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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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Monday · 19 min
3. BRAZIL - Latin American Political DynamicsERNESTO ARAUJO & ALEJANDRO PENA ESCLUSA 102626
1865 BRAZILIAN IRONCLAD Latin American Political Dynamics Guest: Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa Summary: Ernesto Araújo discusses Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's controversial election victory in Brazil and the subsequent legal challenges...
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Monday · 17 min
4.YEMEN - Yemen Conflict Houthi Offensives - BILL ROGGIO & EDMUND FITTON-BROWN 102626
1977 CASTRO IN SOUTH YEMEN Yemen Conflict Houthi Offensives Edmund Fitton-Brown and Bill Roggio examine escalating Houthi offensives against Saudi civilian and energy infrastructure alongside military advances across Yemen. They detail how Iranian...
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Monday · 19 min
5. STATE DEPARTMENT - Middle East Threat Escalation - EDMUND-FITTON-BROWN & BILL ROGGIO 102626
1909 TAFT'S DESK WHITE HOUSE Middle East Threat Escalation Edmund Fitton-Brown and Bill Roggio analyze regional diplomatic talks in Tehran alongside U.S. embassy evacuations triggered by specific intelligence regarding Iranian threat escalation. They...
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Monday · 8 min
2. IRAN - Iranian Diplomacy Proxy Strategy - JANATYN SAYEH 102626
1971 IRAN Iranian Diplomacy Proxy Strategy Janatyn Sayeh and Bill Roggio review Tehran diplomatic meetings between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan intended to de-escalate Middle East tensions. They discuss Iran’s historical diplomatic...
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Monday · 9 min
1. UKRAINE - Russian Missile Technology Advances - JOHN HARDIE 102626
1942 KYIV Russian Missile Technology Advances John Hardie and Bill Roggio analyze Russia’s deployment of cheap cruise missiles like the Filin and jet-powered Garan drones targeting Ukrainian infrastructure. They discuss resulting strains on Ukrainian...
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Monday · 37 min
D.C. - Wartime Alliance Diplomacy - ROBERT-SCHMUHL-MR-CHURCHILL-IN-THE-WHITE-HOUSE
1942 Wartime Alliance Diplomacy Robert Schmuhl, author of Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents: Winston Churchill conducted crucial wartime diplomacy while staying in the White House Rose Bedroom....
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Monday · 37 min
AFGHANISTAN - Flawed Kabul Withdrawal - JERRY-DUNLEAVY-JAMES-HASSON-KABAL-HOUR-TWO
1970 Flawed Kabul Withdrawal Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson, Part Two: Diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad negotiated the Doha agreement while marginalizing Afghan leaders. President Biden enforced a strict six hundred troop limit, forcing military commanders...
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Monday · 37 min
AFGHANISTAN - Abbey Gate Bombing - JERRY-DUNLEAVY-JAMES-HASSON-KABUL-HOUR-ONE
1919 KABUL Abbey Gate Bombing Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson, authors of Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End, Part One: During August 2021, American forces faced immense chaotic crowds while...
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Monday · 39 min
CUBA - Averting Nuclear Standoff - SERHII-PLOKHY-NUCLEAR FOLLOWERS HOUR2
1962 OAS Averting Nuclear Standoff Serhii Plokhy, Part Two: Superpower tensions reached peak danger during Black Saturday when an American reconnaissance plane was shot down over Cuba and submarine B-59 nearly launched a nuclear torpedo. Kennedy and...
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Monday · 39 min
CUBA 0 Cuban Missile Origins - SERHII-PLOKHY-NUCLEAR-FOLLY-HOUR1
Cuban Missile Origins Serhii Plokhy, author of Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Part One: Upon discovering Sovietnuclear missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy faced intense political pressure while considering immediate airstrikes...
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Monday · 12 min
LONDINIUM - Examining Cambridge Five Infiltration and Activism - GAIUS & GERMANICUS
1940 THAMES Examining Cambridge Five Infiltration and Activism Gaius and Germanicus: Speaking from first-century Londinium in 92 AD, the hosts discuss the legacy of the Cambridge Five, an elite Oxbridge spy ring recruited by Soviet intelligence during...
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Monday · 21 min
LONDINIUM - Debating Greek Rivalries and Thucydides Trap - GAIUS & GERMANICUS
1880 ATHENS Debating Greek Rivalries and Thucydides Trap Gaius and Germanicus: Gathered in a Londinium wine bar in 92 AD, the hosts evaluate the Thucydides Trap framework used to describe contemporary international rivalries. They critique Graham...
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Monday · 28 min
LONDINIUM - Analyzing Cold War Rhetoric and Russophobi - GAIUS & GERMANICUS
1961 IRON CURTAIN Analyzing Cold War Rhetoric and Russophobia Gaius and Germanicus: In 92 AD Londinium, the hosts analyze modern political discourse, highlighting the severe charge of traitorous behavior applied to American leadership. Reflecting on...
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Monday · 7 min
SOUTH AFRICA - outh African Cricket Fans Disappear Mysteriously - JEREMY-ZAKIS
FEBRUARY 1937 SOUTH AFRICA - outh African Cricket Fans Disappear Mysteriously - Jeremy Zakis discusses the puzzling lack of spectators at the Australia versus South Africa test cricket match in Durban. Record low spectator crowds leave officials...
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Sunday · 12 min
SYDNEY - Venomous Snake Discovered Inside Family Toilet - JEREMY-SNAKES-1024
1900 SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA Venomous Snake Discovered Inside Family Toilet Jeremy Zakis shares stories of local Australian wildlife adapting to changing weather patterns. First, an elderly dog gently befriends a playful flock of wild sparrows. Meanwhile,...
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Sunday · 17 min
AUSTRALIA - Unpredictable El Niño Brings Unseasonable Storms - JEREMY-NINO-10-24
1815 THE GREAT STORM Unpredictable El Niño Brings Unseasonable Storms John Batchelor and Jeremy Zakis discuss how El Niño is producing chaotic, unpredictable weather across Australia, with severe unseasonable storms and flooding striking Queensland...
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Sunday · 37 min
COLONIES - Mythmaking and American Revolutionary Frontier Legacy — Part Two - ROBERT-PARKINSON-
1793 Robert G. Parkinson, author of Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier, traces how Michael Cresap was transformed into a Revolutionary War hero and how Thomas Jefferson popularized “Logan’s Lament” in Notes on...
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Sunday · 37 min
ntier Violence and Logan’s Famous Lament — Part One
1753 Frontier Violence and Logan’s Famous Lament — Part One Robert G. Parkinson, author of Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier, examines the violent 18th-century American frontier through the rivalry between...
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Sunday · 39 min
CHINA - Nury Turkel, author of No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs, - NURY-TURKEL-NO-ESCAPE
1910XIANJIANG Nury Turkel, author of No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs, documents the Chinese Communist Party’s systematic campaign against the Uyghur population in East Turkestan (Xinjiang). Born in a Cultural Revolution...
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Sunday · 41 min
BERLIN - Destruction and Liberation of Nazi Berlin — Part Two - IAM-BURUMA-STAY-ALIVE
Destruction and Liberation of Nazi Berlin — Part Two Ian Buruma, author of Stay Alive: Berlin 1939–1945, depicts the apocalyptic final years of Nazi Berlin under devastating Allied strategic bombing, covering cinematic distractions such as...
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