Radio, Radio...

Tonight, I'll be doing another stint as a co-host on the John Batchelor Show with my friend and colleague, Gordon Chang.

The guest list and topics for tonight’s show (6-10 p.m. Pac Time):

Toshi Yoshihara - post-World War II Japan

Elisabeth Eaves - “ghost cities”

Jim Walsh - nuclear proliferation since WWII

Yifei Zhang - China coal mines

Dean Cheng - China and North Korea

Andrew Benton - higher education

Tunku Varadarajan - Hillary Clinton

Tom Henriksen - Afghan and Africa

Jonathan Knowles - robotics

Christine Loh - her book Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong

Carla Marinucci - California's budget deficit

Bill Thomas - Maryland politics

Mary Kissel - Indonesia anti-corruption court

Paul Vigna - U.S. economy

Rick Fisher - the Chinese space program.

Check the John Batchelor Show website for details, schedules, stations, etc.

Hope to see you there!

Saturday's radio adventure...

Not that you asked, but...

If you'd like to listen to the podcasts from my stint hosting the John Batchelor Show on Saturday, you can pick and choose from among the four hours of broadcasting linked (to) below:

July 31, 2010: Hour 1 - GUESTS: Guest host Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index; Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle; Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle; Jon Decker, Reuters; Gordon Chang, Forbes.com; Adam Housley, Fox News Channel.

July 31, 2010: Hour 2 - GUESTS: Ann Marlowe, The Hudson Institute; Tunku Varadarajan, DailyBeast.com; Larry Johnson, No Quarter blog; Bob Zimmerman, author.

July 31, 2010: Hour 3 - GUESTS: Wesley Smith, Discovery Institute; Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle; Tom Henriksen, Hoover Institution; Dan Caldwell, Pepperdine University.

July 31, 2010: Hour 4 - GUESTS: Joe Astroth, AutoDesk; Lou Ann Hammond, DrivingTheNation.com; Gordon Chang, Forbes.com.

Enjoy!

Big-time radio (tomorrow night)...

Tune in!

Tomorrow night (Saturday, July 31), I'll be hosting the John Batchelor Show beginning at 6 p.m. Pacific Time. Joining me will be Gordon Chang, my colleague on the show and a columnist for Forbes.com.

The line-up:

• Debra Saunders and Carla Marinucci (both of the San Francisco Chronicle) - the politics of immigration.

• Jon Decker (Reuters TV White House correspondent) - the mood inside the White House and the administration's reaction to the ruling on Arizona's immigration law.

The latest from our man at Reuters...

• Gordon Chang - Did Hillary Clinton set a new course for U.S./China relations (and reactions)?

• Thomas Henriksen - Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on "the soft approach" in Afghanistan, and the Wikileaks controversy.

• Ann Marlowe - author and journalist on recent developments in (and about) Afghanistan.

• Tunku Varadarajan - National Affairs columnist for The Daily Beast on the Wikileaks controversy and the presidency.

• Larry Johnson - counter-terrorism expert and renowned blogger (No Quarter) on what we can expect from the Wikileaks' fallout.

• Bob Zimmerman - of the space-oriented website, Behind the Black, on NASA (the economy and how Congress is/isn't funding space exploration).

• Dan Caldwell - distinguished professor and author on nuclear brinkmanship and proliferation issues.

• Wesley Smith - bioethicist and blogger (Secondhand Smoke at First Things) on the Right to Die movement.

• Peter Hartlaub - pop culture critic (San Francisco Chronicle) on current films and the state of Hollywood.

• Lou Ann Hammond - of Drivingthenation.com will discuss the newly "priced" Chevy Volt as well as other electric vehicles.

• Joe Astroth - chief education officer (Autodesk) on President Obama's efforts to improve American students' performance, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math.

I hope you'll join us...