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GOOD EVENING: The show begins on Columbia campus after the violence and during the occupation by the NYPD. To Lancaster County and the busy diners with $3.00 beer pitchers. To the future to puzzle nuclear war in space. To SCOTUS re: the immunity arguments

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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GOOD EVENING: The show begins on Columbia campus after the violence and during the occupation by the NYPD. To Lancaster County and the busy diners with $3.00 beer pitchers. To the future to puzzle nuclear war in space. To SCOTUS re: the immunity arguments for former President Trump. To the 17th century and the escape of Henry Avery, the king of pirates, and his close pal, Daniel Defoe. Lastly, to Redondo Beach with Jeff Bliss. To Turin for the Giornale d'Italia. To Mars to search for sites for helicopters or drones to explore.

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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. Good evening of the

0:35.0

the police action the police action going into Hamilton Hall on a fire

0:41.0

truck ladder and as I understand from Harry Siegel there was a weapon

0:47.6

discharged perhaps trying to open a door it was unclear the police have

0:51.5

declared that the weapon was fired.

0:54.0

There's always an investigation. The mayor, according to Harriet, said nothing about it so

0:57.9

far. In any event, it does raise the question why a weapon was loaded with him.

1:03.6

Something in the chamber, but those questions will be answered over the course of time.

1:08.2

Meanwhile, Columbia is momentarily numb, and it will start up again. Graduations not until the middle of May.

1:16.0

Lancaster County, Jim McTagua reports in that the diner was filled with

1:20.8

working men with tattoos on their arms eating heartily, $3 for a picture of beer, which Jim says is a good price.

1:28.0

This is lunchtime in Lancaster County.

1:31.0

Weggmans, the local shop grocery store,

1:35.1

was semi-full, not packed.

1:40.8

And Jim's general position is that there are jobs for looking for people everywhere.

1:47.0

We're not losing people. We're looking for people to work. He goes down to Thaddeus Stevens Trade School where anybody who can

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