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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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13:05

S8 Ep142: Disney and ESPN: Running a Blue Company in...

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2025/11/29

Disney and ESPN: Running a Blue Company in a Red State — Charles Gasparino — Gasparino analyzes the radicalization of the Walt Disney Company, noting that CEO Bob Iger brought progressive cultural affinities while the company maintained profitability. His successor, Bob Chapek, initially navigated the challenge of running a "blue company in a red state" (Florida) by remaining publicly neutral regarding cultural controversies with Governor Ron DeSantis. Internal organizational pressure from Iger

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6:55

S8 Ep142: The Flashpoints of Woke Capitalism: Occupy...

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2025/11/29

The Flashpoints of Woke Capitalism: Occupy Wall Street and the SEC — Charles Gasparino — Gasparinoidentifies the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing progressive populist backlash, including the Occupy Wall Streetencampment at Zuccotti Park, as pivotal flashpoints accelerating corporate woke adoption. CEOs embraced ESG and DEI frameworks, influenced by ideological groupthink at forums like Davos. Corporate leadership adopted stakeholder capitalism as a political defense mechanism against

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10:54

S8 Ep142: Woke Capitalism: Origins, ESG, DEI, and the...

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2025/11/29

Woke Capitalism: Origins, ESG, DEI, and the Power of BlackRock — Charles Gasparino — Gasparino traces the origins of "woke capitalism," detailing how corporate America became an active institutional agent for progressive social change. This ideological shift, accelerated through boardroom political calculations, led to widespread adoption of corporate acronyms including ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), redirecting corporate focus from shareholder

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7:50

S8 Ep141: Angelica's Later Life: Return, Tragedy, and...

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2025/11/29

Angelica's Later Life: Return, Tragedy, and Founding Angelica, NY — Molly Beer — Angelica visited the United States for President Washington's 1789 inauguration but quickly returned to London, disappointed that the nascent republic fell short of her revolutionary ideals. She returned permanently to America in 1797, positioning herself as the matriarch of the Schuyler family legacy. Following devastating personal tragedy in 1804, including Alexander Hamilton's death at Aaron Burr's hands, Angelica

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11:50

S8 Ep141: Angelica in Europe: John Church, London...

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2025/11/29

Angelica in Europe: John Church, London Society, and Diplomacy — Molly Beer — Following ratification of the peace treaty, Angelica and her husband sailed to Paris to collect outstanding payments owed by the French government. John Carter leveraged the wartime amnesty to settle accumulated debts, reconcile with his estranged family, and legally adopt the name John Barker Church. Angelica relocated to London's elegant Mayfair neighborhood, where she established herself as a prominent American

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6:59

S8 Ep141: Angelica and the Founders: The Revolution...

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2025/11/29

Angelica and the Founders: The Revolution and the Hamilton Connection — Molly Beer — Beer examines Angelica's pivotal role during the American Revolution, including her service alongside Rochambeau's army, traveling to Yorktown shortly after delivering her third child. Her sister Elizabeth ("Betsy") married Alexander Hamilton, who deliberately married into the prominent Schuyler family to elevate his social standing and political prospects. Following the war, Angelica's eldest son, Philip, founded

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3:25

S8 Ep138: SHOW SHOW 11-27-25 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD...

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2025/11/28

SHOWSHOW 11-27-25 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR 1758 FORT TICONDEROGA ON THANKSGIVING 2025 Segment 1 — The Big Hop: Setting the Stage for the First Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight — David Rooney — Rooney discusses Lord Northcliffe establishing a £10,000 prize in 1913 to spur British aviation advancement. Following WWI, veterans including pilot John Alcock and navigator Arthur Whitten Brown partnered with Vickers to attempt the historic challenge, bringing military experience and

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7:05

S8 Ep137: Segment 16 — Twin Targets: Stealing the...

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2025/11/28

Segment 16 — Twin Targets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb and the B-29 Bomber Technology — Svetlana Lokhova — During WWII, Guyk Avakyan supervised the theft of atomic bomb secrets in coordination with physicist Igor Kurchatov. Agent Semyonov (code name "Twain") successfully recruited scientist Klaus Fuchs, obtaining critical Manhattan Project data. Shumovski, operating openly under the Lend-Lease program, filmed B-29 production technology, enabling Soviet engineers to rapidly construct the Tupolev 4

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12:35

S8 Ep136: Segment 15 — Propaganda Triumph: The...

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2025/11/28

Segment 15 — Propaganda Triumph: The Transpolar Flight, Shirley Temple, and Stanislav Shumovski's PR Genius — Svetlana Lokhova — In 1937, the Tupolev ANT-25RD completed a dramatic transpolar flight to California—a major Soviet propaganda triumph made possible by stolen American technology. Shumovski, acting as master propagandist, orchestrated publicity arrangements including photographs with Shirley Temple. The aviators' tour, featuring meetings with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

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5:44

S8 Ep136: Segment 14 — The Price of Service: Purges...

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2025/11/28

Segment 14 — The Price of Service: Purges and Arrests of Soviet Agents and Designers — Svetlana Lokhova — The 1935 Kremlin affair investigation, triggered by Kirov's assassination, exposed plots against Stalin's authority. Chernowski, a military intelligence officer and committed Trotskyite, was arrested and executed, naming Ray Bennettduring interrogation protocols. Airplane designer Sergei Tupolev was also arrested but continued critical design work within a special prison facility before his

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12:05

S8 Ep136: Segment 13 — MIT and Espionage: Shumovski...

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2025/11/28

Segment 13 — MIT and Espionage: Shumovski Targets American Aviation and Mass Production Secrets — Svetlana Lokhova — Soviet agents including Stanislav Shumovski systematically targeted crucial American industrial and aeronautical secrets. Shumovski focused on acquiring advanced bomber designs, particularly high-altitude variants, and studying Ford's mass production methodologies to enable Soviet armament manufacturing using unskilled labor. Classmate Chernowski, however, began meeting American

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7:00

S8 Ep136: Segment 12 — The Master Spy: Guyk Avakyan...

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2025/11/28

Segment 12 — The Master Spy: Guyk Avakyan Oversees the Theft of Chemical Warfare and Rocketry Secrets — Svetlana Lokhova — Guyk Avakyan, an Armenian chemist, was dispatched to America in 1933 to supervise the espionage network, specializing in chemical warfare secrets. Avakyan systematized and scaled the intelligence operation, institutionalizing the use of both legal and clandestine operational covers. Avakyan oversaw the theft of critical scientific papers, including revolutionary research by

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12:40

S8 Ep136: Segment 11 — Training Soviet Spies: Ray...

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2025/11/28

Segment 11 — Training Soviet Spies: Ray Bennett Instructs in American Culture and Etiquette — Svetlana Lokhova — Bennett educated Russian agents, including Shumovski, in English language proficiency and Americancultural customs—including proper silverware usage and appropriate business attire—to prepare them for assignments at elite American institutions like MIT. This meticulous cultural preparation proved essential to establishing credible cover identities within academic and scientific

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6:45

S8 Ep136: Segment 10 — Training Soviet Spies: Ray...

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2025/11/28

Segment 10 — Training Soviet Spies: Ray Bennett Prepares Agents for American Missions — Svetlana Lokhova — Lokhova examines Ray Bennett, a veteran intelligence operative and Soviet ideologue born in Tsarist Russia, who trained Russian students for covert missions in America. Bennett emphasized operational security protocols, including instructions that agents never speak Russian immediately upon waking, ensuring consistent cover and preventing operational compromises. 1929

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11:04

S8 Ep136: Segment 9 — Stanislav Shumovski: Polish...

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2025/11/28

Segment 9 — Stanislav Shumovski: Polish Nobleman to Master Spy of Soviet Technology Theft — Svetlana Lokhova — Lokhova introduces Stanislav Shumovski, a Polish nobleman and Russian Civil War hero selected to lead Soviet science and technology (S&T) espionage operations. Stalin prioritized technology acquisition to overcome Russia's industrial backwardness, reportedly stating: "if we do not bridge that gap within 5 to 10 years they will crush us." 1925

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7:45

S8 Ep136: Segment 8 — Cutting the Funding: Policy...

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2025/11/28

Segment 8 — Cutting the Funding: Policy Recommendations for Containing North Korea — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol argues that effective containment policy requires avoiding kinetic military operations and instead targeting North Korea's financial apparatus to destabilize the regime. This strategy requires rigorous enforcement of existing international sanctions, deployment of advanced cyber warfare capabilities, seizure of smuggling vessels (though acknowledging potential escalation risks), and

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11:55

S8 Ep136: Segment 7 — The Arsenal of Resistance:...

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2025/11/28

Segment 7 — The Arsenal of Resistance: North Korea's Role in Ukraine and the Middle East Conflicts — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol analyzes North Korea's critical contributions to Russia's war effort in Ukraine, providing approximately 60% of Russian artillery ammunition and one-third of Russian ballistic missiles since 2023. North Koreaalso proliferates weapons systems and military training to Iran's regional surrogates, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, and has constructed a 45-kilometer

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7:55

S8 Ep136: Segment 6 — Nuclear Assistance and Cyber...

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2025/11/28

Segment 6 — Nuclear Assistance and Cyber Theft: North Korea's Contributions to Iran's Weapons Programs — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol details North Korea's substantial nuclear assistance to Iran, including uranium warhead designs, raw uranium supplies, and construction of underground nuclear facilities. North Korea operates as the number one cyber theft entity globally, systematically stealing cryptocurrency and intellectual property to finance its military-industrial complex and weapons development

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9:54

S8 Ep136: Segment 5 — Rogue Allies: Assessing the...

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2025/11/28

Segment 5 — Rogue Allies: Assessing the Nuclear and Proliferation Threat Posed by North Korea and Iran — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol examines North Korea and Iran as "Rogue Allies" whose strategic partnership the U.S. has failed to comprehend since 1983. North Korea, functioning as the "arsenal of resistance," possesses the Hwasong-15missile capable of striking the continental United States. This partnership represents a fundamental threat to regional stability and American strategic

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4:55

S8 Ep135: Segment 4 — Triumph and Legacy: Alcock and...

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2025/11/28

Segment 4 — Triumph and Legacy: Alcock and Brown Win the Prize and Inspire Lindbergh — David Rooney — Alcock and Brown completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight, landing in Ireland and achieving global celebration. They received the £10,000 prize from Winston Churchill, then Minister of War and Air. Charles Lindbergh later credited Alcock and Brown with demonstrating that long-distance transatlantic aviation was feasible, stating they "showed us the way." 1929

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