Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 How Jens got interested in American gun violence 2:45 What’s “unexpected” about the origins of gun violence? 5:29 Race and the culture of gun violence 9:30 Ground News ad 11:20 Are high rates of gun violence a cultural issue or an equilibrium? 17:09 Is urban gun violence the result of rational behavior? 24:34 The link between Kahnemanian “fast thinking” and violent conflict 36:46 Are gun violence interruptions scalable? 40:52 The role of urban design in reducing crime and violence 47:31 Jens: Gang-motivated crime may not account for as much violence as its seems 50:43 Rehabilitating “Broken Windows” 53:47 Jens’s “pathological pragmatism” Recorded June 13, 2025 Links and Readings Jens’s new book, Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow William Julius Williams’s book, Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Social Policy Jane Jacobs’s book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Melissa Kearney’s book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind George Kelling and James Q. Wilson’s classic Atlantic article, “Broken Windows” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe
