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Thursday 2 October 2014

Photo, above: Geep-sea hydrothermal vents.  See Hour 4, Block D,  Sid Perkins, Science magazine, plumes of methane bubbles found along the East Coast  JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Thursday  2 October  2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Francis Rose, Federal News Radio.  Larry Johnson, NoQuarter; in re: Is...

Wednesday 1 October 2014

Photo, above: Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the European Space Agency to perform a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.  On 6 August 2014 it approached the comet to a distance of about 100 km (62 mi) and reduced its relative velocity to 1 m/s (3.3 ft/s), thus...

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Photo, above:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Saturday night was a rock star in Madison Square Garden, filled to overflowing with enthusiastic Indian Americans; no ticket available for love nor money.   Slate: Mad About Modi
 Why the controversial Indian prime minister drew 19,000 cheering...

Monday 29 September 2014

Photo, above:  Libya; by courtesy of ‪www.stripes.com, with thanks. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday  29 September  2014  / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, & Bill Roggio, Long War Journal...

Sunday 28 September 2014

Photo, above: Albert Camus.  See Hour 2, Blocks A & B: Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel... by Sean B. Carroll; by courtesy of and with thanks to wordsonimages.com  JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 28 September 2014...

Saturday 27 September 2014

Photo: Elephantine Island, in the Nile: see The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 27 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy by Jo Marchant Saturday 27 September...

Friday 26 September 2014

Photo, above: ISS with five moudles docked. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday  26 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: U.S.-led coalition bomb ISIS oil sites in Syria for 2nd straight day as Britain, Belgium and Denmark announce they are joining the fight ...

Thursday 25 September 2014

Photo, above: Staten Island Chuck's Charlotte's second cousin in Schenectady. She's devastated by the loss of Charlotte this past spring.  Marmota monax; Marmotte commune d'Amérique JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com. ...

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Photo, above: Echoing Tiananmen, 17-year-old Hong Kong student prepares for democracy battle He's one of the fieriest political activists in Hong Kong — he's been called an "extremist" by China's state-run media — and he's not even old enough to drive.  Meet 17-year-old Joshua Wong, a skinny,...

Tuesday 23 September 2014

Photo, above: The preserved ruins of a Bronze Age wheelhouse and broch at Jarlshof, described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles". See below, Hour 3, Blocks A & B,   John Nicolson, Telegraph. Shetland (Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn), also called...

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