The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 19 May 2022

Air Date: 
May 19, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915           
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#EU: Five crises.  Stanley Pignal, @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/05/14/europes-handling-of-war-on-its-doorstep-breaks-a-decade-long-streak-of-fumbled-crises
 
 

915-930          
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#Ukraine: Worldwide famine. Stanley Pignal, @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2022-05-21
 
 

930-945            
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#Inflation: The gold standard; and what is to be done?   Dr. Judy Shelton  @judyshel,  Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute #nedemocracy.  WSJOpinion.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-has-a-stake-in-the-dollars-integrity-purchasing-power-currencies-gdp-monetary-policy-cryptocurrencies-11652817662?page=1
 
 

945-1000           
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#ScalaReport: Slowdown, layoffs, recession. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #Stratacache.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-home-prices-hit-new-record-in-april-11652969195
 
 

SECOND HOUR
 

10-1015          
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#Ukraine: Russian commanders exit; & What is to be done? Jeff McCausland CBS News. Dickinson College @Diamond #Ukraine: DiamondSix.com
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-aid-bill-set-to-pass-senate-with-bipartisan-support-11652972377?mod=hp_lead_pos1
 
 

1015-1030           
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#Ukraine: Finland on the front line of NATO. Jeff McCausland CBS News. Dickinson College @Diaomond #Ukraine: DiamondSix.com
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/19/biden-says-sweden-finland-nato-bids-have-full-us-backing.html
 
 

1030-1045           
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#Ukraine: The war and famine. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2022-05-21
 
 

1045-1100           
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#NorthKorea: Threats, Covid and Beijing.  David Maxwell   @FDD, Army Special Forces colonel (ret); Fellow, Institute of Corean American Studies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/18/north-korea-china-russia-challenges-biden/
 

THIRD HOUR
 

1100-1115           
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#Syria: #Iran: #Russia: Assad recovers.    Dr David Adesnik, Director of Research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/05/12/the-white-house-is-bending-the-law-on-syria-sanctions/
 
 

1115-1130           
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#Iran: Tehran obeys Moscow. Mohsen Sazegara, Iranian journalist and pro-democracy political activist; held several high-ranking positions in the government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272552943/tehran-ready-to-receive-putin-on-return-visit-to-iran-ambassador-in-moscow
 
 

1130-1145           
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#Energy: What of the Eastern Mediterranean energy basin? Brenda Shaffer, FDD. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israel-ramping-up-gas-output-looks-help-supply-europe-2022-05-16/?rpc=401&
 
Brenda Shaffer  @FDD, Georgetown University; Fellow with the Atlantic Council, & professor at University of Haifa; former research director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; past president of the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.  
 

1145-1200           
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#Lebanon: Hezbollah loses an election. Hanin Ghaddar, Washington Institute. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/what-hezbollahs-parliamentary-loss-means-lebanon
Hanin Ghaddar @haningdr  is the Friedmann Fellow at The Washington Institute's Geduld Program on Arab Politics, where she focusses on Shi’a politics throughout the Levant.

 
 

FOURTH HOUR
 

12-1215           
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#Ukraine: What is victory for NATO? Amb John Bolton, New York Post.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/15/biden-must-decide-what-victory-in-ukraine-means/
 
 

1215-1230           
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#Inflation: What is stagflation; & What is to be done?  Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
https://www.investmentnews.com/el-erian-says-us-cant-avoid-stagflation-even-as-fed-tightens-221716
 
 
 

1230-1245          
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#Mexico: Unsafe air travel. Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJOpinion. Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-not-so-friendly-skies-airspace-travel-risks-category-2-flight-faa-safety-air-traffic-11652636372
 
 
 

1245-100 AM          
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#HotelMars: Starship mission at Starbase. Jeff Foust is editor of The Space Review, thespacereview.com   David Livingston, Space.com
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/05/one-year-since-sn15-starbase-lays-groundwork-for-orbital-attempt/