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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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Tuesday · 19 min
7. Global Debt Sparks Financial Crisis - JOSEPH STERNBERG 090826
CAPTION 1885 TREASURY DEPARTMENT Global Debt Sparks Financial Crisis Joseph Sternberg discusses global fiscal crises, focusing on soaring government debt in developed countries. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has failed to tackle...
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Tuesday · 17 min
6. Midterm Elections Pose Ominous Outlook - THADDEUS 090826
CAPTION 1902 ONTARIO ELECTION Midterm Elections Pose Ominous Outlook Thaddeus McCotter joins the program to dissect the political climate leading into upcoming midterm elections. McCotter observes that Donald Trump's net approval rating is deep...
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Tuesday · 37 min
5. End Of Globalization Alters Sovereignty - GREGORY COPLEY 090826
CAPTION 1912 FIRST FLIGHT CARACAS End Of Globalization Alters Sovereignty Gregory Copley covers global structural changes, discussing the Kushner-Witkoff Kremlin mission and the fracturing of traditional alliances, including US-Canada trade disputes...
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Tuesday · 19 min
4. Campus Demonstrations Reveal Intimidation Tactics - TAL FORTGANG 090826
CONTENTS 1903 PRINCETON CAMPUS Campus Demonstrations Reveal Intimidation Tactics Tal Fortgang revisits the late 2023 congressional hearings where university presidents argued that calling for the genocide of Jewish people "depends on the context."...
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Tuesday · 17 min
3.Strategic Settlement Essential For Peace - GEORGE BEEBE 090826
CAPTION 1800 KREMLIN Strategic Settlement Essential For Peace George Beebe discusses the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, emphasizing the serious effort by the Trump administration to rekindle peace talks through emissaries like Jared Kushner....
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Tuesday · 19 min
2. Middle East Conflict Sparks Escalation - JONATHAN SCHANZER 090826
CAPTION 1969 SAN'AA Middle East Conflict Sparks Escalation Jonathan Schanzer analyzes the expanding Middle East conflict, noting recent Iran-backed Houthi strikes on four Saudi cities. This dangerous escalation highlights Iran's strategy to disrupt...
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Tuesday · 17 min
1. Booming Economy Faces Oil Hurdles - LIZ PEEK 090826
CAPTION 1906 BAKU Booming Economy Faces Oil Hurdles Liz Peek joins the show to discuss the resilient US economy, highlighting a vibrant jobs market and booming consumer spending. Despite Wall Street optimism and rising corporate profits, escalating...
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Tuesday · 39 min
2. Soviet Empire Built On Lend-Lease - Sean McMeekin,
CAPTION 1945 Part Two: This discussion explores Joseph Stalin's strategic exploitation of Western allies during World War II to rebuild and expand the Soviet empire. By capitalizing on the unconditional aid from Franklin Rooseveltand Hopkins, the...
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Tuesday · 39 min
1. Stalin's Geopolitical Exploitation of Lend-Lease - Sean McMeekin,
CAPTION 1934 KIROV AND STALIN Stalin's Geopolitical Exploitation of Lend-Lease Sean McMeekin, author of Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Part One: This interview details how Joseph Stalin manipulated Western powers to recover and expand...
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Tuesday · 39 min
Ethnic Diversity Defines Modern Iran- Brenda Shaffer,
CAPTIOM 1750 PERSIA Ethnic Diversity Defines Modern Iran Brenda Shaffer, author of Iran Is More Than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran, challenges the misconception that Iran is a homogeneous Persian nation, revealing that ethnic minorities comprise...
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Tuesday · 39 min
Russia Intervenes In Syrian Conflict Anna Borshchevskaya
1800 KREMLIN Russia Intervenes In Syrian Conflict Anna Borshchevskaya, author of Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence, analyzes the Russian military intervention in Syria, highlighting how Vladimir Putin...
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Tuesday · 39 min
2. Dictator's Marginalia Reveals Mind's Workings - Geoffrey Roberts
CAPTION 1935 Dictator's Marginalia Reveals Mind's Workings Geoffrey Roberts, Part Two: Roberts details how Stalin's personal annotations, or pometki, in five hundred surviving archived books reflect how his mind worked and how he applied ideas....
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Tuesday · 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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Tuesday · 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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Tuesday · 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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Tuesday · 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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Tuesday · 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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Monday · 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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Monday · 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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Monday · 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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