MAKING HISTORY TODAY: America Since 1968 - Drew McKevitt on "Gun Country"

Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast Network

Making History Today, produced by the History program at Fitchburg State University, connects the classroom to historians working in their fields. In these conversations, students discuss works assigned in class and develop questions for the authors, which are then posed in these episodes.

This conversation emerges from Prof. Katherine Jewell’s class, America Since 1968, during the 2024 spring semester.

In this episode, Dr. Andrew C. McKevitt, history professor at Louisiana Tech University and author of Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture and Control, published in November 2023, responds to questions and curiosities developed by students in the class, as well as answering a brief lightning round of questions asked directly by history major, Dylan Cosner, class of 2024.

He answers questions about his inspirations and processes of writing his book and explores the United States’ history and deep connection to guns and how they became a regular part of the modern era, discussing the country’s high supply and demand for firearms, the history of laws focused on gun control and safety, and how guns influenced pop culture.
Episode transcript can be found here.
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This episode was edited and sound mixed by Adam Fournier, a member of the Perseverantia staff and a student in the Communications Media department.
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