Photo: Elephantine Island, in the Nile: see The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 27 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy by Jo Marchant Saturday 27 September...
Photo, above: ISS with five moudles docked. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 26 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: U.S.-led coalition bomb ISIS oil sites in Syria for 2nd straight day as Britain, Belgium and Denmark announce they are joining the fight ...
Photo, above: Staten Island Chuck's Charlotte's second cousin in Schenectady. She's devastated by the loss of Charlotte this past spring. Marmota monax; Marmotte commune d'Amérique JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com. ...
Photo, above: Echoing Tiananmen, 17-year-old Hong Kong student prepares for democracy battle He's one of the fieriest political activists in Hong Kong — he's been called an "extremist" by China's state-run media — and he's not even old enough to drive. Meet 17-year-old Joshua Wong, a skinny,...
Photo, above: The preserved ruins of a Bronze Age wheelhouse and broch at Jarlshof, described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles". See below, Hour 3, Blocks A & B, John Nicolson, Telegraph. Shetland (Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn), also called...
Photo, above: Yemen Shiite rebels seize government HQ, PM resigns Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized control of cabinet headquarters in Sana’a as clashes showed no sign of letting up even after the United Nations envoy said he brokered an agreement to end the crisis. Prime Minister Mohammed Salem...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 21 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency After 9/11 by Jack Goldsmith (1 of 2) Many people expected a sharp change in America’s approach to counterterrorism when Barack Obama became president. But...
Photo, above: Cappadocian luxe hotel, ancient troglodytic home. see Hour 4, Blocks C & D, Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz (photo by courtesy of and with thanks to whenonearth.net). JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 20 September...
Photo, above: An F-15C Eagle intercepts a Tu-95MS on the outskirts of the west coast of Alaska on September 28, 2006. On Wednesday, 17 Sept 2014 - Russian Nuclear Bombers Buzz Alaska, N. Europe Bear H bomber runs timed to Ukrainian leader visit In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-...
Photo, above: In Yemen, Dignity March set out from Hodeidah Governorate on Tuesday, walked a distance of 226 km and reached Change Square on Sunday. The march was divided into two groups due to slogans the Houthis imposed the day before yesterday. Revolution youths of Change Square welcomed and...