The John Batchelor Show

S8 Ep498: Jeremy Zakis reports irregular weather is driving venomous snakes into unusual residential locations, with a Victorian woman startled by a copperhead wrapping around her leg while Queensland's Whitsunday Islands face a python epidemic leading to tourist w

S8 Ep497: Jeremy Zakis describes Dallas, an eleven-year-old dog, patrolling to protect his property from aggressive cockatoos that previously dismantled a neighbor's roof, with a gang of up to seven birds conducting reconnaissance from a nearby pine tree while targ

S8 Ep497: Jeremy Zakis reports irregular weather is driving venomous snakes into unusual residential locations, with a Victorian woman startled by a copperhead wrapping around her leg while Queensland's Whitsunday Islands face a python epidemic leading to tourist w

S8 Ep497: Jeremy Zakis notes the Australian T20 cricket team was eliminated early from their tournament following a catastrophic loss to Zimbabwe and a rained-out match, observing that T20 has evolved from a sideshow into a highly popular format rivaling traditiona

S8 Ep496: 4. Stevenson-Yang 4: Post-Pandemic Deflation and the Surveillance State. Severe COVID-19 lockdowns shattered public trust, leaving China facing local government debt crises and deflation while Xi Jinping prioritizes national surveillance over traditional