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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.

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Yesterday · 37 min
VIETNAM - American Escalation In The Vietnam War - GEOFF-WAWRO PART 1
JANUARY 1966 SAIGON, RUSK, LODGE, HARRIMAN American Escalation In The Vietnam War Geoff Wawro, Part One: Wawro analyzes political and military decisions driving early American intervention in Vietnam. He dissects how President Lyndon Johnson leveraged...
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Sunday · 7 min
SOUTH AFRICA - Low Attendance Baffles International Cricket Officials - JEREMY ZAKIS
1940 Low Attendance Baffles International Cricket Officials Jeremy Zakis discusses Australia’s dominant victory against South Africa in a five-day Durban cricket test match. Despite global television broadcasts, grandstands were mostly empty,...
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Sunday · 10 min
ALICE SPRINGS - Venomous Snakes Infest Australian Airport Lounge - JERENY-ZAKIS
1842 Venomous Snakes Infest Australian Airport Lounge Jeremy Zakis details deadly eastern brown snakes infesting the Alice Springs airport lounge to escape extreme heat outside. Meanwhile, massive swarms of Bogong moths destroy crops and confuse...
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Sunday · 6 min
australia - El Niño Brings Extreme Australian Rain - JEREMY zakis
1905 QUEENSLAND El Niño Brings Extreme Australian Rain Jeremy Zakis reports from New South Wales on unpredictable weather driven by a monster El Niño event. After warning of flash droughts, meteorologists forecasted the wettest El Niño on record...
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Sunday · 37 min
IRAN - Espionage Networks Behind Clandestine Iranian Arms - CRAIG-UNGER-DENOF-SPIES PART 2
1904 PERSIA Espionage Networks Behind Clandestine Iranian Arms Craig Unger, Part Two: Working alongside investigative journalist Robert Parry, Unger uncovers a vast international intelligence network involving the Safari Club, Israeli military...
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Sunday · 37 min
IRAN - Hostage Crisis Politics And Covert Negotiations - CRAIG-UNGER-DEN-OF-SPIES PART 1
1705 PERSIA Hostage Crisis Politics And Covert Negotiations Craig Unger, author of Den of Spies, Part One: In April 1980, the catastrophic failure of a secret American military rescue mission in Iran leaves eight servicemen dead and President Jimmy...
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Sunday · 39 min
BENJAMIN-CARP PART 2REVOLUTION - Arson Accusations And Unresolved Historical Inquiries -
1776 NY Arson Accusations And Unresolved Historical Inquiries Part Two: Following the catastrophic blaze, British military authorities detain dozens of suspected rebel arsonists caught carrying turpentine, matches, and other flammable materials....
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Sunday · 39 min
REVOLUTION - Revolutionary Conflict And The Manhattan Conflagration - DBENJAMIN-CARP-TH PART 1
1776 NEW YORK Revolutionary Conflict And The Manhattan Conflagration Part One: In the spring of 1776, General George Washington arrives in New York City to establish a Continental Armybase while facing a deeply divided, suspicious loyalist population....
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Sunday · 37 min
USA - Courtroom Clashes Over Creationism And Science - BRENDA-WINEAPPLE-KEEPING-THE-FAITH PART 2
1926 DYTON Courtroom Clashes Over Creationism And Science Part Two: Presided over by Judge John Raulston in sweltering July heat, the crowded Dayton courtroom attracts worldwide attention and live radio broadcasts. Blocked from calling scientific...
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Sunday · 37 min
BUSA - Fundamentalist Faith Confronts Evolutionary Science Law - RENDA-WINEAPPLE-KEEPING-THE-FAITH PART 1
1926 DAYTON, TENNESSEE Fundamentalist Faith Confronts Evolutionary Science Law Part One: In May 1925, local promoters in Dayton, Tennessee, conspire at Robinson’s Drugstore to challenge the state’s new Butler Act banning public school evolution...
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Sunday · 37 min
NAPOLEONIC FRANCE - French Revolution Fashion Redefines Female Liberation - ANNE-IGONET
1806 JOSEPHINE French Revolution Fashion Redefines Female Liberation Anne Higonnet, author of Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution: Following the bloody French Revolution terror, three influential Parisian women...
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Saturday · 8 min
CONTENTS OF THE JOHN BATCHELOW SHOW FOR 10-16-2026
1899 ENGLISH LANDING AT NEW AMSTERDAM California Wildfires and Severe Coastal Erosion Jeff Bliss discusses red flag warnings across Southern California triggered by low humidity, dry vegetation, and fierce Santa Ana winds driving wildfires like the...
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Saturday · 55 min
STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW - FLYING CAR SCENARIO. 10-16-26
1942 ASSEMBLY B-17 WILDFIRES AND SUPER EL NINO Southern California is grappling with acute environmental crises, led by red flag warnings, 5% humidity, and Santa Ana winds reaching up to 70 mph. Wildfires like the Bryson Fire in the Santa Monica...
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Saturday · 19 min
8. - New Horizons Exploration and Europa Clipper - ALAN STERN & DAVID LIVINGSTON 101626
ASTEROID 243 IDA New Horizons Exploration and Europa Clipper Alan Stern and David Livingston: Stern reflects on the New Horizons spacecraft’s 2015 Pluto flyby, revealing active surface geology, and its subsequent Kuiper Belt exploration, including the...
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Saturday · 17 min
7. - New Generation Warfare and Strategic Deterrence - HENRY SOKOLSKI 101626
1941 LUFTWAFFE OVER LONDON New Generation Warfare and Strategic Deterrence Henry Sokolski analyzes potential U.S. military deployment of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast non-nuclear bomb against Iranian targets, emphasizing Vice Admiral Brad...
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Saturday · 37 min
6. Proxy Warfare Dynamics in Modern Conflicts - Proxy Warfare Dynamics in Modern Conflicts - ANDREW PEEK (HOUR TWO) 101626
1941 KYIV Proxy Warfare Dynamics in Modern Conflicts Andrew Peek, author of War Without Footprints, examines how sovereign states deploy proxies and surrogates to achieve strategic geopolitical objectives while delaying international balancing and...
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Friday · 19 min
5. EARTH - Commercial Space Ventures and Astronomical Discoveries - BOB ZIMMERMAN 101626
1959 Bob Zimmerman discusses Elon Musk’s SpaceX requesting FAA permission for up to 456 Starship launches annually from Boca Chica, alongside military control over the Starshield satellite constellation used in Ukraine. He reviews commercial rocket...
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Friday · 9 min
4. ITALIA - Papal Recovery and Italian Industrial Challenges - LORENZO FIORI 101626
1943 POPE PIUS XII Papal Recovery and Italian Industrial Challenges Lorenzo Fiori provides an update on the Pope’s successful hospital surgery and expected return to work, including scheduled travel to South America. He then analyzes the complex...
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Friday · 8 min
3. PENNSYLVANIA - Economic Slowdown Signals in Lancaster County - JIM MCTAGUE 101626
1689 CHARLES II GRANTS PENNSYLVANIA TO THE QUAKER PENN Economic Slowdown Signals in Lancaster County Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron’s: McTague reports on emerging economic strains in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, highlighting local...
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Friday · 19 min
2.SCOTUS - Constitutional Originalism and Supreme Court Jurisprudence - RICHARD EPSTEIN 101626
1889 SCOTUS Constitutional Originalism and Supreme Court Jurisprudence Richard Epstein examines Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s approach to originalism and pragmatism in constitutional interpretation. Epstein argues that true originalism requires...
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