Since Columbine
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn April 20, 1999 a school shooting in Littleton, Colo., shook the country. Now, 20 years later, Reporters Nate Minor and Andrea Dukakis look at how one shooting changed America and what we've learned since.
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Boulder's Mass Shooting Takes Frank DeAngelis Right Back To Columbine
March 25, 2021 18:56 - 21 minutes - 1.26 KBFrank DeAngelis has become a resource for survivors of mass shootings across the world in the last 22 years.
BONUS: A Musical Legacy
April 19, 2019 19:32 - 14 minutes - 877 BytesWithin days of the Columbine High School shooting, University of Colorado band students wanted to help and organized a commission for a new piece of music for the high school band. The piece, “American Elegy,” by composer Frank Ticheli, premiered a year after the shooting. Since then it’s been performed over 10,000 times.
President Clinton On How Columbine Shook America
April 15, 2019 16:00 - 18 minutes - 1.06 KBFormer President Bill Clinton talks about his role in consoling the nation after the shootings 20 years ago, and insight from historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Barbara Perry about how other U.S. presidents have also played the role of "consoler-in-chief" after national tragedies.
Things That Bring Back Scary Feelings For Mass Shooting Survivors: Bad Visibility. A Yogurt Cup. Me.
April 12, 2019 16:00Sherrie described to me what was happening to her just then, in the grocery store aisle: “My fingers will turn white, and you’ll see the blood leaving them.”
Rise Together
April 11, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 930 BytesSurvivors of the Columbine massacre didn’t know at the time that there would be so many other shootings that followed: Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Navy Yard, and more. Initiated by a group of Columbine alumni, survivors of each shooting are now banded together, in a new kind of family that works together to re-learn how to live.
Locks, Lights, Out Of Sight
April 08, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 935 BytesLockdown drills have become prolific since the Columbine High School Shooting, but they can traumatize students, even though there’s no real attack. Is it worth it, given that researchers don’t even know if drills are effective?
What We've Learned About School Shooters
April 04, 2019 16:00 - 17 minutes - 1.01 KBIn the 20 years since Columbine, researchers have dedicated themselves to studying potential shooters and teaching others how to spot them. They believe that assessing individual threats - based on psychology and behavior - can prevent attacks.
Survivor Parents
April 01, 2019 16:00 - 11 minutes - 694 BytesThe student survivors of the Columbine shooting are now in their mid- to late-30s, and many now have families. Raising your own children as a survivor presents a unique set of challenges, like how and when to tell them your story, or what to do when dropping them off at school sets off a panic attack.