TONIGHT: The show begins in Las Vegas in 1901, or 1959 with the Rat Pack, or 2023 with The Sohere. Then to Latvia and fears of a nuke war as Russia attacks. To Boca Chica with Elon Musk and SpaceX battling the NLRB about disgruntled employees some years

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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TONIGHT: The show begins in Las Vegas in 1901, or 1959 with the Rat Pack, or 2023 with The Sohere. Then to Latvia and fears of a nuke war as Russia attacks. To Boca Chica with Elon Musk and SpaceX battling the NLRB about disgruntled employees some years ago. To Ukraine loking to pay for the war and for rebuilding. To the Federal Reserve puzzling about employment and wage growth. To the Moon in 1968 with Apollo 8 heading home. To France, to Switzerland, to 200 million light years and the Tasmanian Devil flashing on and off. Enjoy!

1865 Sierre Madre Mountains in Winter

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0:00.0	Everyone is talking about the new Mean Girls movie.
0:03.0	Get in, loser.
0:04.0	It's a new twist from Tina Fay.
0:06.0	Lord is the Queen Bee.
0:07.0	Regina George.
0:08.0	Don't look her in the eye.
0:09.0	Mean Girls is exclusively in cinemas January 17th.
0:12.0	You can be really hot.
0:13.0	You change like everything.
0:15.0	Don't miss the meanest event on the big screen.
0:19.0	Come here, I want to fix your eyebrows.
0:20.0	Can I still have two?
0:22.0	Oh, hell no.
0:24.0	Mean Girls is exclusively in cinema's January 17th.
0:27.0	Book tickets now.
0:29.0	Certificate 12A.
0:30.0	Good evening.
0:31.0	This is John Bachelor. Tonight we begin in Las Vegas. My new favorite city that I don't know very well but Jeff Bliss is specific watch is my guide.
0:41.0	Not only do we begin in Las Vegas but in time,
0:44.4	1901, when there was a Mormon ranch on Clark County,
0:49.3	this bare landscape of desert cactus. Wonderful. And then to 1955 and 1959, the Desert Inn, a huge
0:58.6	swimming pool in the midst of what looks like a 50-style motel furniture and then 1959 the Sans Hotel Frank Sinatra
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