Guns Unpacked
Jennifer Carlson
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Hosted by Jennifer Carlson, sociologist, MacArthur Fellow and Director of Arizona State University's BRIDGS Initiative: Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society. This podcast features the latest, cutting-edge social science research on all things gun-related--from gun culture to gun trauma.
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S2E12 Alexander Sammartino On Masculinity, Marketing, and Arizona Gun Culture
In this month’s episode, Alex Trimble Young interviews Brooklyn-based novelist Alexander Sammartino about his debut novel Last Acts (Simon & Schuster 2024). Set in Phoenix and centered on the…
S2E11 Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson On the Politics of Force in Black Resistance
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, Alex Young interviews historian Kellie Carter Jackson, the Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. Their…
S2E10 Dr. Nora Gross On Black Boys and the Hidden Toll of Gun Violence
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, Dr. Jennifer Carlson interviews Dr. Nora Gross, a sociologist, educator, documentary filmmaker, and assistant professor at Barnard College. They discuss Gross’s 2024…
S2E9 Dr. Toni Jensen On Indigenous Survival under US Gun Culture
On this week’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Toni Jensen, who teaches in the MFA program at the University of Arkansas, Institute for American Indian Arts. Her memoir, Carry: A Memoir of…
S2E8 Dr. Payne, Dr. Hitchens, and Darryl Chambers On Gun Violence in Wilmington, Delaware and Participatory Gun Violence Research
In this special episode of Guns Unpacked, we feature a live recording of the closing panel address at the BRIDGS Initiative’s first ever Guns in Society symposium hosted from January 30-31st, 2025.…
S2E7 Special Episode: Guns Unpacked...Unwrapped!
In this special episode of Guns Unpacked, co-hosts Jennifer Carlson and Alex Trimble Young cover the highlights (and lowlights) of their work at the BRIDGS Initiative in 2025. In a conversation that…
S2E6 Dr. Cedric Dark On US Gun Violence from the Perspective of an Emergency Room Doctor
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Cedric Dark, an associate professor of history in the Henry J.N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dark…
S2E5 Dr. Emily Farris and Dr. Mirya Holman On County Sheriffs and US Gun Culture
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Emily Farris and Mirya Holman, who address the unique role of sheriff within the American justice system and the influence they possess in the world…
S2E4 Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson On the History and Politics of the AR-15
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, host Alex Trimble Young welcomes Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, co-authors of American Gun: The True History of the AR-15 (2023).…
S2E3 Dr. Michelle Phelps on Lessons from Minneapolis on Policing and Community Violence Intervention
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Michelle Phelps, a professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Phelps is an expert on probation, criminal justice reform, and the…
S2E2 Dr. Jan Dizard on The Cultural History of Hunting in the United States and Beyond
This episode of Guns Unpacked features Jan Dizard, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at Amherst College, a pioneering thinker about hunting, gun culture, and the environment. Dizard authored…
S2E1 Dr. Gerald Higginbotham on Gun Rights and Race
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Gerald D. Higgenbotham, an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the…
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Guns Unpacked season 2 launching September 8th!
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Guns Unpacked Season 2 launches September 8th!
S1E12 Dr. Jonathan Metzl on Rethinking the Public Health Paradigm in Gun Violence Research
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Dr. Metzl, a psychiatrist and sociologist who examines gun violence and mental health. Dr. Metzl also serves as the Director of the Center for…
S1E11 Dr. Emine Fidan Elcioglu on Guns Politics & Migration at the Arizona-Sonora Border
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Emine Fidan Elcioglu, a sociologist at the University of Toronto. Dr. Elcioglu talks to us about her in-depth ethnographic fieldwork studying the politics of…
S1E10 Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo on Guns, Policing & the Danger Imperative
Dr. Micheal Sierra-Arévalo is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin Department of Sociology. From 2020 to 2023 served on the Public Safety Commission for the City of Austin.…
S1E9 Dr. Ieva Jusionyte on Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence
Dr. Ieva Jusionyte, the Watson Family University Associate Professor of International Security and Anthropology at Brown University, joins us in this episode of Guns Unpacked. We discuss her new…
S1E8 Dr. Jesenia Pizarro on New Frontiers in Gun Homicide Research
Dr. Jesenia Pizarro joins us in this episode of Guns Unpacked to dive into the complex dynamics of gun homicide. Dr. Pizarro is an ASU professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, a…
S1E7 Dr. Samantha Simon on Police Academies and the Politics of Force
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, Dr. Samantha Simon, an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy and the School of Sociology, joins us from the University of Arizona. Dr.…
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Guns Unpacked has published 27 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Science, Social Sciences.
Guns Unpacked is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 50m.
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