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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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 8 minutes
Episodes: 2139
Years Active: 2025

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Preview: PRC Property. Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang comments on how so many let the property bubble inflate for so long. More later.

Preview: PRC Property. Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang comments on how so many let the property bubble inflate for so long. More later.
19330 SHANGHAI

00:01:17 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Preview: Starship. Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica comments on the SpaceX intention to monetize Starship for Starlink. More tonight.

Preview: Starship. Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica comments on the SpaceX intention to monetize Starship for Starlink. More tonight.
1940

00:00:59 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Preview: PRC History. Colleague Gordon Chang remarks on why the PRC claims to have defeated the Japanese Empire by itself. More later.

Preview: PRC History. Colleague Gordon Chang remarks on why the PRC claims to have defeated the Japanese Empire by itself. More later.

1937 JAPAN IN SHANGHAI HARBOR

00:01:03 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Preview: Scotland. Colleague Gregory Copley comments on the SNP disdaining the loyalty oath to the King. More later.

Preview: Scotland. Colleague Gregory Copley comments on the SNP disdaining the loyalty oath to the King. More later.
1849 ABERDEEN

00:00:59 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Preview: PRC. Colleague Fraser Howie comments on why there is little hope for a PRC economy to recover from the property crater. More later.

Preview: PRC. Colleague Fraser Howie comments on why there is little hope for a PRC economy to recover from the property crater. More later.
1925 HK

00:01:31 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Preview: Ukraine. Colleague Jeff McCausland comments on the report that Kyiv permits 18 year olds to leave the country. More later.

Preview: Ukraine. Colleague Jeff McCausland comments on the report that Kyiv permits 18 year olds to leave the country. More later.
1920

00:01:35 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Show Schedule 8-26-25 Good evening. The show begins in the markets, watching the US reaction to Fed turmoil.

CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor

Show Schedule 8-26-25

Good evening. The show begins in the markets, watching the US reaction to Fed turmoil.

1870 MANHATTAN
First Hour

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#Mark…

00:06:26 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Berlin: Welfare vs Security. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin CONTINUED

Berlin: Welfare vs Security. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin CONTINUED

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/welfare-state-not-sustainable-says-15422…

00:08:56 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

#StateThinking: Putin is an existential threat to Ukraine. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

#StateThinking: Putin is an existential threat to Ukraine. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/powerful-optic…

00:05:40 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

#StateThinking: Flotilla off Venezuela. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

#StateThinking: Flotilla off Venezuela. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-warships-venezuela-trump-nicolas-madur…

00:12:10 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

Lebanon: Disarming Hezbollah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

Lebanon: Disarming Hezbollah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-865408

1980 BEIRUT

00:07:57 | Wed 27 Aug 2025

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Preview: PRC Property. Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang comments on how so many let the property bubble inflate for so long. More later.

Preview: Starship. Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica comments on the SpaceX intention to monetize Starship for Starlink. More tonight.

Preview: PRC History. Colleague Gordon Chang remarks on why the PRC claims to have defeated the Japanese Empire by itself. More later.

Preview: Scotland. Colleague Gregory Copley comments on the SNP disdaining the loyalty oath to the King. More later.

Preview: PRC. Colleague Fraser Howie comments on why there is little hope for a PRC economy to recover from the property crater. More later.

Preview: Ukraine. Colleague Jeff McCausland comments on the report that Kyiv permits 18 year olds to leave the country. More later.

Show Schedule 8-26-25 Good evening. The show begins in the markets, watching the US reaction to Fed turmoil.

Berlin: Welfare vs Security. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin CONTINUED

Berlin: Welfare vs Security. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin

Lawfare: Lisa Cook, Abrego Garcia, John Bolton. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness CONTINUED

Lawfare: Lisa Cook, Abrego Garcia, John Bolton. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness

Israel: GOLAN. David Daoud, FDD

Israel: Gaza City. David Daoud, FDD

#LondonCalling: The Cook imbroglio. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

#LondonCalling: The Triffin Dilemma. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

Ukraine: The battlefield. John Hardie, FDD. CONTINUED

Ukraine: The battlefield. John Hardie, FDD

#StateThinking: Putin is an existential threat to Ukraine. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

#StateThinking: Flotilla off Venezuela. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

Lebanon: Disarming Hezbollah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD