The John Batchelor Show

Friday 12 August 2022

Air Date: 
August 12, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#WashingtonDC: What do our allies and adversaries make of yet another FBI disruption? Dan Henninger, @WSJOpinion 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-swamps-trump-obsession-mar-a-lago-raid-fbi-justice-department-documents-garland-wray-2024-russia-deep-state-11660162038

915-930: 
#MrMarket: Unsolved supply chain: Two containers of Brie cheese abandoned in the Port of New York. Jim McTague, former Washington editor of Barron's.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/10/business/inflation-cpi-report#supply-chain-inflation

930-945
#Colombia: A prosecutor takes command of the military. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ Opinion.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-biden-ally-goes-to-work-for-petro-ivan-velasquez-guatemala-colombia-corruption-armed-forces-guerrilla-cages-cicig-11659892372

945-1000
#Italy: The drought uncovers Nero's bridge in the Tiber. Lorenzo Fiori, ansaldo Foundation.
https://www.livescience.com/drought-reveals-roman-emperor-nero-bridge

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
1/2: #Russia: Naval and Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century. Ekaterina Zolotova, GeopoliticalFutures.com
 
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/?tpa=NzRjN2VjM2MzZDQ0ZTFmZmVmNmI5NzE2NjA4MzY5ODc3MDM1Nzk&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/?tpa=NzRjN2VjM2MzZDQ0ZTFmZmVmNmI5NzE2NjA4MzY5ODc3MDM1Nzk&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published

1015-1030
1/2: #Russia: Naval and Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century. Ekaterina Zolotova, GeopoliticalFutures.com
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/?tpa=NzRjN2VjM2MzZDQ0ZTFmZmVmNmI5NzE2NjA4MzY5ODc3MDM1Nzk&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-new-maritime-strategy/?tpa=NzRjN2VjM2MzZDQ0ZTFmZmVmNmI5NzE2NjA4MzY5ODc3MDM1Nzk&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published

1030-1045
#SpaceX: Superheavy #7 and Starship #24. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/superheavy-prototype-7-and-starship-prototype-24-undergo-static-fire-tests/

1045-1100
#Mars: Insight lives. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/insight-seismometer-data-suggests-no-underground-ice-at-landing-site/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115 
1/2: #Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia and nuclear power in a  combat zone worldwide. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62505815

1115-1130
2/2: #Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia and nuclear power in a  combat zone worldwide. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62505815

1130-1145
1/2: #Russia: #Romania: The sanctions war and shipping. Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures.com
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/a-new-phase-in-the-global-economic-war/

1145-1200
2/2: #Russia: #Romania: The sanctions war and shipping. Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures.com
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/a-new-phase-in-the-global-economic-war/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 
#PRC: #Taiwan: PLA threats: Different this time. Josh Rogin, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/china-reaction-pelosi-visit-taiwan-reunification/

1215-1230
#PacificWatch: In the drought, desalinization is back. @JCBliss
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-gavin-newsom-announces-plans-desalinization-water-recycling-plants-california

1230-1245 
#AfterAfghanistan: Who was Ayman al-Zawahiri? Cole Bunzel, Hoover Institution
https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2022/08/03/al-qaedas-next-move/content.html
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1245-1000
#WashingtonDC: Agency hopping by the younger cohorts & What is to be done? Fed Scoop Podcast.
https://www.fedscoop.com/radio/managing-87000-new-employees-how-to-read-workforce-attrition-data/