The John Batchelor Show

Saturday 30 June 2012

Air Date: 
June 30, 2012

 

According to the New York Times, the latest scandal to hit the ever-competitive world of horse racing is a drug called dermomorphin. This drug is obtained from the skin of the Phyllomedusa sauvagei, commonly known as the waxy monkey tree frog. The effects are said to numb pain and make racehorses hypeactive. According to experts, this frog skin juice is considered even more powerful than morphine, which makes it the perfect secret weapon for a sport already under fire over doping scandals.   

Saturday 905P Eastern Time:   

Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington University on SCOTUS Afffordable Health Care Act decision.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time:  

Diane Brady, Bloomberg Businessweek, on executive women -- from corporate boards to the parenting debate.

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: 

Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, US Library of Congress.

 

Saturday 950P Eastern Time:     

Judge Michael Mukasey, former US Attorney General and US District Judge, on national security leaks.

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):    

Cynthia McFadden, ABC News Nightline Anchor, on the life of Nora Ephron.

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  

Dov Seidman, Chairman & CEO of LRN and author of "How" on corporate organizational structure and top performance.

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): 

Steve Kornacki, MSNBC and Salon.com, on US politics.

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):    

Walt Bogdanich, NY Times Investigative Reporter & 3-time Pulitzer Prize winner, on horseracing doping scandal.

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  

David Hoffman, former Asst. US Atty and Chicago Inspector General on Chicago and gangs.

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): 

Sebastian Junger, author "The Perfect Storm" and co-creator of "Restrepo" on RISC, training journalists for combat zones

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):     

Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design on the MTA Arts program.

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  

Chris Dufresne, LA Times on state of college football (Penn St., Jerry Sandusky and new playoff system)

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   

Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington University on SCOTUS Afffordable Health Care Act decision

Saturday/Sun 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): 

Diane Brady, Bloomberg Businessweek, on executive women -- from corporate boards to the parenting debate

Saturday/Sun 1235A: (935P Pacific Time):   

Thanassis Cambanis, fellow at The Century Foundation and Ideas columnist at the Boston Globe, on Middle East

Saturday/Sun 1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.