Washington Post investigations editor Peter Wallsten joins us to discuss the AR-15’s outsized role in mass shootings and the marketing campaigns that brought its power to the masses.
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The larger story of the Atlanta spa shootings
May Jeong discusses the victims and survivors of the Atlanta spa shootings and paints a picture of how violence against Asian communities is part of a long history of racism in the U.S.
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How The U.S. Broke Central America
Aviva Chomsky, professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University, joins us to talk about hundreds of years of colonization and displacement, and why stabilizing the region will take more than just economic aid.
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An Honest Conversation About Being Fat
Aubrey Gordon is the previously anonymous writer behind the popular Your Fat Friend essays and social media posts, and she joins us to talk about why the “body positivity” movement doesn’t go far enough to achieve real social justice and basic human rights.
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Why Dollar Stores Get Robbed All The Time
Alec MacGillis, who covers politics and government for ProPublica, joins us to talk about when corporate neglect and food deserts begin to define a community.
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We Ask A Lot Of Police — Here’s What We Can Outsource
Patrick Sharkey, professor of sociology and public affairs at New York University and founder of AmericanViolence.org, joins us to talk about strategies for offloading elements that stand in the way of effective policing.
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Why The Civil War Was Bloodiest At Its End
S.C. Gwynne joins us to talk about how an increase in violence in the war’s final year actually helped bring it to a close.
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How Religion, Violence And Greed Shaped Latin America
Marie Arana, literary director of the National Book Festival, joins us to talk about how exploitation, violence and religion have combined to make the region the place it is today.
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Why Money Is The Problem – And Solution – For Honduras
Sonia Nazario joins us to talk about how the combination of violence and corruption has everyday Hondurans fleeing in record numbers – and why cutting U.S. aid makes the situation worse.
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The Human Filters Of The Internet
Sarah T. Roberts of the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry at UCLA joins us to talk about the people charged with keeping offensive material off the web.
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The Evolution Of Human Violence
Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham joins us to talk about the evolution of human violence, which he writes about in “The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution.”
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How To Help Children Cope With Violence
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can help young people process the many issues that contribute to these violent acts with a panel of child psychologists.
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