The John Batchelor Show
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.
Episodes
GOOD EVENING: The show begins at the Federal Reserve, searching for the fate of the three promised interest rate cuts in 2024 -- none of which are currently in sight. We then delve into memories of Perry Mason while reading about the Trump trial. Next, we move to Tehran, Isfahan, and Gaza, discussing the imminent Rafah Operation. We then visit Midland, Michigan, and the pristine and busy Northwood University, known for its pro...
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April 24, 2024 • 5 mins
#LondonCalling: What is the Rwanda Bill? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/five-migrants-feared-dead-english-channel-crossing-ngqm76r39
1962 RWANDA
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#LondonCalling: The Federal Reserve influencer is a formula named FRBUS. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.ft.com/content/6c746e2c-1ddb-4e61-8620-7d46a6393818
1914 FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
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April 24, 2024 • 8 mins
IRAN: Unenforced sanctions and Tehran's bounty. Saeed Ghasseminejad, FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/04/19/irans-oil-exports-continue-to-rise/
1925 PERSIA
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April 24, 2024 • 9 mins
PAKISTAN: Visit by Raisi for an old pipeline deal. Arif Rafiq, Globelynews,com
https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/perspectives-irans-elections-examining-ties-united-states-china-and-south-asia
1911 127TH BALUCH LIGHT INFANTRY AT BOMBAY
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April 24, 2024 • 3 mins
#KingCharlesReport: Queen Camilla remembers her Father's stories of the Royal Lancers.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/04/22/camilla-jokes-about-royal-lancer-capacity-for-drinking-beer/
1942 ROYAL LANCERS IN NORTH AFRICA
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#NIGERIA: Inflation, violence, disorder, Tinubu unable. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://mailchi.mp/0b14c4fd1686/the-week-ahead-highway-to-nowhere?e=16dcd15952
1911 NIGERIA
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April 24, 2024 • 5 mins
#ETHIOPIA: Collapse with no way out. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
1910 ETHIOPIA
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#IRAN: #TURKIYE: Mullahs comprehend the Israeli retaliation. Erdogan offering Hamas refuge, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/erdogan-meets-hamas-leader-turkiye-discusses-efforts-regional-peace-4280366
1928 TURKIYE
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2/2: #BERLIN: The rise and rise of Alternative for Deutschland. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.
https://carnegieeurope.eu/2024/04/18/germany-afd-blip-or-fixture-pub-92149
1936 NSDAP:
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1/2: #BERLIN: The rise and rise of Alternative for Deutschland. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.
https://carnegieeurope.eu/2024/04/18/germany-afd-blip-or-fixture-pub-92149
1937 BERLIN
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#StateThinking: Praising the confident education in Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.northwood.edu
1945 MIDLAND MICHIGAN
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#StateThinking: Predatory Regime & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/22/iran-clerics-crippled-islamic-republic-economy-inflation/
1307 PERSIA
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April 24, 2024 • 4 mins
#IGAZA: The imminent Rafah Operation. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/23/israel-evacuate-million-palestinians-rafah-offensive/
1898 GAZA
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April 24, 2024 • 15 mins
#IRAN: #ISRAEL: The Israel response to the Tehran barrage. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/23/israel-hamas-war-latest-news-updates-us-strike-syria-rafah/
1925 Persia
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#Markets: Remembering Perry Mason during the Trump trial. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series)
1886 SCOTUS
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April 24, 2024 • 12 mins
#Markets: Missing those three cuts at the Fed. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://www.ft.com/content/6c746e2c-1ddb-4e61-8620-7d46a6393818
1927 Dederal Reserve Board
https://www.ft.com/content/6c746e2c-1ddb-4e61-8620-7d46a6393818
1927 Dederal Reserve Board
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PREVIEW: #ECONOMY: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Liz Peek of The Hill and Fox News re the road ahead as viewed by the famous and far-sighted NFIB (National Association of Independent Businesses) --puzzling observations, both foreboding and yet still eager for workers. Details later.
undated Anchorage Alaska
undated Anchorage Alaska
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PREVIEW: CROWN: Conversation with colleague Grgeory Copley re Queen Camilla's visit, as the new colonel-in-chief, to the Royal Lancers -- har father Major Bruce Shand's regiment in the Second World War. Details tonight.
1941 Royal Lancers maneuvers at Tidworth
1941 Royal Lancers maneuvers at Tidworth
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PREVIEW: #MICHIGAN: Excerpt of conversation with colleague Mary Kissel re her visit to Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, to visit with car dealers -- many of whom are graduates of the school -- devoted to entrepreneurship. Details later.
https://www.northwood.edu/
1930 Three Rivers, Michigan
https://www.northwood.edu/
1930 Three Rivers, Michigan
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