The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Air Date: 
April 07, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915          
#Ukraine: No ceasefire exit for Putin and the Kremlin. George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/how-the-ukraine-war-will-likely-end/?tpa=ZTVlYjdiMmIxZWIxNzhkMjNkMzc4ZjE2NDk5NTA1MDFmNzBlNzk&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/how-the-ukraine-war-will-likely-end/?tpa=ZTVlYjdiMmIxZWIxNzhkMjNkMzc4ZjE2NDk5NTA1MDFmNzBlNzk&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published 
 

915-930          
#NYC: Andrew Cuomo greets Eric Adams; & What is to be done? Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.
https://pagesix.com/2022/04/06/eric-adams-dines-with-ex-gov-andrew-cuomo-again/
 
 
930-945         
#Ukraine: #Russia: Food security and the Russian Black Market. Felix Light, Moscow Times,  @felix_light, @CBS News, @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/31/as-prices-rise-in-supermarkets-russian-families-suffer-a77173
 
 

945-1000          
#Markets: The Teapot Dome scandal 100 years later; Nicola Sturgeon in command of the mandates.  Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.
https://www.vtlnews.com/nicola-sturgeon-is-addicted-to-covid-powers/
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
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
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015         
#Ukraine: Remains of the battle for Hostomel Airfield.  Mohammed al-Kassim @foreignfocus  @TheMediaLine, The Media Line News Agency. 
https://theaviationist.com/2022/04/01/drone-footage-hostomel/
 

1015-1030         
#Ukraine: Russian war conduct from Aleppo and Damascus to Bucha and Irpin.  Mohammed al-Kassim @foreignfocus  @TheMediaLine, The Media Line News Agency. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/22/ukraine-mariupol-russia-putin-aleppo-grozny/
 
 

1030-1045          
#Spaceflight: Amazon chooses boosters. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
 
 

1045-1100          
#Planets: The US lander aims for the south pole of the Moon. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115          
#PRC: Democracy and its adversaries.   Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House on the Solomon Islands. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/world/china-moves-frontline-solomons-locals-fight-back
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.
 

1115-1130          
#PRC: The "copycat" J-20.  Rick Fisher @CSIS, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://warriormaven.com/china/china-j20-us-f35
 

1130-1145          
#PRC: What is "Historical Nihilism"? Jonathan Ward @jonathandtward, author of China's Vision of Victory. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/asia/china-russia-ukraine.html
Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, @jonathandtward; Atlas Organization; author, China's Vision of Victory
 

1145-1200          
#PRC: Xi bets on the Kremlin to succeed. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Analysis-Xi-risks-stumbling-with-Putin-if-he-plays-his-cards-wrong

 
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215         
#Ukraine: Russian sovereign debt falls below junk bonds. Michael Bernstam @HooverInst
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-cracks-down-russian-debt-payments-latest-sovereign-payments-halted-2022-04-05/.
Michael Bernstam @HooverInst , research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, 
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
 

1215-1230          
#HotelMars: #Ukraine: Is Roskosmos exiting the ISS on April 12? Anatoly Zak  @RussianSpaceWeb , RussianSpaceWeb.com David Livingston SpaceShow.com
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/iss_2022.html#0406
Anatoly Zak, @RussianSpaceWeb journalist and illustrator specialized in the history of space exploration.   
 

1230-1245         
#Ukraine: The global risks of Information Warfare.   Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-is-using-intel-to-fight-an-info-war-with-russia-even-when-the-intel-isnt-rock-solid/ar-AAVUBEi
 

1245-100 AM             
#Ethiopia: Tumbling into anarchy.  Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-violence-report-1.6409958