No guest this time. Again, this entire episode is devoted to school shootings; this time the focus is on the teen activists of Stoneman Douglas and the NRA’s responses to them.

Notes on Episode 16:

• Transcript of Emma Gonzalez and Dana Loesch on CNN
• Dana Loesch CPAC speech
• Justin Nix study showing unarmed blacks twice as likely to be shot by cops
• The media effects research of Travis L. Dixon

Download episode 16 here.

No guest this time. The entire episode is devoted to discussing the four things I perceive as the main contributing factors to the post-Columbine spate of school shootings:

1. Easy access to guns.
2. Untreated mental illnesses (and the stigmas attached to them).
3. Internet subcultures that cheer on would-be murderers.
4. Aggrieved entitlement.

Notes on Episode 15:

• Gallup: Americans widely support tighter restrictions on gun sales
• Politifact: 90% of Americans support universal background checks
• Politifact: What we know about mass shootings
• American Mental Health Counselors: Myths and evidence-based facts about gun violence and mental illness
• NC State research: Mentally ill more likely to be victims, not perpetrators, of violence
• MSNBC “The Cycle” on aggrieved entitlement
• The Guardian interviews Michael Kimmel on aggrieved entitlement

Download episode 15 here.

The hour begins with another attempt to squash SCALA’s strawman depiction of their critics as indifferent to education issues.

Notes on Episode 14 & Attica Scott:

• Attica Scott on Twitter
• Attica Scott on Facebook
• Official Kentucky state legislature page
• Attica Scott on Billtrack50 legislation tracking site
• David Jones Sr in Courier Journal
• David Jones Sr in Insider Louisville
• Kelly Downard: SCALA critics are just jealous

Download episode 14 here.

The entire hour covers the ongoing attempt to delegitimize and defund public schools here in Louisville, Kentucky.

Notes on Episode 13 & Gay Adelmann:

• Gay’s Twitter account
• Dear JCPS
• Save Our Schools KY
• Insider Louisville: By invitation only: Meet Louisville’s power brokers
• Courier Journal: Denying secrecy, SCALA releases members’ names
• Insider Louisville: SCALA’s lack of diversity worries education, civic leaders

Download episode 13 here.