The John Batchelor Show

FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024

Air Date: 
April 19, 2024

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#Columbia: Flashback to April 1968 and the NYPD attack. Harry Siegel, TheCity.com

https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/columbia-students-arrests-palestine-israel-encampment-nypd/

915-930

#NYC: The chaos and indifference toward the needy migrants. Harry Siegel, TheCity.com

https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/migrants-exhausted-crowded-conditions-bathgate-st-brigid/

930-945

#ISRAEL: Successful negotiating de-escalation between adversaries Israel and Iran. Richard Epstein, Hoover

https://www.hoover.org/research/israel-forbearance-could-be-fatal

945-1000

#SCOTUS: The January 6 "obstruction" case and the Court decision in June. Richard Epstein, Hoover

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/justices-divided-over-jan-6-participants-call-to-throw-out-obstruction-charge/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#KeystoneReport: The politics of steel & What is to be done?  Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2966597/the-politics-of-steel-are-center-stage-in-pennsylvania/

1015-1030

#LancasterReport:  Tesla adds four hours to the troad rip.  Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ.  Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series."  #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSocietya

1030-1045

#ULA: Why isn't the Vulcan reusable? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/blue-origin-completes-delivery-of-the-two-be-4-engines-for-ulas-second-vulcan-launch/

1045-1100

#MARS: Ingenuity on a new mission. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-say-goodbye-to-ingenuity/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#NewZealand: Inflation, Immigration and recession. Reuben Steff, Waikoto University.Hamilton NZ.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-zealand-tightens-visa-rules-to-counter-unsustainable-immigration/ar-BB1lha50

1115-1130

#Nukes: The Isfahan "nuclear site" andup to date  brinkmanship. Henry Sokolski, NPEC.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/iran-fires-at-apparent-israeli-attack-drones-near-isfahan-air-base-and-nuclear-site/ar-AA1ngLM6

1130-1145

1/2: #HARVARD: Defending Elite Education & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/14/derek_boks_flawed_diagnosis_of_harvards_ailments_150793.html

 

 

1145-1200

2/2: #HARVARD: Defending Elite Education & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/14/derek_boks_flawed_diagnosis_of_harvards_ailments_150793.html

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
#PacificWatch: @JCBliss: VegasReport: Groundbreaking High Speed Rail LA to Las Vegas.

https://www.hsrail.org/brightline-west/

1215-1230

#ITALY: Mario Draghi for President of the European Commission. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation


https://www.euronews.com/2024/04/18/italys-mario-draghi-calls-for-radical-change-in-europe#:~:text=At%20a%20speech%20during%20a,and%20tomorrow's%20world%22%20said%20Draghi
.

1230-1245

#CALIFORNIA: Giants vs Dodgers & Taxes. Bill Whelan, Hoover

https://www.hoover.org/research/california-tax-wars-ohtani-beanball-ballot-hardball

1245-100 am

#HOTELMARS: One million colonists on Mars via SpaceX. Eric Berger, Ars Technica. David Livingston, SpaceShw.com

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/elon-musk-just-gave-another-mars-speech-this-time-the-vision-seems-tangible/