The John Batchelor Show

friday 17 May 2024

Air Date: 
May 17, 2024

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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

 

FIRST HOUR

 

9-915

#PacificWatch: The Las Vegas A's are extending their run until 2058. @JCBliss

https://www.8newsnow.com/sports/local-sports/las-vegas-as/will-the-las-v...

 

915-930

#LancasterReport: Costco packed with shoppers. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-farmers-eligible...

 

930-945

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Builders lose confidence. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2024/05/higher-mo...

 

945-1000

#SmallBusinessAmerica: AI upgrades to voice commands, heading toward AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/openai-vs-google-gemini-major-115529023.html?g

 

SECOND HOUR

 

10-1015

CA: Governor Gavin Newsom pens an autobiography eventually. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution.

https://www.hoover.org/research/book-newsom-newsom

 

1015-1030

#ITALY: Heavy rains and heavy politics. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/italy-hit-by-severe-flooding-after-...

 

1030-1045

#FAA: Regulators in Space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/congre...

 

1045-1100

#MERCURY: ESA's BepiColombo not nominal. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/potent...

 

THIRD HOUR

 

1100-1115

1/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author)

 

1115-1130

2/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author)

 

1130-1145

3/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author)

 

1145-1200

4/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author)

 

FOURTH HOUR

 

12-1215

1/2: #Nukes: Proliferation is the new new again, from Saudi Arabia to Finland. Henry Sokolski, NPEC

https://nssaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Russian-Nuclear-ASAT-5....

 

1215-1230

2/2: #Nukes: Proliferation is the new new again, from Saudi Arabia to Finland. Henry Sokolski, NPEC

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/israel-saudi-arabia-gaza....

 

1230-1245

CHICAGO: The Chicago Teachers Union prospers as the students depart. Richard Epstein, Hoover

https://www.hoover.org/profiles/richard-epstein

https://www.hoover.org/research/chicagos-downward-union-spiral

 

1245-100 am

#SCOTUS: CFPB wins, 7-2. Richard Epstein, Hoover

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/despite-consumer-watchdog-s-us-supreme...