The John Batchelor Show

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Friday 19 June 2015

Photo, left: Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas in June 1865, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the...

Saturday 20 June 2015

Photo, left:    JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 20 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed, by John F. Ross (1 of 4) Saturday 20 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of...

Thursday 18 June 2015

Photo, left: Christian martyrs burned at the stake by Ranavalona I in Madagascar.  See Hour 1, Block D, Pastor Bill Devlin on the two Christian pastors, Yat Michael and Peter Yen, on trial in Khartoum, Sudan, under threat of execution JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts:  Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal...

Wednesday 17 June 2015

left: Napoleon at Ulm. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com. Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show.   Hour One Wednesday   17 June  2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations in the Department of History at the University of...

Tuesday 16 June 2015

The PAK FA, a fifth-generation jet fighter, is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian inventory and serve as the basis of the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA being developed with India. The T-50 prototype performed its first flight 29 January 2010. Image, left, is an elegant spec sheet...

Monday 15 June 2015

Portrait, left: Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte as a youth   JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Hour One Monday  3 February 2014  / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, & Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re: Baiji is on the main road between Baghdad and...

Sunday 14 June 2015

  Symbol, left: Intl Red Crescent Society, whose European sponsors encourage powerful anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish sentiment. See: Catch the Jew! by Tuvia Tenenbom, Hour Three, below. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 14 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas,...

Saturday 13 June 2015

Painting, left, of the burning of the White House by the British on 24 August 1812 is by Tom Freeman; courtesy of the Library of Congress.      JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 13 June 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her...

Friday 12 June 2015

Photo, left:  Russia's new tank, the Armata [Tанк «Армата» Т-14], is expected to form the backbone of the nation's armed forces for years to come. Its designers say the new machine may evolve into a fully robotic vehicle that could operate autonomously on the battlefield. Here is a look at some of...

Thursday 11 June 2015

Image, left: Clair MacDougall photo on Twitter: Habe tribeswomen in #Nigeria pounding grain.  See: Hour 1, Block C, Clair MacDougall, West Africa resident and reporter. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com.  Malcolm...

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