The John Batchelor Show 03-29-2009

It's Sunday night, and that means it's time for John Batchelor!





Here is his website.

The show starts at 7pm Eastern, and continues for six hours of the best radio you will find anywhere, as only John Batchelor can deliver it with his stable of experts...

And here is where you can listen to the show live online:

New York, WABC-AM 770 7-10PM ET;
Washington DC, WMAL-AM 630 7-9PM ET;
San Francisco, KSFO-AM 560;
Los Angeles,KFI-AM 640;

And here is where you can find the podcasts of the show: the first three hours, and the last three hours.

Schedule for Tonight: (all six hours are on the same link now)

The first two hours are below to whet your appetite:

POTUS Goes to the G20.     

705P ET:  Alan Murray, Wall Street Journal, with Simon Constable, DowJones Newswire, re  Gordon Brown's remarks in NY in expectation of the G20 meeting in London, re Tim Geithner's  remarks on the new TARP protocol with regard the most troubled US banks.  Treasury Maps New Regulatory Era

720P:  Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan, Hoover, with Simon Constable, DowJones Newswire, re the new plan from the Obama administration in Afghanistan.  Text: Obama's Remarks  Obama Defines New Afghan Strategy Obama unveiled a strategy that devotes more resources to combat Afghan narcotics and boost development in Pakistan.  Holbrooke holds back

735P: Professional Roundtable Jodi Schneider, CQ, Mona Charen, NRO, John Fund, Wall Street Journal, re Tim Geithner's peculiar week, re POTUS meets the bankers: List of CEOs at Meeting Re the POTUS goes to Europe.  Obama to Woo Public on Europe Trip

750P:  Continued re the AIG flap goes away, or does it?  Re Cap and Trade, or Healthcare for all?  Senate Panel Clears $3.6 Trillion Budget Obama's fiscal agenda gained steam, as a Senate panel embraced a $3.6 trillion budget that Republicans complained would pile up a huge federal debt

805P: Caroline Salas,  Bloomberg, with Simon Constable, DowJones Newswire, re Eat-What-You-Kill Bond Traders Rise From Wall Street Wreckage: Eat-What-You-Kill Bond Traders Rise From Wreckage (Update2) March ...

820P:  Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, re North Korea threatens to launch the missile, re Japan will shoot down missile parts, re Tom Geithner misspeaks re the dollar, re China wants a new world currency, why?  Japan to Shoot Down Missile Debris  

835: Financial Professionals, with Tom Donlan, Barron's, John Tamny, RealClearMarkets.com, Simon Constable, Dow Jones,  Aaron Task, Blame the Dollar For Worldwide Pain - Daniel Ben-Ami, Fund Strategy  Is Geithner's Plan Too Big To Succeed? - Scott Jagow, Scratch Pad

850P: Continued, The Dangerous Banking-Witch Hunt - Camilla Cavendish, Times of London  Treasury Is Mum Over TARP Funds

905P:  Aaron Klein, WND, re the reports of the IAF air raid on a weapons convoy in the Sudan bound for Hamas in Gaza in January, re where and when the strike, and what response from Hamas, from Sudan, from Iran?   Israel Disputes Soldiers' Accounts of Gaza Abuses