TONIGHT: The holiday show begins with Professor Serhii Plokhy recounting the backstory of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Then to Professor Peter Stansky to learn the education of Eric Blair who would in time adopt the pen name of George Orwell and write up his

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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TONIGHT: The holiday show begins with Professor Serhii Plokhy recounting the backstory of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Then to Professor Peter Stansky to learn the education of Eric Blair who would in time adopt the pen name of George Orwell and write up his struggles in the Spain Civil war and in wartime Europe. Also a conversation with WSJ journalist Brett Forrest about the disappearance of the sad young man who invented himself as an FBI helpmate during the war on terror and then turned his peculiar talent for adventure to the Russian attack on Ukraine. Finally the tragedy of JFK as told by Paul Gregory, who spent much time with Lee and Marina Oswald in the summer of 1962 and who is convincing in telling that Lee Oswald was not a "little man"" or a "patsy" for a conspiracy -- was a deceitful, murderous schemer who believed himself to be destined for history, and who acted entirely alone...

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0:00.0	on BBC I player. This is Janet and Samuel. I've gambled away my entire life savings.
0:05.4	Everything I thought I had. It's all nothing.
0:07.6	They'd hit rock bottom. Then one day a boat washed up full of contraband.
0:12.8	I know someone who would give us a lot of money for this.
0:15.2	Now there's a sharp-suited gangster after them.
0:17.8	You must be the tailor?
0:19.2	I would come for you.
0:20.4	They'll need to lose him or lose their lives.
0:23.0	What we're going to do?
0:24.0	Two strangers, one boat, nothing to lose.
0:27.0	Boat story.
0:28.0	Watch on BBC I play.
0:30.0	This is John Bachelor.
0:32.0	On Thanksgiving, I turn to This is John Bachelor.
0:33.0	On Thanksgiving, I turn to Ukraine.
0:36.6	Seri Ploke was with me earlier this year.
0:39.6	His new book, The Russo-Ukraineian War, tells the story of Ukraine and Russia's relationship for hundreds of years
0:46.0	but are particularly the last century leading to this tortured conflict we have in Eurasia,
0:55.0	along with the Gaza War overwhelming everyone.
0:58.0	In any event, the facts on it
1:00.0	to support Ukraine as an independent country.
1:03.0	Always has been, always will be.
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