The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 1 June 2022

Air Date: 
June 01, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915        
#Ukraine: Henry Kissinger and the century-long Russian threat to world order. George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/why-i-disagree-with-henry-kissinger/?tpa=NmE3MWM3ODA4ZmRiMmU1MjU1YTFiMDE2NTQ3ODg5MjU5OTFkNDc&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/why-i-disagree-with-henry-kissinger/?tpa=NmE3MWM3ODA4ZmRiMmU1MjU1YTFiMDE2NTQ3ODg5MjU5OTFkNDc&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 
 

915-930        
#Ukraine: Why are we in #Ukraine? George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/americas-interests-in-ukraine/?tpa=NmE3MWM3ODA4ZmRiMmU1MjU1YTFiMDE2NTQ3ODg5MjU5OTFkNDc&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/americas-interests-in-ukraine/?tpa=NmE3MWM3ODA4ZmRiMmU1MjU1YTFiMDE2NTQ3ODg5MjU5OTFkNDc&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 

930-945        
#Commodities: Coffee moderates; food and fuel do not. Simon Constable  Forbes Edinburgh; economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 

945-1000        
#India: The Congress Party fades right in front of its heir, Rahul Gandhi.  Sadanand Dhume, resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.  @dhume   @AEI @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-democracy-suffers-for-a-lack-of-a-competent-opposition-rahul-gandhi-dynasty-congress-11653600713
 
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015        
#Keystone: Braddock, Pennsylvania, is the 250-year story of the state.   SalenaZito.com  
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/05/29/salena-zito-middle-of-nowhere-braddock-politicians-rhetoric-voters-concerns/stories/202205290032?cid=search
 

1015-1030        
#Keystone: Fly-fishing for mental health.SalenaZito.com washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/sisterhood-of-the-fly-rod

1030-1045        
#Ukraine: Firepower. Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  CBS News. Dickinson College Diamondsix.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kremlin-warns-biden-sending-rockets-to-ukraine-adding-fuel-to-the-fire/ar-AAXYhPj
 

1045-1100        
#Ukraine: NATO redeploys to the frontline. Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  CBS News. Dickinson College Diamondsix.com
https://defence24.com/armed-forces/hundreds-of-himars-systems-for-poland-rocket-revolution-in-the-polish-military
 
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115        
#Ukraine: Rescuing the Grain Fleet. Admiral James Stavridis (USN ret).  Bloomberg Opinion. Author, To Risk It All.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-29/russia-ukraine-war-break-putin-s-blockade-of-black-sea-wheat-ports?sref=5g4GmFHo
 

1115-1130        
#Ukraine: Proposing to reconstruct #Ukraine with Russian energy assets. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/opinions/ukraine-russia-assets-reconstruction-war-funds-michel/index.html
 
 

1130-1145        
#SpaceX: Starship regulations delayed a promising two weeks. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-once-again-delays-approval-for-launching-starship-from-boca-chica/
 
 
1145-1200        
#Mars: Shepherding Ingenuity. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-rethinking-ingenuity-operations-to-keep-it-alive-through-the-winter/

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215        
#PRC Human Rights and trade. Chris Smith, Member of Congress, New Jersey. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on his H.R. 7193 to strip China of PNTR trade privileges
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3484262-we-should-be-restricting-not-expanding-trade-with-china/
 

1215-1230        
#PRC: Property collapse into recession. Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder of J Capital Research Ltd. and author of, China Alone: The Emergence From, and Pending Return To, Isolation. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/31/china-faces-a-nearly-1-trillion-funding-gap-it-will-need-more-debt-to-fill-it.html
 

1230-1245         
#PRC Bachelet fails the Uyghurs. Nury Turkel, commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/29/china-bachelet-un-xinjiang-rights-visit/
Nury A. Turkel   @nuryturkel, attorney and Uyghur human rights activist; commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 
 

1245-100 AM        
#PRC: Tariffs in play. Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/us-must-be-strategic-on-china-tariffs-trade-chief-says