TONIGHT: The show begins in Canada with Conrad Black remembering many decades of friendship with Henry Kissinger (1923-2023); and then we turn to celebrating the foreign policy successes of Henry Kissinger and his chief executive Richard Nixon. From DC t
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
1968 NASA
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-915
#Canada: Remembering and celebrating Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, foreign policy maestros of the First Cold War. Conrad Black, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-2
915-930
#Venezuela: Dictator toys with Guyana to rally the the mob.. Mary Anastasia O'Grady
https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-covets-guyanas-oil-fields-land-dispute-referendum-827462e1
930-945
1/2: #Ukraine: Kyiv digs in for General Winter & What is to be done for the outnumbered army]? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/zelensky-biden-washington/
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/zelensky-biden-washington/
10-1015
1/2: #GOP: #Impeachment: The House demands Hunter Biden before the House votes an inquiry of Impeachment & What is to be done? : @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-hunter-biden-circus-comes-to-capitol-hill/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/impeaching-biden/
1015-1030
2/2: #GOP: #Impeachment: The House demands Hunter Biden before the House votes an inquiry of Impeachment & What is to be done? : @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-hunter-biden-circus-comes-to-capitol-hill/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/impeaching-biden/
1030-1045
#SCOTUS:The Wealth Tax and Its Discontents. @RichardAEopstein @HooberInst
https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-case-could-pave-205629150.html
1045-1100
#PuertoRico: The troubled laws that made Puerto Rico a colony largely dependent upon Congress, without a road to Statehood. @RichardAEopstein @HooberInst
https://www.hoover.org/research/contested-status-puerto-rico
1100-1115
5/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass
6/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass
7/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass
8/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass
12-1215
#Ukraine: Lose Kyiv, lose US, lose Nato? is the EU worry.. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/nato-member-to-be-sweden-and-the-us-sign-defense-18536531.php
1215-1230
#Russia: The soaring price of eggs and bread in hyper inflation for the fixed incomes. Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/12/10/vladimir-putin-is-running-russias-economy-dangerously-hot
#SpaceX: The success of the December launch of Super-Heavy/Starship. Eric Berger, Ars Technica. David Livingston, DrSpace, SpaceShow.comhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/rocket-report-the-final-space-shuttle-stack-spacex-may-extend-booster-lifetimes/
1245-100 am
#SpaceX: The timeline for launching Super-Heavy/Starship in 2024. Eric Berger, Ars Technica. David Livingston, DrSpace, SpaceShow.com
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/rocket-report-the-final-space-shuttle-stack-spacex-may-extend-booster-lifetimes/
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | At Honda we've been listening out for inspiration and discovered something everyone wants in a car. |
| 0:07.0 | Nothing. |
| 0:08.0 | So, introducing the Honda HRV hybrid. |
| 0:12.0 | The exterior is very nothingy, just beautiful, clean lines |
| 0:17.0 | front to back and you don't need a key or fob so there's nothing to forget or lose. You can do everything with your phone. |
| 0:24.4 | In the back it's all about nothingness with its leg room views and seats that can |
| 0:28.8 | disappear making way for even more nothingness, the HIV hybrid. |
| 0:34.2 | Nothing to it really. |
| 0:36.0 | Why I will listening take us next. |
| 0:38.0 | Honda the power of dreams. |
| 0:40.6 | Good evening. |
| 0:41.5 | The show begins tonight in Canada with Conrad Black reflecting upon his many decades of friendship with Henry Kissinger who left us at the age of 100, |
| 0:50.4 | 1923 to 2023. |
| 0:53.0 | Also, Conrad is a distinguished biographer of Richard Nixon, among others, |
| 0:57.6 | FDR, and we reflected how Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger worked extremely well together in foreign affairs in the middle of the Cold War |
| 1:07.0 | when things were really grim. There was a Vietnam War, there was a confrontation in Europe, there was no conversation about nuclear weapons |
| 1:16.0 | or what became understood as a reproachment, some kind of arrangement with Bresnuff. |
| 1:22.0 | None of that was happening when they took office. |
| 1:25.1 | They put it together, they started Vietnamization, they moved the world towards standing down |
| 1:30.7 | from the nuclear brink. |
| 1:33.4 | They continued as foreign policy commentators, right into opening with China. |
| 1:38.3 | China is a trouble today, but it's a rich trouble. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

