S8 Ep905: Simon Constable describes an idyllic spring in France before pivoting to alarming price increases for diesel, electricity, and natural gas. He warns that inflation is barreling through global economies as an "unleaded tax." (13/16)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:59.0 | For full terms, visit the south of France, to paradise, to Simon Constable, writing for the Wall Street Journal and other distinguished publications, but we begin with, how good is it, Simon? Simon, a very good |
| 1:29.1 | day to you. We begin with your blue skies, your warm sunshine, and your paradise swept by |
| 1:34.9 | flowers. Does that describe your experience these last days, or has it been raining? Absolutely, |
| 1:41.0 | it sounds like that for the last week. It's been very nice, not too hot, not too cold. |
| 1:47.3 | Goldilocks sort of weather. |
| 1:49.7 | The temperature this morning, the low was 52 Fahrenheit. |
| 1:53.0 | The high, 74 Fahrenheit. |
| 1:55.7 | Sunny, nice, just absolutely lovely. |
| 1:58.1 | And we have the iris is still surviving surviving only some of them we've got pink |
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