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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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S8 Ep416: Guest: Simon Constable. Constable discusses...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Simon Constable. Constable discusses the Labour scandal with the Epstein revelations, analyzing the political fallout affecting Britain's governing party.1828 BANK OF ENGLAND

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S8 Ep416: Guest: Simon Constable. Constable reports...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Simon Constable. Constable reports from France with a resident European pine marten, offering observations on rural life and wildlife in the French countryside.2870 SIEGE OF PARIS

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S8 Ep416: Guest: Michael Bernstam. Bernstam examines...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Michael Bernstam. Bernstam examines Russia's budget gap widening with the sinking price of oil, detailing the fiscal pressures facing Moscow as energy revenues decline.1919 ESTONIA

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10:35

S8 Ep415: Guest: Sadanand Dhume. Dhume reports on the...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Sadanand Dhume. Dhume reports on the India-EU trade deal after 21 years of negotiation, analyzing the significance of this agreement for both economies and regional geopolitics.1930 MUMBAI

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S8 Ep415: Guest: Sinan Ciddi. Ciddi assesses the...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Sinan Ciddi. Ciddi assesses the possibility of democracy in Turkey, discussing the structural obstacles and political dynamics that shape the country's democratic trajectory.1900 TURKEY

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S8 Ep415: Guest: Sinan Ciddi. Ciddi analyzes Erdogan...

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2026/02/04

Guest: Sinan Ciddi. Ciddi analyzes Erdogan succession prospects in Turkey, examining potential successors and the implications for Turkish domestic and foreign policy.1900 POST OFFICE ISTANBUL

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S8 Ep400: Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis describes how...

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2026/02/01

Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis describes how his dog Dallas watches birds from air-conditioned safety, tolerating magpies but acting like a "lawman" toward unwelcome, vandalistic cockatoos drinking water.

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S8 Ep400: Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis details the...

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2026/02/01

Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis details the English cricket team's scandals, specifically how Harry Brook and teammates lied about a nightclub fight following their humiliating Ashes defeat.1885 CRICKET NSW

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S8 Ep400: Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports on...

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2026/02/01

Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports on Australia's oppressive, humid heatwave reaching 122°F, which traps residents indoors and keeps a stubbornly stationary tropical depression from becoming a cyclone.

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S8 Ep400: Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports on...

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2026/02/01

Guest: Jeremy Zakis. Zakis reports on Australia's oppressive, humid heatwave reaching 122°F, which traps residents indoors and keeps a stubbornly stationary tropical depression from becoming a cyclone.1873

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S8 Ep399: Sean McMeekin explains how the Allies...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin explains how the Allies abandoned anti-communist forces like Mihailovic in Yugoslavia and Chiang Kai-shek in China, while Stalin armed Mao Zedong with Japanese weapons, concluding that massive US Lend-Leaseaid enabled communism's expansion into Europe and Asia.1945

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin describes how the Soviets...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin describes how the Soviets utilized Lend-Lease to acquire industrial secrets and nuclear materials, often facilitated by Harry Hopkins whom McMeekin views as a devoted Soviet agent of influence, while Stalin delayed Operation Bagration to let Western Allies absorb German strength.1945 RED ARMY

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin argues FDR announced...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin argues FDR announced unconditional surrender at Casablanca to appease Stalin, highlighting the Allied cover-up of the Katyn Massacre where Stalin used his own crime to break relations with the Polish government-in-exile and consolidate control.2943 TEHRAN

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin describes how Stalin...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin describes how Stalin exploited Lend-Lease beyond military necessity, using the program to acquire industrial equipment, raw materials, and nuclear-related supplies while manipulating Western generosity to strengthen Soviet postwar capabilities and strategic position.1941 ROSTOV

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin challenges the myth of...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin challenges the myth of Stalin's nervous breakdown during the 1941 German invasion, arguing both sides were mobilizing for war and that becoming a victim created a public relations miracle facilitating Western aid while Stalin withheld intelligence about Japan from the US.1939 WINTER WAR

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin discusses Molotov's 1940...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin discusses Molotov's 1940 Berlin visit, noting Stalin's brazen demands for influence in Bulgaria and Turkey caused talks to collapse, prompting Hitler to plan Operation Barbarossa, while Roosevelt began lifting moral embargoes anticipating a German-Soviet clash.1931 STALIN AND BERIA

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin details how Stalin replaced...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin details how Stalin replaced Litvinov with Molotov to signal realignment with Hitler, leading to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, arguing Stalin was an opportunist seeking territorial expansion in Poland, Romania, and the Baltics while Western powers failed to intervene.1900 THE RUSSIA BEAR, "RECKLESS DEFIANCE" OF THE ENGLISH TOMMIES

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S8 Ep398: Sean McMeekin introduces Stalin as a bandit...

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2026/02/01

Sean McMeekin introduces Stalin as a bandit and intellectual who adopted Lenin's theory of revolutionary defeatism, explaining how Stalin built Soviet industry by exploiting Western technology and capital during the Depression, often funding this through looted artwork and espionage.1881 GANGING THE STUDENT REVOLUTIONARIES

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S8 Ep397: Peter Stansky attributes the pessimism in...

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2026/01/31

Peter Stansky attributes the pessimism in 1984 to Orwell's belief that leaders prioritize power over revolutionary goals, though he remained optimistic about the English people, noting the novel's enduring relevance regarding modern technology, political disinformation, and its historical use as a Cold War cultural document.1899 LITTLE RUSSIA

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S8 Ep396: Peter Stansky attributes the pessimism in...

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2026/01/31

Peter Stansky attributes the pessimism in 1984 to Orwell's belief that leaders prioritize power over revolutionary goals, though he remained optimistic about the English people, noting the novel's enduring relevance regarding modern technology and political disinformation.1951

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