The John Batchelor Show

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

PREVIEW US ELECTRIC GRID: Colleague Jack Burnham of FDD reports recent revelation that Chinese scholars have published hundreds of articles identifying vulnerabilities in the US electric grid. More.
1940 WUHAN UNIVERSITY
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PREVIEW GAZA: Colleague David Daoud presents some of the unknowns of the proposal that Egypt and Jordan will share governance of the Gaza Strip after the war ends. More.
1914 GAZA
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SHOW SCHEDULE 

6-30-25

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Iran..

1852 TEHRAN.

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 Iran: IAEA confirms damage but no conclusion. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:15-9:30 Iran: Remains regional power. Bill Roggio, FDD 9:30-9:45 Ukraine: Low on air defense. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD 9:45-10:00 NATO: Successes. John Hardie FDD
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PREVIEW GAZA: Colleague Ahmad Sharawi reports word of a visit of PM Netanyahu to POTUS in order to end the Gaza conflict. More.
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PREVIEW TAIWAN: Colleague Steve Yates of Heritage comments on the Czech report of a violent plot against the VP-elect of Taiwan in 2024. More.
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#NEWWORLDREPORT:  CHINA IN THE AMERICAS.  CHILE VOTES.  JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE, ALEJANDRO PENA, HUNGARIAN CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. CONTINUED
1946 MAO AND MARSHALL
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#NEWWORLDREPORT:  CHILE VOTES.  JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE, ALEJANDRO PENA, HUNGARIAN CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. 
1900
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GAZA: EGYPT AND JORDAN TO SUPERVISE THE GAZANS.AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
1862
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IRAN: ARRESTS, EXECUTIONS, BURIALS. AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
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8/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American univer...
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7/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American univer...
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6/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American univer...
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5/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American univer...
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TRADE: NO IMMINENT DOOM.JUST INCORRECT GLOOM. ALAN TONELSON, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL CONTINUED
1943
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TRADE: NO IMMINENT DOOM.JUST INCORRECT GLOOM. ALAN TONELSON, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
APRIL 1959
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#HOTEL MARS:  SPACEX: COSTS OF FAILS UNKNOWN. DOUGLAS MESSIER, DAVID LIVINGSTON
1957
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TAIWAN: ASSASSINATION PLOT BY WOLF WARRIORS. STEVE YATES, HERITAGE. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
1925 TAIPEI
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NATO: SUCCESSES, JOHN HARDIE FDD, BILL ROGGIO FDD
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UKRAINE: LOW ON AIR DEFENSE. JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
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IRAN: REMAINS REGIONAL POWER. BILL ROGGIO, FDD
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