Episode

If the Murder Rate is Down, Why is Gun Violence Among Kids So High?

Podcast
Y'all-itics
Published
May 10, 2026
Duration seconds
2685
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://www.wfaa.com/yallitics
Audio
https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/2efa2c4b-0331-4294-8510-b78c09caf874/episodes/f8405017-3dd0-4c05-a684-c79c3e998fc7/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2efa2c4b-0331-4294-8510-b78c09caf874&awEpisodeId=f8405017-3dd0-4c05-a684-c79c3e998fc7&feed=gcyw8OV5
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/y-all-itics-637213/episodes/if-the-murder-rate-is-down-why-is-gun-violence-among-kids-so-high
Markdown
/podcast/y-all-itics-637213/if-the-murder-rate-is-down-why-is-gun-violence-among-kids-so-high.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/y-all-itics-637213/episodes/if-the-murder-rate-is-down-why-is-gun-violence-among-kids-so-high/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/y-all-itics-637213/if-the-murder-rate-is-down-why-is-gun-violence-among-kids-so-high.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Violent offenses, murder in particular, may have dropped in Dallas, but gun violence involving juveniles has not. There are many causes, but few solutions. In this episode of Y’all-itics, the Jasons are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Joe Sexton who worked for months on a story focused on a Dallas mother who survived unimaginable loss and whose story is a real-life personification of this crime conundrum. GUEST Joe Sexton, Journalist