The John Batchelor Show

PREVIEW US ELECTRIC GRID: Colleague Jack Burnham of FDD reports recent revelation that Chinese scholars have published hundreds of articles identifying vulnerabilities in the US electric grid. More.
1940 WUHAN UNIVERSITY

PREVIEW GAZA: Colleague David Daoud presents some of the unknowns of the proposal that Egypt and Jordan will share governance of the Gaza Strip after the war ends. More.

SHOW SCHEDULE 

6-30-25

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Iran..

1852 TEHRAN.

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 Iran: IAEA confirms damage but no conclusion. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:15-9:30 Iran: Remains regional power. Bill Roggio, FDD 9:30-9:45 Ukraine: Low on air defense. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD 9:45-10:00 NATO: Successes. John Hardie FDD

SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 Taiwan: Assassination plot by wolf warriors. Steve Yates, Heritage. @gordongchang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:15-10:30 SpaceX: Costs of fails unknown. Douglas Messier, David Livingston 10:30-10:45 T...

PREVIEW GAZA: Colleague Ahmad Sharawi reports word of a visit of PM Netanyahu to POTUS in order to end the Gaza conflict. More.

PREVIEW TAIWAN: Colleague Steve Yates of Heritage comments on the Czech report of a violent plot against the VP-elect of Taiwan in 2024. More.

#NEWWORLDREPORT:  CHINA IN THE AMERICAS.  CHILE VOTES.  JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE, ALEJANDRO PENA, HUNGARIAN CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. CONTINUED
1946 MAO AND MARSHALL

#NEWWORLDREPORT:  CHILE VOTES.  JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE, ALEJANDRO PENA, HUNGARIAN CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. 
1900

GAZA: EGYPT AND JORDAN TO SUPERVISE THE GAZANS.AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
1862

IRAN: ARRESTS, EXECUTIONS, BURIALS. AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

8/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education.
Recognising Russia was 100 year...

7/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education.
Recognising Russia was 100 year...

6/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education.
Recognising Russia was 100 year...

5/8: The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets by  Svetlana Lokhova (Author)   Format: Kindle Edition

On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education.
Recognising Russia was 100 year...

TRADE: NO IMMINENT DOOM.JUST INCORRECT GLOOM. ALAN TONELSON, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL CONTINUED
1943

TRADE: NO IMMINENT DOOM.JUST INCORRECT GLOOM. ALAN TONELSON, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
APRIL 1959

#HOTEL MARS:  SPACEX: COSTS OF FAILS UNKNOWN. DOUGLAS MESSIER, DAVID LIVINGSTON
1957

TAIWAN: ASSASSINATION PLOT BY WOLF WARRIORS. STEVE YATES, HERITAGE. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL
1925 TAIPEI

NATO: SUCCESSES, JOHN HARDIE FDD, BILL ROGGIO FDD

UKRAINE: LOW ON AIR DEFENSE. JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

IRAN: REMAINS REGIONAL POWER. BILL ROGGIO, FDD

IRAN: IAEA CONFIRMS DAMAGE  BUT NO CONCLUSION. BILL ROGGIO, FDD.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BATTLES THE PRC FOR OCEANIA.  4/4: Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by  Nicholas Thomas  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Settlement-Pacific-Nicholas-Thomas/dp/1541619838/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TWNZZ00KO4TU&keywords=NICHOLAS+CLARK+VOYAGERS&qid=1674136652&sprefix=nicholas+clark+voyagers%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did...

PREVIEW NATO: Colleague John Hardie of FDD praises the results of the NATO meeting at The Hague. More.
1837 THE HAGUE

PREVIEW SPACEX: Colleague David Livingston identifies an unanswered question re costs of the repeated shortcomings of Starship testing. More
DECEMBER 1963

PREVIEW: Author Svetlana Lokhova, "The Spy Who Changed History," identifies the Soviet control agents who ran the stealing of the atomic bomb. More.
1955 NEVADA

PREVIEW TRADE: Colleague Alan Tonelson remarks at the incorrect predictions and unneeded gloom that Liberation Day. More.
1918

PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicus remark that Russia manages the Ukraine front in the way Rome managed the Danube and Rhine front with occasional extreme violence. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos

1600 SABINE WOMEN

PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicus praise the American emperor for a good week of dominating foe and friend, especially at the NATO summit. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos

1799 Agrippina Minor, wife and poisoner of an emperor, mother of an emperor.

PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicus debate why the 21st century intelligentsia avoids acknowledging that America is an empire in the Roman model. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos
1700 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  8/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  7/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  6/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  5/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  4/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  3/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  2/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pull...

 THAT NIGHT, MARBLEHEADERS IN  WASHINGTON'S  BOAT.  1/8 The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware by  Patrick K. O'Donnell  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894

On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington’s forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country’s first diverse units, they pulle...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BATTLES THE PRC FOR OCEANIA.  3/4: Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by  Nicholas Thomas  (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Settlement-Pacific-Nicholas-Thomas/dp/1541619838/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TWNZZ00KO4TU&keywords=NICHOLAS+CLARK+VOYAGERS&qid=1674136652&sprefix=nicholas+clark+voyagers%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did the...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BATTLES THE PRC FOR OCEANIA.  2/4: Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by  Nicholas Thomas  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Settlement-Pacific-Nicholas-Thomas/dp/1541619838/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TWNZZ00KO4TU&keywords=NICHOLAS+CLARK+VOYAGERS&qid=1674136652&sprefix=nicholas+clark+voyagers%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BATTLES THE PRC FOR OCEANIA.  1/4: Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by  Nicholas Thomas  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Settlement-Pacific-Nicholas-Thomas/dp/1541619838/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TWNZZ00KO4TU&keywords=NICHOLAS+CLARK+VOYAGERS&qid=1674136652&sprefix=nicholas+clark+voyagers%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1

The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did...