Podcasts - John Batchelor
Sunday 11/15/09 - Batchelor9pm
Jeffrey Berman, WSJ, re New York State need the banker bonuses, Aaron Klein, WND, re Netanyahu visits POTUS in private at the White House, re the Iranian arms shipment, Roundtable, Jodi Schneider, Mona Charen, NRO, re healthcare strategy in the House and Senate, re the election, the joblessness,
Sunday 11/15/09 - Batchelor10pm
Ruth Simon, WSJ, re the foreclosure plan and the threat of more delinquency and failure, re the slow response rate of troubled home owners, Charlie Gasparino, author, "Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System, Jim McTague, Barron's, Simon Constable, DowJones, John Tamny, re POTUS in Asia, and the balance of trade, re the dollar in freefall.
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Sunday,11/15/09 - Batchelor11pm
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, James Taranto, WSJ, Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, re KS M in Manhattan, re Greg Craig quits, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, re the Goldstone Watch, re Netanyahu visits POTUS, re Syria appeals to France, Bob Zimmerman, author re LCROSS finds water on the moon, re what water on the moon means for Monn Base 1 and the Obama administration decision, re Sunspot watch.
Monday, 11/16/09 - Batchelor12am
Christine Harper, Bloomberg, re break-up Goldman or the Yankees?, Mary Kissel, Asia Wall Street Journal, re POTUS in Japan, JPOTUS at Singapore, POTUS at Shanghai, Thomas Fleming, author, "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers." Re Tom Jefferson and two centuries of the Sally Hemmings scandal.
Saturday, 11/14/09 - Batchelor 12-1am
Gordon Chang, re POTUS trip to Asia, Gideon Rachman, FT, re the Lisbon Treaty and the EU Presidency, Steven Landsberg, author, "The Big Questions." Exeunt.
Saturday, 11/14/09 - Batchelor 11-12am
D. M. Giangreco, author, "Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947." The decision to use S-1, the atomic bombs, Robin Bell, Columbia University, Lake Vostok and Other Subglacial Lakes." John Bolton, AEI, re POTUS trip to Asia.
Saturday, 11/14/09 - Batchelor 10-11pm
Michael A. LAdeen, author, "Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West." Max Holland, WashingtonDecoded.com, "Nixon's Own Deep Throat." Mike Vlahos "Fighting Identity:" re the House of Al-Saud and the Iran provoked rebellion in Yemen, the successors to Abdullah.
Saturday, 11/14/09 - Batchelor 9-10pm
Marko Papic, Stratfor Eurasia Analyst, re Russia vs Iran, Ed HAyes, attorney, re KSM in Manhattan, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan. With Rufus Phillips, author, Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, re the the Eikenberry leaked memo, re POTUS no decision, re Nuristan goes TalibanContinued.
Sunday 11/8/09 - Batchelor9pm
Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, re the Zelaya and Michelletti negotiation in Honduras, Aaron Klein, WND, re the IDF interception of the Iran arms ship to Hamas, re the investigation of the Hasan family in East Jerusalem, Roundtable, Jim McTague, Barron's, Jodi Schneider, Mona Charen, NRO, re healthcare strategy in the House and Senate, re the election, the joblessness.
Sunday 11/8/09 - Batchelor10pm
Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Nation, re the youth vote and the election and Obama, Charlie Gasparino, author, "Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System.", Simon Constable, DowJones, John Tamny, Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg, re Freddie MAc loses $5 billion.
Sunday,11/8/09 - Batchelor11pm
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, James Taranto, WSJ, Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, re the election and healthcare, re the jobless 10.2%, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, re the IDF intercepts arms and rockets from Iran to Hamas at Gaza, re the Goldstone watch, Bob Zimmerman, author, Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2009 total: 237 days (77%) Since 2004: 748 days Typical Solar Min: 485 days, re the speculation about where the water went on Mars 3 billion years ago.
Monday, 11/9/09 - Batchelor12am
Kelly Evans, WSJ, the Hub, re the jobless number and the economy, re Fed watch and the jobs, Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, re POTUS visits East Asia, Anne C. Heller, "Ayn Rand: And the World She Made.", Exeunt Lou Ann Hammond, GM keeps Opel, why?
Saturday,11/7/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Michael Belfiore,"The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs." Seth Lipsky, "The Citizen's Constitution: An Annotated Guide." Kyle Stock re financial lobbyists in Washington. Thaddeus McCotter, member of Congress, re the pending healthcare reform vote in Congress. Parris Chang, former envoy, Republic of Taiwan, re the POTUS visit to East Asia. Allison Stanger, "Outsourcing American Foreign Policy." Exeunt Lou-Ann Hammond, Carlist, re GM takes Opel back, why?
Saturday, 11/7/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Marko Papic, Stratfor Eurasia Analyst, re the Lisbon Treaty and the future of Europe, Charlie Gasparino, "Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System." re the wreck of Wall Street and the crash 0f 2008, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan with Rufus Phillips, author, Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, re the Karzai choice, the dealing with the kleptocrats, re the Pakistan offensive in Waziristan, Steve Cohen re 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, re the civiliki in Moscow take command re Russia and China and the US Russia policy, Mike Vlahos, "Fighting Identity:" re the House of Al-Saud and the instability of the Gulf; re the Saudi contest with Tehran and the shipment of arms to Hamas intercepted by the Israelis.
Sunday,11/1/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Craig Unger, Jeff Bliss, re the healthcare strategy on the Hill, re the stimulus jobs, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, re HRC visit to Jerusalem, Bob Zimmerman, author, re sunspot watch and climate, re Russia wants a nuclear powered rocket to Mars, re Ares 1 test damages the booster, William McGurn, WSJ, Mary Kissel, WSJ, re Japan troubled, Burma abandoned, Evalyn Gates, author, "Einstein's Telescope," re cosmology and the search for dark matter, Exeunt Lou Ann Hammond, GMAC, Chrysler Volvo troubles.
Sunday 11/1/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Tom Braithewaite, FT, re the Fed proposes to take control of bank regulation, Aaron Klein, WND, re HRC visit to Jerusalem, Roundtable, John Fund, WSJ, Jodi Schneider, Mona Charen, NRO, re healthcare strategy in the House and Senate, Jim Carlton, WSJ, re the new governor of Alaska is popular and not Sarah Palin, Charlie Gasparino, author, "Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Golabl Financial System", Simon Constable, DowJones, John Tamny, Joseph Sternberg, AWSJ, re the GDP is positive and the market sells, re China trade protectionism and the Obama administration.
Saturday, 10/31/09 - Batchelor11-1am
James G. Workman, "Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushman Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought."John Geiger, "The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible." Marc Morano, Climate Change, re the Pew Poll on Climate Change, re the Obama administration bypasses Copenhagen. Gordon Chang, re China violates sanctions against North Korea. Kelly Evans re swine flu and the church pew. Christopher Andersen, "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage." Exeunt with Lou Ann Hammond re GMAC/GM and salary caps.
Saturday, 10/31/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Christopher McDougall, "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen." Re the phenomenon of barefoot running sweeps North America, Meena Thiruvengadam, re Ken Feinberg Pay Czar, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan with Rufus Phillips, Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, re the newly scheduled elections, re the Taliban assaults Pakistan, Nathan Hughes re Earth orbital space as the highest ground and a weapons platform, Dimitar Sasselov, Harvard Origins of Life program, re 32 new exoplanets, re Corot 7-b, re Kepler update, Mike Vlahos, "Fighting Identity:" re the superstition of democracy forces anther election; re the election in Iran, Afghanistan and soon in Palestine are all mockeries.
Sunday,10/25/09 - Batchelor11-1am
John Fund, WSJ, Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Diana West, NationalExaminer.com, re public option option option, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, at Jerusalem, Bob Zimmerman, author, re Charles Bolden dream and spin, John Gapper, Financial Times, re Why Goldman?, Tim Page, author, "Parallel Play, Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's.", Exeunt Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ.
Sunday 10/25/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Jennifer Corbett Dooren, WSJ, re swine flu hits the young in waves, James R.Hagerty, WSJ, re McMansions declining, Roundtable, Jodi Schneider, , Mona Charen, NRO, re Baucus Hearts Snowe, Charlie Gasparino, author, "Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Golabl Financial System", Henry Miller, "The Cadfael Report," re why swine flu does not strike the elderly as hard as the young, the shortage of vaccine for H1N1, Simon Constable, DowJones, Jim McTague, Barron's.
Saturday, 10/24/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Nathan Hughes, re Earth orbital space as the highest ground and a weapons platform, Dimitar Sasselov, Harvard Origins of Life program, re 32 new exoplanets, re Corot 7-b, re Kepler update, Mike Vlahos,"Fighting Identity:" re the superstition of democracy forces anther election; re the election in Iran, Afghanistan and soon in Palestine are all mockeries, James G. Workman, "Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushman Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought." John Geiger, "The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible." Marc Morano, Climate Change, re the Pew Poll on Climate Change, re the Obama administration bypasses Copenhagen, Gordon Chang, re China violates sanctions against North Korea, Kelly Evans, re swine flu and the church pew. Christopher Andersen, "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage." Exeunt with Lou Ann Hammond re GMAC/GM and salary caps.
Saturday, 10/24/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Christopher McDougall, "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen." re the phenomenon of barefoot running sweeps North America, Meena Thiruvengadam - re Ken Feinberg Pay Czar, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan, With Rufus Phillips & Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, re the newly scheduled elections, re the Taliban assaults Pakistan .
Sunday,10/18/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Jeff Bliss, Forbes.com, Craig Unger, re Baucus Hearts Snowe, re Pelosi presses the public option, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, Bob Zimmerman, author, re IBEX and the mysterious ribbon at the edge of the solar system, re ISS, spaceweather, Judy Shelton, WSJ, Henry Miller, "The Cadfael Report,", Christina Asquith, author "Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq."
Sunday10/18/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, Siobhan Gorman, WSJ, Roundtable, Jodi Schneider, John Fund, WSJ, Mona Charen, NRO, re Baucus Hearts Snowe, re Pelosi presses the public option, Anna Matthews, WSJ, Ed HAyes, Lawman, re Letterman case heads to court, Simon Constable, DowJones, Jim McTague, Barron's, re gold climbs and the dollar sinks
Saturday, 10/17/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Ilaria Dagnini Brey "The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman, "The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation." Gordon Chang re China violates sanctions against North Korea, Betsy McKay re the onset of swine flu and the risks are not all the same so far, Stephen Kotkin "Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment." Exeunt.
Saturday, 10/17/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Jonah Keri re the robot end of umpiring, who needs eyeballs?, Charlie Gasparino- MSNBC re the banks are rolling in cash bonuses, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan with Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, re the Punjabi Taliban and the Pashtun Taliban attack Peshawar, Brian Carney "Freedom, Inc.: Free Your EMployees and Let Them Lead Your Business to Higher Productivity, Profits, and Growth, Lewis Sorley, "A Better War," re lessons from the military in Vietnam that apply to counter-insurgency in Afghanistan, Claudia Rosett, Foundation Defense Democracies, re a Nobel Peace Prize every year for POTUS, Mike Vlahos, author, "Fighting Identity:" re fighting an Iron Age warrior cult is futile, The Punjabi Taliban join the Pashtun Taliban.
Sunday,10/11/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Jeff Bliss, Forbes.con, John Avlon, re the Nobel Peace Prize to POTUS, re the Baucus bill advances, re the Afghanistan rethink, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, Bob Zimmerman, author, re LCROSS strikes the moon, re ISS mission, Bruce Ratfill, Hoover, re Honduras vs Zelaya, B. Raman, Institute for Topical Studies, re the Pakistani nuke security and the Taliban, Linda Gordon, author, "Dorothea Lange: A Life.", Exeunt with Lou-Ann Hammond, Carlist.com.
Sunday10/11/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Claudia Rosett, Foundation Defense Democracies, re Barack Obama wins the Norwegian chosen Nobel PEace Prize, Aaron Klein, WND, at Jerusalem, re the contijued provocations by Fatah on Temple Mount, responses of regiuon to Nobel Peace Prize, Roundtable, Jodi Schneider, John Fund, WSJ, Mona Charen, NRO,re the Nobel Peace Prize to POTUS, re Baucus bill passes the CBO test, re Afghanistan re-think and McChrystal, Gordon Goldstein, author, "Lessons in Disaster," the book about McGeorge Bundy and Vietnam that POTUS is reading re Afghanistan, Nasrine Gross, women's rights activist Afghanistan, Ann Marlowe, Forbes.com, re the Karzai fraud, Simon Constable, DowJones, Jim McTague, Barron's, Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, Margaret Hoover, FNC, re Tim Geithner and Goldman Sachs, re the Nobel Peace Prize.
Saturday, 10/10/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Kenneth R. Werrell, "Death From the Heavens: A History of Strategic Bombing," Mike Vaccaro "The First Fall Classic,: The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912." Emily Maltby- Used-Car Dealers Feel 'Clunkers' Pinch, Dana Mattioli Law-Firm Hires Seek Interim Jobs Lesley Hazelton, "The Inheritors: The Epic Shia-Sunni Split." Exeunt with Banafshe Zand-Bonazi, re the Mayor of Tehran is a sinister rival to Ahmadi-Nejad.
Saturday, 10/10/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
John Bussey re the debate between two books at the White House, Gordon Goldstein's "Lesson's in Disaster," and Lewis Sorley's "A Better War," both about Vietnam, October 5 Coalition October 5 Anti-War Coalition, AfPakia and the Obama administration debate about strategy and policy for Afghanistan With Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog, Kerry Patton re the bombing in Kabul against Indian Embassy, re the TTF Taliban assault on Rawalpindi. Rufus Phillips "Why Vietnam Matters," re the presidential debate on Afghanistan and the comparisons to Vietnam, Kamran Bokhari re significant changes of IRGC lesdership in Iran, Mike Vlahos "Fighting Identity:"
Sunday,10/04/09 - Batchelor11-1am
Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Jeff Bliss, Forbes.con, John Avlon, re the Baucus vote on public option, re Independents and Afghanistan conflict, re Meg Whitman and Barbara Boxer, Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations, Bob Zimmerman, author, re the sunspots continue missing,Bruce Ratfill, Hoover, re Honduras vs Zelaya,Evan Ramstad, WSJ, at Seoul, re the US fawns over North Korea, Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, re the surprise revelations of Ardi, the 4.4 million year old hominid from the forest of Africa, Exeunt with Nick Grace, Long War Journal, re Indonesia Sumatra quake.
Sunday10/04/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
David Mildenberg, Bloomberg, Aaron Klein, WND, at Jerusalem, re the Gilad Shalit tape, Roundtable, Jodi Schneider, John Fund, WSJ, Mona Charen, NRO, re ACORN, healthcare Baucus bill nixes public option, loads up on taxes, re Afghanistan rethink, Sho Chandra, Bloomberg, re the 9.8% jobless number and the truly gloom jobs picture, Nicholas Thompson, re the revelation of the Soviet built "Doomsday Machine,", Financial Roundtable, John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, Simon Constable, Dow Jones, g, Jim McTague, Barron's re the cliff-diving jobs and Larry Summers speaks of stimulus "extensions," re the Fed Hawks hesitate, re the Bank of America loses Captain America.
Saturday, 10/03/09 - Batchelor11-1am
William F. Althoff, "Forgotten Weapon: U.S. Navy Airships and the U-Boat War." Melvin I. Urofsky, "Louis D. Brandeis: A Life." Gordon Chang re the PRC celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Maoist coup, without a live audience, re the cult of personality and Hu. Jesse Pesta, re the fate of the once mighty S.S. United States, the Big U, once upon a time, headed for the scrap heap of history. Matt Latimer, "Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Surivivor."Exeunt with Lou Ann Hammond, Carlist.com, re Saturn fades, and France goes electric stations.
Saturday, 10/03/09 - Batchelor9-11pm
Ed Hayes, attorney, re the Zazi arrests for terror, re the Obama administration's inability to close GITMO, re the Letterman blackmail case, Rob Walker, NYT, re the new high-ened auction sites for elitist fashion that are showing signs of life for bargain hunting in $7800 dresses, AfPakia and the McChrystal report on the potential of defeat in Afghanistan, with Bill Roggio, Kurt Westergaard, re the Mohammed cartoons of September 30, 2005, Steve Cohen, author, re mission to Moscow, what does Moscow make of the Obama administration?, re the Georgia-Russian war, re the German election. Michael Vlahos-"Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change," re the AfPakia struggle and the Late Roman Empire, re POTUS weighs strategy, re McChrystal sits with POTUS on AF1 in Copenhagen, re Gates hesitates, re the Empire pulls back.
