Photo, above:  Dead Sea, Jordan. Deep in the Jordan Valley and 55 km southeast of Amman, is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on Earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world's richest source of natural salts, hiding wonderful treasures that accumulated throughout thousands of years.  . . . because the salt content is four times that of most world's oceans, you can float in the Dead Sea without even trying . . . here is the only place in the world where you can recline on the water to read a newspaper.  . . .  its water contains more than 35 different types of minerals that are essential for the health and care of the body skin including magnesium, calcium, potassium, bromine, sulfur, and iodine. They're well known for relieving pains and sufferings caused by arthritis, rheumatism, psoriasis, eczema, headache and foot-ache, while nourishing and softening the skin. . . . A unique combination of several factors makes the Dead Sea's total attraction: the chemical composition of its water, the filtered sunrays and oxygen-rich air, the mineral-rich black mud along the shoreline, and the adjacent fresh water and thermal mineral springs.  Although sparsely populated and serenely quiet now, the area has a historical and spiritual legacy of its own.  It's believed to be the site of five Biblical cities: Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zebouin and Zoar.  

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt (1 of 2)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt (2 of 2)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block C: Daniel Gilbert, in re: Stumbling on happiness

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block D: Sid Perkins, Science magazine, in re:

Hour Two

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 2, Block A: The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (America in the World) by Thomas Borstelmann (1 of 2)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 2, Block B: The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (America in the World) by Thomas Borstelmann (2 of 2)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 2, Block C: Sid Perkins, Science magazine, in re: Hurricane warning

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 2, Block D: Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

Hour Three

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 3, Block A: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John Farrell (1 of 4)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 3, Block B: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John Farrell (2 of 4)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 3, Block C: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John Farrell (3 of 4)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 3, Block D: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John Farrell (4 of 4)

Hour Four

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 4, Block A: Sid Perkins, Science magazine, in re: Dead Sea

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 4, Block B: Amartya Sen, in re: Identity of Violence

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 4, Block C: Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today by Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson (1 of 2)

Sunday 26 January 2014 / Hour 4, Block D: Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today by Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson (2 of 2)

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