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Loaded Live! Episode 8: We Need Moxie
This summer, drag queen and gun violence prevention advocate Moxie Cotton will bring her charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to help middle school kids explore gun violence through filmmaking. Where do we sign up?
Loaded Live! Episode 7: Meet Joe Anderson
What, WHAT must Europeans think of us and our seeming adoration of big, manly guns that routinely kill schoolchildren, police officers, dentists, athletes, and furniture movers? Anthropologist Joe Anderson traveled here all the way from Scotland to ge...
Loaded LIVE! Episode 6: Kim Parker Russell
ASTOUND YOUR FRIENDS! Ask them, Can you buy a gun in America without a background check, (even if, say, you went to jail for murder)? The answer (they probably won’t know) is YES! And it happens in about 40% of all gun sales each year.
Loaded LIVE! Episode 5
Have you been dreaming about a gun store/indoor shooting range/Chuck-E-Cheese style family entertainment facility in your back yard? Neither has Chance Parker, of Ramsey (N.J.) United. Hear what they’re doing to stop it.
Loaded Live! Episode 4: Ladd Everitt
This week’s treat: Ladd Everitt from One Pulse America, the social media group formed by George Takei in the wake of the Orlando shooting of a gay nightclub, joins me, Mme Defarge, and Dwight from GAG NJ to talk about this week’s gun violence.
Loaded Live! Episode 3: Krazy Kansas
This week our guest Marti Priest joins us today to talk about the new law that will force public colleges and universities in Kansas to allow just about anyone — no training required — to walk around campus carrying concealed, loaded weapons. Plus,
LOADED LIVE! Episode 2: DEFARGE
MmeDefarge joins us this week, for a look at the crazy NRA and Administration hijinks this week! It’s been a busy week for us: immigration ban. Wacky Wayne at the White House. Join me, Dwight, and Defarge as we attempt to answer the eternal question...
LOADED LIVE! Episode 1
What’s better than ONE person talking about gun violence in America? THREE people talking about gun violence in America! We start a new series of Loaded Conversations called Loaded Live! Today, I hang out with Dwight from GAG and BetsyBallz from Bet...
Episode 8: David Hemenway Gives Me Hope
The people have spoken, and this week, we honor their decisions: That’s right, it’s time for the People’s Choice Awards, with Joel McHale! You didn’t think I was talking about the inauguration, did you? To get you through it, David Hemenway,
Episode 7: The New GVP
Up until now gun violence prevention has been a pretty tame movement, never quite approaching the zealotry of the opposing side. But that may be changing, with the noisy arrival of GAG, Betsy Riot, and others who are making their voices heard from way...