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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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15:34

S8 Ep396: Peter Stansky discusses Orwell's wartime...

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2026/01/31

Peter Stansky discusses Orwell's wartime work for the BBC and The Lion and the Unicorn advocating Englishsocialism, arguing that Animal Farm was not anti-socialist but a critique of revolutionary leaders corrupted by absolute power who inevitably betray their ideals.1951

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7:26

S8 Ep396: Peter Stansky explains that George Orwell's...

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2026/01/31

Peter Stansky explains that George Orwell's time as a colonial police officer in Burma fueled his growing anti-imperialism and decision to become a writer, while fighting in the Spanish Civil War solidified his identity as a democratic socialist and staunch anti-communist after witnessing Soviet betrayals.

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7:31

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts concludes that Stalin...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts concludes that Stalin admired American industrialism and constitutional structure while editing Soviet history, defining him as a fanatical Bolshevik intellectual driven by Marxist dogma.1896 TSAR NICHOLAS

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12:59

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts details Stalin's...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts details Stalin's admiration for historian Robert Vipper and Ivan the Terrible, whom Stalinrehabilitated as a state-builder to justify his own ruthless governance and terror.1945

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10:43

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts notes Stalin studied...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts notes Stalin studied Bismarck as a modernizer but learned power politics from Lenin, not Machiavelli, viewing Tsars as strong state builders despite their capitalism.1942

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8:04

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts discusses the library's...

The John Batchelor Show ·

2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts discusses the library's 1988 rediscovery, its 1956 dispersal following Khrushchev's de-Stalinization, and analysis of Stalin's marginalia revealing his deep emotional engagement with texts he studied.1942

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6:43

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts explains how after his...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts explains how after his wife's suicide, Stalin moves to a new dacha where his library becomes central, retaining books by executed rivals like Bukharin despite their fate.1928

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13:52

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts describes Stalin...

The John Batchelor Show ·

2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts describes Stalin organizing his library, prioritizing Lenin and Trotsky, while Bolsheviks seize control of publishing to reshape human consciousness through controlled reading and ideological indoctrination.1917 MOSCIW

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7:55

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts recounts Stalin meeting...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts recounts Stalin meeting his idol Lenin, committing to Bolshevism, and spending exile reading extensively, establishing himself as a Marxist theoretician and dedicated intellectual within the revolutionary movement.1917 VILNIUS

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11:32

S8 Ep395: Geoffrey Roberts introduces Stalin's...

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2026/01/31

Geoffrey Roberts introduces Stalin's library at his dacha and discusses the dictator's youth, education, radicalization, and voracious reading habits in Georgia and the seminary that shaped his intellectual formation.1920

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5:29

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth review primary...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth review primary sources shaping Nero's legacy, distinguishing gossip-laden Suetonius from hostile but reliable Tacitus, while noting Petronius of the Satyricon and Pliny the Elder's anecdotal encyclopedia.NERO

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15:09

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth detail Nero's fall...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth detail Nero's fall through the Pisonian conspiracy forcing Seneca's theatrical suicide, followed by revolt in Gaul and Nero's own suicide by throat, destroying his precious singing voice in 68 AD.

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5:09

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth debunk the myth that...

The John Batchelor Show ·

2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth debunk the myth that Nero started the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, explaining he organized relief efforts and built the Golden House as a public palace, while questioning accounts of Christian persecution.

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13:37

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth examine Queen...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth examine Queen Boudica's revolt in Britain, triggered by Roman financial extortion including Seneca's called-in loans, which nearly caused Nero to abandon the province before imperial prestige prevailed.1550 ROME

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8:22

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth cover Nero's first...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth cover Nero's first five years under Seneca and Burrus, noting how Agrippina's death liberated his artistic pursuits while paranoia drove the elimination of rivals including his wife Octavia and stoic aristocrats.

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12:14

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth chronicle Agrippina's...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth chronicle Agrippina's successful campaign to marry her uncle Emperor Claudius, securing Nero's succession over Britannicus by hiring Seneca as tutor before poisoning Claudius with mushrooms in 54 AD.1561 PALATINE HILL

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9:23

S8 Ep394: Everitt and Ashworth trace Nero's origins...

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2026/01/31

Everitt and Ashworth trace Nero's origins from his birth in 37 AD, examining the influence of his grandfather Germanicus and his mother Agrippina's political education under her grandmother Livia, alongside warnings from Caligula's erratic reign.

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9:24

S8 Ep394: Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth discuss...

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2026/01/31

Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth discuss Nero's plot against his mother Agrippina in 59 AD, detailing the theatrical scheme using a collapsing boat that failed, forcing the emperor to send assassins to finish the matricide.J-L DAVID, SABINE WOMENINTERVENTION

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10:12

S8 Ep393: SHOW SCHEDULE 1-30-2026 1750

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2026/01/31

SHOW SCHEDULE1-30-202617501.Jeff Bliss reports heavy Sierra snowpack is quenching California's thirst, also noting the seventy-fifth anniversary of Nevada atomic tests and new Las Vegas rail options connecting the desert city.2.Lorenzo Fiori reports Milan requires artificial snow for the Olympics, detailing security controversies regarding the USdelegation's protection and recommending local sparkling wines from the Italian region.3.Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution endorses Kevin Walsh for

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7:54

S8 Ep392: Guest: Bob Zimmerman. Zimmerman...

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2026/01/31

Guest: Bob Zimmerman. Zimmerman highlights James Webb Telescope discoveries challenging Big Bang theories, new estimates of Europa's ice thickness, and unique images of Saturn and Pluto1930

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