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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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September 8 · 39 min
1. Joseph Stalin's Lifetime Reading Habits - Geoffrey Roberts
CAPTION 1945 YALTA Joseph Stalin's Lifetime Reading Habits Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books, Part One: Roberts introduces Joseph Stalin's expansive personal library, estimated to have reached 25,000 texts by his...
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September 8 · 37 min
4. Clodia Reclaims Her Historical Voice Douglas Boin - DOUGLAS BOIN 090726
CAPTION 1561 PALATINE HILL Clodia Reclaims Her Historical Voice Douglas Boin, author of Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Roman Republic, shifts the focus of the late Roman Republicto Clodia, an independent, wealthy aristocratic woman who challenged...
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September 8 · 37 min
3. Viking Beliefs and Dramatic Endings - ELEANOR BARRACLOUGH (HOUR TWO) 090726
CAPTION VIKING SILVER Viking Beliefs and Dramatic Endings Eleanor Barraclough, Part Two: Barraclough explains Norse mythological systems recorded after Christian conversion by Snorri Sturluson, such as creation from fire and ice. She discusses...
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September 8 · 37 min
2. Unearthing Secret Viking Everyday Lives - ELEANOR BARRACLOUGH (HOUR ONE) 090726
CAPTION F1850 Unearthing Secret Viking Everyday Lives Eleanor Barraclough, author of Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age, Part One: Barraclough discusses her archaeological methodology of using ordinary objects like runic wooden...
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September 8 · 37 min
1. French Fashion Styled By Women - ANNE HIGONNET 090726
CAPTION 1807 EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. French Fashion Styled By Women Anne Higonnet, author of Liberty, Equality, Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution, explores how three prominent women, known as the Graces, revolutionized French fashion...
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September 7 · 37 min
2. Civil War Heroes And Western Pioneers: Tyler Anbinder
CAPTION 1847 Civil War Heroes And Western Pioneers: Tyler Anbinder, Part Two: This discussion explores the socioeconomic rise of Famine Irish immigrants through military service and westward migration. During the Civil War, many passionately defended...
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September 7 · 37 min
1. Escaping Famine Saving Pennies Finding Footholds - Tyler Anbinder
CAPTOPN 1846 IRELAND FOOD RIOT Escaping Famine Saving Pennies Finding Footholds Tyler Anbinder, author of Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York, Part One: This discussion details the Famine Irish's harrowing...
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September 7 · 15 min
3. German Populist Resurgence Threatens Global Order - GAIUS & GERMANICUS
CAPTION 1890 SAXONY German Populist Resurgence Threatens Global Order Finally, Gaius and Germanicus turn to Germany, where the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has achieved historic breakthroughs in regional elections. Germanicus and the...
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September 7 · 19 min
2. Middle East Conflict Drives Economic Decline - Gaius and Germanicus:
CAPTION XERXES I OF PERSIA Middle East Conflict Drives Economic Decline Gaius and Germanicus: Transitioning to Persia, the hosts examine the regional conflict, noting escalating military tensions. Germanicus argues that unlike typical midterm...
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September 7 · 21 min
1. American Embassy Seeks Ukrainian Peace Deal- Gaius and Germanicus
CAPTION 1894 KREMLIN American Embassy Seeks Ukrainian Peace Deal Gaius and Germanicus: Set in autumn 92 AD in Londinium, the hosts discuss the declining institutions of the modern American empire, drawing historical parallels. They focus first on the...
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September 7 · 37 min
2. Culture Wars And Political Backlash James - Shapiro
CAPTION 1935 WPA "IT Can't Happen Here." Culture Wars And Political Backlash James Shapiro, Part Two: This segment details the political battle that destroyed the Federal Theatre Project, laying the groundwork for modern culture wars. Shapiro...
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September 7 · 37 min
1. Shakespeare Politics And American Theater - James Shapiro
CAPTION 1936 HARLEM LAFAYETTE THEATER Shakespeare Politics And American Theater James Shapiro, author of The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War, Part One: This recording examines the transformative impact of the...
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September 7 · 37 min
2. Empresses Rebels And Ordinary Romans - Emma Southon
CAPTION UNDATED R, Part Two: This segment covers diverse women of the Roman Empire, beginning with Augustus's highly educated daughter, Julia. Southon describes how Julia was used as a political marrying tool to secure male heirs, including Agrippa...
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September 7 · 37 min
1. Roman Women Reshaping Ancient History - Emma Southon
CAPTION 1802 ROMAN WOMEN. Roman Women Reshaping Ancient History Emma Southon, author of A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire, Part One: This interview explores early Roman history through the lives of its women, challenging...
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September 6 · 37 min
2. Translators Defy Soviet Espionage And Terror - Alan Philps
CAPTION: NOVEMBER 1941 MOSCOW Translators Defy Soviet Espionage And Terror Alan Philps, Part Two: Philps continues with the lives of the Metropol Hotel's translators and Stalin's propaganda war. He introduces Nadia, the granddaughter of a rabbi, who...
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September 6 · 37 min
1. Stalin's Wartime Propaganda At The Metropol Alan Philps,
CAPTION october 1941 Moscow Stalin's Wartime Propaganda At The Metropol Alan Philps, author of The Red Hotel: Stalin's Propaganda War at the Metropol, Part One: John Batchelor welcomes Philps to discuss Stalin's tightly controlled propaganda war in...
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September 6 · 36 min
Unleashing America's Industrial Wartime Might - Arthur Herman
CAPTION: B-24 CALIFORNIA Unleashing America's Industrial Wartime Might Arthur Herman, author of Freedom's Forge, chronicles how American private enterprise mobilized to win World War II. The narrative centers on two key figures: Bill Knudsen of...
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September 6 · 39 min
2. November 1943 to Tokyo Bay: The Central Pacific Drive and the Politics of Supreme Command Craig Symonds,
CAPTIO DECEMBER 7, 194 1943 to Tokyo Bay: The Central Pacific Drive and the Politics of Supreme CommaCraig Symonds, Part Two: This second interview segment covers the Central Pacific campaign from late 1943 to postwar reconciliation. It begins with...
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September 6 · 39 min
1. Christmas 1941 to July 1944: Calculated Risk and the Rebuilding of Pacific Command: CRAIG-SYMONDS-NIMITZ-AT-WAR
CAPTION USS OGLALA CAPSIZED, PEARL HARBOR Christmas 1941 to July 1944: Calculated Risk and the Rebuilding of Pacific Command Craig Symonds, author of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, Part One: This interview segment...
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September 6 · 39 min
2. The Climactic Battle of Actium: BARRY DSTRAUSS
CAPTION 1480 The Climactic Battle of Actium Barry Strauss, Part Two: This episode details the climactic 31 BC naval Battle of Actium, which unfolded as a logistical masterpiece orchestrated by Octavian's brilliant admiral, Marcus Agrippa. By...
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