Photo, above: merchant in Kashgar, on the Silk Road

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Insectopedia (Vintage) by Hugh Raffles  (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Insectopedia (Vintage) by Hugh Raffles  (2 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz (2 of 2)

Hour Two

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: Why Capitalism? by Allan H. Meltzer  (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block B: Why Capitalism? by Allan H. Meltzer  (2 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block C: New York City Radio (Images of America) by Alec Cumming and Peter Kanze  (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block D: New York City Radio (Images of America) by Alec Cumming and Peter Kanze   (2 of 2)

Hour Three

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block A: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Christopher I. Beckwith  (1 of 4)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block B: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Christopher I. Beckwith  (2 of 4)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block C: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Christopher I. Beckwith  (3 of 4)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block D: Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Christopher I. Beckwith  (4 of 4)

Hour Four

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block A: To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block B: To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron (2 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block C: Insectopedia (Vintage) by Hugh Raffles  (1 of 2)

Sunday 6 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block D: Insectopedia (Vintage) by Hugh Raffles  (2 of 2)

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