Garen Wintemute
Director of the Centers for Violence Prevention at UC Davis and emergency medicine physician; researcher who surveys American attitudes toward political violence and frames it as a public health issue.
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May 12, 2026 • 55min
The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America
Adrienne LaFrance, Atlantic editor and reporter on political violence, and Garen Wintemute, UC Davis violence‑prevention director and emergency physician, unpack rising tolerance for political violence. They define shifting trends, introduce the idea of "blood populism," and discuss why social conditions, rhetoric, guns, and public‑health approaches matter. Short, urgent conversation about risks and prevention.
