Part 1: Looking back on the first year of this podcast

My first episode of the Back to School Shootings podcast (Episode 1: Noise audit for assessing school shooting threats) was released on May 20, 2024. I recorded it to share the findings from a research paper that had been stuck in the peer-review doom loop.

A year later, the show has turned into a place for experts across disciplines to share their findings about reducing gun violence. This episode is a compilation of clips from these conversations:

• Ep. 5: Forensic psychologist analyzes a school shooter’s manifesto and the attack at CVPA High was a ‘death of despair’.

• Ep. 14: Society, institutions, & communities have failed when a 14-year-old takes an AR-15 into Apalachee High

• Ep. 39: Talking about "unspeakable" violence (like Columbine) with Rev. Dr. Ingebretsen

• Ep. 8: Why does a kid bring a shotgun to school? Convicted school shooter tells his story.

• Ep. 36: School shooters are bad at killing. We can make them even worse.

• Ep. 6: What is the definition of a 'school shooting' and why does it matter?

• Ep. 24: Understanding Different Forms of Gun Violence in American Schools

• Ep. 38: Dr. Jens Ludwig explains his new book 'Unforgiving Places'

• Freakonomics 561: How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)

Here are all 41 episodes from the first year of this podcast. Every episode is available for free on Substack, podcasts apps, and YouTube.

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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.