The John Batchelor Show

Sunday 30 September 2012

Air Date: 
September 30, 2012

Sunday  905PM Eastern (605P Pacific):  Annamaria Andriotis, Marketwatch, in re:  why do so many bidders withdraw from contracts to buy a house?

A wildfire burns, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 near Featherville, Idaho. A burnout maneuver has so far been successful in reducing fuels between Featherville and the 187-square-mile wildfire that forced the central Idaho community’s evacuation a week ago, officials said Saturday.

Sunday 920PM Eastern (620P Pacific): Jim Dao, NYT, in re: the discovery of overpayment and multiple payments of veterans's benefits - why with the new system?

Sunday 935PM Eastern (635P Pacific): Tyler Rogoway, Aviationintel.com, in re: the Chinese copy of the F-35 - what’s wrong with the F-35 and why can’t it be stopped. What would work, instead?

Sunday 950PM Eastern (650P Pacific): Amy Chozick, NYT, in re: who is Phillipe Dauman of Viacom, and is he the heir-apparent at 58 years old

 

Sunday 1005PM EDT (705P Pacific):  Terry Anderson, in re: the politics of Western wildfires, and what can be done?

Sunday 1020PM EDT (720P Pacific):  Gretchen Morgenson, NYT, in re: what’s wrong with CEO pay, what can be done?  A new study says that the CEOs cannot get another job easily.

Sunday 1035PM EDT (735P Pacific): Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe, in re: the higher-education cost bubble and what it's doing to our national growth,

Sunday 1050PM EDT (750P Pacific): Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: what does Chick Fil A mean for the protection of free speech in American politics?

 

Sunday 1105PM EDT (805P Pacific): Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose; 1 of 4

Sunday 1120PM EDT (820P Pacific): Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose; 2 of 4

Sunday 1135PM EDT (835P Pacific): Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose; 3 of 4

Sunday 1150PM EDT (850P Pacific): Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose' 4 of 4

 

Sunday/Mon 1205AM EDT (905 Pacific): Richard Epstein, Hoover, in re: the Chicago school strike and collective bargaining.

Sunday/Mon 1220AM EDT (920 Pacific): Richard Epstein, continued, in re:  charter schools and Obama's education policy

Sunday/Mon 1235AM EDT (935P Pacific): Tyler Rogoway, Aviationintel.com, in re: the Chinese copy of the F-35 - what’s wrong with the F-35 and why can’t it be stopped. What would work, instead?

Sunday/Mon 1250AM EDT (950P Pacific): Sid Perkins, in re: Greenland...  ..  ..

Marcus Johns with the Department of Natural Resources, watches as the Taylor Bridge Fire burns on the south side of Highway 970 near Swauk Prairie Road on Aug. 15, 2012, near Cle Elum, Wash. The Taylor Bridge Fire has forced hundreds to evacuate and has burned dozens of homes.

Music (using New York City broadcast times)  

9:00 hour:    Sherlock (season 1).; 10:00 hour:  Sherlock (season 2.; 11:00 hour:   Sherlock, Game of Shadows.; midnight hour: Sherlock Holmes.