Photo, above: . . . The year was 1951. Mohammed Mossadegh captivated the world with his struggle for independence from the British. He was charismatic and forceful. He was also eccentric. He greeted visitors, even foreign dignitaries, while in bed. He had fainting spells in Parliament. He...
Above: Alexander in India (although there appears to exist no record in India of his presence there). A Medieval European drawing of Alexander and the Indian Gymnosophists. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 22 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Alexander the Great by Philip Freeman (1 of 2)...
Photo, above: Astronomers at NASA have seen signs of the first stars in the universe. Alexander Kashlinsky and colleagues at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt observed fluctuations in the cosmic infrared background which, they say, are due to "Population III" stars. The observations...
Photo, above: The 1916 Sykes-Picot lines cease to exist as Syria becomes a failed state, Iraq becomes a vassal of Iran, Jordan is all but overwhelmed by refugees – Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian – and Lebanon is gnawed into pieces by Hezbollah/Iran. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall...
Photo, above: Victoria Falls. Botswana yesterday decided to sever diplomatic relations with North Korea in response to the UN Commission recent report on hideous, ghoulish policies of the Kim Jong-eun regime. See: Hour 2, Block B, Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of Committee for Human Rights...
Photo, above: Violence on the streets of Ukraine. Credit: Konstantin Savenko JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 18 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, in re: Did govt spending save us from another Great...
Photo, above: John Quincy Adams JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 17 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger (1 of 4) Monday 17 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger (2 of 4) Monday 17 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block C: John...
Photo, above: Constructing the Empire State Building. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 16 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 by David Fairbank White Sunday 16 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: Sid Perkins, Science magazine, in re: Fossil site...
Photo, above: The Diplomatic Reception Room in 1952, as Harry Truman shows it to newsman Walter Cronkite. See 10 Hour: The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America's Most Famous Residence by Robert Klara JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 15 February 2014 / Hour 1,...
Photo, above: Valentine's Day tractor. It's florists’s sacred mission to get their blooms into the hands of their customers this Valentine’s Day, come hell or high snow. We heard about two pioneering petal-pushers who tried innovative new ways to get flowers out this week. One plan succeeded,...