appears less often than before Taegan Goddard, Political Wire Lou Ann Hammond, CEO of www.carlist.com; CEO of www.drivingthenation.com Victor Davis Hanson, The Hoover Institution Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Larry Johnson, No Quarter blog Mary Kissel, formerly of The Wall Street Journal Larry Kudlow, formerly of CNBC and late Reagan administration; Director of the National Economic Council under President Donald Trump Thaddeus McCotter, MI-11; R. Marc Morano, Climate Depot Devin Nunes, CA-21; R Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy Blog Bill Roggio, Long War Journal John Tamny, RealClearPolitics Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, The Economist Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist Bob Zimmerman, author of Leaving Earth Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, New York Post Regular segments include "Hotel California" (introduced by an instrumental version of the Eagles song), which was a discussion of California's former fiscal discombobulation and its political environment, including the gubernatorial and Senatorial races. Devin Nunes generally is included in the roundtable; also, Hotel Mars, episode n. Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack frequently comes on to talk about NASA and the space program, preceded by the music from the Star Trek end credits. The show's last segment (c.12:55 AM EST) invariably features Al Bowlly's "Midnight, the Stars and You", ending in a brief (<30sec) valediction/good-night, sometimes with a few moments with a guest (time for one question). The singer is sometimes mistaken for Al Jolson, as Batchelor introduces the singer simply with "here's Al," and the song dates from the time of Bowlly's late career. From 2001 to 2006, Batchelor ended his show with Kate Smith singing "God Bless America." John Avlon, Jeff Bliss, Gordon Chang, Simon Constable, Taegan Goddard, Malcolm Hoenlein, Mary Kissel, Larry Kudlow, Francis Rose, and Chris Riback have frequently guest-hosted or co-hosted. References External links The John Batchelor Show home page New York Sun op-eds archive Human Events op-eds archive Radio personalities from New York City Living people 1948 births American people of Iranian-Assyrian descent People from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Princeton University alumni Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni Westwood One American science fiction writers American male novelists