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Good evening: The show begins in Switzerland where a decision is made to build Roche and Novartis plants in the US...

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Good evening: The show begins in Switzerland where a decision is made to build Roche and Novartis plants in the US...

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This appears to be an email from John Batchelor detailing the schedule for a CBS Eye on the World radio/podcast show. Here's a brief summary of the program segments:

First Hour:

  • 9:00-9:15: Markets - Switzerland Pharma and US Manufacturing (Liz Peek)
  • 9:15-9:30: Markets - Biden in Disorder (Liz Peek)
  • 9:30-9:45: Lebanon - Hezbollah Weapons (David Daoud, Bill Roggio)
  • 9:45-10:00: Iran - Discussed as "Defeated in All Directions" (David Daoud, Bill Roggio)
Second Hour:

  • 10:00-10:15: Trade and Congress history (Philip Wallach, AEI/Civitas Institute)
  • 10:15-10:30: Continued Trade and Congress discussion
  • 10:30-10:45: Russia and Oil Prices (Ekaterina Zolotova)
  • 10:45-11:00: China and Deepseek Deceptions (Jack Burnham)
Third Hour:

  • 11:00-11:15: London Calling - Blaming Japan, Germany, China (Joseph Sternberg)
  • 11:15-11:30: London Calling - Rachel Reeves in Washington
  • 11:30-11:45: Antisemitism at Harvard (Peter Berkowitz)
  • 11:45-12:00: Progressivism at Harvard (Peter Berkowitz)
Fourth Hour:

  • 12:00-12:15: Iran Nuclear Weapons (John Bolton)
  • 12:15-12:30: USAF Kinetic Warfare in CENTCOM (General Blaine Holt)
  • 12:30-12:45 & 12:45-1:00: Soviet Kompromat and Trump in the 1980s (Craig Unger)
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening. The show begins tonight in Switzerland. The pharmaceutical company Roche announces that it's

0:09.5

devoting, I believe, up to $50 billion to build manufacturing in the U.S. This follows a decision by

0:16.4

Novartis, Eli Lilly, Johnson, and Johnson to bring manufacturing to America. Why? Well, Liz Peek,

0:24.7

my guest and colleague, notes that Switzerland is facing a 39% reciprocal tariff, and it's best to

0:33.7

appease the tariff in equity by building a plant here rather than have that burden on a plant in Switzerland

0:42.9

for the United States. Liz and I then move on to a sad story about Joe Biden making a speech

0:50.9

that was incoherent based on false assumptions and false conclusions,

0:56.3

such as Donald Trump and his lieutenants are looking to rob Social Security.

1:03.5

Whatever that means, it's language that strikes me is unjust and sad from the former president.

1:14.8

Then a conversation with David Diyud and Bill Rajo about Hezbollah.

1:18.5

Last week, there was a taunt that Hezbollah was ready to surrender, give up its fighting,

1:26.8

turn over its weapons.

1:27.9

Well, this week, there's room to believe that Hezbollah is the same old, unacceptable, devil self.

1:35.5

It's smuggling weapons through the Port of Beirut and means to rearm in some fashion.

1:41.7

Iran, then, is part of our discussion, defeated in all directions and facing

1:46.5

ultimatums, perhaps, from the Trump administration about the suspect nuclear weapons program.

1:53.2

To be seen later, however, there are a lot of elements moving around right now, and the negotiation

1:59.8

the next round is Saturday between the Trump administration and

2:04.2

Tehran.

2:05.6

I speak with John Bolton tonight about that, and John has recommendation that the program must

2:12.5

be stopped.

2:14.6

It will either be stopped abruptly, or Iran will dismantle it and allow inspectors to make certain of it.

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