This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco talk with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action to discuss what we can do to take positive action and help move gun control forward, even when the news is bleak. Then, Michaela Watkins, Kiran Deol, and Dana Schwartz join in-studio for a deep dive into the violence that surrounds us as Americans. Plus: our hills.

Show Notes:

Do Something:

Text: checks to 64433 to connect you with talking points to discuss with your Congressperson

Go to Gunsensevoter.org to see where your candidate stands on Gun Reform.

How did we get here? *bold pls

“Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds-1

“The Masculine Ideal is Killing American Men”

https://www.opb.org/news/article/toxic-masculinity-masculine-ideal-gun-violence/

“Our Incel Problem”

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit

“When Misogynists Become Terrorists”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/opinion/when-misogynists-become-terrorists.html

“The Death Rattle of White Supremacy”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/el-paso-and-death-rattle-white-supremacy/595438/