S8 Ep724: THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, FEATURING LANCE GATLING, JIM MCTAGUE, ANATOL LIEVEN, 4-9-2016 1945 TOKYO STATION FIRED MARCH 1945
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THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, FEATURING LANCE GATLING, JIM MCTAGUE, ANATOL LIEVEN, 4-9-2016
1945 TOKYO STATION FIRED MARCH 1945
The provided transcript features a broadcast of The John Bachelor Show, where the host and several experts analyze the global economic and geopolitical fallout of a crisis in the Straits of Hormuz. The discussion highlights how the constricted oil supply has spiked fuel prices differently across the globe, comparing high costs in Japan and Europe to relatively lower prices in the United States. Panelists examine the strategic responses of various nations, noting that Japan has tapped its national petroleum reserves while Russiabenefits financially from the elevated market prices. The conversation further explores the shifting diplomatic landscape, questioning whether NATO or China will play a primary role in the eventual reconstruction of Iran. Additionally, the participants debate the long-term stability of the post-World War II global order under the influence of current American domestic politics. The segment concludes by touching on a more positive outlook for Latin American diplomacy and energy production in Venezuela. (1)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm I'm And good day. This is the making of the John Batchel show. And it is a bright and promising, although chilly, day in New England. I hope your springtime is enjoying the weather as well. The daffodils are up. Clearly, they're yellowing quickly. |
| 0:58.1 | The alium are poking through. I'm waiting the lilies to show themselves. In other words, |
| 1:05.3 | my Spanus and I had a wonderful early morning walk and were ready for bad news because all we had |
| 1:10.7 | was good |
| 1:11.1 | news up to this point. And I welcomed two of my good colleagues, Jim McTagg, former Washington |
| 1:17.1 | editor of Barron's Magazine. He's now a novelist in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. And Lance |
| 1:22.6 | Gatling, the principal at Nexiel Research in Tokyo, we are very much looking after the Hormuz-Straight crisis, |
| 1:31.3 | but as we've established over these last weeks, it is a global crisis. |
| 1:35.5 | Nothing local about it. |
| 1:38.1 | Ms. Gatling, I hope you're hearing me well in Tokyo. |
| 1:41.3 | Good day to you. |
| 1:43.5 | Good morning, John. Wonderful. And your colleague, Jim, hi. Nice to, |
| 1:50.4 | nice to meet you, as it were. Nice to meet you. We are. It's been a marvelous early spring or |
| 1:59.1 | late winter, whatever is going on right now. The weather held off and just long |
| 2:04.0 | enough for the, um, the, uh, the cherry blossoms to be spectacular this year. Um, but it's now it's cold and |
| 2:13.0 | windy and they're blowing everywhere and I just cleaned up my parking space. So I'm sure it's going to be coated tomorrow morning. |
| 2:20.2 | And we have a freeze predicted tonight, which could do significant damage to the crops. |
| 2:26.6 | So the weather is a seesaw here. |
| 2:30.5 | Yes, it's not a good thing for early frost on crops. |
| 2:34.7 | Coming from a farm family, you live in fear of such. |
| 2:39.1 | It's striking to me how we're experiencing weather on opposite sides of the planet, |
| 2:44.6 | but the same weather in the north temperate zone. |
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