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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council under US Pres Donald Trump.
 
Hour One
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block A:.  Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:  Virtue vs. pocketbook matters.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block B:   Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block C:   Tunku Varadarajan, Hoover, in re:  Sri Lanka.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block D:   Bill Whelan, Hoover, in re: Bernie’s numbers.
 
Hour Two
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block A:  John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: S&P 500 at a record high. [So’s the Nasdaq. —ed]  Ray Dalio!  He embraces the capitalist system and also is most worried about rising inequality, which he calls an existential threat to society. . . .  Venezuela has been wrecked by government, not by private enterprise.  Rich people create opportunity.  . . . Trade deficits signal that we’re a magnet for investment. . . . ADP is the most prominent payroll firm in the US; creates monthly unemployment stats.  The govt does this (in an antiquated and less-than-thorough way) at $640 million a year, whereas ADP does it with several employees and offers it to the public for free.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block B:  John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: The Federal Reserve.  . . .  The Phillips Curve. 
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block C:  Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: Nôtre-Dame cathedral. Secularism and laïcité.   “La laïcité en France est un principe constitutionnel qui distingue et sépare le pouvoir politique des organisations religieuses.” . . .  The big problem in France is that they believe in nothing.  France as eldest daughter of the Church.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block D:  Robert M Cutler (@RobertMCutler), energy security specialist and Fellow of the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University; in re: Central Asian, and other, pipelines. Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli or Azeri-Chirag–Deepwater Gunashli is a complex of oil fields in the Caspian Sea. Called ACG offshore pipeline.  Developed by SOCAR and BP.  Production starts in 2023. Pipeline capacity: 1 million Bbl/day.  BP, Exxon, Chevron. Companies prefer not to have a small stake, which gives them almost no control.  Pres Sisi at White House last week: Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum. Smart of the US to be an observer here. Next (second) meeting: will begin making big decisions.  Over more meetings will figure out structure, institutional mandates, etc.  Main goal: send gas to Egypt, turn it into LNG, ship it out.
 
Hour Three
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block A:  Lee E Ohanian, Hoover senior Fellow, in re: healthcare in California.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block B:  Paul Gregory, Hoover senior Fellow, in re: Ukrainian elections: April fool! The comedian actually won by a large margin.  Volodymyr Zelensky.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block C:  Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: NASA and space.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block D: Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: NASA and space.
 
Hour Four
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block A:  Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block B:  Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block C:  Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block D: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen