The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Air Date: 
January 19, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 
9-915  
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Forecasting 2022 for Russia. NATO, USA. George Friedman, Chairman, Geopolitical Futures. @George_Friedman @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-in-2022/?tpa=OWQ3NzUzMDBkMDk4YzA1NDE0ODZhNDE2NDMyOTc2ODQyYjgzYjQ&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-in-2022/?tpa=OWQ3NzUzMDBkMDk4YzA1NDE0ODZhNDE2NDMyOTc2ODQyYjgzYjQ&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
 

915-930  
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Forecasting 2022 for PRC.  George Friedman, Chairman, Geopolitical Futures.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-in-2022/?tpa=OWQ3NzUzMDBkMDk4YzA1NDE0ODZhNDE2NDMyOTc2ODQyYjgzYjQ&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-world-in-2022/?tpa=OWQ3NzUzMDBkMDk4YzA1NDE0ODZhNDE2NDMyOTc2ODQyYjgzYjQ&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
 
 
930-945 
 
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Inflation spikes to 30-year high in UK. Simon Constable @RealConstable Edinburgh.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/uk-inflation-jumps-to-30-year-high-of-54percent-as-cost-of-living-crisis-deepens-–-business-live/ar-AASViAh
 
 
945-1000    
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#Ukraine: Moscow waiting. @Felix_Light @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/19/biden-says-invading-ukraine-would-be-disaster-for-russia-a76091.  
 

SECOND HOUR  
10-1015 
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#Ukraine: Those snap exercise in Belarus. Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-troops-belarus-pose-direct-threat-lithuania-defence-minister-2022-01-19/
 
 
1015-1030 
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#UkraineNATO doubting Deutschland. Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ  @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-ready-pay-high-price-defend-values-baerbock-moscow-2022-01-18/
 
 

1030-1045 
 
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1/2:  Capitalism prepares to bow down. Jan Piotrowski @janppiotrowski, @TheEconomist 
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/01/15/welcome-to-the-era-of-the-bossy-state
 
Jan Piotrowski @janppiotrowski, @TheEconomist. The Economist's environment correspondent
 

1045-1100  
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2/2: Capitalism prepares to bow down. Jan Piotrowski @janppiotrowski@TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/01/15/welcome-to-the-era-of-the-bossy-state
Jan Piotrowski @janppiotrowski, @TheEconomist. The Economist's environment correspondent
 

THIRD HOUR   
1100-1115 
 
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China property crash. Anne Stevenson-Yang, J Capital Research. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.   Anne Stenvenson-Yang @doumenzi, co-founder of J Capital Research Ltd.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annestevenson-yang/2022/01/16/soft-or-hard-chinas-property-sector-is-coming-in-for-a-landing/
Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder of J Capital Research in Beijing and author of China Alone: The Emergence from, and Potential Return to, Isolation.   @doumenzi

1115-1130 
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The NBA has a China problem. Nury Turkel, commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/chamath-palihapitiya-has-deep-business-ties-to-china.html
 
 

1130-1145 
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North Korea wants cash. Bruce Bechtol, author of The Last Days of Kim Jong-il and professor at Angelo State University, on recent North Korean launches. @AngeloState.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-says-fired-tactical-guided-missiles-latest-test-rcna12524
 
 

1145-1200 
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Tonga unknowns. Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/deepening-debt-crisis-in-sri-lanka-stokes-controversy-over-chinese-lending-11642514503
Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India;  adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
 

FOURTH HOUR  

12-1215   
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When Liz Cheney speaks to Wyoming. SalenaZito.com
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/01/16/Voters-not-media-will-decide-meaning-of-Wyoming-election-Salena-Zito/stories/202201120029
 
 

1215-1230  
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Joe Manchin disregarded. SalenaZito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-moment-joe-biden-finally-lost-his-credibility
 
 
 

1230-1245 
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SLS slows down the more. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-sls-still-aiming-for-march-launch-though-april-more-likely/
 
 
 

1245-100 AM 
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Other explanations on Mars.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/carbon-isotope-signature-detected-in-curiosity-data-suggests-possible-ancient-life-or-not/