Hey, threadheads. It's a different day than we'd normally be in your feed, and we HAVE... something different for you!
It's the first episode of a new series from WBUR, our home station, of course, and The Trace. It's called "The Gun Machine," and it's an 8-part series about the history of the gun industry in America and the industry's biggest supporter... ... Show More
Feb 20
Fresh, stale, or politics? The Melania doc's Rotten Tomatoes score, explained
Melania, a documentary about the first lady, has a 10 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but a 90 percent score from audience members, an unusual discrepancy that raises the question, how did Rotten Tomatoes get those scores anyway? Show notes: The 'Melania' movie aud ... Show More
24m 41s
Oct 2023
Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry
<p>Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun in ... Show More
3 m
Apr 2023
What Can America Learn from Swiss Gun Culture?| Beyond the Scenes
In light of the recent tragedy at the Covenant School in Nashville, we revisit our examination of how Switzerland can have so many guns per capita but no mass shootings. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with correspondent Michael Kosta, field producer Stacey Angeles, and their produc ... Show More
43m 27s
May 2022
America’s Gun Problem Is Impossible
The Texas school shooting is part of a grisly ritual in American life. A tragedy, followed by mourning, followed by inaction, followed by several months, followed by another tragedy. What can be done? What WILL be done? This episode isn’t about false hope. It’s about information. ... Show More
46m 55s
May 2018
Season 2, Episode 3: The Gun
<p>Investigators never found the gun used to kill four people at Tardy Furniture. Yet the gun, and the bullets matched to it, became a key piece of evidence against Curtis Flowers. In this episode, we examine the strange histories of the gun and the man who owned it. </p><p><br>< ... Show More
46m 50s
<p>original episode notes and transcript here: </p><p><a href="" target="_blank">https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/textiles-technology-science-math-cultures-civilization/</a></p><p>Longtime podcast showrunner (2014-2022), primary host, and editor Sonal Chokshi shares three best-of ... Show More
