The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 27 April 2022

Air Date: 
April 27, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915            
#Ukraine: #StateThinking: The energy weapon. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-26/russia-halted-gas-supplies-to-poland-onet-pl-reports-l2gapmmd?cmpid=BBD042622_CUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220426&utm_campaign=closeamericas&sref=5g4GmFHo
 

915-930            
#PRC: #StateThinking: Lockdown supremacy; & What is to be done?  @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/chinese-stocks-renew-selling-as-covid-curbs-spread-to-beijing?sref=5g4GmFHo
 
 
930-945            
1/2: #Markets: Piketty and the Billionaires.   @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst 
https://www.hoover.org/research/plague-billionaires
 
945-1000            
2/2: #Markets: Piketty and the Billionaires. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst 
https://www.hoover.org/research/plague-billionaires

 
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015            
#Ukraine: Commandos in the field. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslJ  @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-26
Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  @D6leadership, @USArmy; retired US Army Colonel & Dean of Academics at the US Army War College; @CBSradio natl security consultant; @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

 
1015-1030             
#Ukraine: NATO reinforces for the win. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslJ  @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.economist.com/europe/america-is-now-thinking-of-winning-the-war-in-ukraine/21808960
 
Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  @D6leadership, @USArmy; retired US Army Colonel & Dean of Academics at the US Army War College; @CBSradio natl security consultant; @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
 
 
1030-1045        
#Ukraine: The Moldova card. @Felix_Light. @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/27/transnistria-rebels-say-drones-seen-shots-fired-near-russia-arms-depot-a77507
 
 

1045-1100             
#Ukraine: Defense Industry Bulls. Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
sites/simonconstable/2022/04/25/even-more-defense-spending-to-come-after-the-mid-term-vote-report/?sh=19e8d12f10a7
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115          
#Ukraine: Russia is not winning; & What is to be done?  George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures
https://www.economist.com/europe/america-is-now-thinking-of-winning-the-war-in-ukraine/21808960
 
 
1115-1130            
#Ukraine: Why does the Kremlin want Gazprom paid in rubles? Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst
https://www.ft.com/content/a2eea1a1-f72a-43c4-aa93-4e5477b5ead4
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-26/russia-halted-gas-supplies-to-poland-onet-pl-reports-l2gapmmd?cmpid=BBD042622_CUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220426&utm_campaign=closeamericas&sref=5g4GmFHo
 
 
1130-1145            
#NASA: Sending OSIRIS-Rex to Apophis. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-extends-eight-planetary-missions-including-sending-osirs-rex-to-the-asteroid-apophis/
 

1145-1200            
#SpaceX: Regulators at Canaveral? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/04/23/florida-dep-to-hold-public-meeting-on-proposed-spacex-wastewater-facility-

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215            
#PRC:  Why does Xi fear decoupling? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, @jonathandtward; Atlas Organization; author, China's Vision of Victory
https://www.yahoo.com/video/chinas-foreign-minister-promotes-president-093000224.html
 
 
1215-1230            
#PRC: China bulls vanish. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Charles Ortel, @CharlesOrtel , On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast, & Newport Value Partners. 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/chinese-stocks-renew-selling-as-covid-curbs-spread-to-beijing
 

1230-1245            
#PRC: Hoarding in Beijing. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Charles Burton  @cburton001 , senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/asia/china-covid-propaganda.html
Charles Burton @cburton001  Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; associate professor of Political Science at Brock University.  Charles Burton and Associates consults to governments, educational institutions and businesses to support their programs in China.     
 

1245-100 AM              
#PRC. The China tariffs and inflation. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Alan Tonelson  @AlanTonelson, independent economic policy analyst; blogs at RealityChek
https://alantonelson.wordpress.com/2022/04/25/whats-left-of-our-economy-biden-big-wigs-signal-a-cave-in-on-china-tariffs/
 
 
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