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Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust

Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 1pm on WUOT

From award-winning story studio Long Lead and PRX, Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust is the latest from the acclaimed podcast Long Shadow.

America has a problem, one that is uniquely ours: gun violence. For centuries, America attempted to balance the right to bear arms and all the dangers that come with it through regulation. But in the last three decades, that balance has shifted. The gun has become enshrined as a political symbol in America — one that simultaneously represents our cherished values of freedom, democracy, and individualism, as well as our deepest shame. How did we get here? And can we ever find a way forward?