Understanding mass shootings and how to better prevent them

Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Lewiston under lockdown as search for mass shooter continues (1:50)

Guest: Michael Rocque, Lewiston resident, Department Chair

Understanding mass shootings and how to better prevent them (17:38)

Guest: Katherine Schweit, former FBI special agent and creator of the FBI's Active Shooter Program, author of Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting CrisisSociology, Bates College

One of America’s foremost experts on urban warfare on the complexities of Israel’s fight in Gaza (34:35)

Guest: US Army Maj. (Ret’d) John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at West Point’s Modern War Institute and co-author of Understanding Urban Warfare

Son of a Canadian woman believed to be held hostage by Hamas continues to fight for her release (49:47)

Guest: Yonatan Zeigen, son of suspected Canadian Hamas hostage Vivian Silver

Raising free-roaming sheep on an island in Nova Scotia (1:06:35)

Guest: Jake Wentzel, a third generation sheep farmer

Celine Dion’s music at the center of a noisy controversy in New Zealand (1:19:13)

Guest: Justin Latif, chief of staff at the Pacific Media Network and former South Auckland editor for The Spinoff.