The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 28 May 2015

Air Date: 
May 28, 2015

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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com.  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents.
 
Hour One
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 1, Block A: Tunku Varadarajan on FIFA. Collin Levy on Kasich for POTUS as a supplysider. California pensions overhang debt with Lawrence McQuillan
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 1, Block B: Mary Kissel, in re:  Poland’s new president and government direction toward Old Europe. Rand Paul moves to the fringe.
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 1, Block C: Sohrab Ahmari, WSJ editorial ; in re: Steering Children from Iran’s Deadly Grasp  Shiite political leader Ahmad al-Assaad dares to oppose Hezbollah in Lebanon at his camp where the young learn that Sunnis aren’t evil.  Tannourine, Lebanon--The Iranian regime on April 28 seized the Maersk Tigris as it crossed the Strait of Hormuz. Revolutionary Guard gunships fired . . .
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 1, Block D: Bill McGurn WSJ editorial board, in re: Audrey Hepburn Teaches Economics
Hour Two
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 2, Block A: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations.
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 2, Block B: Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post; author, The Virtual Caliphate; in re: Gaza rocket, Another war this summer? Can Hezbollah afford armed conflict with Israel?
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 2, Block C: Bill Gertz, senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon; in re: Yemen. ISIS. Russia.
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 2, Block D: Elliott Abrams, senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; in re: Iran extension. Cuba. US/Israel relations. the Goldberg interview. POTUS: Israel speech. Chemical weapons in Syria.
Hour Three
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 3, Block A:  Paul Gregory, Hoover, in re: Nothing could be worse for Putin than losing the 2018 World Cup; it would be more severe than the economic recession and Russia’s declining living standards. Russians can live without imported foods and Turkish vacations, but they may not tolerate being branded as a rogue nation not deserving a World Cup.
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 3, Block B: Bud Weinstein, SMU, in re: oil pipelines vs rail cars. (Waiting for the catastrophe.)
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 3, Block C: James L. Buckley, author, Saving Congress from Itself: Emancipating the States and Empowering the People; in re: book preview.
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 3, Block D: Jerome Preisler, author, First to Jump: How the Band of Brothers Were Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Companies.;  book preview
Hour Four
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 4, Block A: David Roberts, author, The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest.(1 of 4)
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 4, Block B: David Roberts, author, The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest.(2 of 4)
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 4, Block C: David Roberts, author, The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest.(3 of 4)
Thursday  28 May 2015/ Hour 4, Block D: David Roberts, author, The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest.(4 of 4)
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