The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING:The show begins in California watching Governor Gavin Newsom prepare for a White House run in 2028... 1917 Main Street LA CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 CALIFORNIA RISING: Newsom & Harris for Governor 2026. Bill Whalen, Hoover 9:15-9:30 Pacific Watch/Vegas Report: Sphere must work harder. @JCBliss 9:30-9:45 Small Business America: Optimism for 2025. Gene Marks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer 9:45-10:00 Small Business America: AI at Taco Bell. Gene Marks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 NUKES: Ukraine talks of nuclear weapons. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:15-10:30 NUKES: What is SMR? Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:30-10:45 ISS: Air Leak. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com 10:45-11:00 NASA: Cuts at JPL. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 Reagan: His Life and Legend (Part 1/8) with Max Boot 11:15-11:30 Reagan: His Life and Legend (Part 2/8) 11:30-11:45 Reagan: His Life and Legend (Part 3/8) 11:45-12:00 Reagan: His Life and Legend (Part 4/8) FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 ANTISEMITISM: MSCI & what is to be done? (Part 1/2) Richard Goldberg, FDD 12:15-12:30 ANTISEMITISM: MSCI & what is to be done? (Part 2/2) Richard Goldberg, FDD 12:30-12:45 Lancaster Report: Dining Along the Susquehanna. Jim McTague, former Washington editor, Barron's. @McTagueJ, Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series" #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety 12:45-1:00 CANADA: 2025 Election Preview. Conrad Black, National Post

#CANADA:2025 ELECTION PREVIEW. CONRAD BLACK, NATIONAL POST 1910 Ottawa

LANCASTER REPORT: DINING ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA. JIM JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY 1941 Lancaster PA

2/2: ANTISEMITISM: MSCI & what is to be done?. Richard Goldberg, FDD 1905 Jerusalem

1/2: ANTISEMITISM: MSCI & what is to be done?. Richard Goldberg, FDD 1860 Jerusalem

1/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Max Boot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan’s life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan’s coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan’s 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America’s spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan’s opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. With its revelatory insights, Reagan: His Life and Legend is no apologia, depicting a man with a good-versus-evil worldview derived from his moralistic upbringing and Hollywood westerns. Providing fresh examinations of “trickle-down economics,” the Cold War’s end, the Iran-Contra affair, as well as a nuanced portrait of Reagan’s family, this definitive biography is as compelling a presidential biography as any in recent decades.

#NASA: Job cuts at JPL. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 2023 Mt. Sharp

ISS: Air Leak Zvezda. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com Cambridge Observatory

#NUKES; What is an SMR? Henry Sokolski, NPEC 1957 Ft Belvoir VA

NUKES: Ukraine talks of nuclear weapons. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 1951 B-36

#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: AI AT TACO BELL. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER https://www.wsj.com/articles/taco-bell-and-kfcs-owner-says-ai-driven-marketing-is-boosting-purchases-ab3a5f36?mod=djemCMOToday 1866 California Quartz Mill

#SmallBusinessAmerica: OPTIMISM FOR 2025 @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer 1950 LA

#PacificWatch: #VegasReport: Sphere must work harder and earn much more. @JCBliss 1946 Las Vegas

#CALIFORNIA: RISING NEWSOM & HARRIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026. BILL WHALEN, HOOVER https://www.hoover.org/research/wile-e-newsom-resistance-proves-irresistible0 1900 LA

PREVIEW: ROCKET LAB: Colleague Bob Zimmerman celebrates the success of the now publicly traded company Rocket Lab to win contracts for satellite launches and to surprise Wall Street with a surge in profits. More tonight 1956

PREVIEW: JANE WYMAN: Author Max Boot, "Reagan: The Life and Legend," portrays how Reagan was rocked by the breakup of his marriage and family when Jane Wyman left him; and how Reagan became a libertine in Hollywood until he met Nancy Davis. More tonight and next week. 1942 Lana Turner and Stephen Crane marrying in Las Vegas.

PREVIEW: RONALD REAGAN LIFEGUARD: Author Max Boot, "Reagan: The Life and Legend," describes how the teenage Ron "Dutch" Reagan worked as a lifeguard every summer and saved 77 people from trouble in the Rock River -- and what it meant to him. More later. 1908 Michigan

PREVIEW: POTUS TRUMP: Colleague Gene Marks explains that the GOP success on November 5 means the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will survive and perhaps be made permanent, a huge benefit for small business... More later 1943 Ohio River

PREVIEW: Colleague Bill Whalen outlines the 2024 plan to replace President Biden with Governor Newsom... More tonight 1942 Casablanca

PREVIEW: ANTISEMITISM: Colleague Richard Goldberg of FDD explains how market research services such as Morningstar and MSCI employ anti-Israel agitprop in ESG advising. More tonight. 1860 Jerusalem