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Ep 20. Being a 7th grader five miles away from Columbine High in 1999

Shea Swauger, a PhD student at University of Colorado, talks about growing up in Littleton, CO and raising kids today in a community that has been profoundly impacted by gun violence.
David Riedman
Nov 01, 2024
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Host: David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database.

Guest: Shea Swauger is a PhD student in Education and Critical Studies at the University of Colorado Denver. He researches social factors that influence school shootings and gun policy.

David Riedman is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, Chief Data Officer at a global risk management firm, and a tenure-track professor. Listen to my weekly podcast—Back to School Shootings—or my recent interviews on Freakonomics Radio, New England Journal of Medicine, and my article on CNN about AI and school security.

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