An evening pause: Tomorrow will be the 41st anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. So, let’s start the week with a clip from the 1972 film version of Man of La Mancha to show why some impossible dreams are certainly possible. In this short scene, Peter O’Toole, as Cervantes, explains why he does not like to look at life, “as it is.”
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Recent And Upcoming Appearances
- Radio: every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30 pm (EST) the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally. The weekday show appearances are sometimes 20 or 30 minutes long. Appearance times and days may vary, depending on events, with these changes shown below.
- Radio: April 7, 2013: 3:20 pm (Central), WCCO-AM, with Steve Thomson, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Radio: April 8, 2013, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm (Pacific), Coast to Coast with George Noory
- Radio: April 10, 2013: 12:00 am (Eastern), the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally.
- Radio: April 29, 2013, 6:00-7:30 pm (Pacific), The Moore Show, syndicated in the United Kingdom and podcast on the web.
- Radio: April 29, 2013, 10:00 pm to 12:00 pm (Pacific), Coast to Coast with George Noory
- Lecture: May 4, 2013, Banquet speaker at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Southern California Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference, Orange County, California.
- Radio: May 10, 2013: 9:20 pm (Eastern), the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally.
- Radio: May 12, 2013: 3:10 pm (Central), WCCO-AM, with Steve Thomson, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Radio: May 15, 2013: 12:45 am (Eastern), the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally.
- Radio: May 16, 2013, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm (Pacific), Coast to Coast with George Noory
- Radio: June 11, 2013, 7:00-9:00 pm (Pacific), The Space Show with David Livingston, webcast here.




