Photo, above: Bob and Tiny Tim Cratchit, from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Co-hosts: some of my favorite reports from 2014.

Hour One

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 1, Block A: T.S. Allen, New York Sun, re toy soldier collections.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 1, Block B: Brad Wieners, Bloomberg, re Patagonia.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 1, Block C: Megan McCloskey, ProPublica., re remains from Bataan.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 1, Block D:Mary Williams Walsh, NYT, re Detroit.

Hour Two

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 2, Block A: Dan Henninger, WSJ, re CPAC 2014. .

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 2, Block B:  Natalie Angier, NYT, re Cambrian trolobytes.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 2, Block C: Susan Berfield, Bloomberg Businessweek, re Restoration Hardware .

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 2, Block D: Lauren Young, Bloomberg, re allowance.

Hour Three

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 3, Block A: Mary Kissel, WSJ. Larry Kudlow, CNBC. Russ Roberts; Michael Boskin; Ed Lazear, Hoover, re remembering the work of Nobelist Gary Becker.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 3, Block B: continued.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 3, Block C: continued.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 3, Block D: continued.

Hour Four

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 4, Block A: Monica Crowley, FNC, re GOP midterms.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 4, Block B: continued.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 4, Block C: Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, re America's nukes.

Thursday  30 January   2014    / Hour 4, Block D:  continued.