US-Canada Relations, Latino Vote, Catalytic Converters

US-Canada Relations, Latino Vote, Catalytic Converters

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 398

  • Oct 10, 2016 6:00 am
  • 102:56
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What Canadians Think About the 2016 US Election  Guest: Christopher Sands, PhD, Director of the Center for Canadian Studies at John Hopkins University  Did you know it’s Thanksgiving in Canada? Probably not. We don’t tend to know much about Canadians other than maple syrup, hockey and maybe their camera?friendly young Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada hasn’t come up much in the presidential campaign either – though Donald Trump did namecheck it once in last night’s debate with a comment about how terrible Canadian healthcare is.   Trump and Clinton on National Security  Guest: Ryan Vogel, UVU, Founder of National Security Studies  On Friday, US Homeland Security and National Intelligence agencies came right out and accused the Russian Government of directing the hacks into Democratic Party emails. They said it was an attempt to interfere with the US election process. In last night’s presidential debate Hillary Clinton addressed the topic further.  Rising Power of the Latino Vote  Guest: Albert Camarillo, PhD, History Professor at Stanford University, Founder of the Stanford Center for Chicano Research.  In the presidential debate last night, immigration came up only in the context of if and how the US should allow Muslims to enter the country.   The immigration question likely to have a bigger impact on the election outcome is what to do with the 11 or 12 million immigrants – mostly of Mexican origin – who are in the United States illegally. Every day in this country, 3,000 more Hispanics become eligible to vote. Their ability to influence the election in 2016 is unprecedented, and immigration policy is their top concern.  Deep Water Horizon, Masterminds, Miss Peregrine’s  Guest: Rod Gustafson, Parent Previews   The backstory of a real?life disaster and a real?life bank heist gone?wrong are both in theaters now. We’ll start with the disaster.  Deepwater Horizon is the name of the film and the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded in 2010, triggering the BP Oil Spill. Mark Wahlberg stars as t