Gun Control (Pt 2)

We keep hearing that we need to be BORED more, with people online swearing that boredom can work magic — restoring your mind, and even supercharging your creativity. So, is boredom secretly good for us? We talk to cognitive neuroscientist Prof. James Danckert and organizational p ...  Show more

Headlines have been screaming about a new study suggesting that vaping could cause cancer — and that vaping could be just as dangerous as cigarettes. And if this were true, it would be a HUGE deal. We’ve been hearing for years that vaping is a safer option — and can help you quit ...  Show more

Are you pro or anti gun control laws? One of the most highly discussed topics in the modern world is Gun control laws. Tune in to this weeks episode as Sayed Jawad Qazwini and Sister Zaynab Barakat discuss the dangers of firearms and why they need to be banned.They examine gun co ...  Show more

It's one of the United States' most powerful advocacy groups and is a fierce defender of gun rights.

But it hasn't always been like this.

In this episode, we'll discover how it went from helping create gun control laws to becoming the m ...

On The Gist, this weekend's mass shooters had different motives. It won't do to draw lessons from just one of them. In the interview, Amherst College professor Austin Sarat wants to enlist gun owners themselves in the fight for firearm regulation. "48 percent of gun owners favor ...  Show more

Jens Ludwig has an idea for how to fix America’s gun violence problem — and it starts by rejecting conventional wisdom from both sides of the political aisle.