The John Batchelor Show

Saturday 23 May 2015

Air Date: 
May 23, 2015

Drawing, left: On 23 May in the year 635 was born K'inich Kan B'alam II (Classic Mayan: K'ihnich K'an B'ahlam), also known as Serpent Jaguar.  He was king of the pre-Columbian Mayan polity of Baakal in the Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology. His capital was the ceremonial center and city now known as the Maya archaeological site of Palenque. He acceded to the throne in January 684, several months after the death of his father and predecessor, Pacal the Great. He continued the ambitious project of adorning Palenque with fine art and architecture begun by his father; his most important addition to the city of Palenque was the Temple of the Cross. 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (1 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (2 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 1, Block C: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (3 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 1, Block D: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (4 of 8)
 
Hour Two
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 2, Block A: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (5 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 2, Block B: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (6 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 2, Block C: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (7 of 8)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 2, Block D: July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin (8 of 8)
 
Hour Three
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 3, Block AOperation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II, byJohn Geoghegan (1 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 3, Block B: Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II, byJohn Geoghegan (2 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 3, Block C: Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II, byJohn Geoghegan (3 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 3, Block D: Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II, byJohn Geoghegan (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 4, Block A: The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History, by Kirsten Grind (1 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 4, Block B: The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History, by Kirsten Grind (2 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 4, Block C: The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History, by Kirsten Grind (3 of 4)
Saturday 23 May 2015 / Hour 4, Block D: The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History, by Kirsten Grind (4 of 4)