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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.

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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.

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for you: #Londinium90AD: Gaius asks Germanicus why Plato is admired by Rome? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

4/6/2025
for you: #Londinium90AD: Gaius asks Germanicus why Plato is admired by Rome? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1718 ROME

Duration:00:11:20

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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus admire how POTUS is handling adversaries and allies by emphasizing tribute. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

4/6/2025
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus admire how POTUS is handling adversaries and allies by emphasizing tribute. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1872 EXCAVATION ROMAN FORUM

Duration:00:10:30

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#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus take special note that the Kremlin dispatched a banker (born in Ukraine and educated in America) to negotiate with the White House. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos

4/6/2025
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus take special note that the Kremlin dispatched a banker (born in Ukraine and educated in America) to negotiate with the White House. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1865 CRIMEAN WAR, RUSSIAN RIFLE PIT

Duration:00:15:24

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 8/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 8/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1931

Duration:00:07:34

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 7/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 7/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1923 POLA NEGRI

Duration:00:12:06

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 6/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 6/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1921 LONDON CLARIDGE'S

Duration:00:06:35

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 5/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 5/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1921 CHAPLIN FAIRBANKS PICKFORD

Duration:00:10:48

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 4/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 4/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1918 WWI 'THEY WON'T LET ME BE A DRILL SERGEANT!"

Duration:00:07:40

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 3/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 3/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1917 THE ADVENTURER

Duration:00:12:00

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 2/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 2/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1916 VAGABOND

Duration:00:08:00

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BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 1/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author)

4/6/2025
BRUTALITY OF SHOW BUSINESS: 1/8: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Scott-Eyman/dp/1982176350 Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist) 1915

Duration:00:09:50

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 7/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 7/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1968 PRC

Duration:00:10:55

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 7/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 6/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1968 PRC LIN MAO

Duration:00:08:20

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 5/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 5/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1967 PRC MAY DAY

Duration:00:09:30

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 4/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 4/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1966 PRC TIBET

Duration:00:07:15

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 3/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 3/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1966 PRC RED GUARDS

Duration:00:12:25

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 2/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 2/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1966 PRC MAO

Duration:00:08:50

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REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 1/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author)

4/6/2025
REMINDING THAT RED CHINA IS RECKLESS AND SADISTIC: 1/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957 Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over? 1965 PRC LIU MAO

Duration:00:09:00

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#OZWATCH: PREPARING FOR ASHES. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

4/5/2025
#OZWATCH: PREPARING FOR ASHES. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY https://thenightly.com.au/opinion/sport/mitchell-johnson-mitch-marsh-retaining-cricket-australia-contract-shows-he-may-play-in-home-ashes-series-c-18252464 1862 MELBOURNE

Duration:00:08:46

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#OZWATCH: PAPA MAGPIE WAITS FOR BREAKFAST. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

4/5/2025
#OZWATCH: PAPA MAGPIE WAITS FOR BREAKFAST. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

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