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

July 3, 2025 2 mins
PREVIEW SUNSPOTS: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reminds that little is known and much less is understood of the 11 year trough to peak observed cycle of sunspots. More.
0CT0BER 1960
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PREVIEW SOLOMON ISLANDS: Colleague Cleo Paskal of FDD frames the contest between the CCP agents seeking to dominate Oceania and Daniel Suidani of the Malaita Island part of the Solomon chain. More.
1943 SOLOMONS
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PREVIEW COSMOLOGY: Colleague Ken Croswell explains how galaxies formed in the early universe and what this means for the discovery of little red dots by the Webb telescope. More
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PREVIEW ARGENTINA: Colleague Mary O'Grady comments on what we know and do not know of the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman in 2015. More.
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PREVIEW OHIO: Colleague Chris Riegel of the #ScalaReport comments on the ambitions that Ohio aims to become a zero state tax state like Texas in order to attract major investment and even Silicon Valley startups. More.
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PREVIEW SYRACUSE: Professor James Romm, authPREVIEW ASSASSINATION: Professor James Romm, author, "Plato and the Tyrant," comments on the outbreak of political violence that Plato witnessed in Syracuse, committed by the tyrant he came to follow closely. More.or, "Plato and the Tyrant," 
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine, waiting for air defense resupply...


1942 MERCHANT MARINE


CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #Ukraine: Trump administration suspends weapons shipments. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @cbsnews @dickinsoncol 9:15-9:30 #Gaza: Rumors of ceasefires. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @mccauslj @cbsnews @dic...
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HOTEL MARS: LATE COLLISION ACCRETION AND LIFE ON EARTH AND VOLCANOES ON VENUS. SIMONE MARCHI, SWRI. DAVID LIVINGSTON, SPACESHOW.COM
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HOTEL MARS: LATE COLLISION ACCRETION AND LIFE ON EARTH AND VOLCANOES ON VENUS. SIMONE MARCHI, SWRI. DAVID LIVINGSTON, SPACESHOW.COM
2015 MARS
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UK:BACKBENCHERS NIX PM STARMER & CHANCELLOR REEVES.  SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE
1901 COMMONS
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FRANCE: BAKE OFF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE
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4/8: Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic by  James Romm  (Author)

ALARIC IN ATHENS

https://www.amazon.com/Plato-Tyrant-Greatest-Philosophic-Masterpiece/dp/1324093188/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant d...
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3/8: Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic by  James Romm  (Author)

1900 ACROPOLIS

https://www.amazon.com/Plato-Tyrant-Greatest-Philosophic-Masterpiece/dp/1324093188/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dia...
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2/8: Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic by  James Romm  (Author)

1835 ACROPOLIS

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Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dia...
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1/8: Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic by  James Romm  (Author)

1869 PLATO SYMPOSIUM

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Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brillia...
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USAF:ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. BLAINE HOLT, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
1945 B-29 FLIGHT ENGINEER
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HONG KONG: JIMMY LAI'S TRIAL. MARK SIMON, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
1930 HONG KONG
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CUBA: PRC LISTENING POST. REBECCA GRANT, LEXINGTON INSTITUTE. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

1959
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PRC: LOSING MONEY ON EVS. FRASER HOWIE, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
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RUSSIA: RECESSION LOOMING. BANKING CRISIS. MICHAEL BERNSTAM HOOVER INSTITUTION
1852 RUSSIA SERFS

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