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TONIGHT: The show begins in the North America that beavers built once upon a time, shaping the rivers and lakes with timber dams and obsessive smarts. From the largest beaver dam seen from space, in North Alberta, to Gaza to France. From Beijing Seoul and

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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TONIGHT: The show begins in the North America that beavers built once upon a time, shaping the rivers and lakes with timber dams and obsessive smarts. From the largest beaver dam seen from space, in North Alberta, to Gaza to France. From Beijing Seoul and London, from the Indo-Pacific to the I labs of #PRC. from Stanford campus to Fallas November 1962 and 196Superheavy read to test again by Christmas.3, With soecial attention toi Starship/


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0:00.0

Oh great! The Guardian is now delivering newspapers all over the UK to places like Manchester, Edinburgh and many more.

0:06.7

But what about us dogs? More visits from that pesky postman?

0:10.0

And look at my parents, totally preoccupied.

0:12.3

Up to 25% offer home delivery subscription for them,

0:15.3

but no belly rubs for me.

0:16.8

Check whether your area is eligible today and subscribe when you visit the Guardian.

0:20.8

Com slash autumn delivery.

0:22.0

offer ends December 3rd, 2023. Open to UK and N.I. Guardian. Good evening. This is John Batchelor. Tonight the story begins with a furry fat rodent

0:36.7

with four orange teeth. The Beaver, the legend, the fax, Beaver built the Great Lakes, Beaver built the shoreline, Beaver

0:46.1

built the lakes that we enjoy. The Great Beaver, told by the Algonquins, and it's re-told

0:52.3

wonderfully by Lila Philip the author.

0:55.0

The Beaver land is North America.

0:58.0

We're lucky to have the Beaver.

1:00.0

It was almost moved away from North America in the late 19th century well it's back not in the

1:05.6

numbers of the original beaver approaching the tens of millions but adequate for

1:11.8

the water lands that we have, especially here in Connecticut River Valley,

1:17.0

where Lila lives and I live.

1:20.0

Then to John Bolton to tell the story in the 21st century of the unknowns of the ceasefire in Gaza, if it happens,

1:30.0

hostage exchange, doubts about Hamas, doubts about pursuing the war farther, the

1:36.8

dislocation of 2 million people.

1:39.7

From there a conversation, a happy conversation with Simon Constable, the Wall Street Journal, an online fraud quiz.

1:47.0

Multiple choice. This is to test your knowledge of online websites that are fakes, scams, fraud. You go on and you order something

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