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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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October 19 · 23 min
intersections of Roman history and modern geopolitics.Imperial Decline Through Endless Proxy Wars - LONDINIUM CHRONICLES PART 1
1900 SPARTA Imperial Decline Through Endless Proxy Wars Gaius and Germanicus: Set in a Londinium wine bar, the hosts discuss geopolitical turmoil using classical analogies. Drawing parallels to the Peloponnesian War, they explain how minor client...
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October 19 · 37 min
BRITAIN - Tragic Rise And Fall Of R101 - SC GWYNNE
OCTOBER 1930 Tragic Rise And Fall Of R101 S. C. Gwynne, author of His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine: Gwynne chronicles the ambition and tragic demise of Britain’s rigid airship program, centered on...
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October 19 · 37 min
CARTHAGE - Hannibal Barca Battles Rome To Destruction - EVE-MACDOLAD-CARTHAGE PART 2
DIDO WELCOMES AENEAS Hannibal Barca Battles Rome To Destruction Eve MacDonald, Part Two: MacDonald chronicles the Second and Third Punic Wars, focusing on Hannibal Barca’s audacious military campaign across the Alps into Italy. The narrative details...
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October 19 · 37 min
CARTHAGE - Ancient Carthage Foundation And Punic Beginnings - EVE-MACDONALD PART 1
1900 CARTHAGE Ancient Carthage Foundation And Punic Beginnings Eve MacDonald, Part One: MacDonald explores the origins of ancient Carthage, beginning with its legendary founding by the Phoenician princess Dido and its development into a Mediterranean...
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October 19 · 37 min
KEN-VOGEL-DEVILS-ADVOCATE-HOUR-TWO-12-8-2025
1936 Lobbying Regimes And Foreign Agent Registration Kenneth P. Vogel, Part Two: Vogel traces the evolution of foreign lobbying from Paul Manafort’s pioneering bipartisan firm to modern enforcement challenges surrounding the Foreign Agents...
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October 19 · 37 min
WASHINGTON DC - Shadow Diplomacy In Foreign Influence Industry - KEN VOGEL PART 1
1938 Shadow Diplomacy In Foreign Influence Industry Kenneth P. Vogel, Part One: Vogel uncovers backchannel foreign influence operations during the Trump administration. Vogel details how rogue lobbyist Robert Stryk monetized access to Washington power...
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October 19 · 37 min
VIETNAM - Nixon Era Strategy And Final Collapse - GEOFF-WAWRO PART 2
1968 Nixon Era Strategy And Final Collapse Geoff Wawro, Part Two: Wawro examines the Nixon administration’s handling of the Vietnam conflict, starting with political maneuvers that delayed peace talks during the 1968 election. He evaluates the...
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October 19 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 18 · 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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October 17 · 8 min
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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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October 17 · 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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