S8 Ep414: SHOW SCHEDULE 2-3-2026
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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SHOW SCHEDULE 2-3-2026
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Guest: Elizabeth Peek. Peek discusses Trump's nomination of hawk Kevin Warsh for Federal ReserveChairman, noting the immediate drop in precious metals and potential monetary policy shifts.
Guest: Elizabeth Peek. Peek predicts Democrats will take the House in midterms, forcing Trump to rely on executive actions and non-traditional voter turnout to maintain his agenda.
Guest: Judy Dempsey. Dempsey analyzes the stalemated Ukraine conflict, noting European refusal to accept Russian victory, while discussing rising tensions and internal political divisions within Iran.
Guest: Judy Dempsey. Amidst the Mandelson-Epstein scandal, Dempsey explains how economic struggles and Brexit regrets are driving the Labour Party to consider re-engaging with the European Union.
Guest: Joseph Sternberg. Sternberg details Starmer's unpopularity and lack of economic agenda, noting potential leadership challenges within the Labour Party from rivals like Burnham and Streeting.
Guest: Joseph Sternberg. Sternberg warns that revelations linking Peter Mandelson to Epstein reinforce narratives of elitism, damaging Starmer's already unpopular Labour government among working-class voters.
Guest: David Shedd. Shedd discusses the conviction of a Google engineer for stealing AI secrets, illustrating corporate naivety regarding China's state-mandated espionage and intelligence gathering operations.
Guest: David Shedd. Shedd warns against selling advanced chips to China, describing Beijing's "capture, cage, and kill" economic strategy and criticizing the U.S. administration's transactional approach.
Guest: Mary Kissel. Kissel argues U.S. talks with Iran are dangerous, as Tehran uses negotiations to stall while maintaining brutality and nuclear ambitions amidst regional military buildup.
Guest: Mary Kissel. Kissel discusses the futility of appeasing Putin regarding Ukrainian territory and the need for security plans to support Venezuela's opposition against the Maduro regime.
Guest: David Albright. Albright warns of "loose nukes" and dangerous materials in Iran, urging planning for a "day after" scenario to secure nuclear assets during potential regime instability.
Guest: David Albright. Albright emphasizes the need for a coalition-led inspection and removal regime to secure Iranian nuclear materials and protect scientists if the government collapses.
Guest: Gregory Copley. Copley analyzes new talks involving Turkey and the UAE, noting U.S. reluctance to support Iranian civil society leaves the clerical regime breathing room despite weakness.
Guest: Gregory Copley. Copley observes Russia targeting Ukrainian infrastructure to pressure the public, noting that despite Western support, Moscow retains the upper hand while demanding territorial concessions.
Guest: Gregory Copley. Copley details a civil war within the CCP as Xi Jinping purges military leaders, risking regime collapse while Western leaders ignore China's economic hollowing.
Guest: Gregory Copley. Copley discusses the Epstein scandal involving Lord Mandelson and Prince Andrew, suggesting King Charles is distancing the monarchy from these revelations to protect the institution.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. The show begins tonight a discussion of the American economy. The consumer is strong, the up part of the K consumption. Gasoline continues to decline. There is hesitation about inflation, but it is you have to search for it. It's only on goods coming from overseas that you can find a price increase, but often |
| 0:22.8 | priced reductions as well. It depends. The American economy is not weak. That is easy to say. |
| 0:32.7 | The Federal Reserve has an appointment with a new chairman sometime this spring after the Senate hearings. |
| 0:41.4 | His name is Warsh, Kevin Warsh. He's been on the Fed before as a governor during the crisis of 0809. |
| 0:48.2 | He's well respected by other bankers, bankers, 55 years old. |
| 0:53.9 | There was a sell-off in golden silver upon his naming because he wasn't worse. |
| 0:59.9 | He wasn't what they feared, a non-fed guy, a non-bank guy. |
| 1:04.9 | So golden silver went down as much as they'd gone up in January. |
| 1:10.2 | It seems to have hit the market as well, going down as much as they'd gone up in January. It seems to have hit the market as well, |
| 1:12.5 | going down as much as they went up in January. |
| 1:15.0 | And now it's February, |
| 1:16.1 | and they're going down as much as they went up in February. |
| 1:19.0 | Sideways movement, waiting for the Fed, I guess. |
| 1:22.4 | Kevin Warsh is named, and he will go before the Senate. |
| 1:25.9 | The news overseas is table talk, negotiations across the landscape. |
| 1:32.6 | Iran negotiations with the U.S. |
| 1:35.5 | Russia negotiations with Ukraine and the U.S. |
| 1:39.6 | Hezbollah, well, they don't negotiate, |
| 1:41.7 | but Lebanon negotiates with Israel and with the U.S. |
| 1:45.8 | Hamas negotiates with Egypt and Qatar and the U.S., question mark. |
| 1:52.6 | Unknown. |
| 1:53.8 | There must be other negotiations, Syria negotiating with Riyadh. |
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