The Ross Kaminsky Show

Today we'll talk about Doomberg's claim that sanctions such as those that some Republicans want to impose on Russia (and Trump seems to be considering) are a bad idea.

Katie Heineman works with the San Diego Zoo and is a Program officer with IUCN Species Survival Commission Center. We'll talk about the fascinating "Frozen Zoo".

We'll talk about Denver's economic and population struggles, in something of a contrast to the sunny optimism we got from Mayor Johnston yesterday.

Mike Johnston is the mayor of Denver. I like Mike though we probably only agree about half the time. I've been looking forward to this conversation and hope you find it informative. Tom Mullaney is professor of history and of East Asian languages at Stanford, and he has one of the most awesomely nerdy areas of interest and research that I've seen in a long time: Chinese typewriters and early Chinese computers (not necessarily electronic)And... hot dogs.

Tom Mullaney is professor of history and of East Asian languages at Stanford, and he has one of the most awesomely nerdy areas of interest and research that I've seen in a long time: Chinese typewriters and early Chinese computers (not necessarily electronic)

Mike Johnston is the mayor of Denver. I like Mike though we probably only agree about half the time. I've been looking forward to this conversation and hope you find it informative. 

In September 2023, I had the then-new Colorado Poet Laureate, Andrea Gibson, on the show. I found her very interesting and really wanted to go see/hear her do a live poetry reading. I never did, and now I never will. Andrea passed away yesterday, about four years after being diagnosed with cancer.

Just One Thing: Trump almost won the Hispanic voteFor years I heard some Republicans complain about not just illegal immigration but legal immigration as well. The argument has been "those people will become permanent Democratic voters." Yeah, those welfare-seeking brown people, or something like that, I suppose, is their brain-dead theory. My response has always been, "If the Republicans can't get new American citizens (because we're talking about those people who become able to vote, thus who have become citizens) to support GOP's principles (well, I'm not actually sure they have any) and policies, then maybe the problem is with the GOP," And further, unlike a massive percentage of the North African and Middle Eastern immigrants to Europe who do just want to collect welfare, most immigrants to the US want and expect to work, and many of them come from cultures that should make them sympatico with at least some Republican policy stances. So why the years of Republican glumness about the impossibility of turning Hispanic (and, to a lesser degree, Asian) voters into GOP votes? Again, it struck me as a remarkable lack of confidence by Republicans. Recent data suggests that Trump has created the change I was describing as possible and necessary for GOP success. As for what it means, we'll talk about that another day. But you can bet that Republican strategists have noticed...and Democratic strategists are panicking.Trump came close to winning Latino vote in '24 — Pew analysisOh, one more thing I should have mentioned. A typical example of the electoral fear of immigrants was when a Republican politician, warning against immigration reform, said, “Of those 11 million potential voters, which will go to 30 million in the not too distant future, you will not get any of those votes.”His name…Donald J Trump.Rep Gabe Evans (R-CO8) is getting some stuff done, more than usual for a freshman. We'll talk about his latest bill to pass the House.Our most frequent show guest, CU Physics Professor Paul Beale, joins the show to talk about a device that uses quantum mechanics to generate true random numbers. (Paul was part of the team that developed it!) We'll also discuss the new Vera C Rubin observatory that just released its first pictures about a week ago.

Our most frequent show guest, CU Physics Professor Paul Beale, joins the show to talk about a device that uses quantum mechanics to generate true random numbers. (Paul was part of the team that developed it!) We'll also discuss the new Vera C Rubin observatory that just released its first pictures about a week ago.

Rep Gabe Evans (R-CO8) is getting some stuff done, more than usual for a freshman. We'll talk about his latest bill to pass the House.