The Ross Kaminsky Show

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I was so unconvinced by either of my guests the other day regarding whether to vote yes or no on DougCo Home Rule (and, to be clear, I don't vote in DougCo) that I'm doing it again. Two guests, one after the other -- not at the same time, offering their views. This time the "no" side goes first. Barry Eisler is a former CIA operations officer (meaning an active spy) who I was connected with by my...

ADM James Stavridis is a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and SouthCom commander. He's a best-selling author of both fiction and non-fiction. We'll discuss his take on the Iran/Israel war and it's place in larger Middle East dynamics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barry Eisler is a former CIA operations officer (meaning an active spy) who I was connected with by my friend Dan Hoffman, former 3-time CIA station chief, including in Moscow. He's a multi-time best-selling author and his newest is a political thriller (not a spy novel) entitled "The System". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was so unconvinced by either of my guests the other day regarding whether to vote yes or no on Douglas County Home Rule (and, to be clear, I don't vote in DougCo) that I'm doing it again. Two guests, one after the other -- not at the same time, offering their views. This time the "no" side goes first. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I've said this each year for a while now since Juneteenth was made an official federal holiday four years ago: This is a legit holiday, a day in our history worth celebrating, and it shouldn't be thought of as a "woke" creation or any such thing. Plus "Now You Know" with the intrepid Chad Bowar! And it's an "Ask Me Anything" kind of Thursday! Listeners got to ask me whatever they want. See omnystu...

Read This My 2001 Hit Song, ‘Superman,’ Is for the Hostages in Gaza - WSJ (I may try to get John Ondrasik, aka Five for Fighting, on the show later this week to talk about it and if so I'll share his article again then but no need to wait to suggest you read it.) Steve Moore is one of the nation's most influential economists, an occasional advisor to President Trump, founder of the Club for Growth...

John Kellner is currently a Criminal Justice Fellow at the Common Sense Institute and joins us to talk about their report, released today, on Colorado’s fentanyl issues. (Hint: improving but not as much as we'd like and still below average for the country.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kathie Barstnar is Exec Dir of NAIOP Colorado. We'll discuss their lawsuit challenging the legality of Denver's insane and expensive new energy requirements that could end up costing more to retrofit a building than the building is worth. (Or least that's a claim they make.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Moore is one of the nation's most influential economists and he joins me to discuss the proposed Senate amendments to the "One Big Beautiful Bill". While they're not all great, they're mostly very strong and might even be enough to get me to vote for the bill if I were in Congress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please read my Substack on the latest Trump business-grift, Trump Mobile. And please subscribe to my Substack. (It's free!) "Trump" Mobile - by Ross Kaminsky - The Ross Report Rich “Raz” Razgaitis is a clean-water evangelist and co-founder and CEO of Flowater.  Jeffrey Konvitz is a multi-time best-selling author, going all the way back to the horror novel Sentinel in the 1970s. He's also a big-tim...

Abe Laydon is a current Douglas County Commissioner and in favor of home rule. Lora Thomas is a former Douglas County Commissioner and opposed to home rule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeffrey Konvitz is a multi-time best-selling author, going all the way back to the horror novel Sentinel in the 1970s. He's also a big-time Hollywood lawyer. His new novel, "The Circus of Satan", is historical fiction of the early 20th century at the time of the decline of the Irish mob(s) and the rise of Italian and Jewish mobsters. Quite a fun and interesting read with plenty of fascinating char...

Rich “Raz” Razgaitis is a clean-water evangelist and co-founder and CEO of Flowater. We chat about PFAS "forever chemicals" in fish at popular lakes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UPDATE: Killer captured Sunday evening: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect Vance Boelter arrested in Sibley County | Fox News (Apparently, he was first captured on video feed by a drone and there is some reporting that he may have been tracked by a phone he was carrying. I haven't verified this.) Kurt Cambier of Centennial Capital Partners joins the show for a discussion about the potential impac...

Roger Pielke Jr is professor emeritus at CU Boulder and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. We'll talk a little about "Trump and science" but mostly about the serious risk of a global population collapse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kurt Cambier of Centennial Capital Partners joins the show for a discussion about the potential impact of the Iran/Israel war on global markets and the economy and about why the market has been so remarkably resilient in the past month or so. Is the TACO trade real? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mike Munger is a professor of political science at Duke University. Much of his teaching and his great podcast, The Answer is Transaction Costs, involves political economy (the intersection of politics and economics) rather than just politics. We'll discuss the nature of bureaucracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.