The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 4 August 2021

Air Date: 
August 04, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-930   Simon Constable, @RealConstable.  
      1/2  Boris Johnson shuns Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh  @RealConstable.  
      2/2  Boris Johnson shuns Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh  @RealConstable.  
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   Aykan Erdemir, Intl Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief. 
@aykanerdemir
     9:  Erdogan crushed Kurdish democracy while chastising Tunisia for lack of democracy.  Aykan Erdemir, @aykanerdemir
     9:15:  Half a million Afghans in Turkey. What is to be done? Aykan Erdemir, @aykanerdemir
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1030   Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  @D6leadership, @USArmy; retired US Army Colonel & Dean of Academics at the US Army War College

1030-1045   Charles Burton, @cburton001; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Charles Burton, associate professor of Political Science at Brock University.  Charles Burton and Associates consults to governments, educational institutions and businesses to support their programs in China.     @cburton001
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tencent-falls-after-china-media-calls-online-gaming-spiritual-opium-2021-08-03/

1045-1100   Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal ;  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Cleo Paskal, 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.  @CleoPaskal
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/asia/india-warships-south-china-sea-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/german-warship-heads-south-china-sea-amid-tension-with-beijing-2021-08-02/
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1130   Felix Light, Moscow Times,  @felix_light Magnitogorsk

1130-1145   Peter Huessy @hobeyoco; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Peter Huessy, @hobeyoco, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/27/bidens-nuclear-arms-budget-minimally-sufficient-officials-say/
 
1145-1200   Roger McShane, The Economist Middle East editor.  @rogermcshane
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1230   Michael Yon, international reporter @Michael_Yon
    12: #GreatMigration: Vilnius overrun with weaponized migrants   @Michael_Yon
    12:15:  #GreatMigration: Darien Gap explodes with migrants   @Michael_Yon
 
1230-100 AM   Bob Zimmerman
Nauka nearly wrecked the ISS. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
Searching for the Apollo 11 Ascent Stage in Lunar Orbit.  Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; award-winning independent science journalist and historian, written four books and innumerable articles on science, engineering, and the history of space exploration and technology for Science, Air & Space, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and a host of other publications.