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Alexander Sammartino On Masculinity, Marketing, and Arizona Gun Culture
Jun 2, 2026
48m 31s
Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson On the Politics of Force in Black Resistance
May 6, 2026
48m 05s
Dr. Nora Gross On Black Boys and the Hidden Toll of Gun Violence
Apr 6, 2026
43m 29s
Dr. Toni Jensen On Indigenous Survival under US Gun Culture
Mar 2, 2026
46m 13s
Dr. Payne, Dr. Hitchens, and Darryl Chambers On Gun Violence in Wilmington, Delaware and Participatory Gun Violence Research
Jan 5, 2026
1h 23m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/2/26 | ![]() Alexander Sammartino On Masculinity, Marketing, and Arizona Gun Culture✨ | masculinitygun culture+3 | Alexander Sammartino | Simon & SchusterLast Acts | PhoenixArizona+1 | masculinitygun culture+5 | — | 48m 31s | |
| 5/6/26 | ![]() Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson On the Politics of Force in Black Resistance✨ | Black resistancefirearms in civil rights+3 | Kellie Carter Jackson | Wellesley CollegeWe Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance | — | Black resistancecivil rights+3 | — | 48m 05s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Dr. Nora Gross On Black Boys and the Hidden Toll of Gun Violence✨ | gun violenceeducation+4 | Dr. Nora Gross | Barnard CollegeBrothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Firearm Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools | Philadelphia | gun violenceBlack boys+6 | — | 43m 29s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Dr. Toni Jensen On Indigenous Survival under US Gun Culture✨ | Indigenous survivalgun culture+4 | Toni Jensen | University of ArkansasInstitute for American Indian Arts+1 | America | Indigenousgun culture+5 | — | 46m 13s | |
| 1/5/26 | ![]() Dr. Payne, Dr. Hitchens, and Darryl Chambers On Gun Violence in Wilmington, Delaware and Participatory Gun Violence Research✨ | gun violenceparticipatory research+3 | Yasser Arafat PayneBrooklynn K. Hitchens+1 | BRIDGS InitiativeMurder Town, USA : Homicide, Structural Violence, and Activism in Wilmington | Wilmington, Delaware | gun violenceWilmington+4 | — | 1h 23m 38s | |
| 12/23/25 | ![]() Special Episode: Guns Unpacked...Unwrapped!✨ | algorithmic censorshipgun studies+4 | — | BRIDGS Initiative | United States | gun-related contentalgorithmic censorship+4 | — | 58m 46s | |
| 12/1/25 | ![]() Dr. Cedric Dark On US Gun Violence from the Perspective of an Emergency Room Doctor✨ | gun violencepublic health+3 | Dr. Cedric Dark | Baylor College of MedicineThis Day+2 | — | gun violencepublic health+4 | — | 42m 21s | |
| 11/17/25 | ![]() Dr. Emily Farris and Dr. Mirya Holman On County Sheriffs and US Gun Culture✨ | sheriffsUS gun culture+5 | Emily FarrisMirya Holman | Texas Christian UniversityHobby School of Public Affairs at The University of Houston+2 | — | sheriffsgun culture+5 | — | 48m 55s | |
| 11/3/25 | ![]() Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson On the History and Politics of the AR-15✨ | AR-15 historygun politics+4 | Cameron McWhirterZusha Elinson | Wall Street JournalAmerican Gun: The True History of the AR-15 | — | AR-15gun history+5 | — | 41m 00s | |
| 10/17/25 | ![]() Dr. Michelle Phelps on Lessons from Minneapolis on Policing and Community Violence Intervention✨ | policingcommunity violence intervention+4 | Dr. Michelle Phelps | University of MinnesotaOxford University Press+2 | — | policingcommunity violence+6 | — | 59m 46s | |
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| 9/20/25 | ![]() Dr. Jan Dizard on The Cultural History of Hunting in the United States and Beyond✨ | huntinggun culture+3 | Jan Dizard | Amherst CollegeGoing Wild+2 | — | huntinggun culture+5 | — | 49m 18s | |
| 9/8/25 | ![]() Dr. Gerald Higginbotham on Gun Rights and Race✨ | gun rightsrace+4 | Dr. Gerald D. Higgenbotham | Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public PolicyUniversity of Virginia | — | gun ownershipracism+3 | — | 43m 35s | |
| 8/29/25 | ![]() Guns Unpacked Season 2 - Teaser Trailer | Guns Unpacked season 2 launching September 8th! | 0m 35s | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | ![]() Guns Unpacked Season 2 - Extended Trailer | Guns Unpacked Season 2 launches September 8th! | 2m 36s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | ![]() 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 Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. We discuss his 2024 book, What We’ve Become, which examines the Waffle House mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee in 2017. Our conversation takes us through the intricacies of the "Dickey Line," the shortcomings of public health responses to gun violence, and Dr. Metzl's own position in the gun debate. You can purchase his book What We've Become from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 49m 46s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | ![]() 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 migration in Arizona, focusing on anti-immigrant and pro-immigrant groups that mobilized at the border. Her work opens up new insights and new questions regarding the relationship between gun politics and the politics of migration. You can purchase her book Divided by the Wall from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 50m 19s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 | ![]() 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. Today, we discuss Dr. Sierra-Arévalo's extensively researched The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing. Using in-depth interviews and rich ethnographic observations, Dr. Sierra-Arévalo breaks down how the danger imperative is driving police culture and violence within the United States.You can purchase his book The Danger Imperative from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 1h 08m 03s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | ![]() 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 book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border, which examines the flow of guns from the United States to Mexico and the impact on gun violence and gun culture across borders. Dr. Jusionyte gives us insight into the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, and how the availability of US guns shapes migration.You can purchase Exit Wounds from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 44m 34s | ||||||
| 2/1/25 | ![]() 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 member of the Homicide Research Working Group, and a board member and recently elected President of the Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms. This episode explores her perspectives on gun violence, especially gun homicide and intimate partner violence, from a transdisciplinary perspective. Learn more about Dr. Pizarro and her extensive expertise in firearms violence here. | 45m 45s | ||||||
| 1/1/25 | ![]() 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. Simon discusses her new book Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence, which examines the effects of police training on officers. She also discusses her experiences while researching for the book, a year-long process of ethnographic fieldwork at four police training academies.You can purchase her book Before the Badge from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 55m 53s | ||||||
| 12/1/24 | ![]() Dr. David Yamane on Bridging Gun Divides | In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Dr. David Yamane, a sociology professor at Wake Forest University, to discuss his book, Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture. Dr. Yamane shares his journey into gun studies and becoming a gun owner as a lifelong liberal. He explains the evolution of gun culture, its contemporary focus on self-defense, and what the future may hold. We also explore his experiences navigating gun debates from various perspectives and his thoughts on bridging the conversation between opposing camps.You can purchase his book Gun Curious from the ASU CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 49m 07s | ||||||
| 11/1/24 | ![]() Dr. Alexandra Filindra on Guns, Citizenship & Democracy | Dr. Alexandra Filindra, associate professor of political science and psychology at the University of Illinois in Chicago, joins us to discuss her new book, Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture. Dr. Filindra examines the NRA's beginnings and how ideologies of citizenship intersect with support for guns . She explains how historical links between militia service, political rights, and social exclusion evolved into contemporary beliefs that animate gun ownership today. We also explore the contrasting “inclusive civic republicanism” mindset, which values diversity, community service, and reducing militarism.You can purchase her book Race, Rights, and Rifles from the CSGS "Books for a Better Gun Debate" bookshelf on bookshop.org. | 50m 18s | ||||||
| 10/1/24 | ![]() Dr. Kendell Coker on Guns, Trauma & Inequality | In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Dr. Coker, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Connecticut College. We discuss his research on the intersections of mental health, gun violence, and community trauma, particularly among African American youth. He also explains the need to focus on the root causes of gun violence, the importance of community involvement in research, and the importance of changing how universities work with communities affected by gun violence.Dr. Coker currently is the co-editor of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, a journal of the American Psychological Association, and welcomes research on topics related to guns and gun violence. | 50m 19s | ||||||
| 8/30/24 | ![]() Dr. Curtis Austin on the Politics of Self-Defense and the Black Panther Party | In this episode of the Guns Unpacked podcast, we are joined by Dr. Curtis Austin, an associate professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Dr. Austin discusses his book Up Against the Wall, which examines the origins and legacy of the Black Panther Party and the complex dynamics of race, violence, self-defense, and power in the US. He also discusses the FBI COINTELPRO program, the tactics deployed against the Black Panthers, the ongoing impact on contemporary political discourse, and the San Francisco 8.You can learn more about his work here and purchase his book through the ASU Center for the Study on Guns in Society's "Books for a Better Gun Debate" Shelf at Bookshop.org. | 1h 12m 41s | ||||||
| 8/30/24 | ![]() Dr. Andrew McKevitt on Thinking Globally about American Gun Markets & Gun Politics | In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Dr. Drew McKevitt, the John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University, to discuss his recent book Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture and Control in Cold War America. Dr. McKevitt examines the connections between gun culture and capitalism, extending back to post-WWII geopolitics, that contribute to contemporary gun politics. Dr. McKevitt also clarifies the global implications of gun violence, reframing gun violence as a humanitarian issue and addressing the root causes of gun violence.You can learn more about his work at https://andrewcmckevitt.com/ and purchase his book through the ASU Center for the Study on Guns in Society's "Books for a Better Gun Debate" Shelf at Bookshop.org. | 56m 43s | ||||||
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