Red, Blue, and Brady

Send us Fan Mail It's a phrase no mother ever wants to hear-- "Don't do it Daddy, don't shoot Mommy!" And yet, it's what Kate Ranta heard on November 2nd, 2012. Today, she joins JJ and JP in studio to talk about her autobiography, Killing Kate: A Story of Turning Abuse and Tragedy into Transformation and Triumph , becoming a domestic violence and gun violence preventi...

Send us Fan Mail In 2013, Greg Jackson was a young man working as the Southern Regional and Gun Violence Issue Coordinator for the nonprofit Organizing for Action, a grassroots organization committed to moving forward with President Obama's agenda of empowering people in their own communities to fight and move forward on key issues. He also then became the victim of random gun violence. In th...

Send us Fan Mail Concerned with urban violence and the 100 Americans we lose each day to it? If so, this is an essential minisode for you. We're here with Thomas Abt, a leading researcher of urban violence whose work focuses not only on this epidemic's causes, but its solutions as well -- and whose plan could potentially reduce gun homicide rates by 50% in just eight years. Join us as we...

Send us Fan Mail Joan Peterson became a gun violence prevention activist after the estranged husband of her sister, Barbara Lund, shot to death both Barbara and her boyfriend, former Iowa state legislator Kevin Kelly. In today's episode, Joan tells JJ and JP about her long history of activism following the loss of her sister, why extreme risk prevention orders (often referred to as "ERPO...

Send us Fan Mail On April 28, 2013, Kirsten Englund was driving up the Oregon coast to visit her son when she decided to stop at an overlook and admire a lighthouse, a touristic detour which should have led only to her taking a few pictures before getting back on the road. Instead, she encountered a mentally disturbed man — a man who should not have possessed had a gun — who shot her to death in a...

Send us Fan Mail Ivy Schamis was teaching a lesson on Holocaust history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school when she heard the first shots from the gun of the murderer who would kill seventeen people that day, 2 from Ivy's own classroom. In this episode, Ivy shares her account of the day's grim events, their emotional aftermath, and why she believes that we as a society must push for...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Tony Coelho, a longtime friend of the Brady family and 10-year veteran of the House of Representatives, talks with JJ and JP about Jim and Sarah Brady, the Brady organizational legacy, and what it was like to be majority whip during the introduction of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (commonly known as the Brady Act or the Brady Bill). Our guest also sha...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the devastating issue of family fire, where at least 8 children and teenagers are injured or killed every day due to improperly stored or misused firearms in the home. Kyleanne Hunter , a combat veteran and Senior Political Scientist at RAND , discusses the importance of gun safety and the End Family Fire initiative, which aims to prevent these tragic incidents. Join us...

Send us Fan Mail In the aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, one golden retriever named Luigi took on an important role in helping students and teachers cope with their trauma. In this compelling teaser we hear from Ivy Schamis , a history teacher who survived the shooting and one of Luigi's biggest admirers. Ivy shares with us the inc...