The John Batchelor Show

By John Batchelor

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Subscribers: 1087
Reviews: 8
Episodes: 500

long time listener
 May 15, 2024
excellent coverage of global politics and economics with some US domestic politics included

Dan Y
 Apr 17, 2020
master of story telling, radio journalism at it's finest, this is how it's done

Jack Drury
 Mar 18, 2020
One of the best all-around podcasts out there. It appeals to the seeker in all of us, as it covers, science, history, geopolitics, philosophy...an exhausting list of topics that will always keep you thinking!


 Sep 29, 2019
Best radio show / podcast hands down. Most thoughtful conversation around. Space exploration, geopolitics, literature, history, culture, philosophy... The show has it all.


 Jan 5, 2019

Longtime listener
 Dec 7, 2018
Thoughtful conversations with authors and policy analysts.


 Nov 20, 2018
love the mix of politics and science and history. guest interview format. libertarian orientation.

educated consumer
 Oct 31, 2018
good program with varied guests

Description

The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.

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LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: 4/4: Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson (Author)
Jun 08, 2025
LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: 3/4: Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson (Author)
Jun 08, 2025
LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: 2/4: Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson (Author)
Jun 08, 2025
LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: 1/4: Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson (Author)
Jun 08, 2025
#OzWatch: Dallas on watch for his magpies and miner birds, crows and cockatoos too. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety
Jun 08, 2025
#OZWATCH: ASHES SOLD OUT IN HOURS, 51,000 FOR ENGLAND FANS. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
Jun 08, 2025
#OZWATCH: LAST APRIL, THE LOOKOUT FOR A BRAZILIAN RED-TAILED BOA. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
Jun 08, 2025
OzWatch: Rainy, early snows, but the drought continued from Adelaide to Perth. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety
Jun 08, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 8/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 7/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 6/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 5/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 4/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 3/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 2/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
UNIRONIC BATTLE CAPTAINS OF D-DAY. 1/8: The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania with POTUS leading the steelworks in celebration of renovated mills.
Jun 07, 2025
SUNSPOTS: PLUNGE COUNT BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
Jun 07, 2025
NASA: THE CUTBACKS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
Jun 07, 2025
ITALY; MT ETNA SPECTACULARLY. LORENZO FIORI.
Jun 07, 2025
LANCASTER REPORT: SLOWER SHOPPING. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
Jun 07, 2025
4/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by Joseph Torigian (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
3/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by Joseph Torigian (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
2/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by Joseph Torigian (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
1/8 The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of XI Zhongxun, Father of XI Jinping Hardcover – 3 June 2025 by Joseph Torigian (Author)
Jun 07, 2025
2/2: SCOTUS; GUNS AND HIRING AND WORSHIP, 9-0. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
Jun 07, 2025
1/2: SCOTUS; GUNS AND HIRING AND WORSHIP, 9-0. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS
Jun 07, 2025
ISRAEL: IS THE IDF OVERSTRETCHED OVERTASKED?. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL
Jun 07, 2025
#UKRAINE: 101ST AIRBORNE D-DAY VETERAN SPEAKS. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL
Jun 07, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: OPTIMISM. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
Jun 07, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: SLOWING. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
Jun 07, 2025
#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: HOLLYWOOD TURNED BACK. @JCBLISS
Jun 07, 2025
#KEYSTONEREPORT: AIR FORCE ONE TO WEST MIFFLIN PA.SALENA ZITO, MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE, @DCEXAMINER, SALENAZITO.COM
Jun 07, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Richard Epstein comments on the 9-0 ruling by SCOTUS in the Catholic Charities tax case. More later on SCOTUS.
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Author Joseph Torigian, "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun" comments on how Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, came to admire Mao before the catastrophe of the Great Leap Forward mass death by famine. More later and next we
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Jeff Bliss reports on the severe contrast between housing in unsafe LA and housing in pristine Las Vegas -- at the same price. More later.
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Lorenzo Fiori reports on the spectacular recent eruption of the volcano Mt. Etna in Sicily. More.
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Jim McTague reports on the sparse shoppers and hesitant purchases at the Lancaster Costco. More.
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the bizarre drop in sunspots in May. More later.
Jun 06, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Istanbul where Ukraine and Russia exchange profoundly mutually unacceptable memos of their war aims.
Jun 06, 2025
2/2: #HOTEL MARS: CASEY DREIER, PLANETARY SOCIETY. DAVID LIVINGSTON.: NASA IN RETREAT FROM JPL.
Jun 06, 2025
1/2: #HOTEL MARS: CASEY DREIER, PLANETARY SOCIETY. DAVID LIVINGSTON.: NASA IN RETREAT FROM JPL.
Jun 06, 2025
MEXICO; RETURN OF PRI AS MORENA. MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY, WSJ
Jun 06, 2025
AI: REDUCING HEADCOUNT. #SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE.
Jun 06, 2025
SURINAM: THE GOOD NEWS. #NEWWORLDREPORT: LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
Jun 06, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: BUKEE OF EL SALVADOR. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
Jun 06, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: PERU TROUBLES. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
Jun 06, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO UNDER MORENA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
Jun 06, 2025
IRAN: THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE. JONATHAN RUHE, JINSA. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
Jun 06, 2025
ANTISEMITISM: CANADA AND AUSTRALIA CAMPUS TRAGEDY. DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SHARREN HASKEL. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
Jun 06, 2025
IRAN: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JAW JAW. DAVID ALBRIGHT, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
Jun 06, 2025
ISRAEL: GAZA AID. AMBSSADOR YECHIEL LEITER. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1.
Jun 06, 2025
2/2: TARIFFS; WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CIT DECISION THAT LIBERATION DAY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
Jun 06, 2025
1/2: TARIFFS; WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CIT DECISION THAT LIBERATION DAY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? JOHN YOO, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
Jun 06, 2025
2/2:UKRAINE: UNVIABLE MEMORANDUMS.ANATOL LIEVEN.
Jun 06, 2025
1/2:UKRAINE: UNVIABLE MEMORANDUMS.ANATOL LIEVEN QUINCY
Jun 06, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Chris Riegel comments on the treasures ahead when advancing robotics joins with AI to remake industry. More later.
Jun 05, 2025
REVIEW: Colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady of the WSJ comments on the success of AMLO and his party, Morena, to achieve domination of all branches of government in the PRI fashion of the 20th century. More.
Jun 05, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague David Albright comments on the terms used by the Trump administration in negotiation with Iran for ts suspect nuclear weapons program, and that "dismantle" is not mentioned in the latest version of talks. More.SIA
Jun 05, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute comments on the apparent Kyiv acceptance that membership in NATO is unlikely. More later.
Jun 05, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Casey Dreier of the Planetary Society comments on the last of the NASA hardware extant for a moon landing mission. More later.
Jun 05, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Evan Ellis of the US Army War College comments on the extrajudicial conduct of Salvador President Bukele. More later.
Jun 05, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague John Yoo of UT and Berkeley Law analyzes the Court of International Trade ruling as illegal of the Trump admin tariff declarations. More later.
Jun 05, 2025
Good evening. The show begins in the manufacturing sector of America that is said to be sturdy...
Jun 05, 2025
2/2: AI: RESPONSIBILITY OF LLMS, RACHEL LOMASKY, CIVITAS INSTITUTE.
Jun 05, 2025
1/2: AI: RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LLMS, RACHEL LOMASKY, CIVITAS INSTITUTE.
Jun 05, 2025
ASTRONOMY: 5% POSSIBILITY OF A DISRUPTIVE PASSING STAR. KEN CROSWELL
Jun 05, 2025
RUSSIA: BANK STRESS. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER
Jun 05, 2025
ASTRONOMY: MORE CHALLENGES TO THE BIG BANG THEORY. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
Jun 05, 2025
SPACEX: TAKING OVER ULA CONTRACTS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
Jun 05, 2025
FRANCE: CYBERCRIME QUIZ. SIMON CONSTABLE
Jun 05, 2025
FRANCE: RECALLING TIANANMEN TRAGEDY YEAR 0NE, 1990. SIMON CONSTABLE
Jun 05, 2025
NUCLEAR ENERGY: ARMAGEDDON NOT YET. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC
Jun 05, 2025
TEXAS: COAL IS THE NEW BRIDGE FUEL. BUD WEINSTEIN, REAL CLEAR ENERGY
Jun 05, 2025
2/2: #HARVARD: ANTISEMITISM IS NEITHER FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM. TAL FORTGANG, MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
Jun 05, 2025
1/2: #HARVARD: ANTISEMITISM IS NEITHER FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM. TAL FORTGANG, MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
Jun 05, 2025
2/2: PRC: XI SLIPPING IS THE RUMOUR. CHARLES BURTON, GORDON CHANG
Jun 05, 2025
1/2: PRC: XI SLIPPING IS THE RUMOUR. CHARLES BURTON, GORDON CHANG
Jun 05, 2025
2/2: TRADE WARS AND THE US MANUFACTURING, ALAN TONELSON, GORDON CHANG
Jun 05, 2025
1/2: TRADE WARS AND THE US MANUFACTURING, ALAN TONELSON, GORDON CHANG
Jun 05, 2025
Preview: Colleague Charles Burton comments on the tragedy of Mao that is repeated by Xi. More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Alan Tonelson comments that the American economy is sturdy despite the turmoil of tariff contests...More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Tal Fortgang of the Manhattan Institute comments on Harvard University President Alan Garber asserting academic freedom to fend off Trump administration alarm at antisemitism tolerated on campus and in departments. More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Rachel Lomaasky, Chief Data Scientist at Flux, comments on the beyond English spread of AI large language models and the geopolitical reception in other sovereign states. More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bud Winstein reports that the base load for maintaining electricity for Texas and other heavy demand states best include coal fired plants, a bridge fuel to the renewable future. More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman updates the probability of the Andromeda Galaxy colliding with our Milky Way. More later.
Jun 04, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in the markets, asking after the silence of the Federal Reserve...
Jun 04, 2025
2/2: POTUS: RETURN OF PAUL MANAFORT. CRAIG UNGER
Jun 04, 2025
1/2: POTUS: RETURN OF PAUL MANAFORT. CRAIG UNGER
Jun 04, 2025
KING CHARLES REPORT: CANADA COMITY, GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jun 04, 2025
UKRAINE: PROVOKING THE RUSSIAN BEAR. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jun 04, 2025
TURKEY: NO EU OBSTACLE TO ERDOGAN
Jun 04, 2025
SYRIA; NOT TRUSTED. SINAN CIDDI, FDDA
Jun 04, 2025
#LONDONCALLING: FARAGE RISING @JOSEPHSTERNBERG @WSJOPINION
Jun 04, 2025
LONDONCALLING: EU: ITS OWN TARIFFS BARRIERS. @JOSEPHSTERNBERG @WSJOPINION
Jun 04, 2025
BERLIN: MERZ UNBOUND. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
Jun 04, 2025
EU: POLAND AND NETHERLANDS HEADING TOWARD ELECTIONS? JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
Jun 04, 2025
POLAND: VEERS SURPRISE RIGHT POPULISM. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jun 04, 2025
PRC: TIANANMEN RECALLED. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jun 04, 2025
LEBANON: WAITING FOR THE LAF.
Jun 04, 2025
GAZA: GUNFIRE AND INFORMATION WAR. JONATHAN SCHANZER. FDD.
Jun 04, 2025
#MARKETS: RETURN OF RAHM EMANUEL LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
Jun 04, 2025
#MARKETS: SILENCE OF THE FED. LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
Jun 04, 2025
Preview: Colleague Joseph Sternberg comments that PM Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer is likely to face a revolt in the Labour Party if they move to take from benefits to give to defense. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Author Craig Unger, "House of Trump, House of Putin," recovers the legend of campaign professional Paul Manafort, now out of prison and returned to the circles around Putin. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Colleague Joseph Sternberg observes the spectacular rise of the pleasant and savvy Nigel Farage of his Reform Party. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Colleague Liz Peek reports contradictory data from US manufacturing that indicates the sector has grown (is growing?) but... More later.
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Colleague Sinan Ciddi measures that there is not sufficient information yet to decide if Sharaa of Damascus is an avatar for Erdogan or not. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Judy Dempsey comments that the liberal leader of Poland, Donald Tusk, has not delivered on his campaign goals and is now at risk of a new election. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Jonathan Schanzer comments on the motives of the powers to accept the untrustworthy new Syrian government as credible stability. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN KASHMIR, STANDING DOWN FROM THE SHOOTING CONTEST...
Jun 03, 2025
NORTH KOREA: ARSENAL OF THE AXIS. BRUCE BECHTOL. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
Jun 03, 2025
PRC: DIRECTING THE ATLANTIC FLEET TO THE INDO-PACIFIC BEFORE 2027. JIM FANELL, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
Jun 03, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: PRC COMINATING BRAZIL. JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE
Jun 03, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: SURINAME AND GUYANA AND ORGANIZED CRIME, JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE
Jun 03, 2025
LEBANON; LAF TOOL OF HEZBOLLAH. DAVID DAOUD, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
Jun 03, 2025
GAZA: AID AND WAR. DAVID DAOUD, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
Jun 03, 2025
2/2: SYRIA: THE THREAT TO THE DRUZE OF SYRIA. AHMED SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
Jun 03, 2025
1/2: SYRIA: THE THREAT TO THE DRUZE OF SYRIA. AHMED SHARAWI, BILL RODDIO, FDD
Jun 03, 2025
2/2: OCEANIA: PRC LOOKS TO DOMINATE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. CLEO PASKAL, FDD.
Jun 03, 2025
1/2: OCEANIA: PRC LOOKS TO DOMINATE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. CLEO PASKAL, FDD.
Jun 03, 2025
PRC: BANNING STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS. PETER BERKOWITZ.
Jun 03, 2025
HARVARD: TITLE VI AND ENFORCEMENT. PETER BERKOWITZ, HOOVER,
Jun 03, 2025
UKRAINE; NEGOTIATION STALEMATE. JOHN HARDIE
Jun 03, 2025
UKRAINE: DRONE WARS. JOHN HARDIE, FDDUKRAINE: DRONE WARS. JOHN HARDIE, FDD
Jun 03, 2025
2/2: KASHMIR: STANDING DOWN FOR NOW. BILL ROGGIO FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE
Jun 03, 2025
1/2: KASHMIR: STANDING DOWN FOR NOW. BILL ROGGIO FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Author James Romm, "Plato and the Tyrant," explains why Plato traveled to all powerful and rich Syracuse to sit at the grotesquely indulgent Syracusean tables with the tyrant Dionysius the Elder. More later.
Jun 03, 2025
Preview: Colleague Peter Berkowitz of Hoover Institution comments on the requirement for the Trump administration to follow rules for Title VI enforcement on Harvard and other universities. More later.
Jun 02, 2025
Preview: Colleague David Daoud comments on what it will take to rid Lebanon of the Hezbollah completely. More later.
Jun 02, 2025
Preview: Colleague Captain Jim Fanell, USN (Ret.) recommends moving the Atlantic Fleet to basing in the Indo Pacific in order to prepare for 2027. More later.
Jun 02, 2025
Preview: Colleague John Hardie of FDD comments that the Ukraine drone strike on Russian strategic bombers is unlikely to change the war. More later.
Jun 02, 2025
Preview: Colleague Cleo Paskal reports from Micronesia in the Pacific that the PRC is building an airfield (former Imperial Japanese field) that represents a strategic position in the event of war 2027. More later.
Jun 02, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bill Roggio reports on the confirmed link between the terrorist of the Kashmir attack in April and the Pakistan state. More later
Jun 02, 2025
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus comment on the peculiarities and plain hallucinatory ('Myth of Er") Plato. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos
Jun 02, 2025
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus comment on the breakup of Yugoslavia in contrast to the breakup of Ukraine. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos
Jun 02, 2025
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus debate the significance of the 1964 apocalyptic thriller, "Fail Safe," and why Kyiv may not understand the irony. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos
Jun 02, 2025
PLANTED A LONG-BEAKED WILLOW TREE TODAY, JOYFUL : 4/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap
Jun 02, 2025
PLANTED A LONG-BEAKED WILLOW TREE TODAY, JOYFUL : 3/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap
Jun 02, 2025
PLANTED A LONG-BEAKED WILLOW TREE TODAY, JOYFUL : 2/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 8/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
PLANTED A LONG-BEAKED WILLOW TREE TODAY, JOYFUL : 1/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 7/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 6/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 5/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 4/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 3/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 2/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
UKRAINE ESCALATES, RUSSIA COUNTER ESCALATES, NO KNOWN BOUNDARIES: 1/8: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Folly-History-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393540812/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8
Jun 02, 2025
#PACIFICWATCH: RICK CARUSO WALL TO WALL WELL; LA HOMELESS WORSENS; PACIFIC PALISADES AND EATON WITHOUT A PLAN. OLYMPIC TRAIN WRECK. #VEGASREPORT: @JCBLISS
Jun 01, 2025
PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE REPORTED; MONEY LOST; VISITOR NUMBERS DECLINED; HOUSING CONTRACTS SLOWING. GAMING FINED; @JCBLISS
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 8/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studde
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 7/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studde
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 6/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studde
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 5/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studde
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 4/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studde
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 3/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studd
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 2/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) 1983 Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins
Jun 01, 2025
HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 1/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) 1983 Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins
Jun 01, 2025
FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 4/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead,
Jun 01, 2025
FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 3/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead,
Jun 01, 2025
FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 2/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin (Author)
Jun 01, 2025
FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 1/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead,
Jun 01, 2025
Preview: Author Eric Jay Dolin, "Left for Dead," reports the quandary for 1812 American sealers confronting an ambitious Royal Navy officer in the end of the known world, the Falklands. More later.
Jun 01, 2025
Preview: Author Max Boot, "Reagan His Life and Legend," reports on the bad patch in Hollywood when divorced Reagan drifted into libertinism. More later.
Jun 01, 2025
Preview: Author Max Boot, "Reagan His Life and Legend," reports the self-worth teenaged lifeguard Reagan gained by rescuing perhaps 75 swimmers. More later.
Jun 01, 2025
Preview: Author James Romm of Bard College, "Plato and the Tyrant," comments on the apology for Dion and his revolutionary violence, including political assassination, by both Plato in the 4th century BCE and Plutarch in the 1st century AD.
May 31, 2025
Preview: Author James Romm of Bard College, "Plato and the Tyrant," describes the powerful city state of Syracuse in the 4th century BCE, stage for Plato's descending to the brutal Dionysian conclusion... More later in June.
May 31, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in the airports between Harrisburg and Denver in order to weigh the American spending for fear of recession...
May 31, 2025
SCOTUS: CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT 1882. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS.
May 31, 2025
SCOTUS: TRADE AND THE CONSTITUTION. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS.
May 31, 2025
2/2: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. REVIEWING JAMES HUNTER'S DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY. . BRADLEY C.S. WATSON , HILLSDALE COLLEGE.
May 31, 2025
1/2: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. REVIEWING JAMES HUNTER'S DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY. . BRADLEY C.S. WATSON , HILLSDALE COLLEGE.
May 31, 2025
8/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author)
May 31, 2025
7/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author)
May 31, 2025
6/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author)
May 31, 2025
5/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two o
May 31, 2025
2/2: TRADE: RONALD REAGAN COMPARED TO DONALD TRUMP. DAVID HEBERT, MARCUS WITCHER, CIVITAS
May 31, 2025
1/2: TRADE: RONALD REAGAN COMPARED TO DONALD TRUMP. DAVID HEBERT, MARCUS WITCHER, CIVITAS
May 31, 2025
EUROPA: ACTIVE SURFACE. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 31, 2025
SPACEX; BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM MULTIPLANETARY MUSK.
May 31, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: AI NORMATIVE. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
May 31, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: UNCERTAINTY EVEN IN VEGAS. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
May 31, 2025
ITALY: MELONI THE TRUMP WHISPERER MEETS WITH MACROS. LORENZO FIORI.
May 31, 2025
ROCKIES & BACK: CONSUMERS GALORE, JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 31, 2025
Preview: Colleague Gene Marks introduces the Google Gemini translator that can be contained in earpods. More later.
May 31, 2025
Preview: Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson comments on the tirelessly confident twice queen of Egypt, Cleopatra III, 155-101 BCE. More later.
May 31, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports continued investigation as to how Mars lost its presumed thick atmosphere. More later.
May 31, 2025
Preview: Colleague Jim McTague observes that Ozempic and Kind may account for a drop in food spending and an increase in health spending. More later.
May 31, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE RICHARD EPSTEIN COMMENTS ON THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882 AND THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDER TO CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE US ON VISAS. MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE DAVID HEBERT AND MARCUS WITCHER ANSWER THE PUZZLE, WOULD RONALD REAGAN REPUBLICAN FREE TRADER RECOGNIZE DONALD TRUMP AS A REPUBLICAN FREE TRADER? MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WITH WAVES OF DRONE STRIKES INCOMING TO TARGET ARMS, TROOPS, INFRASTRUCTURE.
May 30, 2025
RUSSIA: DESIGNING LUNAR LANDER. ANATOLY ZAK
May 30, 2025
RUSSIA: BUILDING NUKE POWER FOR PRC ON THE MOON. ANATOLY ZAK
May 30, 2025
2/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST
May 30, 2025
1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST
May 30, 2025
ROK:APPEASING CHINA VOTE, GRANT NEWSHAM
May 30, 2025
NORTH KOREA: JOB HACKING. MATTHEW HA, FDD
May 30, 2025
CANADA: PM CARNEY VS ISRAEL. CONRAD BLACK.
May 30, 2025
CANADA: KING AND QUEEN VISIT. CONRAD BLACK
May 30, 2025
GAZA: FICTIONS: MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1V
May 30, 2025
IRAN: NUKES, JASON BRODSKY. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 30, 2025
DOHA CASH; JAY SOLOMON, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 30, 2025
ISRAEL: INCOMING ATTACK, SARIT ZEHAVI, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 30, 2025
DC: MADNESS SHOOTING . CLIFF MAY FDD
May 30, 2025
PRC: STUDENTS BARRED AND BANNED#SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE.
May 30, 2025
2/2: UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY
May 30, 2025
UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE CONRAD BLACK COMMENTS ON PM CARNEY'S SUDDEN CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN GAZA. MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE ANATOL LIEVEN OBSERVES A DECLINE IN AMERICAN DIPLOMACY SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR. MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE CHRIS RIEGEL COMMENTS ON THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF HIRING A CHINESE NATIONAL TO WORK ON OR HAVE ACCESS TO PROPRIETARY DATA. MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE ANATOLY ZAK REPORTS THE ROSCOSMOS STUDY FOR A MOON COLONY USING A CIS-LUNAR WAY STATION, A FORMAT THAT MAY BE FOLLOWED BY THE CPRC. MORE LATER.
May 30, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE JAY SOLOMON OF THE FREE PRESS REPORTS THAT DOHA PASSES AROUND CASH TO POLITICIANS FROM ALL SIDES--SOME SURPRISING. MORE LATER.
May 29, 2025
PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE SARIT ZEHAVI REPORTS ON AN INCOMING ATTACK ON CENTRAL ISRAEL. MORE LATER.
May 29, 2025
GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Russia where Kyiv forces launched massive drone attack on many regions of Russia in a major escalation of the DRONE WARS...
May 29, 2025
#HOTEL MARS PTCT GOES TO WAR. RICK FISHER, IASC.
May 29, 2025
#HOTEL MARS: PRC ASTEROID MISSIONS.RICK FISHER, IASC.
May 29, 2025
LIVERPOOL: TRAGEDY INSTEAD OF JOY.. SIMON CONSTABLE.
May 29, 2025
#FRANCE: PLUM TREES RIPENING. SIMON CONSTABLE
May 29, 2025
DPRK:CYBERCRIME EMPLOYMENT SCAM. ANNIE FIXLER, FDD
May 29, 2025
CHESTERTON: WHAT IS A CONSERVATIVE? PETER BERKOWITZ
May 29, 2025
RUSSIA: STAGFLATION. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER
May 29, 2025
KASHMIR: UNFINISHED STANDOFF. SADANAND DHUME, WSJ
May 29, 2025
GOLDEN DOME Blaine Holt, retired Air Force general who served as deputy military representative to NATO, on this: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3311539/can-chinas-new-stealth-tech-challenge-trumps-golden-dome @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, N
May 29, 2025
INDONESIA: Charles Ortel of the On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast on this: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-26/china-mulling-new-economic-policy-tools-premier-li-says @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 29, 2025
ROK David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, on this: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/rethinking-south-koreas-naval-strategy-for-a-taiwan-strait-contingency/ @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 29, 2025
Morse Tan, former ambassador and now leader of the Election Monitoring Team in South Korea, on the latest on election integrity efforts there. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 29, 2025
SPHERE: MYSTERY. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 29, 2025
SPACEX: TEST 9. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 29, 2025
#IRAN: COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL
May 29, 2025
#UKRAINE: ESCALATION COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL
May 29, 2025
PREVIEW: General Blaine Holt (USAF) Ret. comments on how the Chinese people will hear the news of the US Golden Dome. More later.
May 29, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague David Maxwell reports what is known of how DPRK troops performed in the Kursk salient. More later.
May 29, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Rick Fisher presents the PRC's phased asteroid missions and also reports on the PRC ambition to dominate the solar system with men and machines. More on.
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Sadanand Dhume reports that the Kashmir battle is suspended and ceasefired but not ended. More later. 1862 KASHMIR
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND REMARKS ON THE APPARENT ESCALATION IN THE KYIV VS MOSCOW DRONE WAR. MORE LATER.
May 28, 2025
**Copy edit:** PREVIEW: Colleague Bob Zimmerman comments on a spooky image of an apparent sphere of radio waves tens of thousands of light years distant. More later. **Corrections made:** - "COLLEAGUE" (fixed spelling) - "comments on a" (added "a") - "t
May 28, 2025
Good evening. The show begins with the markets reacting abruptly to POTUS Trump's tariff threats...
May 28, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO VOTES. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 28, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: VENEZUELA PERSECUTES THE OPPOSITION. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 28, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: HAITI ABANDONED TO THE OAS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 28, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: SURINAME VOTES. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 28, 2025
KING CHARLES REPORT: RALLYING THE NATION. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 28, 2025
PRC: CANNOT FEED ITSELF. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 28, 2025
NIGERIA: MORE GUNMEN IN BENUE STATE. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 28, 2025
#CANADA: THE KING'S SPEECH. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 28, 2025
RUSSIA: PUTIN DISREGARDS CHURCHILL, PRAISES STALIN. IVANA STRADNER, FDD.
May 28, 2025
RUSSIA: RESTORING THE SOUTH TO NORTH RIVER BASINS TO THE ARCTIC. EKATERINA ZOLOTOVA IN MOSCOW, @GPFUTURES
May 28, 2025
BERLIN: MERZ SPEAKS HAWKISH, JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
May 28, 2025
EU: REMAINS UKRAINE FIRMLY SUPPORTING. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
May 28, 2025
2/2: #ISRAEL. FOG OF DIPLOMACY, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN, HOUTHIS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
May 28, 2025
1/2: #ISRAEL. FOG OF DIPLOMACY, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN, HOUTHIS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
May 28, 2025
#ANTISEMITISM: 1000 PAGES OF HARVARD UNACCEPTABLE. #MARKETS: LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
May 28, 2025
#MARKETS: WHAT DATA MR POWELL? LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Gregory Copley reports on how King Charles arrived in Canada and his speech. More details to follow.
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Evan Ellis, US Army War College, reports on the significance of the appointment of Albert Ramdin of Suriname as Secretary General of the OAS. More details to follow.
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Jonathan Schanzer reports on the cessation of UNRWA's double-dealing in Gaza. More details to follow.
May 28, 2025
PREVIEW: Colleague Ivana Stradner reports that Putin uses the information space in Russia to celebrate Stalin and disparage Churchill. More details to follow.
May 28, 2025
# Preview Colleague Liz Peek of The Hill and Fox News comments on how it appears that Jerome Powell and the Fed are keeping rates high because of what might result from perhaps high tariffs in the future. More later.
May 27, 2025
# Preview Colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie in Berlin comments on the general EU citizenry in support of Ukraine or, like the Americans, drifting away? More later.
May 27, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Italy, the allied campaign to capture Rome, December 1943-June 1944...
May 27, 2025
8/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
7/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
6/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
5/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
4/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
3/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
2/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
1/8: The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis (Author)
May 27, 2025
8/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
7/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
6/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
5/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
4/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
3/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
2/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
1/8: Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome Hardcover – November 12, 2024 by James Holland (Author)
May 27, 2025
# Preview Author James Holland, "Cassino 44," comments on the extreme starvation and devastation suffered by the Italian civilians caught between the battles from Naples to Rome. More later.
May 26, 2025
# Preview Author James Holland, "Cassino 44," describes how the American Red Bull Division's initial attack nearly succeeded in capturing the fortified monastery and town that afterward would require another six months of casualties and frustration. More
May 26, 2025
# Preview Author Michael Paradis, "The Light of Battle," comments on the romantic speculation of the clearly affectionate relationship between Ike Eisenhower and his vivid, capable and tireless driver, Kay Summersby. More later.
May 26, 2025
# Preview Author Michael Paradis, "The Light of Battle," reports that King George VI most admired Ike Eisenhower for his success holding the Anglo-American alliance together for the invasion and drive on Berlin, calling Ike "a soldier of the empire." Mor
May 26, 2025
# Londinium 90 AD Gaius & Germanicus weigh the Tiberius failures of extreme age with the failure of Mark Twain and Joe Biden to resist staffer manipulation in their seniority. Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos
May 26, 2025
Londinium 90 AD Gaius & Germanicus compare the fourth century acclamatory Roman Senate to the twenty-first century acclamatory US Congress. Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos
May 26, 2025
Londinium 90 AD Is Ukraine another fragmented Yugoslavia for Europe to pay for? Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-drone-fragments-set-kyiv-apartment-building-abla
May 26, 2025
Author Joseph Terigian, "The Party's Interests Come First," comments on why Mao turned on his own CCP. More later.
May 26, 2025
DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN REVISITING NUCLEAR POWER IMMEDIATELY: 4/4: The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future Paperback – April 3, 2023 by Robert Zubrin (Author)
May 26, 2025
DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN REVISITING NUCLEAR POWER IMMEDIATELY: 3/4: The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future Paperback – April 3, 2023 by Robert Zubrin (Author)
May 26, 2025
DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN REVISITING NUCLEAR POWER IMMEDIATELY: 2/4: The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future Paperback – April 3, 2023 by Robert Zubrin (Author)
May 26, 2025
DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN REVISITING NUCLEAR POWER IMMEDIATELY: 1/4: The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future Paperback – April 3, 2023 by Robert Zubrin (Author)
May 26, 2025
#OZWATCH: DALLAS ADOPTS PIED CURRAWONGS IN ADDITION TO THE MAGPIES (COUSINS). JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF PONITE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 8/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF PONITE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 7/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 6/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 5/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 4/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 3/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 2/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
RONALD REAGAN'S FINEST MOMENT: THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: JUNE 6, 1944: 1/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
May 26, 2025
#OZWATCH: ASHES NEMESISIS: BEN STOKES> JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 25, 2025
#OZWATCH: LESSONS IN VENOM. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 25, 2025
#OZWATCH: SAME CLIMATE NEW SOUTH WALES AND NEW ENGLAND. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 25, 2025
#OZWATCH: SEVEN FOOT RED KKANGAROO ESCAPES FLOOD AND MANKIND. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 25, 2025
HOUSE-CALLING ON DR. WIN THE WAR: 4/4: Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents by Robert Schmuhl (Author)
May 25, 2025
HOUSE-CALLING ON DR. WIN THE WAR: 3/4: Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents by Robert Schmuhl (Author)
May 25, 2025
HOUSE-CALLING ON DR. WIN THE WAR: 2/4: Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents by Robert Schmuhl (Author)
May 25, 2025
HOUSE-CALLING ON DR. WIN THE WAR: 1/4: Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents by Robert Schmuhl (Author)
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 8/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 7/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 6/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 5/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 4/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 3/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 2/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
EIGHTY-FIRST REMEBRANCE OF D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: 1/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
May 25, 2025
# Preview Author Joseph Terigian, "The Party's Interests Come First," presents the biography of Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary father to Xi Jinping. Here, the author comments on why the revolutionaries such as Xi accepted persecution by the Party. More in Ju
May 25, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Vegas at the WrestleMania extravagance in the NFL stadium...
May 24, 2025
MARS: GALE CRATER RIM, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 24, 2025
SPACEX: LAUNCH DATE, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 24, 2025
2/2: POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO.
May 24, 2025
1/2: POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO.
May 24, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: BOLIVIA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 24, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: VENEZUELA, ARGENTINA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 24, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: BRAZIL IN BEIJING. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 24, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO CARTELS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 24, 2025
#HARVARD: VS HOMELAND. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS
May 24, 2025
SCOTUS: TIED ON FAITH CHARTERS. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS
May 24, 2025
EUROPE: ON YOUR OWN. BLAINE HOLT, USAF (RET).
May 24, 2025
#GOLDEN DOME: WHAT IS IT? HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC.
May 24, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: REHIRING PEOPLE AFTER AI. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
May 24, 2025
#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: SLOWING HOUSING. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER
May 24, 2025
#QUANTUM: "DATA MANIPULATIONS" SUSPECT. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST.
May 24, 2025
#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: WRESTLEMANIA AND TOP GUN. @JCBLISS
May 24, 2025
# Preview Colleague Professor Epstein comments on Justice Elena Kagan's complaint that a faith-based charter school might advance a curriculum out of step with public school curriculums. More later.
May 23, 2025
Colleague Blaine Holt comments on Europe's inadequate conduct in common defense over 80 years, and what is to be done? More later.
May 23, 2025
# Preview Colleague Henry Sokolski recommends what can be done with present technology to prevent unknown actors threatening nuclear power plants with drones. More later.
May 23, 2025
# Preview Colleague Professor John Yoo explains how President Lincoln presented his decision to ignore the court presumption that he could not suspend habeas corpus without Congress approving. More later.
May 23, 2025
Preview Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the probes built or planned to survey Apophis as it soars close in 2029. More soon.
May 23, 2025
Preview Colleague Jeff Bliss reports on the booming and pricey Henderson, Nevada, suburb of the most popular Las Vegas.
May 23, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Ukraine with a peace plan draft in hand...
May 23, 2025
2/2: REPUBLIC: IF WE CAN KEEP IT. BEN CRENSHAW, CIVITAS INSTITUTE.
May 23, 2025
1/2: REPUBLIC: IF WE CAN KEEP IT. BEN CRENSHAW, CIVITAS INSTITUTE.
May 23, 2025
GOP: DISAPPOINTING TAX AND SPEND BILL. VERONIQUE DE RUGY
May 23, 2025
RUSSIA: NAVALNY SURVIVORS FILM AT CANNES, "LYUBA'S HOPE." MARIANNA YAROVSKAYA. MAYFILMS.COM
May 23, 2025
#HOTEL MARS: "HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID," ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS, DAVID LIVINGSTON. CONTINUED.
May 23, 2025
#HOTEL MARS: "HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID," ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS, DAVID LIVINGSTON.
May 23, 2025
LEBANON: IS THERE AN AL-SHARAA? HUSAIN ABDUL-HUSAIN. FDD
May 23, 2025
QATAR: WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN: CLIFF MAY, FDD
May 23, 2025
IRAN: AYATOLLAH DIGS IN. MOHSEN SAZEGARA, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 23, 2025
IRAN: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? DENNIS ROSS, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 23, 2025
DC SHOOTER: SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS POINT OVERSEAS TO IRAN AND PRC. ALEX GOLDENBERG, NCRI. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN
May 23, 2025
AZERBAIJAN: WORKING WITH ISRAEL AND TURKEY. KHAZAR IBRAHIM, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1
May 23, 2025
PRC: CHINA PITCHES THE AMERICAS, WHERE IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
May 23, 2025
PRC: BLACK MARKET. #SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE.
May 23, 2025
UKRAINE: PEACE PLAN DRAFT. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY. CONTINUED.
May 23, 2025
UKRAINE: PEACE PLAN DRAFT. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY.
May 23, 2025
Preview Colleague Anatol Lieven presents a draft peace plan for Ukraine and Russia, especially Europe's part in it -- with American leadership. More later.
May 23, 2025
Preview Colleague Alex Goldenberg reports on early discoveries of the social media links frequented by the DC shooter Rodriguez. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Chris Riegel comments on the paradox of Walmart's rising prices while Home Depot does not, and the repeated warnings of inflation ahead. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Author Robin George Andrews, "How to Kill an Asteroid," reports on the incomplete planning for decision making in the event a city killer asteroid is inbound. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Author Robin George Andrews, "How to Kill an Asteroid," comments on the damage a small, ordinary city-killer asteroid can do on a bad day. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Cliff May of FDD comments on the mission of Qatar's Al-Jazeera network. More later.
May 22, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Ukraine where the Kremlin assigns a new commander to carry the battle the remainder of the year...
May 22, 2025
MARS: CURIOSITY CLIMBING. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 22, 2025
Moon: ISPACE lander June 5. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
May 22, 2025
EU. DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN RETHINKING NUKE POWER. SIMON CONSTABLER
May 22, 2025
FRANCE: NUCLEAR POWER FLEET. SIMON CONSTABLE
May 22, 2025
#RUSSIA: SANCTIONING THE SHADOW FLEET. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER.
May 22, 2025
POTUS: THE GOLDEN DOME. MARK MONTGOMERY, BRAD BOWMAN FDD
May 22, 2025
2/2: VATICAN: VS COMMUNISM FROM PIUS IX. JON MILTIMORE, AIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
May 22, 2025
1/2: VATICAN: VS COMMUNISM FROM PIUS IX. JON MILTIMORE, AIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE
May 22, 2025
USA: TRIAD UPGRADE. PETER HUESSY. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 22, 2025
PRC: ATTACKING THE FIRST ISLAND CHAIN. JIM HOLMES, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 22, 2025
PRC: POTUS SELLS AI TO THE GULF AHEAD OF BEIJING. BRANDON WEICHERT
May 22, 2025
PRC: MANUFACTURING DECLINE. ANNE STEVENSON-YANG. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 22, 2025
2/2: POTUS: VS SOUTH AFRICA IN THE OVAL OFFICE, MAX MAIZLISH, FDD
May 22, 2025
POTUS: VS SOUTH AFRICA IN THE OVAL OFFICE, MAX MAIZLISH, FDD
May 22, 2025
POTUS:GOLDEN DOME RISING. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED)
May 22, 2025
#UKRAINE: NEW FRONT COMMANDER. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Jim Holmes of the Naval War College outlines the line of attack the PLA Navy aims to follow to command the western Pacific after 2027. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Jeff McCausland presents the low-ball estimates of time and treasure for the missile defense of NA called Golden Dome. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Bob Zimmerman describes the mysterious dry streaks on Mars. More later.
May 22, 2025
Preview Colleague Max Maizlish reports on the tense meeting of POTUS with South Africa's president in the Oval Office on camera. More later.
May 22, 2025
Colleague Peter Huessy reports on the upgrading of the Russian strategic weapons arsenal. More later.
May 21, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in the gloom of the Financial Times reporting that the American ship of state is headed for the rocks...
May 21, 2025
2/2: CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; "IN A NEGATIVE WORLD." BRIAN SMITH, CVITAS OUTLOOK
May 21, 2025
1/2: CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; "IN A NEGATIVE WORLD." BRIAN SMITH, CVITAS OUTLOOK
May 21, 2025
2/2: ANTISEMITISM: NOT FREE SPEECH. TAL FORTGANG, NRO
May 21, 2025
1/2: ANTISEMITISM: NOT FREE SPEECH. TAL FORTGANG, NRO
May 21, 2025
KING CHARLES REPORT; OPENING CANADA PARLIAMENT. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 21, 2025
RIYADH: TRUMP ELBOWS OUT PRC. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 21, 2025
RUSSIA: TRUMP AND PUTIN SPEAK OF INVESTMENT. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 21, 2025
PRC: MORE MILITARY PURGES. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
May 21, 2025
TAIWAN: WHY DOES AMERICA DEFEND THE ISLAND? GRANT NEWSHAM, AUTOR, "WHEN CHINA ATTACKS."?
May 21, 2025
ANTISEMITISM: COLUMBIA'S LEADERSHIP FAILURE. PETER BERKOWITZ
May 21, 2025
LEBANON: DISARMING THE CAMPS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
May 21, 2025
GAZA: WHERE FOR REFUGE? JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
May 21, 2025
BERLIN: AFD AND UKRAINE. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
May 21, 2025
EU: RISE OF THE POPULIST RIGHT. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN.
May 21, 2025
#MARKETS: BIDEN'S UNKNOWN HEALTH HISTORY LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
May 21, 2025
#MARKETS: ASSUMING THE GLOOMIEST IN APRIL. LIZ PEEK THE HILL. FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS
May 21, 2025
Colleague Peter Berkowitz analyzes the illiberal condition of modern universities. More tonight.
May 21, 2025
Preview Colleague Gregory Copley comments on the unexplained purging in the top ranks of the PLA. More later.
May 21, 2025
Preview Colleague Grant Newsham presents the Pacific Basin under assault by the PLA. More later regarding defending Taiwan.
May 21, 2025
Preview Colleague Grant Newsham presents the Pacific Basin under assault by the PLA. More later regarding defending Taiwan.
May 21, 2025
Preview Colleague Liz Peek reports that consumer sentiment of inflation and the economy recovered quickly from the April shocks... More later.
May 20, 2025
Preview Colleague Jonathan Schanzer comments that the fate of the Gazans is undetermined because they are refused refuge by the Arab League that claims to defend them. More later.
May 20, 2025
Preview Colleague Judy Dempsey in Berlin comments on the rise of the populist right in Europe. More later.
May 20, 2025
Good evening. The show begins in Europe, asking the driver for the populist right rising. (SCHEDULE ATTACHED)
May 20, 2025
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May 20, 2025
ROK: "FIERY" ELECTIONEERING. STEVE YATES, HERITAGE. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
May 20, 2025
2/2: UKRAINE. NO NEED TO CONCEDE. JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
May 20, 2025
1/2: UKRAINE. NO NEED TO CONCEDE. JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
May 20, 2025
2/2: SYRIA; CUT-THROATS IN BLUE SUITS. AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO,FDD
May 20, 2025
1/2: SYRIA; CUT-THROATS IN BLUE SUITS. AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO,FDD
May 20, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: MILEI ADVANCES IN BUENOS AIRES JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE
May 20, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: BIRD FLU IN BRAZIL, BANNING STARTS.JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE
May 20, 2025
SYRIA. TIGER STRIPES. CHANGE? BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON
May 20, 2025
KASHMIR. HR: THE UNSOLVED PROVOCATION. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON
May 20, 2025
#ISRAEL: GOP SIGNS A LETTER WARNING OF AN IRAN DEAL. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1@THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS
May 20, 2025
#GAZA: SEARCH FOR GAZAN REMEDY. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1@THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS
May 20, 2025
#AI: WHAT EXPORT REGULATIONS? JOSH ROGIN, WAPO
May 20, 2025
#AI: THE GULF AMBITIONS. JOSH ROGIN, WAPO
May 20, 2025
2/2: EUROPE: RISE OF THE POPULIST RIGHT. KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, NATION
May 20, 2025
1/2: EUROPE: RISE OF THE POPULIST RIGHT. KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, NATION
May 20, 2025
# Preview Colleague Gordon Chang comments in approval of the Trump administration competing to win the Gulf states with AI tech. More tonight.
May 20, 2025
# Preview Colleague Josh Rogin of WaPo reports on the friction in DC between the Trump administration that aims to sell AI to the Gulf and Congress committees that look to secure AI with rules about export. More later.
May 20, 2025
# Preview Colleague Steve Yates in Seoul for the June 3 snap election expects Lee to win and legislative tussle to follow. More later.
May 19, 2025
Preview Colleague Ambassador Husain Haqqani asks for more information regarding the Kashmir terror attackers who provoked the nuclear talk drama. More later.
May 19, 2025
# Preview Colleague John Hardie of FDD comments on the stronger position for Ukraine than in the spring of 2022. More later.
May 19, 2025
# Preview Colleague Katrina vanden Heuvel, just returned from European reporting, measures the challenge of immigration policy from the populist right and populist left. More later.
May 19, 2025
Londinium 90 AD Gaius & Germanicus celebrate the poet laureate of the American Revolution, Vergil. Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos
May 19, 2025
Londinium 90 AD Gaius & Germanicus puzzle at the inadequacy of Emperor Tiberius, aka Joe Biden. Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos
May 19, 2025
Londinium 90 AD Gaius & Germanicus consider the choice of the Eastern Roman Empire capital, Constantinople, for peace talks. Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 8/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 7/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 6/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 5/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 4/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 3/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 2/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
OPEN OF THE COLD WAR: 1/8: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker (Author)
May 19, 2025
CLOSE OF THE COLD WAR: 4/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author)
May 19, 2025
CLOSE OF THE COLD WAR: 3/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Dream-Freedom-Collapse-Curtain/dp/0393540774/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Aug
May 19, 2025
CLOSE OF THE COLD WAR: 2/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Dream-Freedom-Collapse-Curtain/dp/0393540774/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Aug
May 19, 2025
CLOSE OF THE COLD WAR: 1/4: The Picnic:A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Dream-Freedom-Collapse-Curtain/dp/0393540774/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Aug
May 19, 2025
Author Nick Bunker reports on NSC 68, which prepared for a potential Soviet attack with atomic bombs in 1954. More details to follow later.
May 19, 2025
Author Nick Bunker, in "In the Shadow of Fear," introduces cold warrior Robert Taft of Ohio, who defended Taiwan right before the Korean War. More to come.
May 19, 2025
#OZWATCH: DALLAS ADOPTS A MYNAH FAMILY IN ADDITION TO THE MAGPIES. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY Y
May 19, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 4/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qi
May 18, 2025
#OZWATCH: CRICKET GOES TO WAR-FIGHTING. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 18, 2025
#OZWATCH: BEWARE SYDNEY FUNNEL-WEBS. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 18, 2025
#OZWATCH: WINTER DARKNESS NSW. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 8/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 7/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 6/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 5/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 4/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 3/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 2/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author) 1957 https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273/ref=tmm_hrd_swat
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 1/8: Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age – by Eric Berger (Author)
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 3/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qi
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 2/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qi
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: 1/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qi
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: The Oceans of Mars: 4/4: #HotelMars: VIKING 1 and the Once Upon a Time Oceans of Mars. Alexis Rodriguez, Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: The Oceans of Mars: 3/4: #HotelMars: VIKING 1 and the Once Upon a Time Oceans of Mars. Alexis Rodriguez, Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: The Oceans of Mars: 2/4: #HotelMars: VIKING 1 and the Once Upon a Time Oceans of Mars. Alexis Rodriguez, Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
May 18, 2025
WEEK FOR MARS DREAMING AT STARBASE: The Oceans of Mars: 1/4: #HotelMars: VIKING 1 and the Once Upon a Time Oceans of Mars. Alexis Rodriguez, Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
May 18, 2025
Good evening. The show begins in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, two cities going in opposite directions...
May 17, 2025
VERGIL AND THE FOUNDERS: THE MOST POPULAR POET. NROB NATELSON, CIVITAS INSTITUTE.
May 17, 2025
SERBIA: VUCIC IN MOSCOW. IVANA STRADNER. FDD
May 17, 2025
ITALY: MILAN BILLIONAIRES. LORENZO FIORI.
May 17, 2025
SCOTUS: BIRTHRIGHT AND INDIANA, JIM PFAFF, CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS
May 17, 2025
4/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two
May 17, 2025
3/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two
May 17, 2025
2/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two
May 17, 2025
1/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two
May 17, 2025
MARS: PLOTTING DUST DEVILS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 17, 2025
SPACEX: STARBASE GROWS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM
May 17, 2025
NUKE POWER:IN GREEN SCANDINAVIA. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC
May 17, 2025
#KEYSTONE REPORT: SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ROLLINS THE FARMER. SALENA ZITO, SALENAZITO.COM
May 17, 2025
ANTISEMITISM: WHAT IS TO BE DONE/? PETER BERKOWITZ
May 17, 2025
SALVADOR: BUKELE AND M13. MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY, WSJ
May 17, 2025
LANCASTER COUNTY: DINING GALORE. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
May 17, 2025
#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: F1 THE MOVIE @JCBLISSs
May 17, 2025
Preview: Colleague Jeff Bliss reports the barriers to rebuilding the levelled Pacific Palisades. More
May 17, 2025
Preview: Professor Rob Natelson explains why the Roman narrative poet Vergil, (70-19 BCE) was most popular for the Founding Fathers. More later
May 17, 2025
Preview: Colleague Ivana Stradner of FDD comments on Alexander Vucic of Serbia attending the Moscow parade despite the EU warning not to go. More.
May 17, 2025
Preview: Author Toby Wilkinson, "The Last Dynasty," reports the arms race for war elephants in the third century BCE. More.
May 17, 2025
Preview: Author Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson explains Ptolemy I decision to persuade the conquered Egyptians he respects their culture. More.
May 17, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the extended life of Voyager 1. More.
May 17, 2025
Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the extended life of Voyager 1. More.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
May 17, 2025
Good evening: The show begins in Istanbul, as the sons of Cold Warriors gather to talk Ukraine and security.
May 16, 2025
2/2: #HOTEL MARS: ROSCOSMOS: VENERA 1972. ANATOLY ZAK, DAVID LIVINGSTON.
May 16, 2025
1/2: #HOTEL MARS: ROSCOSMOS: VENERA 1972. ANATOLY ZAK, DAVID LIVINGSTON.
May 16, 2025
AI: HUAWEI THE PIRATE. BRANDON WEICHERT.
May 16, 2025
PRC: NON TARIFF BARRIERS, ALAN TONELSON, GORDON CHANG
May 16, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: NABOA GETS AN ALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 16, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: CELAC IN BEIJING. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 16, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT? : LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 16, 2025
#NEWWORLDREPORT: PROFOUNDLY TROUBLED PETRO. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS
May 16, 2025