Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting

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Journalist Ryan Burrow has covered ten mass shootings. He looks at the data that could unlock answers and end the epidemic. The points of interruption are there. If we walk things backward, expose those points, and add the voices we've been avoiding, we may finally understand the truth.

Episodes

  1. Mar 9

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Three Part 3 – Security, Culture, and Laws

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow digs deeper into the prevalence of mass shootings outside of the United States.  Are mass shootings a uniquely American problem?  How do other countries handle and prepare for shootings?  Bram Bart van der Meer, Director and Investigative Psychologist with Dantes Psychology in The Netherlands, discusses risk assessment in Europe of potentially dangerous […]

  2. Feb 4

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Three Part 2 – Security, Culture, and Laws

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow looks at the cultures of guns and mental health in opposite corners of the world, South Korea and Germany.  These are two countries have long histories of war and violence, yet mass shootings and violence are rare. Ryan speaks with Sung Joon Cho, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Samsung […]

  3. 10/14/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Three Part 1 – Security, Culture, and Laws

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow looks at security upgrades at Chicago’s Lollapalooza.  He speaks with Chad Green, creator of an AI-based gun detection system for Omnilert (https://www.omnilert.com/), designed to make schools safer.  And he talks with William Philp, a parent of two Apalachee High School students, who has been fighting for tighter school security following the 2024 […]

  4. 08/04/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Two Part 4 – He’s Shooting!

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow questions his own motives as he wraps up coverage of the 2025 trial of Robert Crimo III. Crimo was convicted and sentenced in the 2023 Highland Park shooting at a Fourth of July parade. Ryan speaks with Harold Ng, a victim of the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting.

  5. 08/04/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Two Part 3 – He’s Shooting!

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow looks at those who confronted gunmen in active shooting situations, and statistics related to ending active shooting threats. He is joined by Aurora, Illinois Police Sergeant Chris Weaver who was one of the first law enforcement responders to the 2019 workplace shooting at Henry Pratt, and Army Veteran Richard Fierro who tackled […]

  6. 08/04/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Two Part 2 – He’s Shooting!

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow considers decision making in the midst of an active shooting, including mental preparation, best practices to avoid danger, and escaping the most at risk areas. He is joined by Columbine survivor and filmmaker Laura Farber who created and directed the 2019 film ‘We Are Columbine’. Watch the trailer here.

  7. 08/04/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter Two Part 1 – He’s Shooting!

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow reflects back on 2018 ALICE Training with teachers at an Illinois school, and contrasts that with the FBI’s current ASAPP (Active Shooter Attack Prevention and Preparedness) for civilians. He talks with Bridgette Jenkins, FBI Supervisory Special Agent.

  8. 02/21/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter One Part 4 – The Aftermath

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow reveals conversations he’s been having with real mass shooters, including letters exchanged with the suspected Highland Park shooter.  He also talks with former Aurora, Illinois Police Chief Kristen Ziman about her response to the Henry Pratt shooting, being on the task force reviewing the Robb Elementary shooting, and her new mission to […]

  9. 02/21/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter One Part 3 – The Aftermath

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow explains the confusion in using the term “mass shooting”, and talks with attorney Antonio Romanucci who represents victims of mass shootings in civil litigation.

  10. 02/21/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter One Part 2 – The Aftermath

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow talks about the mental struggles created in the wake of mass shootings, getting letters from the suspected Highland Park shooter, and speaks with Stephanie Cinque, founder of the Resiliency Center of Newtown.

  11. 02/21/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting: Chapter One Part 1 – The Aftermath

    WGN’s Ryan Burrow previews the upcoming trial of suspected Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III, looks into media coverage of mass shootings over the years, and talks with Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering about plans for a Place of Remembrance.

  12. 02/19/2025

    Interrupting the Next Mass Shooting

    WGN Radio's Ryan Burrow examines what can be done to to interrupt the mass shooting epidemic.

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Journalist Ryan Burrow has covered ten mass shootings. He looks at the data that could unlock answers and end the epidemic. The points of interruption are there. If we walk things backward, expose those points, and add the voices we've been avoiding, we may finally understand the truth.

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