Roxane Gay joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her surprise at the thrill of shooting, why owning a gun is a political act for a Black American and what “stand your ground” laws mean to her.
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How a school shooter’s parents were convicted of homicide
John Woodrow Cox, enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his time embedded with the prosecutor who built the case against the parents of a son who killed four students at his high school – and what it means for future legal cases regarding the actions of minors.
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Do Black Americans Have 2nd Amendment Rights?
Emory University professor Carol Anderson joins us to discuss gun ownership in America and how expanding that right often leaves out Black citizens.
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Trained To Defend, Trained To Kill
Rachel Monroe joins us to discuss the specialized world of shooting schools that advertise themselves as the gatekeepers of the Second Amendment and offer master classes in personal defense.
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Do Red Flag Laws Actually Work?
Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine joins us to talk about his view that “great idea on paper” is simply a license to prevent gun ownership.
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Gun Deaths In America
This hour, we’ll explore the numbers behind gun deaths in the U.S. – and talk about how they can be reduced – with Ben Casselman, a senior editor and the chief economics writer for the website FiveThirtyEight.
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The Development Of American Gun Culture
This hour, we’ll talk about how many Americans have interpreted the right to bear arms as a directive – and about how gun manufacturers have marketed their products throughout our nation’s history.
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