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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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6:13

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis reports on the Australian T20...

The John Batchelor Show ·

2026/02/15

Jeremy Zakis reports on the Australian T20 cricket team's dismal start and unexpected loss to Zimbabwe, with selectors worried the inexperienced squad may fail to reach the World Cup finals without immediate improvement.

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13:43

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis discusses dangerous wildlife...

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2026/02/15

Jeremy Zakis discusses dangerous wildlife encounters, including a Tasmanian tiger snake found in a child's car seat and a Victorian farmer who sustained injuries while fighting a kangaroo to save his drowning dog.

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8:51

S8 Ep464: Jeremy Zakis details Australia's chaotic...

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2026/02/15

Jeremy Zakis details Australia's chaotic weather, featuring severe flooding in Queensland and a tropical cyclone in Western Australia, characterizing the current summer as highly unusual, encompassing all four seasons within one season.

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8:07

S8 Ep464: . Jeremy Zakis describes an aggressive...

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2026/02/15

.Jeremy Zakis describes an aggressive flock of over one hundred cockatoos targeting his home and neighborhood, with the destructive birds stripping trees and performing low fly-bys, prompting fears of further property damage.

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5:34

S8 Ep463: Dante Lauretta recounts the...

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2026/02/15

Dante Lauretta recounts the anxiety-inducing sample return where the drogue parachute failed to deploy before the main chute saved the mission, with the spacecraft now continuing as OSIRIS-APEX under former student Dani DellaGiustinaat the University of Arizona.

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14:03

S8 Ep463: Dante Lauretta describes how upon reaching...

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2026/02/15

Dante Lauretta describes how upon reaching asteroid Bennu the team found a hazardous rocky surface instead of expected sand, detailing the difficulty selecting the Nightingale landing site where the spacecraft sank into fluid-like material, collecting so much the container began leaking.R

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8:24

S8 Ep463: Dante Lauretta explains how after a 2007...

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2026/02/15

Dante Lauretta explains how after a 2007 rejection he refined the science objectives, coining the name OSIRIS-REx, then assumed leadership after Mike Drake's passing and guided the team through a critical 2014 confirmation review to secure NASA approval.

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9:22

S8 Ep463: Professor Dante Lauretta discusses his book...

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2026/02/15

Professor Dante Lauretta discusses his book The Asteroid Hunter and his early career at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, recalling how mentor Mike Drake and Lockheed Martin recruited him in 2004 for a daring asteroid sample return mission despite early rejections.

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5:34

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro reflects on the sad later...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro reflects on the sad later lives of Flanagan and Dies, and debunks a legend involving Orson Welles and a critic of Voodoo Macbeth.

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14:06

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro describes how the Dies...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro describes how the Dies Committee targets Director Hallie Flanagan using dubious testimony from Hazel Huffman to brand the Federal Theatre Project's plays as communist propaganda.

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8:22

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro details how Congressman...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro details how Congressman Martin Dies used the House Un-American Activities Committee to attack the Federal Theatre Project to gain political power and media fame.

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9:28

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro discusses Federal Theatre...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro discusses Federal Theatre Project plays like One-Third of a Nation, which critiqued housing inequality, and Liberty Deferred, a never-produced play about lynching in America.

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5:38

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro recounts how the Federal...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro recounts how the Federal Theater simultaneously staged Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist play It Can't Happen Here across American cities after Hollywood studios rejected the film adaptation.

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13:59

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro details Welles's innovative...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro details Welles's innovative Voodoo Macbeth, its anti-fascist themes, the racial condescension of white critics, and the production's massive success and subsequent national tour across America.

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8:22

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro explains how Rose McClendon...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro explains how Rose McClendon and John Houseman established the Negro Unit, hiring a young Orson Welles to direct the revolutionary Macbeth production in Harlem.

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9:20

S8 Ep462: James Shapiro discusses the historic 1936...

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2026/02/15

James Shapiro discusses the historic 1936 Harlem premiere of Macbeth, the Federal Theater Project's creation under Harry Hopkins and Hallie Flanagan, and its significance for democracy during the Depression era.

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5:53

S8 Ep461: Matthew Shindell outlines the history of...

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2026/02/15

Matthew Shindell outlines the history of robotic exploration, from Mariner to Ingenuity, while noting the political and technical hurdles facing future human missions to Mars.

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14:05

S8 Ep461: Matthew Shindell discusses the Scientific...

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2026/02/15

Matthew Shindell discusses the Scientific Revolution, nineteenth-century theories about Martian canals by Schiaparelli and Lowell, and H.G. Wells using Mars to satirize British imperialism.

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4:33

S8 Ep460: Matthew Shindell contrasts Islamic...

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2026/02/15

Matthew Shindell contrasts Islamic scientific advancements with European views, highlighting how Dante Alighierireinterpreted Mars in the Divine Comedy as a symbol of fortitude and martyrdom.

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13:00

S8 Ep460: Matthew Shindell explores how ancient...

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2026/02/15

Matthew Shindell explores how ancient Mayan, Chinese, and Mesopotamian civilizations interpreted Mars through mythology, omens, and early scientific observation to understand their relationship with the cosmos.

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