How far could the war with Iran spread? Journalist Jonathan Guyer joins Background Briefing to discuss the widening conflict, Trump’s dealings with Putin, and why analysts warn the war could spiral far beyond the region. Listen to the full interview at kpfa.org #KPFA @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social

Democrats have been holding up funding for DHS during this partial shutdown for over 25 days now — but the question remains: how can they reign in, if not abolish DHS? Joining us NYTimes’ bestseller Mike Lofgren. on.soundcloud.com/UGpozCAKvJyn...

Trump has already declared victory in Iran — despite the war raging on. Now, he’s vowed that Cuba is Next. Joining us is to discuss U.S. military intervention in Cuba is American University’s William LeoGrande. on.soundcloud.com/fM29JbIACQDH...

We’re joined by @jekavanagh.bsky.social for a military analysis of both the Iran war and the Russia/Ukraine war and we discuss her article at @quincyinst.bsky.social, “Is Ukraine peace toast, now that the Middle East is on fire?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We’re joined by @oonahathaway.bsky.social discussing her recent Foreign Affairs article, “A World Without Rules: The Consequences of Trump’s Assault on International Law,” and the the lawless world Trump is plunging us into, based on force and subject to his whims. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Former CIA officer Robert Baer warns that a war with Iran could spiral into a long conflict with global consequences — destabilizing the Middle East, disrupting energy markets, and reshaping global power. Listen to the full Background Briefing interview. #kpfa @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social

With the U.S./Israeli war underway against Iran, we spoke with @kenklippenstein.bsky.social about his Substack articles, “Why We Struck Iran” and “Congress to America: What War?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Free Press co-CEO @jgo4justice.bsky.social joined Ian Masters of @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social to discuss how right wing Trump-friendly billionaires are buying up mainstream media. Listen in: https://soundcloud.com/user-830442635/bbriefing_2026_03_01c_jessica-gonzalez-1

We’re joined by @stephenwertheim.bsky.social discussing how the U.S. is continuing to resort to force, at growing cost, in a region of diminishing importance as Trump issues megalomaniacal orders to the Iranians that he will choose their next leader. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We speak with @nicholsuprising.bsky.social about the grilling of DHS Sec Kristi Noem before the House & Senate Homeland Security Committees and whether the apparent lies she told about Corey Lewandowski not handling contracts could add to the case for her impeachment. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke w/ @sinatoossi.bsky.social about his @thenation.com article “The Iranian Voices the US Isn’t Hearing” as well as Trump’s cynical call for Iranians to take over their gov, inviting them on a suicide mission after thousands were just gunned down by that same gov soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We were joined by @tcambanis.bsky.social discussing his article at @centuryintl.bsky.social, “Attacking Iran Is a Guaranteed Disaster” as well as how the war has expanded into Lebanon. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We were joined by @jgo4justice.bsky.social, Co-CEO of @freepress.bsky.social, discussing how right wing Trump-friendly billionaires buying up the mainstream media. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @ninaburleigh.bsky.social about her article on Substack, “Where Are The FBI’s Missing Interviews with a Woman Who Named Trump?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @naderhashemi.bsky.social about the ongoing U.S./Israeli strikes on Iran, what kind of government will be left to make a deal with Trump and the likelihood that the IRGC will hold onto power in Iran. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

ICE contracts surge. Political donations follow. Budgets and weapons expand. Nick Schwellenbach investigates the enforcement machine behind the headlines. Listen @ kpfa.org @pogo.org @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social #kpfa #immigration #oversight #ice #dhs #trump

We spoke with @ericblanc.bsky.social about how boycotts of companies doing business with ICE are working and whether a general strike will be necessary to bring down the Trump regime. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke yesterday with @gcorreacabrera.bsky.social, author of Cartels Inc, about the killing of “El Mencho” by the Mexican Military and how killing a cartel leader does little to nothing to roll up the real network of criminals, politicians and corrupt bankers. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @justinwolfers.bsky.social about the Supreme Court ruling striking down Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs which prompted a meltdown from Trump who accused the court’s 3 conservatives who rebuked him of being “rinos.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

With Trump killing off efforts so far to deal with climate change, we looked into the possibility of environmental movements becoming more radical with @zeitzoff.bsky.social, author of No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @victorpickard.bsky.social about his article at Yale's Law and Political Economy Project, “The American Media Polycrisis: Cascading Layers of Capture.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke w/ @farhip.bsky.social about his article at The Washingtonian, “Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought,” as well as what happens when Trump-friendly billionaires like Larry Ellison buy CBS and now try to buy WB and CNN. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @sashaabramsky.bsky.social about his latest book American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and DOGE Butchered the US Government and as well as his article at @thenation.com, “The Republican Crack-Up Has Begun.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

I spoke yesterday with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social about how this playbook that the FBI is using echoes the post-9/11 targeting of radical environmental activists. But also what's different this time. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We’re joined by @stschrader1.bsky.social discussing his article at @nybooks.com “Authoritarianism from Below” and the how Trump’s top-down fascism has melded with bottom-up authoritarianism from America’s police forces and police unions. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We’re joined by @michaelemann.bsky.social discussing Trump’s payoff to the fossil fuel industry in which he has delivered a death sentence to our children and grandchildren and the planet by ending efforts to deal with global warming. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @mjbusta.bsky.social about the culmination of seven decades of collective punishment of the Cuban people with the Trump administration now cutting off oil and causing blackouts as Cubans run out of food, water and electricity. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

AG Bondi's disgraceful behavior in front of the house oversight committee included tracking Democrats searches through the Epstein files. Joining us is to discuss her appearance is @allrisenews.com's @klasfeldreports.com. on.soundcloud.com/MG8NuFHwDyfX...

I spoke with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social about why the racism, violence, and constitutional violations of the Border Patrol mean it cannot be reformed or simply sent back to the border soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

The DNI and Tulsi Gabbard Covered up a whistleblower report of an NSA intercept of someone close to Trump colluding with foreign intelligence. Joining us to discuss why the administration may have buried such explosive information is USC's Gregory Treverton. on.soundcloud.com/I1BNl4nwGUNi...

The US occupation of Gaza Has begun, with Trump in charge. Joining us to discuss the future of the U.S. in Gaza is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and former vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace @mjplitnick.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/jMMqD9BRMz9P...

Has Trump brought about the end of reactionary centrism in the Democratic Party? Joining us on the show to answer the question is Berkeley's @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social. on.soundcloud.com/g3zNyLaNTbx6...

Bondi is now making an attempt to extort voter rolls from Minnesota by offering to end ICE's terror in the state. Yesterday, UCLA's @rickhasen.bsky.social joined us is to break down what this extortion could mean for Minnesota and the midterms. on.soundcloud.com/VFLWYgpsK7F5...

After the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, we ask ourselves the question can we believe the Trump Administration as much as can we believe anything Putin says? Joining us is Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social. on.soundcloud.com/9HdwF9hIA8yk...

With the Democratic House and Senate leaders unwilling to go to mat to reform ICE, we spoke with @willbunch.bsky.social about his article at @inquirer.com, “When Will Democrats Realize That You Can’t Reform Fascism?” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @joelowndes.bsky.social about the latest polls that find support for Trump from young Americans has done a U-turn and the same conditions that dragged down Biden to defeat are now weighing on Trump. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @thelisagraves.bsky.social about Thursday’s public testimony from Jack Smith who House Republicans tried to discredit while Trump called him a “deranged animal” but Smith made it clear he will not be intimidated. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We were joined by @jttaplin.bsky.social last Wednesday to discuss his article at Rolling Stone, “Can the Counterculture Rise Again? Artists have always led resistance in America — until Trump and the technocracy took over.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Following Trump’s demented rambling on the 1st anniversary of his 2nd term and his incoherent speech at Davos, we spoke with @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social about how the press piled on about Biden’s mental acuity but are silent in the face of Trump’s obvious madness. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

We spoke with @jacobsilverman.com about his article @thenation.com, “How Elon Musk Turned Grok Into a Pedo Chatbot" and we discuss the damage about to be done with the return of the world’s richest man-child to the MAGA fold. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

With DHS and ICE awash with $170 billion to wage war against their fellow Americans, we spoke with @justinelliott.bsky.social about his recent report at @propublica.org, “Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

With Trump waging war against half of the US while also waging war against our closest allies by attacking NATO, we spoke with @sashaabramsky.bsky.social about his latest article at @thenation.com, “The Week of Colonial Fever Dreams From a Sundowning Fascist.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

LISTEN: What would U.S. military action against Iran actually achieve? @nancyokail.bsky.social talks with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social about why military intervention will not liberate the Iranian people and alternative paths forward. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Is our megalomaniacal wannabe dictator about to give Putin the ultimate gift of destroying NATO and imposing a death sentence on Ukraine? Joining us is renowned political strategist @therickwilson.bsky.social. on.soundcloud.com/fj16H163pMd1...

The DoJ is going after Renee Good's wife while exonerating the ICE Shooter who murdered her. Joining us is University of Minnesota's Emmanuel Mauleón. on.soundcloud.com/gmRhFsrkXo9F...

Is Iran’s cruel and corrupt clerical government about to fall? Joining us to examine whether the latest eruption of protest against Iran’s corrupt and cruel clerical government will result in regime change is Mohsen Milani. on.soundcloud.com/L5QWO8wRIHWE...

Trump and his cronies have taken for granted our strategic and long standing relationship with Greenland and Denmark. Joining us to discuss Trump's motive behind his plans for Greenland is Ryan Cooper, a senior editor at The American Prospect. on.soundcloud.com/vRlK6hYopCBK...

Can the state of Minnesota do anything to serve justice for Renee Good, the woman brutally killed by an ICE agent last week? The answer is complicated - joining us to break it down is David Schultz. on.soundcloud.com/i0fTQFSsoFZE...

Former Special Counsel to the DOD’s General Counsel @oonahathaway.bsky.social joined us to discuss her article on the human impacts of the global unravelling of international law. on.soundcloud.com/Yf2LqE0sDcVd...

Trump's ever-shifting ideology has one constant: narcissism. Joining us to discuss his ideology, or lack thereof, is Spencer Sunshine who holds a PhD in sociology and has written extensively on the U.S. far right. on.soundcloud.com/ndZafPtBMg8H...