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Hosted by Jennifer Carlson, sociologist, MacArthur Fellow and Director of Arizona State University's BRIDGS Initiative: Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society. This podcast features the latest, cutting-edge social science research on all things gun-related--from gun culture to gun trauma.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted by Jennifer Carlson, sociologist, MacArthur Fellow and Director of Arizona State University's BRIDGS Initiative: Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society. This podcast features the latest, cutting-edge social science research on all things gun-related--from gun culture to gun trauma.
Guns Unpacked is hosted by Jennifer Carlson. The show has published 30 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Gun Biographies" (7 October 2026, 57 minutes), "Jacob Charles On Our Transformational Moment in Second Amendment Law" (14 September 2026, 44 minutes), and "Dr. Noah Schwartz On the NRA and the Power of Storytelling in US Gun Culture" (6 July 2026, 48 minutes).
Guns Unpacked publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 30 episodes.
Booking probability for Guns Unpacked is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Guns Unpacked requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Guns Unpacked's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jennifer Carlson hosts Guns Unpacked, a society podcast with 30 episodes published.
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One of the more unusual aspects of being a gun scholar is how frequently we are approached by folks outside the field with their gun stories, whether that means anecdotes about their connections to gun culture or their...
In this episode, Jacob Charles, Associate Professor and Strauss Research Professor at the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University, helps host Alex Young explore how two pivotal court cases on the Supreme Court's...
On this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Dr. Noah Schwarz, professor of political science at Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Schwarz’s identity as a dual citizen gives him a unique perspective on...
In this month’s episode, Alex Trimble Young interviews Brooklyn-based novelist Alexander Sammartino about his debut novel Last Acts (Simon & Schuster 2024). Set in Phoenix and centered on the misadventures of a father...
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, Alex Young interviews historian Kellie Carter Jackson, the Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. Their discussion focuses on Dr...
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, Dr. Jennifer Carlson interviews Dr. Nora Gross, a sociologist, educator, documentary filmmaker, and assistant professor at Barnard College. They discuss Gross’s 2024 award-winning book...
On this week’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Toni Jensen, who teaches in the MFA program at the University of Arkansas, Institute for American Indian Arts. Her memoir, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen...
In this special episode of Guns Unpacked, we feature a live recording of the closing panel address at the BRIDGS Initiative’s first ever Guns in Society symposium hosted from January 30-31st, 2025. Dr. Alex Trimble...
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...
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Cedric Dark, an associate professor of history in the Henry J.N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dark co-hosts the “This Day”...
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, we are joined by Emily Farris and Mirya Holman, who address the unique role of sheriff within the American justice system and the influence they possess in the world of politics, and...
In this episode of Guns Unpacked, host Alex Trimble Young welcomes Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, co-authors of American Gun: The True History of the AR-15 (2023). Their book traces...
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In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Michelle Phelps, a professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Phelps is an expert on probation, criminal justice reform, and the politics of policing. Her...
This episode of Guns Unpacked features Jan Dizard, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at Amherst College, a pioneering thinker about hunting, gun culture, and the environment. Dizard authored groundbreaking works...
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Gerald D. Higgenbotham, an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of...
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Guns Unpacked season 2 launching September 8th!
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Guns Unpacked Season 2 launches September 8th!
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...
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...
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...
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Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Wellesley College
associate professor of emergency medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
MD, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, Director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University
author, professor and sociologist, University of Texas at Austin
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