The John Batchelor Show

By: John Batchelor
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  • The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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  • Good evening: The show begins in Russia with the three major demands by the Kremlin for war end: regime change; annexation of Donbass, no NATO...E

    Good evening: The show begins in Russia with the three major demands by the Kremlin for war end: regime change; annexation of Donbass, no NATO...E
    Apr 17 2025

    Good evening: The show begins in Russia with the three major demands by the Kremlin for war end: regime change; annexation of Donbass, no NATO...

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    CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor

    FIRST HOUR 9-9:15 - UKRAINE: Iron Pants Molotov Then and Now. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

    9:15-9:30 - Ukraine: NATO Plans w/wo USA. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

    9:30-9:45 - 1/2: Titanic: Carpathia to the Rescue. Charlie Pellegrino, "Farewell Titanic." "The Californian Incident."

    9:45-10:00 - 2/2: Titanic: Carpathia to the Rescue. Charlie Pellegrino, "Farewell Titanic." "The Californian Incident."

    SECOND HOUR 10-10:15 - PRC: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://fortune.com/2025/04/14/trump-trade-war-china-tariffs-imports-imbalance/

    10:15-10:30 - PRC: Nukes: Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

    10:30-10:45 - Canada: Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/chinese-government-mark-carney-messages

    10:45-11:00 - Brandon Weichert, author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/moon-vs-mars-trumps-nasa-pick-faces-tough-questions-agencys-future-2025-04-09/

    THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 - 1/2: Japan: Dealing. Grant Newsham, "When China Attacks."

    11:15-11:30 - 2/2: Japan: Dealing. Grant Newsham, "When China Attacks."

    11:30-11:45 - PRC: Submarine Cables, Jack Burnham, FCC.

    11:45-12:00 - Russia: Trump Tariff Talk Crushes Russian Oil. Michael Bernstam, Hoover

    FOURTH HOUR 12-12:15 - France: Sound Barrier. Simon Constable, Occitanie.

    12:15-12:30 - Atoms for Peace; Quiz, Simon Constable, Occitanie.

    12:30-12:45 - VAST: Commercial Space Stations. Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com

    12:45-1:00 AM - Mars: Curiosity Abides. Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com
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  • MARS: CURIOSITY ABIDES BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

    MARS: CURIOSITY ABIDES BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
    Apr 17 2025
    MARS: CURIOSITY ABIDES BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
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    4 mins
  • VAST: COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

    VAST: COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
    Apr 17 2025
    VAST: COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

    1952
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    16 mins
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Always ahead of the curve...he been of fan of John Batch l or Show for twenty years.

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Very Informative.

Mr. Batchelor keeps me up to date on a wide variety of topics. I appreciate his hard work, and I love listening to Mr. Batchelor.

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Very informative, insightful

John is very intelligent , informative, insightful. He has been on radio since 2000. Great guest speakers.

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