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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Iran's neighboring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, and Kurdistan, asking about relations with Tehran. We then move to Columbia University and Yale University campuses for demonstrations with antisemitic me

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Iran's neighboring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, and Kurdistan, asking about relations with Tehran. We then move to Columbia University and Yale University campuses for demonstrations with antisemitic messages. Next, we go to Ukraine's front line, where troops await weapons and ammunition, and then to Kyiv and the Rada for a vote on mobilization and demobilization (which has not yet occurred). We explore what could have been Israel's counterstrike, with John Bolton suggesting striking suspected nuclear weapons facilities. We then shift focus to East Asia and the alliance against the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). From there, we travel to Caracas, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Bogota. Finally, we discuss the PLA Aerospace Force, a combat command focusing on orbit and the moon.

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0:00.0

Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island?

0:04.0

Jane Gaskin did exactly that, trading in the family home to begin a new life in the

0:09.1

tropics.

0:10.1

But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets.

0:13.4

I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise,

0:18.0

the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder. Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now, wherever

0:26.7

you listen to podcasts. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're not going to be here. This is John Bachelor.

3:35.0

Tonight the show begins in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Beluchistan, Kurdistan, all bordering Iran. How have they fared over the six months

3:50.8

of warfare, Iran using the ring-of-fire surrogates.

3:55.0

And how are they faring after the Iranian attack from Iran soil to Israel,

4:00.0

and the Israeli response?

4:02.0

Then I speak to Bill Rajo about al-Qaeda and ISIS. and the six

4:05.0

six months of the Israeli response. How are they relating to the war,

4:08.0

the six months of war with Iran.

4:10.0

All of those organizations are watching this contest between Tehran and Jerusalem.

4:18.0

The bulk of the opinion since then is that this is the opening round. Red Line has been crossed for the

4:26.7

first time. And then a conversation with Peter Berkowitz about the protests on campus, Columbia and Yale, the disorder, the

4:37.2

elite campuses are fraught. Peter's going to write about it for the next two weeks.

4:41.1

We also talk about how the right in America and the left in

4:45.0

America agree on something. They agree on seeking to control language and liberty for a

4:51.8

higher purpose, virtue, unknown.

4:56.7

Peter discusses off to Ukraine.

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