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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 26 | #179 | #170 |
| Oct 25 | — | #198 |
| Oct 21 | — | #199 |
| Oct 20 | #193 | #188 |
| Oct 19 | #193 | #188 |
| Oct 18 | #197 | #191 |
| Oct 17 | #193 | #187 |
| Oct 16 | — | #199 |
| Oct 15 | — | #195 |
| Oct 14 | — | #198 |
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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.