The John Batchelor Show for 04-05-2009

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:

Unemployment Planet Special.   

705P Eastern Time:  George Melloan, Wall Street Jorunal, author, "The Great Money Binge: Why Washington Must Be Stopped," re the government interference int he market place during the Great Depression 1933 and today, re why the government becomes the problem.  It Really Is All Alan Greenspan's Fault - Susan Lee, Forbes  With Simon Constable, Dow Jones.

720P: Thaddeus McCotter, 11th Michigan (R), re the bailout and Detroit one week after the POTUS fired the CEO of GM, re the UAW in negotiation with the car czar Steven Rattner, re the unemployment in Michigan and the threat of worse.  With Simon Constable,Dow Jones.

735P:  Professional Roundtable with Mona Charen, NRO, Jodi Schneider, Congressional Quarterly,Diana West, DianaWest.net, re POTUS goes to the G20 and NATO, re the unemployment number back home, re the European response to POTUS.  Obama Says G-20 Summit Is 'Turning Point' for Economy - Bloomberg

750P: Continued re Rod Blagojevich indicted at Disneyworld, re Ted Stevens walks the bridge to nowhere a free man.  Congress Approves Obama's Budget

805P: James Keller, RealClearMarkets.com, re the mystery of the Lehmen liquidation and the AIG bailout in September 2008, re Goldman Sachs and the marketplace, re the unanswered questions about who influenced the decision to bailout AIG and return counterparty money?   What Did Geithner Know,When Did Paulson Know It? - James Keller, RCM.  With Simon Constable, Dow Jones.

820P: Christopher Farley, Wall Street Journal, re the [financial collapse hits Hollywood salaries, re 1933 Hollywood vs 2009 Hollywood, re 1933 was all box office, while 2009 is all DVD and ITunes and side deals.   Hollywood Squeezes Stars' Pay in Slump  With Simon Constable, Dow Jones.

 

835P:  Financial Roundtable:  Francesco Guerrera, FT.com, John Tamny, RealClearMarkets.com, Jim McTague, Barron's,  With Simon Constable, Dow Jones, re the PPIP Geithner plan and the schemes of the big banks to buy each pther's toxic eastes and offload the risk to the Fed.

850P:  Continued with Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance,  re The Becker-Posner Blog identified the scam of the PPIP plan from Geithner's Treaury.  Congress Approves Obama's Budget

905P: Aaron Klein, WND.com, re the assassination of a 13 year-old Jew on the West Bank by Al Aqsa terrorists, re the Israeli media response, re the new Netanyahu government and the Tehran regime, and the Damascus regime.