. Joining us is Wendy … Continued
Background Briefing – July 13, 2023
We begin with the latest threat to public safety coming from ghost guns, one of which was used in the recent mass shooting in the streets of Baltimore. Teenagers are buying these ghost gun kits without serial numbers and any restrictions on mail order sales, with more than 50 shootings involving teens using ghost guns … Continued
Background Briefing – July 12, 2023
We begin with the heatwave in the south across Florida, Texas, Arizona and California with record temperatures impacting 54 million Americans about to see triple-digit highs this week. Arizona, and Phoenix in particular, will experience intense heat and could swelter for its longest period on record in 110-degree high temperatures with California and the Desert … Continued
Background Briefing – July 11, 2023
We begin with tomorrow’s NATO summit ahead of which we have just learned that Turkey’s Erdogan has dropped his objections to Sweden entering the alliance. Joining us to discuss alternatives to joining NATO such as Ukraine modeling its future security on Israel, which is something Zelensky has suggested, is Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow in the … Continued