AMERICAN DIAGNOSIS with Dr. Céline Gounder

Tomorrow is the second anniversary of the Parkland shooting. How have the survivors channeled their grief into advocacy?... Read more

Up until recently, Oakland and New Orleans shared something in common: they had some of the highest murder rates in the ... Read more

It's hard to imagine finding common ground on the problem of gun violence. In the 1990s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg and former C... Read more

Is addiction a brain disease? a moral failing or lack of willpower? or neither? And why does it matter? Guests: Prof. Ow... Read more

The majority of Americans with guns own them for self-defense. But how common is defensive gun use? And what do these se... Read more

Americans have the right to own guns. But what responsibilities do gun owners have? to themselves? their families? and t... Read more

Extreme risk protection orders, aka red flag laws, have been passed in 17 states and DC, and now Congress is considering... Read more

What is honor? When is it OK to use violence? And how do these ideas influence regional attitudes about guns and our nat... Read more

Saying mass shooters are “evil” is overly simplistic and doesn’t do much to prevent them from killing. But understanding... Read more

Where does our Second Amendment come from? English law, like so many of our other laws? Or is it a uniquely American com... Read more

In the 1990s, researchers recruited 17,000 adults to answer questions about childhood stressors and trauma and their hea... Read more

Is neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) -- babies whose mothers used opioids in pregnancy and who go into withdrawal after... Read more

The black tradition of gun ownership is as long as our nation's history. But Blacks' rights to carry guns have been chal... Read more

How do we communicate responsibly about depression and suicide without fueling contagion? During the 2016-2017 academic ... Read more

Seventeen states and DC have red flag laws, aka Extreme Risk Protection Orders. But it's not enough to pass a law. That'... Read more

Cops are supposed to enforce laws, reduce crime, and make communities safer. But what happens when cops don’t make peopl... Read more

Since the late 1990s, two economists have dueled over whether more guns lead to more or less crime. In this episode, you... Read more

Have we entered the era of Minority Report and “true crime”? Yes… and no. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, fac... Read more

What does it mean to be a “good guy with a gun” versus a “bad guy with a gun,” and how can you tell them apart? Who are ... Read more

People die by suicide when they think they’re a burden on others, when they’re socially isolated, and when they have the... Read more