The John Batchelor Show

8131 Episodes

1. Bob Zimmerman reports the FAA approved SpaceX's Starship recovery at Boca Chica. Zimmerman criticized the proposed US Spaceport Act as a $10 million political slush fund that increases red tape.

   Published: 9/25/2025
2. Simon Constable noted strong year-over-year price increases for aluminum, copper, iron, and steel. He highlighted that 99% of US West Coast seafood samples contained microplastics, calling the situati

   Published: 9/25/2025
3. Simon Constable noted strong year-over-year price increases for aluminum, copper, iron, and steel. He highlighted that 99% of US West Coast seafood samples contained microplastics, calling the situati

   Published: 9/25/2025
4. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright rendered Virgil's Aeneid in English iambic pentameter, noting Virgil's sympathy for opponents like Dido. The epic converses with Homer and shows Aeneas's restrained em

   Published: 9/25/2025
5. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright rendered Virgil's Aeneid in English iambic pentameter, noting Virgil's sympathy for opponents like Dido. The epic converses with Homer and shows Aeneas's restrained em

   Published: 9/25/2025
6. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright rendered Virgil's Aeneid in English iambic pentameter, noting Virgil's sympathy for opponents like Dido. The epic converses with Homer and shows Aeneas's restrained em

   Published: 9/25/2025
7. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright rendered Virgil's Aeneid in English iambic pentameter, noting Virgil's sympathy for opponents like Dido. The epic converses with Homer and shows Aeneas's restrained em

   Published: 9/25/2025
8. Kevin Frazier testified that Congress needs a national vision to manage data center infrastructure and mitigate local impacts. He stressed vulnerable undersea cables are neglected and urged academics

   Published: 9/25/2025
9. Kevin Frazier testified that Congress needs a national vision to manage data center infrastructure and mitigate local impacts. He stressed vulnerable undersea cables are neglected and urged academics

   Published: 9/25/2025
10. Andrew McCarthy and Thaddeus McCotter debate Trump's Venezuelan boat strikes. McCarthy questions whether drug boats equal naval attacks, noting drug trafficking is historically a felony, not war. McCo

    Published: 9/25/2025
11. Andrew McCarthy and Thaddeus McCotter debate Trump's Venezuelan boat strikes. McCarthy questions whether drug boats equal naval attacks, noting drug trafficking is historically a felony, not war. McCo

    Published: 9/25/2025
12. Charles Burton WITH GORDON CHANG criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's focus on economic engagement with China. He called Chinese EVs "spy machines on wheels" and noted high youth unemploym

    Published: 9/25/2025
13. Charles Burton WITH GORDON CHANG criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's focus on economic engagement with China. He called Chinese EVs "spy machines on wheels" and noted high youth unemploym

    Published: 9/25/2025
14. Rebecca Grant of Lexington Institute WITH GORDON CHANG explained China uses gray zone harassment strategy. The US counters by establishing agile defense "nodes" and adapting Army and Marine Corps doc

    Published: 9/25/2025
15. Steve Yates of Heritage Foundation WITH GORDON CHANG discussed concerns that Trump might pause Taiwan weapons sales for a Chinatrade deal. He warned against tactical concessions, noting Xi Jinping's

    Published: 9/25/2025
16. Preview: Andrew McCarthy discusses President Trump's reported order to shoot three drug boats in international waters, noting that this lethal action differs significantly from standard Coast Guard in

    Published: 9/24/2025
17. Preview: Scott McGill and Susannah Wright detail Aeneas's journey from destroyed Troy to Italy in Virgil's Aeneid, a story of refugees, opposition by Juno, and the origins of Rome.

    Published: 9/24/2025
18. Preview: Steve Yates explains how the People's Republic of China uses comments by the President about trading Taiwan as propaganda to undermine the Taiwanese people's confidence in the United States.

    Published: 9/24/2025
19. Preview: Charles Burton discusses Canada's 100% tariff on Chinese EVs which led China to restrict Canadian canola imports, devastating farmers who now pressure Mark Carney to remove the EV tariffs to

    Published: 9/24/2025
20. Preview: Andrew McCarthy examines the president's order to shoot three alleged Venezuelan drug boats in international waters, killing 17 people. This use of force is questioned because drug importatio

    Published: 9/24/2025