The John Batchelor Show for 05-24-2009

Before I relay my weekly promotion for the best six hours in radio, check out Bolden to Enterprise by John Batchelor. The above Friedman video was swiped from the article.

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:

Memorial Day Special.

705P Eastern Time: Matt Bai, NYT, re the surprising non-story of the gay marriage amendments and law changes in states, re how the young voters poll an indifference to the topic, that is, no opposition.

720P: Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal,re Madoff Victims Are Investigated

The probe into who knew about Madoff's massive fraud has broadened to include high-profile investors including Jeffry Picower and Stanley Chais, and Carl Shapiro, an old friend of the money manager

735P: Jesse Westbrook, Bloomberg, re U.S. Said to Consider Stripping SEC of Power, Shifting Some Duties to Fed

750P: Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal, Using Spidey Sense on the Border A small Homeland Security unit is charged with adding whiz-bang wonder to the drudgery of border patrols and vehicle checkpoints. Texas Mayor Trades Job for Romance Texas mayor J.W. Lown resigned this week, saying he is in love with a Mexican man who doesn't have permission to remain in the U.S.

805P: Ed Hayes, attorney, re In Bronx Bomb Case, Steps and Missteps Alike Caught on Tape In documents, interviews and court hearings, details of a homegrown terror plot and the checkered life stories of the four men charged further emerged.

820P: James R. Hagerty, Wall Street Journal, re 'Terrorizing' Bankers in Foreclosure Fight

835P: Financial Roundtable, Thaddeus McCotter, Member of Congress, Jim McTague, Barron's, David Weidner, Marketwatch.com, re the auto talks, re the report that Chrysler will emerge from bankruptcy and that GM will go into bankruptcy. U.S. to Steer GM Toward Bankruptcy

850P: Continued re GM Reaches Deal in Canada The Canadian Auto Workers said it has reached an agreement with General Motors on cost-cutting measures.

905P: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, from Jerusalem, re Netanyahu's visit to the White House, re the missile test in Iran, re the POTUS statement of a deadline for Iran diplomacy.

920P: Aaron Klein, author, "The Late Great State of Israel," re the Hamas preparation for an Obama administration outreach.

935P: Jim Leeke, author, Manila and Santiago, re the Spanish American War of 1898 and the rise of Assistant Secretary of the Navy T.R. Roosevelt.