Good evening: The show begins in a market panic that reverses with a false expectation...
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
1885
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR 9-915 Tariffs: And the Global South. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute. 915-930Taliban: US Adjusting. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute. 930-945 #ROK: Yoon Gone. David Maxwell, Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 945-1000 #ROK: Election June 3. David Maxwell, Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #Israel: Netanyahu Sits with POTUS. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_Pres @MHoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness 1015-1030 #Antisemitism: Brown University and Hate Teaching. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_Pres @MHoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness 1030-1045 #Ukraine: Holding on to Salients. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD 1045-1100 #Ukraine: Suggested Deal-Making Washington and Kremlin. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD
THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 1/2: #MrMarket: Bond Market Signals Reversal of Doom. Brett Arends, MarketWatch 1115-1130 2/2: #MrMarket: Bond Market Signals Reversal of Doom. Brett Arends, MarketWatch 1130-1145 1/2: #Syria: Turkey Moves In. Ahmad Sharawi, Bill Roggio, FDD 1145-1200 2/2: #Syria: Turkey Moves In. Ahmad Sharawi, Bill Roggio, FDD
FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #NewWorldReport: SecDef to Panama. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1215-1230 #NewWorldReport: Huge turnout for Bolsonaro. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1230-1245 1/2: Tom Cotton knocks self-censoring observations re PRC. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution 1245-100 AM 2/2: Tom Cotton knocks self-censoring observations re PRC. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
| 0:25.8 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. |
| 0:31.5 | This is John Batchel. |
| 0:34.2 | The show begins in tariffs in the global south. |
| 0:41.1 | The puzzle is how these tariffs are meant to help the U.S. and its trading partners. |
| 0:49.9 | We're looking at 29% reciprocal tariff on Pakistan, a troubled country where only 1% of the population invests in the stock market, has any money to put in the stock market. |
| 0:53.5 | This according to the former ambassador, |
| 0:56.0 | Hussein O'Connor, who joined me to comment. |
| 0:58.5 | Or Lesotho, a very small African state that makes T-shirts, |
| 1:03.3 | now a 50% tariff, reciprocal tariff, because of its conduct, |
| 1:09.2 | a small, very small state. |
| 1:12.1 | The tariffs are chiefly a conversation between Washington and Brussels, I believe. |
| 1:17.8 | Washington and Beijing, I believe. |
| 1:20.8 | The collateral damage, however, is daunting, considering how many people have participated in the supply chain for American consumers |
| 1:31.7 | for years. So, a mystery. The supply chain, the tariffs, and Lesotho, for one. And then we turn to |
| 1:41.8 | the question of the Taliban with Bill Rajo and Hussein O'Conni. |
| 1:46.5 | The Taliban looks to be in conversation or about to be in conversation or communication with Washington. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.