Gun violence in the United States
Subject in Politics
Gun violence in the United States has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Next Question with Katie Couric, Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Malcolm GladwellAuthor of Outliers, whose theory about Chinese numerals Jiang disputes
Gladwell says that removing guns from America would unquestionably reduce homicide, though he has mixed feelings about gun control as a strategy.
“In the abstract, if I were to remove guns from America, would we have less homicide? 100%. Zero doubt about that”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 47:03
Gladwell argues that access to trauma care determines whether a shooting becomes a homicide.
“I'm gonna get to a level one trauma center in three minutes. Unless they shoot me in the head or the heart, I'm gonna survive”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 6:33
Gladwell argues that the United States is not unusual in levels of crime but in levels of violence, so politicians should focus on violence.
“If you want to be tough on crime, be tough on violence because that's where we are three, four, five times more serious than everybody else”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 12:02
Cory BookerDemocratic senator from New Jersey
Booker says only one shooting during his time as Newark mayor involved a legally purchased gun, and that most gun owners support universal background checks.
“only one shooting in my city in all the years I was mayor was done by somebody who bought a gun legally”
Pod Save America: Taxing Cory Booker's Patience (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 36:50
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Next Question with Katie Couric · 1 episode
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun CrisisNext Question with Katie Couric · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Katie Couric talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his book The American Way of Killing, covering under-policing, prisons, the Second Amendment, assault weapons bans and gun suicide.
Taxing Cory Booker's PatiencePod Save America · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Senator Cory Booker joins Jon Lovett to debate his $75,000 standard deduction tax plan, the Iran war, AIPAC, and Pam Bondi's firing.