The John Batchelor Show

Schedules

Monday 13 October 2014

  Photo, above:  JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday  13 October  2014  / Hour 1, Block A:  Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: AQIS leader, 'good' Taliban commander killed in 2 US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas  Sheikh Imran Ali Siddiqi, a senior al Qaeda in the Indian...

Saturday 11 October 2014

Photo, above: An 80-foot section of the old, elevated West Side Highway in Manhattan, New York City; looking westward across the Hudson River from just south of Canal Street. The roadway, long in perilous condition, collapsed in 1982 during demolition.  New York City road planning, see Hour 2,...

Friday 10 October 2014

Image, above: Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JMA, Arabic: جيش المهاجرين والأنصار‎ Army of Emigrants and Supporters), formerly known as the Muhajireen Brigade (Katibat al-Muhajireen), is an Islamist jihadist group made up of Chechen and other Russian-speaking foreign fighters, and native Syrians,...

Thursday 9 October 2014

Photo, above: Balochistan conflict, Iran and Pakistan with troops at their borders. See Hour 3, Block D, Arif Rafiq, Middle East Institute. Photo by grace of The Nation of Pakistan (nation.com.pk) with thanks.     JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board &...

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Photo, above: Khotan is an oasis city in East Turkestan (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China). These are Uyghur children at Sunday market. See Hour 2, Block B, Elliot Sperling, Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. JOHN BATCHELOR...

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Photo, above:  The January 2010 failure of a generator aboard HMAS Farncomb was just the latest in a long history of problems faced by its fleet of 6 Collins Class diesel-electric submarines – which have sometimes been reduced to just 1 operational vessel. That readiness issue presents an immediate...

Monday 6 October 2014

Photo, above: Hong Kong demonstrations for democracy: Chinese troops destroyed the statue Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square in 1989. The regime sedulously censors information about those events. This memorial statue was recreated by Thomas Marsh.  JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW. Co-hosts: Thaddeus...

Sunday 5 October 2014

Photo, above: Cato and Republican Liberty  This image comes from the 1713 first edition of Joseph Addison's play Cato. A Tragedy, which was highly influential in the decades leading up to the American Revolution with its story of the courageous Cato the Younger defying Julius Caesar and choosing...

Saturday 4 October 2014

Photo, above:  Generalized geological map of Mars.  See Hour 4, Blocks A & B, Turning Dust to Gold: Building a Future on the Moon and Mars (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by Haym Benaroya JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 4 October  2014 / Hour 1, Block A: The Last Viking: The...

Friday 3 October 2014

Photo, above:  see Hour 4, Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs by David Grimm JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday  3 October  2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re: Jittery markets await US jobs growth data  September jobs growth is expected to be...

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