The John Batchelor Show

Monday 15 March 2010 (Ides of March)

By John Batchelor on March 15, 2010 2:53 AM | 1 Comment

Monday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Simon Constable, WSJ with David Drucker, Roll Call and Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: whip count

Monday 920P Eastern Time: Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: Hindenboxer

Monday 935P Eastern Time: Mary O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Haiti

Monday 950P Eastern Time: Kim Strassel, WSJ, in re: healthcare

Monday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Co-host Simon Constable, WSJ with Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: whip count
Monday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Ahmed Ali, Washington Institute, in re: Iraq
Monday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Financial Roundtable with Simon Constable, WSJ and Aaron Task, Yahoo! Finance, in re: Fed
Monday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re:

Monday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Mary Kissel, WSJA, in re: India
Monday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): continued
Monday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Google in China
Monday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): David Grinspoon, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, in re: end of the solar system

Monday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Rich Miller, WSJ, in re: housing
Monday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Dionne Searcey, WSJ, in re: Toyota
Monday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Aaron Klein, The Aaron Klein Show, in re: Israel
Monday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 13, 2010 7:30 PM | No Comments

Saturday

WSJ's Simon Constable in for John Batchelor

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host James Altucher, Formula Capital

Saturday 920P Eastern Time: Cody Willard, Fox Business, in re: two-party electoral aystem

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Al Lewis, Dow Jones Newswires, in re: reefer going corporate
Saturday 950P Eastern Time: Professor Ed Hess, Darden Business School and Lou Ann Hammond, Carlist.com, in re: Toyota's misery

Saturday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Co-host James Altucher, Formula Capital, in re: Why President Obama is a Republican
Saturday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Claudia Rosette, Forbes.com; in re: North Korea
Saturday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Financial Roundtable with Joe Brusuelas, Brusuelas Analytics; David Weidner, MarketWatch, in re: Lehman, Chris Dodd
Saturday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued

Saturday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re: Jihad Jane
Saturday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg, in re: unions
Saturday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Deborah Blum, author, The Poisoner's Handbook
Saturday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): continued

Saturday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Seth Lipsky, author of "The Citizen's Constitution"
Saturday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Bret Arends, WSJ, in re: mortgages
Saturday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Comedian Tony Hendra, in re: George Carlin
Saturday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Sunday

Sunday 905P Eastern Time: Jodi Schneider, American Banker and Mona Charen, NRO, in re: healthcare
Sunday 920P Eastern Time: continued, in re: Jihad Jane and Jihad Jamie

Sunday 935P Eastern Time: Jim McTague, Barron's Magazine and Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg, in re: Greece
Sunday 950P Eastern Time: continued, in re: Lehman Brothers

Sunday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): John Avlon, DailyBeast.com and Larry Johnson, No Quarter, in re: heathcare
Sunday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): continued in re: Jihad Jane and Jihad Jamie
Sunday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Craig Unger, ObamaObserver.com, John Fund, WSJ and Margaret Hoover, Fox News Channel, in re: healthcare
Sunday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Murtha's seat

Sunday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Google in China
Sunday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, WSJ, in re: China's economy
Sunday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents
Sunday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Big Space

Sunday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Matthew Dalton, WSJ
Sunday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Fiona Harvey, WSJ
Sunday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Jeff Biggers, author
Sunday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt

Friday 12 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 12, 2010 1:36 AM | 1 Comment

Friday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: reconciliation

Friday 920P Eastern Time: Taegan Goddard, CQPolitics.com, in re: Stupak and gossip

Friday 935P Eastern Time: John Lyons, WSJ, in re: Castro and Brazil
Friday 950P Eastern Time: Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, in re: slow boat from China

Friday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Google in China
Friday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Henry Miller, Hoover Institution, in re: Anthrax case
Friday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): AfPakia Roundtable with Rufus Phillips, author, Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: Afghanistan and India
Friday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Iraq

Friday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Michael Vlahos, author, in re: Kremlin
Friday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): continued
Friday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Kenneth Gormley, author, in re: Clinton senate trial 1999
Friday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): continued

Friday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re: LBJ
Friday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg, in re: Chris Dodd
Friday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Kamran Bokhari, Stratfor.com, in re: Russia and India
Friday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Lou Ann Hammond, Carlist.com, in re: Toyota

Thursday 11 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 11, 2010 12:51 AM | No Comments

Thursday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: healthcare

Thursday 920P Eastern Time: Emily Cadei, CQ, in re: Eric Massa

Thursday 935P Eastern Time: Tammy Audi, WSJ, in re: LA subway

Thursday 950P Eastern Time: Ellen Schultz, WSJ, in re: social security

Thursday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Co-host Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Biden
Thursday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Ahmed Ali, The Washington Institute, in re: Iraq
Thursday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Iran
Thursday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Danny Ayalon, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, in re: Biden

Thursday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Lenny Ben-David, former Israeli diplomat, in re: Rachel Corrie
Thursday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): Menashe Amir, State of Israel Foreign Ministry, in re: Iran
Thursday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author and Joanne Nova, ABC Australia, in re: Climategate
Thursday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): Jeffrey McCracken, WSJ, in re: big energy

Thursday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Crayton Harrison, Bloomberg, in re: Carlos Slim
Thursday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Ana Campoy, WSJ, in re: census
Thursday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Eamon Javers, author, in re: industrial spying
Thursday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Wednesday 10 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 10, 2010 1:50 AM | No Comments

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com with Steve Dennis, Roll Call, in re: Stupak

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle and Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: Meg Whitman

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time: James Freeman, WSJ, in re: Athens and Sacramento

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: Aaron Klein, The Aaron Klein Show, in re: Biden in Bethlehem

Wednesday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Shira Toeplitz, Roll Call, in re: Midterms
Wednesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Lingling Wei, WSJ, in re: Leona Helmsley and Trouble
Wednesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Hotel California Roundtable with Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), in re: water
Wednesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued

Wednesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Nick Grace, ThreatsWatch.com and Gordon Chang, Forbes.com in re: Indonesia
Wednesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Hugo Restall, WSJA with Gordon Chang, Forbes.com in re: Google in China
Wednesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Chuck Nash, Fox News Channel, in re: Massa
Wednesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Fiona Harvey, FT, in re: Climate

Wednesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Greg Zuckerman, WSJ, in re: Trouble with Greece
Wednesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Sudeep Reddy, WSJ, in re: Fed
Wednesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Marko Papic, Stratfor.com, in re: Kremlin
Wednesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Tuesday 9 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 9, 2010 1:48 AM | No Comments

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-hosts John Avlon, DailyBeast.com and Margaret Hoover, FNC with Emily Cadei, CQ, in re: 29-NY

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg, in re: Prius

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Rob Pollock, WSJ, in re: Iraq
Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Aaron Klein, The Aaron Klein Show, in re: Biden in the Middle East

Tuesday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): John McCormack, Weekly Standard, in re: healthcare bill
Tuesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): John Avlon, DailyBeast.com and Margaret Hoover, FNC, in re: healthcare
Tuesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, in re: Iraq
Tuesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: Afghanistan

Tuesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Geoff Dyer, FT and Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: China economy
Tuesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Nick Grace, ThreatsWatch.com, in re: Indonesia terror
Tuesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Climategate
Tuesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): continued

Tuesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: healthcare
Tuesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Andrew Stuttaford, Weekly Standard, in re: Greece
Tuesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Marko Papic, Stratfor.com, in re: Kremlin
Tuesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Monday 8 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 8, 2010 7:50 PM | No Comments

Monday 905P Eastern Time: Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com with Tory Newmyer, Roll Call, in re: Eric Massa

Monday 920P Eastern Time: Emily Pierce, Roll Call, in re: Kerry and Boxer and the climate bill

Monday 935P Eastern Time: Dan Levy, Bloomberg, in re: Napa meltdown

Monday 950P Eastern Time: Charles Forelle, WSJ, in re: Iceland

Monday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Ed Hayes, attorney and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), in re: KSM
Monday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Steve Emerson, Investigative Project, in re: Tom Campbell and Sami Al-Arian
Monday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): John Fund, WSJ, in re: Rahm
Monday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Marc Morano, ClimateDepot.com, in re: Kerry and Boxer

Monday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com and Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re: American al Qaeda
Monday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, in re: El Salvador
Monday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Joanne Nova, ABC, in re: Climategate
Monday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): Leslie Hook, WSJA, in re: China vigilantes

Monday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Anna Fifield, FT, in re: healthcare
Monday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Rich Miller, WSJ, in re: economy
Monday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Marko Papic, Stratfor.com, in re: Russia
Monday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 5, 2010 7:48 PM | 1 Comment

Sunday

Sunday 905P Eastern Time: Larry Johnson, No Quarter and Craig Unger, ObamaObserver, in re: healthcare
Sunday 920P Eastern Time: continued with Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: Adam Pearlman

Sunday 935P Eastern Time: Simon Constable, WSJ, Jon Weil, Bloomberg, Jim McTague, Barron's, in re: economy
Sunday 950P Eastern Time: continued

Sunday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): John Fund, WSJ, John Avlon, DailyBeast.com, in re: healthcare and KSM
Sunday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): continued in re: Ahmadinejad
Sunday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): James Taranto, WSJ; Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: Murtha seat, Jerry Brown, healthcare
Sunday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued

Sunday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: China bubble
Sunday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, WSJ, in re: AIG in China
Sunday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Turnek, Syria, Biden to Middle East
Sunday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Big Space, climate change

Sunday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re: Adam Pearlman not captured
Sunday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Sapna Mahreshwari, Bloomberg, in re: Chile
Sunday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Carl Medearis, author, in re: Tea with Hezbollah
Sunday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Saturday

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, in re: cruise ship
Saturday 920P Eastern Time: Brett Arrends, WSJ, in re: Buffet investing

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Roger Ekrich, author, "Birthright: The True Story of Kidnapped," in re: the abduction of an Irish heir to the New World.
Saturday 950P Eastern Time: continued

Saturday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Chris Farley, WSJ, in re: Academy Awards business
Saturday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Marko Papic, Stratfor.com, in re: France and Russia
Saturday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): S.M. Plokhy, author, "Yalta: The Price of Peace," in re: World War II
Saturday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued

Saturday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): continued
Saturday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): continued
Saturday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Timothy Ferris, author, "The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature," in re: history of science
Saturday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): continued

Saturday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): continued
Saturday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): continued
Saturday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): S. J. Parris, author, "Heresy: A Historical thriller," in re: fiction about detective monk
Saturday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Friday 5 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 5, 2010 7:40 PM | No Comments

Friday 905P Eastern Time: Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: California senatorial debate

Friday 920P Eastern Time: Emily Cadei, CQ, in re: Rep. Eric Massa

Friday 935P Eastern Time: Nikki Finke, DeadlineHollywood.com, in re: Academy Awards
Friday 950P Eastern Time: Lee Smith, author, in re: agents of influence

Friday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Adriel Bettelhim, CQ, in re: jobs bill
Friday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Larry Johnson, No Quarter, in re: KSM
Friday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): AfPakia Roundtable with Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, Rufus Phillips, author and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: Pakistan
Friday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Richard Holbrooke

Friday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Michael Vlahos, author, in re: Holbrooke
Friday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): continued
Friday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: NASA Plan B
Friday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Climategate Strikes Back!

Friday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Sudeep Reddy, WSJ, in re: jobs
Friday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Rodger Baker, Stratfor.com, in re: President Obama's trip to Southeast Asia
Friday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Deborah Blum, author of "The Poisoner's Handbook"
Friday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Thursday 4 March 2010

By John Batchelor on March 1, 2010 8:25 PM | No Comments

Thursday 905P Eastern Time: Adriel Bettelheim, CQ, in re: healthcare

Thursday 920P Eastern Time: Tory Newmyer, Roll Call, in re: Rep. Eric Massa

Thursday 935P Eastern Time: David Scheer, WSJ, in re: Lehman Brothers

Thursday 950P Eastern Time: James Freeman, WSJ, in re healthcare

Thursday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Co-host Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Iran
Thursday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): General Charles Wald, USAF (ret.), in re: Middle East
Thursday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Benjie Krasna, Deputy Consul General of Israel in New York, in re: Goldstone Watch
Thursday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Jerusalem

Thursday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Mehdi Rohan, Former Iranian Imperial Air Force Major General, in re: Iran
Thursday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): Dr. Gabriel Barkay, Bar-Ilan University, in re: archaeology
Thursday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: AfPakia
Thursday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): Marcus Walker, WSJ, in re: Greece

Thursday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Andy Pasztor, WSJ in re: NASA
Thursday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re: economy
Thursday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Dr. Lew Cohen, Tufts, in re: death
Thursday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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