The End of Violence | Dr. Gary Slutkin

The End of Violence | Dr. Gary Slutkin

June 25, 2026 · 1h 11m · Season 6 · Episode 186

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Dr. Gary Slutkin discusses his innovative approach to understanding and preventing violence as a disease.

Violence is often regarded as an unavoidable fact of life. The truth however is far more hopeful: violence is a disease that can be cured. Using a bold new approach, Epidemiologist and violence prevention specialist Dr. Gary Slutkin is reclassifying violence as a a disease: One that enters the brain and infects people, communities, and countries via the same process as other epidemics. Gary makes a compelling research-backed case that when: Shootings occur ...

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