Loaded Conversations

Loaded Conversations


Latest Episodes

Episode 17: Stand Your Ground
October 12, 2017

Stand Your Ground is coming to my state.  I didn’t know a lot about it, until I talked to criminologist Tom Gabor, author of Confronting Gun Violence in America.  Tom joins us today to explain the law and its role in race relations and, of course,

Episode 16: Las Vegas
October 06, 2017

The morning I woke up and found out about the Vegas massacre, I knew who exactly I needed to talk to: Dwight from GAG.  My co-host is tireless in his campaign to shame politicians who would take blood money from the NRA.

Loaded Live! Episode 16: Charlottesville (Guest: James Fetter)
September 28, 2017

Hardly for the first time in our history, fully locked and loaded self-proclaimed “militias” showed up in Charlottesville to protect the peaceful, law-abiding KKK’ers who just wanted to shout about white supremacy under the glow of tiki torches.  So,

Loaded Live! Episode 15: Ken Kidd
August 29, 2017

Getting back from our summer break, we’re finally uploading this terrific show from July with activist Ken Kidd.  We talk to Ken about the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, a year ago this summer.

Episode 14: Rachael Joseph, Rebecca Rhoda Fisher, Dan Adkins
July 20, 2017

Ready for guns everywhere?  At least in Ohio, our NRA-lovin’ legislators are, if even nobody — and I mean NOBODY — else is.  On this week’s podcast, we’re joined by three gun violence survivors from Protect Minnesota who share their stories of living i...

Loaded Live! Episode 13: Shannon Van Esley
June 16, 2017

What happens when a congressman with an A+ rating from the NRA is shot in broad daylight?  Our guess: Not much.  The Brady Campaign’s Shannon Van Esley joins the co-hosts to break it down.  PLUS: Enjoy this episode’s “Serial”-style intro!

Loaded Live! Episode 12: Kyle Fischer
June 15, 2017

This week, we talk with Dr. Kyle Fischer, an emergency room doctor in Price George’s County, Maryland, about treating patients who have been shot — and how to end the cycle of violence.   National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program...

Loaded Live! Episode 11: Kevin Gotkin
June 08, 2017

We can’t get enough GAG. This week, we talk to Kevin Gotkin, NYU researcher and the force behind GAG U, an online tool for gun violence research.  Go ahead, ask ’em anything you want about gun policy, laws, stats.  They’re all over it.

Loaded Live! Episode 10: Natalie James
May 26, 2017

Attorney Natalie James talks to the gang about how to stay safe during public demonstrations — and what to do if you end up in the clink.

Loaded Live! Episode 9: Charleen Hoveter
May 02, 2017

Here’s a problem more and more of us will — unfortunately — have to confront at some point in our lives: How do you talk to a survivor of gun violence?  Everytown For Gun Safety survivor engagement lead Charleen Hoveter,