John Batchelor
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Host of the the CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor; novelist as John Calvin Batchelor..
Housatonic River Valley CT
Joined April 2009
It was a pleasure to speak to @kenvogel about DEVILS' ADVOCATES, his meticulously reported new book on the Washington foreign influence industry. Red team or blue team, they're all on the green team. Our full conversation is free on Substack: https://t.co/dT3kYmaj5n
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"The essence of the Sacred King is that his authority is representative of and actually embodies the totality of the society itself. In the monarch's body is the body of the citizens . . . It is metaphorical, but also ritually visceral." Last night on Londinium Chronicles,
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A Divided Country | Londinium Chronicles LIVE | John Batchelor & Michael Vlahos
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“I think [Putin] is damaging the well-being and security of his own people. But he’s doing that because he’s motivated by ideas and not just national interest.” I spoke with the former ambassador to Russia Michael @McFaul on his new book Autocrats vs Democrats: China, Russia,
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Londinium Chronicles LIVE | John Batchelor & Michael Vlahos
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ahai - a 100% private Mac app using local mlx AI models - found my 1541 ideas across 13447 markdown files. Thread 🧵
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A cold war with China? I speak to John Kitsch reviewing Dan Wang’s new book Breakout for @CivitasOutlook. Our conversation on Substack: https://t.co/lQS0IYUED1
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It was my great pleasure to speak with author and historian @Jamesdtabor about his new book The Lost Mary. Our full conversation is now on Substack: https://t.co/OUWaGexelI
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"What you see in places like Brazil, where the president is headed for prison after he leaves office, and then if he gets back into office, he will go after his predecessor who put him in prison -- [that] is one of the key markers of the collapse of a republic." Last night on
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Venezuela, the Grift Bubble, and the End of the Republic | Londinium Chronicles LIVE
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When the Romans renamed Judea to Syria Palaestina, it was "the only time the Romans changed the name of a province as punishment for a revolt." It was my pleasure to speak to author and professor @barrystrauss about his new book Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against
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We're really excited to launch PianoVision Plus: a new premier PianoVision experience with 10,000 licensed songs from artists like the Beatles and John Legend, along with custom Mixed Reality environments, an AI piano teacher and so much more.
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"The effort to control media and censor is part of a creeping authoritarianism on the part of government." Last night on Londinium Chronicles: Putin's domestic pressures, the impact of the Ukraine war on US politics, and a parallel to 1914. My full conversation with
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Londinium Chronicles LIVE | John Batchelor & Michael Vlahos
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St. Augustine died in 430 AD in Hippo Regius (modern day Algeria). But today his remains rest in Pavia, Italy. Philologist, professor, and author of Augustine the African, Catherine Connybeare describes her trip to Augustine's tomb. Our full conversation on Substack:
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Germanicus (@Michalis_Vlahos) has taken the time to assemble a list of how empires go wrong: seven warning signs of what humanity has called “self-harm.” That’s very generous. Self-Destruction would be closer. America entertains that all the time. Our full conversation on
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The American Way of War | John Batchelor & Michael Vlahos
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"This terrible firebombing of Tokyo in which up to 100,000 Japanese died . . . in McNamara's mind, they were a stain on his record." A great pleasure speaking to Pulitzer prize-winning author and biographer William Taubman, who has co-authored a new book on Secretary of Defense
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Russian Siege, White House Ballroom, and Revenge Politics | Londinium Chronicles LIVE
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"Trump is doing the same kind of silly state socialism that Bernie Sanders has defended for years." Richard Epstein of NYU and University of Chicago writing for @CivitasOutlook on the Trump administration's industrial policies -- is mixing politics with private businesses always
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Prop trading isn’t just about charts and setups. It’s a mental game. You’re balancing profit targets, drawdowns, and emotions while trying to stay consistent under pressure. The real edge comes from mastering your mindset. Let’s dig into the psychology of prop trading and how to
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Cicero "was laugh out loud funny." It's a pleasure to welcome Professor Josiah Osgood, chair of the classics department at Georgetown University. We discuss his new book Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome. Our full conversation is free on Substack:
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"It's a marvelously ignorant exercise." Germanicus weighs in on the No Kings protests from Londinium, 91 AD. @Michalis_Vlahos Our full conversation from yesterday evening now free on Substack. Streamed live every Sunday at 6PM EST: https://t.co/yQoIgG5EEC
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