Photo, above: Princeton women. See: Hour 2, Block C: Catherine Rampell, NYT & Princeton alumna. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Tuesday 2 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re: Ansar al Shariah, Tunisia...
Photo, above: 1958 Chevy Corvette Debuting in 1953 as the first American two-seater sports car, the Corvette is known to have been one of the ultimate American sports cars. The 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1 comes with a 16 valves, V8 engine, and is capable of 290 horsepower. It's a rear wheel car...
Photo, above: Chinese Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) in action along with the Type 071 999 井冈山 Jinggang Shan amphibious warfare ships of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. See below: Hour 4, Block C: People's Liberation Army Navy: Combat System Technology, 1949-...
Photo, above: the sinking of the Titanic JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 30 March 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson (1 of 4) Saturday 30 March 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay...
Photo, above: Chipping Norton is a market town in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles southwest of Banbury and 18 miles northwest of Oxford. See: Hour 1, Block B: Amy Chozick, NYT JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 29 March 2013 / Hour 1,...
Engraving, above: Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians. Roger Williams (1603 – 1683) was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge...
Photo, above: Hale-Bopp comet over Joshua Tree; see below: Hour 1, Block C, David Livingston, The Space Show, and Alan Hale, founder of Earthrise Institute and discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, David Livingston Hour One Wednesday 27 March 2013 / Hour 1,...
Photo, above: 2014 Bentley Continental Flying Spur. (See below: Hour 2, Block B: LouAnn Hammond, Drivingthenation.com) Powertrain: The Flying Spur will again offer a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W-12 engine with output increasing from 552 hp to 567 for the normal sedan; the hi-po Speed model...
Photo, above: Apple Store: Beijing. See Gordon Chang, Second Hour: Apple under attack by PRC and CCTV. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 25 March 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, managing editor of Long War Journal, in re: Caliphate rising. al...
Photo, above: President Hoover escorting his successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to the Capitol in 1933. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. The Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, was founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal. It is a...