Knife at the Gunfight
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSurgery, Violence and Culture podcast from Baltimore.
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Episodes
Trauma Code Premier
October 25, 2022 04:06 - 54 minutes - 62.6 MBDr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Raphaël introduce themselves and the Trauma Code to New York City on WBAI, 99.5 FM.
Trauma Code
October 20, 2022 16:20 - 46 seconds - 1.78 MBTrauma Code, co-hosted by Dr. Simon Fitzgerald and Dr. Cassandra Raphaël airs Mondays at 2:00 PM on 99.5 WBAI, New York City.
Ceasefire Series with David Johnson
June 06, 2022 01:05 - 36 minutes - 82.8 MBInterview with Ceasefire ambassador David Johnson on his work with youth sports, with squeegee workers and in the recording studio. For more info on the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement
Beirut Port Explosion
May 10, 2022 18:27 - 40 minutes - 92.9 MBInterview with Dr. Haytham Kaafarani regarding Beirut Port explosion.
Spiritual Warfare with the Baltimore Ceasefire Co-founder Letrice Gant
January 06, 2022 19:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBFirst in the Baltimore Ceasefire Series. Interviews with founders and activists of the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement.
Throwback with Detective Triston Ferguson
April 22, 2021 23:44 - 44 minutes - 102 MBDr. Fitzgerald catches up with his Fallstaff Middle School classmate, Detective Triston Ferguson of the Baltimore Police Department.
Baynard Woods: Jan 6 White supremecist insurrection and the Baltimore Police Department
January 19, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 152 MBWe interview Baynard Woods on the white supremecist roots of the January 6th seige of the capitol in Southern White insurrection against reconstruction. Also discuss his new book "I Got a Monster". Music by Miss Kam https://heymisskam.bandcamp.com/ Buy the books I Got a Monster https://redemmas.org/titles/34329-i-got-a-monster--the-rise-and-fall-of-america-s-most-corrupt-police-squad Growing up Barksdale. https://redemmas.org/titles/34121-growing-up-barksdale--a-true-baltimore-story For mo...
Franca! Breaking single party rule in Baltimore
October 23, 2020 11:36 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBWe interview Green Party candidate for Baltimore City council 12th district, Franca Muller Paz. All elected city council members in Baltimore have been Democrat since the 1930s. For the first time in decades, that may be about to change. Music by Franca supporters "Goals" by Eze Jackson and "If I were President" by Las Cafeteras.
Drone Warfare in the Persian Gulf with Anthony Fenton
October 02, 2019 15:02 - 26 minutes - 61 MBWe discuss Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and drone warfare in the region with Canadian PhD candidate Anthony Fenton. As featured on Shay Wa Nana radio on WPFW in Washington D.C. October 2, 2019.
The Black Butterfly and Baltimore Apartheid
June 26, 2019 15:56 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBDr. Lawrence Brown from Morgan State discusses the Black Butterfly and Apartheid in Baltimore. Music: Fists of Fury by Kamasi Washington W'ani Aba by M.anifest
D. Watkins: Pass the Mic
May 01, 2019 01:57 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBWe talk with D. Watkins about his new book We Speak for Ourselves. We touch on the Healthy Holly scandal, four years since the death of Freddy Gray, and Johns Hopkins presence in East Baltimore.
Anthony Fenton on IDEX and the UAE - Letrice Gant on Baltimore Ceasefire
April 08, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MBKnife at the Gunfight is back on WPFW with Shay Wa Nana radio. We talk to Anthony Fenton about the International Defense Exposition military conference in Abu Dhabi, and then with Letrice Gant about the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement. Music by Emel Mathlouthi
Anthony Fenton: Canada, Saudi Arabia and Yemen
August 18, 2018 12:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBDr. Fitz interviews Anthony Fenton on Canada's fallout with Saudi Arabia as well as the problematic North American support for the ongoing war in Yemen. Special Guest TT the Artist discusses Baltimore Club music and Baltimore Ceasefire.
TT the Artist: Club Queens and the Baltimore Ceasefire
August 17, 2018 16:15 - 21 minutes - 50.2 MBBaltimore Club Queen TT the Artist joins us in studio and discusses the Baltimore Ceasefire hip hop collaboration with Von Vargas, as well as her community work in Baltimore and upcoming movie Dark City: Beneath the Beat.
DC Rising and Baltimore's Red Lines
July 30, 2018 11:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBI was on WPFW covering for for the Shay Wa Nana show with the homie Gaurav Madan. Show's topic ICE raids in DC and the community response. My essay on Taylor Hayes and the Red Lines of Baltimore at minute 42.
Kobi Snitz: Jews Against Ghettos
July 18, 2018 21:32 - 42 minutes - 96.3 MBIsraeli mathematician Kobi Snitz talks about his direct action work with Palestinians as a part of the group "Anarchists Against the Wall" also known as "Jews Against Ghettos."
Dr. Alice Rothchild: Jewish solidarity with Palestine
July 11, 2018 16:28 - 51 minutes - 58.5 MBDr. Fitz sits in the studio for Zein El-Amine of Shay Wa Nana radio and talks to Dr. Alice Rothchild about Gaza mental health and health care infastructure. Guest Gaurav Madan visits to talk about updates on ICE and immigrant communities in Maryland. Music: Slingshot Hip Hop soundtrack
Dr. Thomas McIntyre: Global Surgical Solidarity
June 10, 2018 02:21 - 1 hour - 151 MBDr. Fitz and Dr. McIntyre discuss the role of global surgery as well as career advice for young professionals and students interested in a career in global surgery. Introduction on Baltimore Lacrosse, and conclusion on Baltimore's ghosts of violent past. Music: 9th v. Though by Black Thought Last Ride by Beach House
Brandon Soderberg: Baltimore Media Consolidation
May 01, 2018 09:34 - 1 hour - 162 MBDr. Fitz and Brandon Soderberg discuss media consolidation in Baltimore from Baltimore Beat and the City Paper to Tronc and the Sinclair Media Group. Music: Be More by TT the Artist and Mighty Mark Kid Radium by Ed Schrader's Music Beat Invocation: Dear Baltimore by Erricka Bridgeford and Judah Adashi Book Recommendations: Why We Matter by Eaton Thomas Things that Make White People Uncomfortably by Michael Bennett Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Samierra Jones: Education, Violence and Activism in Baltimore
March 15, 2018 12:43 - 37 minutes - 85.3 MBCoppin University senior and Operation Heat founder Sameirra Jones talks education, violence and organizing in Baltimore. Music: Abrock "Ain't Yours" Book Recommendation: Art Activism by Aaron Maybin
Baynard Woods: Can the Baltimore Police Department Survive the Gun Trace Task Force trial?
February 12, 2018 12:17 - 42 minutes - 96.4 MBBaynard Woods: Can the Baltimore Police Department Survive the Gun Trace Task Force trial? Music: Indie by Greenspan feat. Christen B Keep Swimming by Greenspan feat. Eze Jackson Tired by Young Moose Book Recommendation: Dark Alliance by Gary Webb
Dr. Brian Williams: Beyond How We Wield the Knife
February 01, 2018 10:56 - 53 minutes - 122 MB"The power of the surgeon beyond how we weild the knife" with Dallas trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams. Book Recommendations: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Music: Haiti Cherie by multiple artists Lady Haiti by Wyclef Jean Wake Up! by Rage Against the Machine See it Through by Ryan Harvey, Kareem Samara and Shireen Lilith
Anthony Barnes: Ender in the Drug Game
December 27, 2017 14:12 - 46 minutes - 107 MBHospital-based violence responder Anthony Barnes discusses his work against violence in Northwest Baltimore and his life journey through drugs, gangs and prison to get here. He explains the classic science fiction work Ender's Game as a metaphor for for gang life. Music: Baltimore Cease Fire ft. Von Vargas, Greenspan, Josh Lay, Blaqstarr, TT The Artist, The Boy Blesst, Femi the Drifish, Smallz, Preme, Martina Lynch, and Ill Conscious Book Recommendations: Perspective Baltimore by Kyle Po...
Terrance Williams: #NFLBoycott and USA Women's Update
September 15, 2017 12:09 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBDoc Fitz and Terrance Williams discuss the struggle for pay parity in women's sports, the NFL boycott, Colin Kaepernick, and White Supremacy after Charlottesville. RIP 30 Glizzy. Book Recommendations: Raw Wounds by Kondwani Fidel Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Music by 30 Glizzy and Ain't Nobody Worrying by Anthony Hamilton.
Erricka Bridgeford: Cease Fire and the Ghosts of Baltimore
August 03, 2017 19:20 - 30 minutes - 44.3 MBDoc Fitz discusses a weekend intervention against violence in Baltimore with Erricka Bridgeford of Baltimore Ceasefire and Baltimore Peace Challenge.
Dr. Demond Mullins: Ballet or the Bullet, Trauma and the Citizen Soldier
July 28, 2017 05:36 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBA surgeon discusses trauma with a military sociologist who happens to be a ballet dancer, a veteran of the Iraq war, and a former advisor to Barack Obama.
Subtle Knife : Episode 4 Trailer
March 14, 2017 03:13 - 5 minutes - 7.28 MBThe world changing, subtle Knife at the Gunfight.
Dr. Simon Fitzgerald: Violence and the Surgeon
February 13, 2017 00:45 - 45 minutes - 71.6 MBOh, Baltimore! Surgical grand rounds on the public health of race, poverty and violence in Baltimore
Terrance Williams: Political Economy of Sport 2017
January 19, 2017 02:30 - 52 minutes - 61.1 MBDoc Fitz and Terrance Williams discuss the political economy of the sports world in 2017. Book Club Reading: League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth
Zein El-Amine and Gaurav Madan: Whose hearts beat in that direction
January 13, 2017 23:03 - 49 minutes - 55.5 MBA Baltimore surgeon against violence discusses #NoDAPL and the struggle of indigenous people for land rights. This is an edited version of the first episode, easier to listen to and a little shorter. Book Club Reading: The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
Knife at the Gunfight
December 16, 2016 12:44 - 59 minutes - 64.4 MB#NoDAPL A surgeon against violence discusses with activists working on the Dakota Access Pipleine and indigenous land rights issues.