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TAG: Talking About Guns
Talking About Guns is a podcast created to demystify a typically loaded and polarizing topic, featuring a variety of guests who represent different perspectives in the gun safety debate. Our guests approach and dissect a wide range of gun-related topics and issues including relevant national news, personal stories, safety training, access to firearms, constitutional rights and freedoms, responsible gun ownership, gun culture, gun policy, and the role of firearms in keeping our communities safe.
Episodes
30 episodes
S2 E29: “History tells us when there’s progress, there’s backlash” – Talking About Guns with Jocelyn Benson
A recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal for her “exemplary public service to advance free and fair elections,” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins us for the latest episode of TAG. From armed protestors outside her home in t...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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45:37
S2 E28: “This not talking about politics thing that I was taught growing up, that doesn’t serve us” – Talking About Guns with Leigh McGowan
She was given a death sentence. Years later, she asked herself, “What am I doing with this extra life I’ve been given?” On the latest episode of TAG, we chat with Leigh McGowan about her Webby-award winning @IAmPoliticsGirl “Breakfast Rants” an...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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55:57
S2 E27: “I’ve devoted my life to fight for a world where people don’t have to feel that kind of pain” – Talking About Guns with Congressman Maxwell Frost
The first Gen Z member of congress joins us on the latest episode of Talking About Guns. 26-year-old Representative Maxwell Frost recounts the “emotional whiplash” of attending the Newtown vigil in DC at age 15 and how it “made me uncomfortable...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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42:49
S2 E26: “The idea that we don’t care is absurd and offensive” – Talking About Guns with Kostas Moros
In the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, we’re joined by Second Amendment activist and gun rights attorney Kostas Moros on the latest episode of TAG. “The idea that we don’t care is absurd and offensive,” Kostas tells us regard...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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43:36
S2 E25: “A revolution in American gun policy” – TAG with Professor Adam Winkler
In the latest episode of TAG, we’re joined by UCLA’s Adam Winkler – one of the most cited law professors in judicial opinions today – to discuss what he deems “a revolution in American gun policy” since the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision came d...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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53:01
S2 E24: “We too rarely have opportunities to sit down with people who disagree with us” – TAG with Professor David Yamane
On the latest episode of TAG, we’re joined by Wake Forest Professor David Yamane, who shares with us what prompted a liberal academic to become an armed American, acclaimed for his expertise in Gun Culture 2.0: the shift toward self-defense. He...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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46:51
S2 E23: “My whole purpose in life has been to keep Americans safe” – TAG with Olivia Troye
On the latest episode of TAG, 97Percent Board Member and Former Homeland Security Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Olivia Troye, shares the incredible story of how her aunt was at the El Paso Walmart shooting -- and after being dragged to safety by a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:15
S2 E22: “We are at the beginning of an amazing moment in time” – TAG with Congressman Joe Walsh
On the latest episode of TAG, we’re joined by former Illinois Republican Congressman and 2020 GOP Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh: a self-proclaimed “gun nut” who tells us what propelled his evolution from Tea Party member with an A rating fro...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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37:10
S2 E21: “I will always have a good faith conversation” – Talking About Guns with Chris Cheng
On the latest episode of TAG, we’re joined by The History Channel’s “Top Shot Season 4” Champion Chris Cheng: an openly gay, Asian American, civil rights advocate who left his career at Google to become a professional sports shooter – ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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53:57
S2 E20: “I’m no longer interested in battling for the 100% that’s never going to pass” – Talking About Guns with Congressman Steve Israel
On the latest episode of Talking About Guns, we chat with former 8-term NY Congressman Steve Israel about the conversation with a Republican colleague in a members-only elevator that inspired his novel, a political satire imagining a world wher...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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58:51
S2 E19: “These are the conversations that are supposed to be happening” – Talking About Guns with Amy Swearer of The Heritage Foundation
On the latest episode of TAG, we’re joined by Amy Swearer, a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. We chat about why she wanted to fill the conservative vacuum in gun safety and why it’s so important and how to have conversations with people...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:15:41
S2 E18: “This isn’t just the NRA with a Latino coat of paint” – Talking About Guns with Latino Rifle Association
In the latest episode of TAG, we chat with Latino Rifle Association President, P.B. Gomez, about the deliberate irony of the organization's name, how the LRA is opposed to certain cultural norms of gun ownership, why gun “laws with good intenti...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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35:12
S2 E17: “It’s our right as Americans to be able to own a gun” – Talking About Guns with Ephraim Salaam
13-year NFL veteran, FOX Sports broadcaster, screenwriter, and 97Percent board member Ephraim Salaam joins us for the latest episode of TAG. We chat about the culture of gun ownership in the NFL – about the need for protection following robberi...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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44:10
S2 E16: “The lie is the majority of gun violence is mass shootings” – Talking About Guns with Abené Clayton
Abené Clayton, lead reporter for The Guardian’s “Guns and Lies” series, joins us for the latest episode of TAG to discuss her work investigating everyday gun deaths in Black and brown communities – not solely high-profile mass shooting...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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48:31
S2 E15: “The best treatment is prevention” – Talking About Guns with Dr. Joseph Sakran
After nearly losing his life to a stray bullet, Joe Sakran decided to become a trauma surgeon to “give other people the same second chance I was given.” Dr. Sakran, now Director of Emergency Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, joins us to ta...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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27:45
S2 E14: “Lawmaking is like exercise: the more you do it the better you get at it” – Talking About Guns with former Congressman Carlos Curbelo
Former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo, who served Florida’s 26th district from 2015-2019, joins us for Episode 2 of TAG Season 2. While many believe additional, federal, gun safety legislation is unlikely anytime soon after the passage o...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:35
Welcome to TAG: Talking About Guns
Talking About Guns is a bi-weekly video series created to demystify a typically loaded and polarizing topic, featuring a variety of guests who represent different perspectives in the gun safety debate.
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S2 E13: “We courted each other over firearms” – Talking About Guns with Redstone Firearms
On the Season 2 premiere of TAG we’re joined by Jonathan and Geneva Solomon, the husband & wife co-owners of Redstone Firearms: California’s only Black-owned gun shop. They explain why they put education at the forefront of their business, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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33:32
S1 E12: Talking About Guns with Congressman Seth Moulton
On the Season One Finale of Talking About Guns, we talk with Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine Corps Veteran and U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Rep. Moulton and Matt discuss what inspired him to join the Marines, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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16:29
S1 E11: Talking About Guns with Marchelle Davis
In this week's episode, we talk with Marchelle "Tig" Davis, a Veteran, firearms instructor, and Founder of My Sister’s Keeper Defense. Marchelle shares about her aim to teach one million women how to defend themselves with firearms as we...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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12:44
S1 E10: Talking About Guns with Sean Maguire
In this week's episode, we talk with Sean Maguire, a British-American actor and singer, and Founder of The Players Conservatory. Sean shares how as a pop star in 1996, he met with the victims of Britain’s deadliest mass shooting in Dunblane, Sc...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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19:27
S1 E9: Talking About Guns with Rob Pincus
In this week's episode, we talk with Rob Pincus, an educator, author, entrepreneur, and gun rights and responsibility advocate. Rob is also the founder of I.C.E. Training Company, which provides training in firearms, tactics, and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:17
S1 E8: Talking About Guns with Chris Marvin
In this week's episode, we talk with Chris Marvin, US Army veteran and founder of Marvin Strategies, a strategic communications firm specializing in integrating veteran voices into complex social issues. Chris also founded Got Your 6, a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:20
S1 E7: Talking About Guns with Stephen Gutowski
In this week's episode, we talk with Stephen Gutowski, award-winning journalist and Founder of The Reload, who talks about his work reporting on gun policy and politics, his founding of The Reload, an independent publication foc...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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19:56
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S1 E6: Talking About Guns with Jason George
In this week's episode, we talk with Jason George, Emmy-nominated actor, advocate, and 97Percent board member, who shares his personal experiences with guns, what Hollywood can implement on-set to avoid tragic accidents with firearms, and final...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:57
