The John Batchelor Show

Sunday 1 September 2013

Air Date: 
September 01, 2013

Photo, above: Ford Model T Runabout (photo courtesy of Ford)

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook (2 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper (2 of 2)

Hour Two

Photo below: Ajax Amsterdam's soccer fans celebrate during the Dutch soccer League match between Ajax and FC Twente at the Arena stadium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sunday May 15, 2011. Ajax won the last match of the season against FC Twente, 2-0. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) See: Simon Kuper, Ajax, the Dutch, the War, Hour 2, Blocks C and D.

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 2, Block B: Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia (2 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 2, Block C: Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour by Simon Kuper (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 2, Block D: Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour by Simon Kuper (2 of 2)

Hour Three

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 3, Block A: Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 3, Block B: Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta  (2 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 3, Block C: Stan Musial: An American Life by George Vecsey (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 3, Block D: Stan Musial: An American Life by George Vecsey (2 of 2)

Hour Four

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 4, Block A: Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 4, Block B: Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown (2 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 4, Block C: The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook (1 of 2)

Sunday 1 September 2013 / Hour 4, Block D: The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook (2 of 2)

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