The John Batchelor Show

The John Batchelor Show

The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.

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June 12, 2025 7 mins
Good evening: The show begins in Ukraine and the Arctic Circle.1931 

GREENLAND 1931



CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR


FIRST HOUR

9-915
UKRAINE: WARRING ANOTHER YEAR. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY
915-930
ARCTIC. WAR AND PEACE.
930-945
1/2: GOLDEN DOME: : BY 2029?.JOSH ROGIN, WAPO.
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2/2: GOLDEN DOME: : BY 2029?.JOSH ROGIN, WAPO.

SECON...
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#NEWWORLDREPORT: ARGENTINA DISENFRANCHISES KIRCHNER. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
1932
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#NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO AND THE CARTELS.  . LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
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#NEWWORLDREPORT: PANAMA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
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#NEWWORLDREPORT: COLOMBIA POLITICAL VIOLENCE.  LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
1890 CARACAS CASTRO CABINET
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HOTEL MARS: SPACEX: THE STARSHIP PLAN FALLS BEHIND. ERIC BERGER, ARS TECHNICA. DAVID LIVINGSTON
1953
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RUSSIA: DISCOUNTED CRUDE OIL FALLING INTO THE 40S. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER.
1890
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PRC: EMPTY ORDER BOOKS FOR SIX MORE MONTHS. #SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE. 
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GOP: FEARFULOF ENTITLEMENTS. VERONIQUE DE RUGY
1903
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GAZA: AID AND RISKS. STEPHAN MILLER CSA. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
1922 GAZA
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CITY OF DAVID. DORON SPIELMAN. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
1860 JERUSALEM


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ANTISEMITISM: HOUSE HEARING, MICHAEL WAGENHEIM, I24 TV, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1

0 STANFORD FRATERNITIES
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IRAN: PENDING HARD POWER. MICHAEL EISENSTAT, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
1953

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2/2: GOLDEN DOME: : BY 2029?.JOSH ROGIN, WAPO.

1953
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1/2: GOLDEN DOME: : BY 2029?.JOSH ROGIN, WAPO.
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ARCTIC CIRCLE. WAR AND PEACE. ANATOL LIEVEN

1899 GREENLAND
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UKRAINE: WARRING ANOTHER YEAR. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY
1942 UKRAINE
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PREVIEW: Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica reports that Starship Test #9 fell short of desired reentry test and is a disappointment. More.
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PREVIEW: Colleague Anatol Lieven reports that the Arctic Council has suspended Russia which possesses the largest territory of the Arctic Circle. More.

1770 GREENLAND
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PREVIEW: Author Doron Spielman, "When the Stones Speak," describes the discovery of the City of David under a tiny parking lot outside the old city walls. More.
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