Photo, above: World's tallest building, coming to Khazar Island in Baku, Azerbaijan; see: Hour 2, Block C: Peter Savodnik, “Azerbaijan Is Rich. Now It Wants to Be Famous.” JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 13 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Stephen Yates, Chief Executive Officer, D.C....
Photo, above: Help name two of Pluto’s five moons! See: Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, Hour 4, Block C JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One State of the Union speech Tuesday 12 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: John Batchelor in re: SOTU. Tuesday 12 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: John Batchelor in...
Photo, above: North Korea has allegedly been placed under martial law and its ruler Kim Jong-un has ordered the army to “prepare for war”, a South Korean daily claims. The North Korean leader issued a series of orders to his top defense and security officials on Saturday to conclude preparations...
[Photo, above: Northrop, Henry Davenport Charming Bible Stories (Philadelphia, PA: J.H. Moore Company, 1893)] JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 11 Feb 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Cain's Legacy: Liberating Siblings from a Lifetime of Rage, Shame, Secrecy, and Regret by Jeanne Safer Ph.D.; 1 of 2...
Photo, above: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought from March 13 to May 7, 1954, and was the decisive engagement of the First Indochina War (1946-1954), the precursor to the Vietnam War. See: Hour Two, below, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik...
Photo, above: Nemo means "no name" in Latin. Hans Weiditz II’s woodcut illustration for the title page of Ulrich von Hutten’s 1518 volume OUTIS NEMO (above), which now resides in the National Gallery of Art’s permanent collection, portrays Nemo as a coastal giant surveying the detritus of what...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Hour One Thursday 10 Jan 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Ed Hayes, criminal defense attorney par excellence, in re: the play, Lucky Guy, opening on Broadway. NY...
First Hour Toshi Yoshihara, John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Naval War College and co-author with James Holmes of Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, in re: Marking a new escalation in tensions between countries with the world'...
Photo, above: "Greed is not a crime. But the question is: where does greed lead?" said Olafur Hauksson, a special prosecutor in Reykjavik. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media Network Hour One Tuesday 29 Jan 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Dr. Michael...
(Photo, above:President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he is ready “to be the first man in space” under Iran’s ambitious programme which aims to send a human being into orbit by 2020. “Our youth are determined to send a man into space within the next four, five years and I’m sure that will...