The John Batchelor Show

Show Schedule 8-27-25 Good evening. The show begins in China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization annual gathering, including Putin, Modi and host Xi. First Hour 9:00-9:15 #Ukraine: SCO show. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:15-9:30 #Ukraine: Populism rising. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol 9:30-9:45 Russia: Recession in the forecast. Michael Bernstam, Hoover 9:45-10:00 Hotel Mars: Space test #10 success. Eric Berger, David Livingston Second Hour 10:00-10:15 PRC: Fearing history. Steve Yates, Gordon Chang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:15-10:30 PRC: High end does not solve the economy. Fraser Howie, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:30-10:45 PRC: Crater bottomless. Anne Stevenson-Yang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:45-11:00 PRC: 600,000 students in the US. Charles Burton, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Third Hour 11:00-11:15 Iran: vs Australia. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:15-11:30 SCO bolsters Putin. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:30-11:45 Populism: Turns away from Kyiv. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:45-12:00 King Charles: Health challenges. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 France: Blackberries ripe; Macron's government overripe. Simon Constable, Occitanie 12:15-12:30 UK: Farage UK Reform rising. Simon Constable, Occitanie 12:30-12:45 Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute 12:45-1:00 AM Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute continued

Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute. CONTINUED. https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/diversity-real-and-imposed 1798 GILLRAY

Edmund Burke: And DEI. Gregory Collins, Civitas Institute https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/diversity-real-and-imposed 1648 CROMWELL

UK: Farage UK Reform rising. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nigel-farage-reform-labour-daisy-cooper-kemi-badenoch-b2815087.html 1901 OLD HOUSE

France: Blackberries ripe; Macron's government overripe. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/france-heading-another-snap-election-pm-bayrous-gamble-rcna227176 1953 OARIS

King Charles: Health challenges. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkr84x0jvko 1843 LOCH LOMOND

Populism: Turns away from Kyiv. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/graham-simpson-msp-nigel-farage-reform-defection-b2814941.html

SCO AIMS TO bolster Putin. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/wsrc/202508/t20250822_11694111.html

Iran: vs Australia. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d085n75q3o 1918 DARWIN

PRC: 600,000 students in the US. Charles Burton, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, on this: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-ignites-conservative-backlash-opening-door-600000-chinese-students-madness

PRC: Crater bottomless. Anne Stevenson-Yang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, on this: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/china-property-downturn.html

PRC: High end does not solve the economy. Fraser Howie, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise, on this: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-08-25/cover-story-chinas-stock-market-roars-back-to-life-but-can-it-outrun-economic-gravity-102354993.html

PRC: Fearing history. Steve Yates, Gordon Chang @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

Hotel Mars: Space test #10 success. Eric Berger, David Livingston https://aviationweek.com/space/launch-vehicles-propulsion/spacex-starship-program-back-track-after-textbook-flight-10

Russia: Recession in the forecast. Michael Bernstam, Hoover https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-raises-august-oil-export-plan-after-drone-strikes-disrupt-refineries-2025-08-26/

#Ukraine: Populism rising. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/62-americans-support-sanctions-russias-trading-allies-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-08-27/

#Ukraine: SCO show. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (Retired) @McCauslJ @CBSNews @DickinsonCol https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/62-americans-support-sanctions-russias-trading-allies-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-08-27/ ODESSA

Preview: PRC Property. Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang comments on how so many let the property bubble inflate for so long. More later. 19330 SHANGHAI

Preview: Starship. Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica comments on the SpaceX intention to monetize Starship for Starlink. More tonight. 1940

Preview: PRC History. Colleague Gordon Chang remarks on why the PRC claims to have defeated the Japanese Empire by itself. More later. 1937 JAPAN IN SHANGHAI HARBOR