The John Batchelor Show John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins on Columbia campus after the violence and during the occupation by the NYPD. To Lancaster County and the busy diners with $3.00 beer pitchers. To the future to puzzle nuclear war in space. To SCOTUS re: the immunity arguments for former President Trump. To the 17th century and the escape of Henry Avery, the king of pirates, and his close pal, Daniel Defoe. Lastly, to Redondo Beach with Jeff Bliss. To Turin for the Giornale d'Italia. To Mars to search for sites for helicopters or drones to explore.

1910 Harvard 0, Yale 0

#MARS: Helicopter Landing Zones Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-mars-location-being-considered-for-future-helicopter-mission/

:#NASA:  Starliner doubts. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-announces-launch-coverage-for-the-first-starliner-manned-capsule-launch-on-may-6-2024/

1886

#ITALY: Starting Giro d'Italia; Banning Puppy Yoga. Lorenzo Fiori
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-bans-puppy-yoga-on-animal-welfare-grounds/ar-AA1o2TMe

1920

#PacificWatch: UCLA profoundly damaged.  @JCBliss
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/violence-flares-at-ucla-as-police-end-protests-at-new-yorks-columbia/ar-AA1o0puL

1866 CA

4/4: The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy Hardcover – April 2, 2024 by  Sean Kingsley  (Author), Rex Cowan  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-King-Strange-Adventures-Golden/dp/1639365958/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.

1837