Special Episode: Guns Unpacked...Unwrapped!

About this episode

In this special episode, co-hosts Jennifer Carlson and Alex Trimble Young discuss their experiences at the BRIDGS Initiative and various issues surrounding gun-related content and trauma in the U.S.

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 ranges from the snarky to the emotional, they take on issues including the algorithmic censorship of gun-related content online to the state of gun studies as a field to the ubiquity of gun-related trauma in the contemporary United States.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jennifer Carlson, Alex Trimble Young

Topics covered

• algorithmic censorship
• gun studies
• gun-related trauma
• BRIDGS Initiative
• emotional discussions
• societal impact of guns

Keywords

• gun-related content
• algorithmic censorship
• gun studies
• gun trauma
• BRIDGS Initiative
• 2025

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BRIDGS Initiative

Places: United States

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