Sonali is joined by friend of the show and colleague Lalitha Vasudevan, as well as Pop and Play co-hosts Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert for a special crossover episode. This episode covers the troubling implications of the "Block 19" - a gun made to be adorned with LEGOs, along with the complex intersection between play and violence. Visit the episode page on the Pop and Play site for transcripts and to learn more about what was discussed in this episode. Our music is selections from “Leafeaters”...
Jun 02, 2022•22 min•Ep. 12
Episode 6 of (Re)Search for Solutions takes a hard look at how in some cases, communities, especially communities of color, are harmed by efforts claiming to be in service of stopping gun violence. We look at one of the most well-known examples of discriminatory policing, “Stop and Frisk,” and how these types of ineffective practices become legitimized. Sonali interviews Ekow Yankah, a Professor at the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, and Sarah Lustbader, a public defender in New Yor...
May 10, 2021•30 min•Ep. 11
What if we considered gun violence as an issue of national security? Increasingly, terrorist groups, and specifically white supremacist extremist terrorists, have been turning to guns as instruments of terror for attacks in the United States. Sonali sits down with Lou Klarevas, political scientist and author of Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings , to talk about the intersection of gun violence and security studies. They discuss how and why most deadly terrorist attacks in the U...
Oct 09, 2020•24 min•Ep. 10
In 2018, the NRA tweeted, “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane,” in response to a paper released by the American College of Physicians (ACP) about Reducing Firearm Injuries and Death in the United States. Soon after, medical professionals from around the country responded with their stories using the hashtag #ThisIsOurLane. Episode 4 of (Re)Search for Solutions reflects on the crucial role emergency medicine physicians, who are on the front lines of respondi...
Oct 08, 2020•29 min•Ep. 9
In Episode 3 of (Re)Search for Solutions, we discuss firearm suicide prevention. Firearm suicides make up about two-thirds of deaths by firearms, but suicide is sometimes downplayed in conversations about preventing gun violence. Sonali interviews Kerry Keyes, psychiatric epidemiologist at Columbia University, about her research on gun violence and suicide. Kerry also shares how suicide has affected her and her family. Sonali also talks with Doreen Marshall, Vice President of Programs at the Ame...
Oct 07, 2020•25 min•Ep. 8
In Episode 2 of (Re)Search for Solutions, we talk about adverse childhood experiences, or “ACEs,” and how they can help us think more broadly about the impacts of gun violence and how to prevent it. We focus on the implications for school safety practices in particular. Lalitha Vasudevan interviews our usual host, Sonali Rajan, Professor at Teachers College and the Mailman School of Public Health, about her work on how researchers can think of gun violence as an “adverse childhood experience.” S...
Oct 06, 2020•21 min•Ep. 7
Episode 1 of (Re)Search for Solutions discusses greening - the conversion of an overgrown vacant lot to a small, grass-covered community space - as a non-policy-based solution to gun violence. We interviewed Professor Charlie Branas, Chairman of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and Keith Green, Director of the Philadelphia LandCare Program at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), about their research into the effects of greening in Philadelphia. Talk to us on Twitter ...
Oct 05, 2020•20 min•Ep. 6
In 2018, the NRA tweeted, “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane,” in response to a paper released by the American College of Physicians (ACP) about Reducing Firearm Injuries and Death in the United States. Soon after, medical professionals from around the country responded with their stories using the hashtag #ThisIsOurLane. Episode 4 of (Re)Search for Solutions reflects on the crucial role emergency medicine physicians, who are on the front lines of respondi...
Aug 21, 2020•29 min•Ep. 5
In Episode 3 of (Re)Search for Solutions, we discuss firearm suicide prevention. Firearm suicides make up about two-thirds of deaths by firearms, but suicide is sometimes downplayed in conversations about preventing gun violence. Sonali interviews Kerry Keyes, psychiatric epidemiologist at Columbia University, about her research on gun violence and suicide. Kerry also shares how suicide has affected her and her family. Sonali also talks with Doreen Marshall, Vice President of Programs at the Ame...
Jun 17, 2020•25 min•Ep. 4
In Episode 2 of (Re)Search for Solutions, we talk about adverse childhood experiences, or “ACEs,” and how they can help us think more broadly about the impacts of gun violence and how to prevent it. We focus on the implications for school safety practices in particular. Lalitha Vasudevan interviews our usual host, Sonali Rajan, Professor at Teachers College and the Mailman School of Public Health, about her work on how researchers can think of gun violence as an “adverse childhood experience.” S...
Apr 07, 2020•21 min•Ep. 3
Episode 1 of (Re)Search for Solutions discusses greening - the conversion of an overgrown vacant lot to a small, grass-covered community space - as a non-policy-based solution to gun violence. We interviewed Professor Charlie Branas, Chairman of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and Keith Green, Director of the Philadelphia LandCare Program at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), about their research into the effects of greening in Philadelphia. Talk to us on Twitter ...
Dec 09, 2019•20 min•Ep. 2
(Re)Search for Solutions is a podcast where we cover research about pressing issues in our world today. This season of (Re)Search for Solutions is a limited series focusing on unexpected and creative ways that researchers are looking at solutions to the persistence of gun violence. Subscribe to the (Re)Search for Solutions podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, & Google Play! Talk to us on Twitter using the hashtag #R4S! Production Team: Azsanee Truss, Joe Riina-Ferrie, Sonali ...
Dec 02, 2019•5 min•Ep. 1
