The John Batchelor Show

Sunday 25 May 2014

Air Date: 
May 25, 2014

Photo above: Garbo: The Spy (2009/2010)  Also known as: Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World, Garbo: El Espia.  See Hour 1, Block A: Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo: The Spy

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 1, Block A: Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo: The Spy (also known as Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World and Garbo: El Espia) is a Spanish documentary about Joan Pujol Garcia's role in the Second World War, ( of 2)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 1, Block B: Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo: The Spy (also known as Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World and Garbo: El Espia) is a Spanish documentary about Joan Pujol Garcia's role in the Second World War, ( of 2)

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Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo the Spy.  After developing a loathing of both the Communist and Fascist regimes in Europe during the Spanish Civil War, Pujol decided to become a spy for the Allies as a way to do something "for the good of humanity".[3] Pujol and his wife[4] contacted the British and American intelligence agencies, but each rejected his offer. Undeterred, he created a false identity as a fanatically pro-Nazi Spanish government official and successfully became a German agent. He was instructed to travel to Britain and recruit additional agents; instead he moved to Lisbon and created bogus reports from a variety of public sources including a tourist guide to England, train timetables, cinema newsreels and magazine advertisements. Although the information would not have withstood close examination, Pujol soon established himself as a trustworthy agent. He began inventing fictional sub-agents who could be blamed for false information and mistakes.

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 1, Block C: The Long Road Home by Ben Shephard (1 of 2)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 1, Block D: The Long Road Home by Ben Shephard (2 of 2)

 

Hour Two

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 2, Block A: Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 by Seth G. Jones (1 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 2, Block B: Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 by Seth G. Jones (2 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 2, Block C: Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 by Seth G. Jones (3 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 2, Block D: Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11 by Seth G. Jones (4 of 4)

Hour Three

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 3, Block A: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw (1 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 3, Block B: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw (2 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 3, Block C: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw (3 of 4)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 3, Block D: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw (4 of 4)

Hour Four

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 4, Block A: The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World by Joseph Braude (1 of 2)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 4, Block B: The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World by Joseph Braude (2 of 2)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 4, Block C: Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrick (1 0f 2)

Sunday 25 May 2014  / Hour 4, Block D: Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrick (2 0f 2)

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