The John Batchelor Show

Tuesday 5 October 2021

Air Date: 
October 05, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915   #LondonCalling: London panics at the pump. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-05/europe-s-gas-and-power-surge-to-records-amid-tightening-supply
 

915-930   #LondonCalling: China property wobbles.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.barrons.com/articles/another-troubled-chinese-real-estate-company-just-defaulted-51633450128

930-945   #LondonCalling: Temporary inflation overstays.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/02/supply-chain-world-economy-energy-labour-transport-covid
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4d6c30f4-254a-11ec-80e0-b4b33b6f1716?shareToken=eb15df2f46c0d599343967ad54d2abf1
 

945-1000   #LondonCalling: The shortages in London grocery stores. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://on.ft.com/3oxfKgP
 
 

SECOND HOUR  

10-1015    #StateThinking: Ambiguous Trade Speak from Team Biden @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-trade-strategy-that-isnt-katherine-tai-us-trade-representative-china-center-for-strategic-and-international-studies-11633386034
 

1015-1030   #StateThinking: What National Defense for Germany? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/09/23/germanys-pro-business-free-democrats-may-be-essential-to-forming-a-government?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Economist | A dash of yellow
 

1030-1045   Aiming to Decarcerate Rikers   @ Harry Siegel @NYDailyNews
https://www.amny.com/news/rikers-island-street-demonstration-public-pressure/
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-breaking-out-of-the-rikers-crisis-20211002-mygu6howmnhyhgx3nbvwar2li4-story.html
 

1045-1100    Infrastructure is not about the amount. Michael Boskin @HooverInst 
https://www.hoover.org/research/michael-j-boskin-assessing-federal-governments-covid-19-relief-and-response-efforts-and-0?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f6d79aa4d2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_05_04_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f6d79aa4d2-72527561
 

THIRD HOUR 
 
100-1115   Suddenly an energy crisis in a bounty. @LizPeek  @FoxNews
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-energy-crisis-first-many-040105812.html

1115-1130    The Supply Chain that Stole Christmas   @LizPeek  @FoxNews
https://www.wdef.com/supply-chain-crunch-threatens-holiday-shopping-lists/

1130-1145    Berlin in search of a coalition. Tom Nuttall @The Economist
https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/09/25/german-candidates-fight-to-woo-moderate-voters?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Economist | The hunt for the Merkel middle

1145-1200 Berlin and the Russians. And the French. Tom Nuttall @The Economist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/09/20/the-european-union-will-badly-miss-angela-merkel?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Economist | Missing Angela already
 

FOURTH HOUR 

12-1215   #NewWorldReport:  Colombia leans radical left.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/gustavo-petro-e2-80-98colombia-doesn-e2-80-99t-need-socialism-it-needs-democracy-and-peace-e2-80-99/ar-AAOHFO5
 
 
1215-1230   #NewWorldReport: Three-year Drought Beggars Patagonia to the Pampas Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
South American drought: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia suffer ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com › world › 2021/09/24
Sept 24, 2021 — From the frigid peaks of Patagonia to the tropical wetlands of Brazil, worsening droughts this year are slamming farmers, shutting down ski resorts . . .  

1230-1245   #NewWorldReport:  Venezuela cuts six zeroes from the bolivar.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-bolivar-banknote-childrens-toy-192358028.html
 
1245-100 AM   #NewWorldReport:  The Darien Gap is cruelty.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/world/americas/haitian-migrants-mexican-border.html