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The John Batchelor Show

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    S8 Ep1026: Preview for Later Today: Amelia Bruno discusses modular electro-spray thrusters about the size of a postage stamp. Utilizing green monopropellant and solar power, this compact technology allows small satellites, like CubeSats, to change orbits or planes e

    18/06/2026 | 2 mins.
    Preview for Later Today: Amelia Bruno discusses modular electro-spray thrusters about the size of a postage stamp. Utilizing green monopropellant and solar power, this compact technology allows small satellites, like CubeSats, to change orbits or planes efficiently. It offers an affordable propulsion solution for universities and researchers exploring space using modular, scalable components.
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    S8 Ep1026: Preview for Later Today: Evan Ellis examines President Nayib Bukele's controversial yet effective crackdown on gangs in El Salvador. By jailing over 90,000 people, Bukele has dramatically reduced violence, revitalized urban infrastructure, and attracted E

    18/06/2026 | 3 mins.
    Preview for Later Today: Evan Ellis examines President Nayib Bukele's controversial yet effective crackdown on gangs in El Salvador. By jailing over 90,000 people, Bukele has dramatically reduced violence, revitalized urban infrastructure, and attracted foreign capital. Despite "dystopian" and anti-democratic methods, the country is now reportedly safer than Canada, signaling a massive social shift.
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    S8 Ep1026: Preview for Later Today: Lance Gatling explains how Japan avoided public panic during the Hormuz energy crisis despite threats to its oil supply. Through strategic petroleum reserves, energy diversification, and maintaining strong international relations

    18/06/2026 | 1 mins.
    Preview for Later Today: Lance Gatling explains how Japan avoided public panic during the Hormuz energy crisis despite threats to its oil supply. Through strategic petroleum reserves, energy diversification, and maintaining strong international relations — particularly with the United States — Japan successfully managed the potential shortage without gas lines or widespread anxiety among the general population.
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    S8 Ep1026: Preview for Later Today: Paul Lozano envisions using fleets of autonomous small satellites equipped with tiny ionic thrusters to explore the asteroid belt. This cost-effective approach aims to gather scientific data and identify valuable resources, potent

    18/06/2026 | 2 mins.
    Preview for Later Today: Paul Lozano envisions using fleets of autonomous small satellites equipped with tiny ionic thrusters to explore the asteroid belt. This cost-effective approach aims to gather scientific data and identify valuable resources, potentially sparking an industrial revolution while helping scientists understand the solar system's origins and improve planetary defense.
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    S8 Ep1026: Preview for Later Today: Bruce Nichols discusses Nathaniel Hawthorne's time in Concord among the transcendentalists. Unlike the wild optimist Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hawthorne's fiction explored human tragedy and the "evil lurking in the hearts of men." This

    18/06/2026 | 2 mins.
    Preview for Later Today: Bruce Nichols discusses Nathaniel Hawthorne's time in Concord among the transcendentalists. Unlike the wild optimist Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hawthorne's fiction explored human tragedy and the "evil lurking in the hearts of men." This ideological friction informed his work, particularly The Scarlet Letter, where he focused deeply on Hester Prynne's perspective.
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About The John Batchelor Show
The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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