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The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep385: SHOW SCHEDULE 1-28-2026 1900 PRINCETON CANE RUSH

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

SHOW SCHEDULE

1-28-2026
1900 PRINCETON CANE RUSH

Based on your notes, here are all 16 segments formatted for January 28, 2026:

1.

General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.), outlines the mission to rescue Iran from the brutes, detailing strategic options for liberating the Iranian people from the oppressive regime ruling in Tehran.

2.

Michael Bernstam of the Hoover Institution explains how Russia prospers with the price of gold, analyzing Moscow'seconomic resilience as precious metals revenues offset sanctions and sustain Putin's war machine.

3.

Bob Zimmerman of Behind the Black explains Blue Origin and SpaceX next missions, previewing upcoming launches and milestones as both companies push forward with ambitious spaceflight development programs.

4.

Bob Zimmerman explains Roscosmos failures without credit, examining how Russia's space agency stumbles through technical setbacks while refusing accountability, diminishing Moscow's once-proud position in space exploration.

5.

Victoria Coates and Gordon Chang identify the Baltic states as most vulnerable to Russian annexation, warning that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania face persistent threats from Putin's expansionist ambitions.

6.

Ann Stevenson-Yang and Gordon Chang comment on the low spirits and isolation of mainland Chinese singles, examining the demographic and social crisis as young people struggle with loneliness and economic pressures.

7.

Charles Burton and Gordon Chang observe the contest in Arctic waters, analyzing competing claims and military positioning as Russia, China, and Western nations vie for polar strategic advantage.

8.

Charles Burton and Gordon Chang comment on Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada's future with the United States and PRC, assessing Ottawa's delicate balancing act between its powerful neighbors.

9.

Tevi Troy remarks on the new book McNamara at War, exploring Robert McNamara's tenure as Defense Secretary and his controversial management of the Vietnam War under two presidents.

10.

Tevi Troy observes McNamara dealing with the rude President Lyndon Johnson, examining the difficult working relationship between the cerebral defense secretary and the domineering, often abusive commander-in-chief.

11.

Kevin Frazier analyzes how AI can fail like Western Union, warning that excessive concentration and lack of innovation could doom today's artificial intelligence giants just as the telegraph company declined.

12.

Kevin Frazier warns of regulatory capture in AI governance, cautioning that dominant tech companies may co-opt oversight mechanisms, stifling competition and shaping rules to entrench their market dominance.

13.

Simon Constable reports from temperate France with commodities analysis, noting copper and gold trading dear as industrial demand and safe-haven buying drive precious and base metals prices higher.

14.

Simon Constable faults Prime Minister Starmer's lack of leadership, criticizing the British leader's failure to articulate vision or direction as the United Kingdom drifts through economic and political uncertainty.

15.

Astronomer Paul Kalas explains planetary formation in the Fomalhaut system twenty-five light years distant, revealing how observations of this nearby star illuminate the processes that create worlds around young suns.

16.

David Livingston explains his twenty-five years hosting The Space Show, reflecting on a quarter century of broadcasting interviews with astronauts, engineers, and visionaries shaping humanity's journey beyond Earth.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening. The show starts tonight looking in on the armada arrayed around Islamic Republic of Iran,

0:08.1

speaking once more with the very helpful General Blaine, Blaine Holt, the United States Air Force, retired,

0:16.2

about what the various air elements and naval elements mean for the campaign against the regime.

0:24.7

This is not a snatch and grab.

0:27.9

They've arrayed an air fleet that can campaign for days.

0:32.8

Question of what targets are on the ground.

0:35.1

That would be the police stations, the barracks, the communication

0:37.7

links, the homes, the palaces, the guardians, the tunnels of the regime. Also, the arsenal,

0:46.7

underground missile arsenal, the launch sites, the power centers, communications, lots of

0:52.4

targets. Do you hit them all at once? You layer them in days.

0:58.0

And then you walk consensual circles in on the leadership. They await a decap? Are they

1:05.3

planning to martyr themselves or are they planning to surrender? Unknown.

1:14.2

That's what it looks like from the Air Force's point of view.

1:16.0

I haven't talked with the Navy.

1:23.4

My best Navy voice is in the administration and therefore properly silent.

1:26.5

Iran is not the solution. It is a remedy to something else, which is the the solution.

1:32.0

It is a remedy to something else, which is the disorder in Europe.

1:36.1

Stormers in Beijing making deals.

1:40.4

Russia's eyeing victory in Ukraine or retreat.

1:42.9

Gold is over 5,000. Speak to Michael Baransdom about gold. Russia is making money,

1:51.2

closing their budget cap with the gold. They have lots of gold and they mine more of it.

1:57.0

300 tons, I think, I heard Michael say, one ton of gold is worth

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