Background Briefing (5am)

Background Briefing with Ian Masters – July 26, 2023

We begin with the deepening divisions in Israeli society as demonstrations over the future of Israeli democracy and against Netanyahu’s power grab mount with the country’s national security itself on the line as military reservists and IDF pilots threaten mutiny while Netanyahu’s right wing religious nationalist government panders to the ultra orthodox who do not … Continued


Background Briefing

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