{"podcast":{"title":"Public Health On Call","slug":"public-health-on-call-552177","podcast_index_feed_id":552177,"rss_url":"https://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://publichealth.jhu.edu/headlines/public-health-on-call-podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/2/c/9/c2c94ebeed659e5c5f2e77a3093c12a1/PHOC.jpg","author":"The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health","episode_count":1171,"summary":"Evidence and experts to help you understand today's public health news—and what it means for tomorrow.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:20:56.289482+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177"},"episode":{"title":"1048 - Understanding and Ending Violence","slug":"1048-understanding-and-ending-violence","published_at":"2026-05-08T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177/1048-understanding-and-ending-violence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177","url":"https://podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1048-understanding-and-ending-violence","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/johnshopkinssph/2026_05_07-PHOC-EP1048-Gary_Slutkin_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1899131","summary":"About this episode: What would change if we thought of violence as an infectious disease? In this episode: a trailblazer in the movement for community-based solutions to violence, Dr. Gary Slutkin, explains how treating violence like an epidemic can point the way to solutions. Guest: Dr. Gary Slutkin is a physician and epidemiologist who founded the organization Cure Violence Global . He is also the author of the book \" The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic .\" Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management , a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: Estimating the Effects of Safe Streets Baltimore on Gun Violence —Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions Interrupting Violence: How the CeaseFire Program Prevents Imminent Gun Violence through Conflict Mediation —Journal of Urban Health The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic —Penguin Random House (book) Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website . Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on Bluesky @‌PublicHealthPod on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.","meta_description":"About this episode: What would change if we thought of violence as an infectious disease? In this episode: a trailblazer in the movement for community-bas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-health-on-call-552177/episodes/1048-understanding-and-ending-violence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-health-on-call-552177/1048-understanding-and-ending-violence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}