The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Air Date: 
September 22, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-930 Simon Constable
1.    Winter is coming for Scotland.  Simon Constable  @RealConstable
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-gas-shortage-how-gas-and-co2-supply-issues-are-hampering-scottish-business/ar-AAOHRHT
Simon Constable, economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   @RealConstable
 
2   The Long Covid testing road home from the South of France.  Simon Constable  @RealConstable
https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19
Simon Constable, economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   @RealConstable
 

930-1000 Hotel Mars. David Grinspoon @Funkyspoon , Planetary Science Institute; David Livingston SpaceShow.com
1/2  #HotelMars: The Clouds of Venus and the Search for Life. David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon  Planetary Science Institute; David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/davinci
David Grinspoon, astrobiologist; Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute; was the former inaugural Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.  @DrFunkySpoon
 
2/2  #HotelMars: The Clouds of Venus and the Search for Life. David Grinspoon @@DrFunkySpoon , Planetary Science Institute; David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/davinci

David Grinspoon, astrobiologist; Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute; was the former inaugural Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.  @DrFunkySpoon
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015 Harry Siegel
 Occupy Wall Street 2011 and Evacuate Rikers Island 2021. Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  Daily News and The Daily Beast.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-a-real-get-out-of-jail-card-20210918-3yaozax67zamlkx5ixle7ivx7e-story.html
 

1015-1030 Salena Zito
Paul Ryan takes the Robert Woodson torch.  Salina Zito, CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt. @SalenaZito 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/salena-zito
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/robert-woodson-retires-after-40-years-of-empowering-communities

1030-1045 Sophie Pedder @TheEconomist
Is Emmanuel Macron the new leader of the EU?  Sophie Pedder @TheEconomist
https://www.eiu.com/n/taking-stock-of-the-macron-presidency/
 
1045-1100
Felix Light
@CBSNewsMoscow
Not your grandfather's Communist Party surprises in the Duma Elections. Felix Light, Moscow Times,  @felix_light, @CBS News, @Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/09/21/statisticians-claim-half-of-pro-kremlin-votes-in-duma-elections-were-false-a75102

THIRD HOUR 9, 10, 11, 12

1100-1130 Tom Nuttal @TheEconomist Berlin Bureau Chief

1130-1145 Roger Robinson and Gordon Chang
What kind of Evergrande bailout?    Roger Robinson, @pssi_prague and @GordonGChang
Roger Robinson, @pssi_prague , chairman of the Prague Security Studies Institute and former chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission   https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6273545338001
Roger W. Robinson, Jr., the President and CEO of RWR Advisory Group and Chairman and Co-founder of the PSSI, on next generation of sanctions
 

1145-1200 Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, and Stephen Yates, former deputy national security advisor to Vice President Cheney and currently CEO of DC International Advisory
Biden and Xi name no superpower names.  Stephen Yates, @YatesDCIA.  Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2021-09-21/biden-xi-avoid-referencing-one-another-at-un-as-us-leader-softens-tone-on-china
 
Stephen Yates, CEO of D.C. International Advisory, and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney.   @YatesDCIA
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War.
 

FOURTH HOUR   13, 14, 15, 16

12-1215  @CleoPaskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
France is already an Indo-Pacific power.  @CleoPaskal, @GordonGChang
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/macron-and-modi-vow-to-act-jointly-after-subs-dispute/ar-AAOFdbY
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/aukus-big-deal-everyone
@CleoPaskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War
 
1215-1230   Rick Fisher and @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
War Warning Algeria vs Morocco.  Rick Fisher, IASC; and @GordonGChang.
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/12/chinas-chance-to-bridge-the-alg...
Rick Fisher, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center; and @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War

1230-1245 Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
Commercial Space Building Multiple Commercial Space Stations. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
 

1245-100 AM Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
Lunar Rover prep.  Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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