Knife at the Gunfight

Trauma Code Premier

@slyfitz — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:06:54 GMT

Dr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Raphaël introduce themselves and the Trauma Code to New York City on WBAI, 99.5 FM.

Trauma Code

@slyfitz — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:20:43 GMT

Trauma Code, co-hosted by Dr. Simon Fitzgerald and Dr. Cassandra Raphaël airs Mondays at 2:00 PM on 99.5 WBAI, New York City.

Ceasefire Series with David Johnson

@slyfitz — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 01:05:29 GMT

Interview with Ceasefire ambassador David Johnson on his work with youth sports, with squeegee workers and in the recording studio. For more info on the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement

Beirut Port Explosion

@slyfitz — Tue, 10 May 2022 18:27:25 GMT

Interview with Dr. Haytham Kaafarani regarding Beirut Port explosion.

Spiritual Warfare with the Baltimore Ceasefire Co-founder Letrice Gant

@slyfitz — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:00:56 GMT

First in the Baltimore Ceasefire Series. Interviews with founders and activists of the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement.

Throwback with Detective Triston Ferguson

@slyfitz — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:44:35 GMT

Dr. Fitzgerald catches up with his Fallstaff Middle School classmate, Detective Triston Ferguson of the Baltimore Police Department.

Baynard Woods: Jan 6 White supremecist insurrection and the Baltimore Police Department

@slyfitz — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:52:16 GMT

We interview Baynard Woods on the white supremecist roots of the January 6th seige of the capitol in Southern White insurrection against reconstruction. Also discuss his new book "I Got a Monster". Music by Miss Kam https://heymisskam.bandcamp.com/ Buy the books I Got a Monster https://redemmas.org/titles/34329-i-got-a-monster--the-rise-and-fall-of-america-s-most-corrupt-police-squad Growing up Barksdale. https://redemmas.org/titles/34121-growing-up-barksdale--a-true-baltimore-story For more on GTTF see our previous interview with Baynard https://soundcloud.com/knifeatthegunfight/baynard-woods-can-the-baltimore-police-department-survive-the-gun-trace-task-force-trial and Brandon Soderberg's latest piece on police corruption in Baltimore https://theappeal.org/years-after-freddie-grays-death-baltimore-police-misconduct-persists/ #RIPTater

Franca! Breaking single party rule in Baltimore

@slyfitz — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:36:16 GMT

We interview Green Party candidate for Baltimore City council 12th district, Franca Muller Paz. All elected city council members in Baltimore have been Democrat since the 1930s. For the first time in decades, that may be about to change. Music by Franca supporters "Goals" by Eze Jackson and "If I were President" by Las Cafeteras.

Drone Warfare in the Persian Gulf with Anthony Fenton

@slyfitz — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:02:18 GMT

We discuss Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and drone warfare in the region with Canadian PhD candidate Anthony Fenton. As featured on Shay Wa Nana radio on WPFW in Washington D.C. October 2, 2019.

The Black Butterfly and Baltimore Apartheid

@slyfitz — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:56:29 GMT

Dr. Lawrence Brown from Morgan State discusses the Black Butterfly and Apartheid in Baltimore. Music: Fists of Fury by Kamasi Washington W'ani Aba by M.anifest

D. Watkins: Pass the Mic

@slyfitz — Wed, 01 May 2019 01:57:13 GMT

We talk with D. Watkins about his new book We Speak for Ourselves. We touch on the Healthy Holly scandal, four years since the death of Freddy Gray, and Johns Hopkins presence in East Baltimore.

Anthony Fenton on IDEX and the UAE - Letrice Gant on Baltimore Ceasefire

@slyfitz — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:00:00 GMT

Knife at the Gunfight is back on WPFW with Shay Wa Nana radio. We talk to Anthony Fenton about the International Defense Exposition military conference in Abu Dhabi, and then with Letrice Gant about the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement. Music by Emel Mathlouthi

Anthony Fenton: Canada, Saudi Arabia and Yemen

@slyfitz — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:00:08 GMT

Dr. Fitz interviews Anthony Fenton on Canada's fallout with Saudi Arabia as well as the problematic North American support for the ongoing war in Yemen. Special Guest TT the Artist discusses Baltimore Club music and Baltimore Ceasefire.

TT the Artist: Club Queens and the Baltimore Ceasefire

@slyfitz — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:15:53 GMT

Baltimore Club Queen TT the Artist joins us in studio and discusses the Baltimore Ceasefire hip hop collaboration with Von Vargas, as well as her community work in Baltimore and upcoming movie Dark City: Beneath the Beat.

Kobi Snitz: Jews Against Ghettos

@slyfitz — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:32:08 GMT

Israeli mathematician Kobi Snitz talks about his direct action work with Palestinians as a part of the group "Anarchists Against the Wall" also known as "Jews Against Ghettos."

Dr. Alice Rothchild: Jewish solidarity with Palestine

@slyfitz — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:28:14 GMT

Dr. Fitz sits in the studio for Zein El-Amine of Shay Wa Nana radio and talks to Dr. Alice Rothchild about Gaza mental health and health care infastructure. Guest Gaurav Madan visits to talk about updates on ICE and immigrant communities in Maryland. Music: Slingshot Hip Hop soundtrack

Dr. Thomas McIntyre: Global Surgical Solidarity

@slyfitz — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:21:04 GMT

Dr. Fitz and Dr. McIntyre discuss the role of global surgery as well as career advice for young professionals and students interested in a career in global surgery. Introduction on Baltimore Lacrosse, and conclusion on Baltimore's ghosts of violent past. Music: 9th v. Though by Black Thought Last Ride by Beach House

Brandon Soderberg: Baltimore Media Consolidation

@slyfitz — Tue, 01 May 2018 09:34:15 GMT

Dr. Fitz and Brandon Soderberg discuss media consolidation in Baltimore from Baltimore Beat and the City Paper to Tronc and the Sinclair Media Group. Music: Be More by TT the Artist and Mighty Mark Kid Radium by Ed Schrader's Music Beat Invocation: Dear Baltimore by Erricka Bridgeford and Judah Adashi Book Recommendations: Why We Matter by Eaton Thomas Things that Make White People Uncomfortably by Michael Bennett Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones

Samierra Jones: Education, Violence and Activism in Baltimore

@slyfitz — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:43:38 GMT

Coppin University senior and Operation Heat founder Sameirra Jones talks education, violence and organizing in Baltimore. Music: Abrock "Ain't Yours" Book Recommendation: Art Activism by Aaron Maybin

Baynard Woods: Can the Baltimore Police Department Survive the Gun Trace Task Force trial?

@slyfitz — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:17:20 GMT

Baynard Woods: Can the Baltimore Police Department Survive the Gun Trace Task Force trial? Music: Indie by Greenspan feat. Christen B Keep Swimming by Greenspan feat. Eze Jackson Tired by Young Moose Book Recommendation: Dark Alliance by Gary Webb

Dr. Brian Williams: Beyond How We Wield the Knife

@slyfitz — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:56:55 GMT

"The power of the surgeon beyond how we weild the knife" with Dallas trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams. Book Recommendations: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King Music: Haiti Cherie by multiple artists Lady Haiti by Wyclef Jean Wake Up! by Rage Against the Machine See it Through by Ryan Harvey, Kareem Samara and Shireen Lilith

Anthony Barnes: Ender in the Drug Game

@slyfitz — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:12:29 GMT

Hospital-based violence responder Anthony Barnes discusses his work against violence in Northwest Baltimore and his life journey through drugs, gangs and prison to get here. He explains the classic science fiction work Ender's Game as a metaphor for for gang life. Music: Baltimore Cease Fire ft. Von Vargas, Greenspan, Josh Lay, Blaqstarr, TT The Artist, The Boy Blesst, Femi the Drifish, Smallz, Preme, Martina Lynch, and Ill Conscious Book Recommendations: Perspective Baltimore by Kyle Pompey Art Activism by Aaron Maybin Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Community of Self by Dr. Na'Im Akbar

Terrance Williams: #NFLBoycott and USA Women's Update

@slyfitz — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:09:53 GMT

Doc Fitz and Terrance Williams discuss the struggle for pay parity in women's sports, the NFL boycott, Colin Kaepernick, and White Supremacy after Charlottesville. RIP 30 Glizzy. Book Recommendations: Raw Wounds by Kondwani Fidel Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Music by 30 Glizzy and Ain't Nobody Worrying by Anthony Hamilton.

Erricka Bridgeford: Cease Fire and the Ghosts of Baltimore

@slyfitz — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:20:22 GMT

Doc Fitz discusses a weekend intervention against violence in Baltimore with Erricka Bridgeford of Baltimore Ceasefire and Baltimore Peace Challenge.

Dr. Demond Mullins: Ballet or the Bullet, Trauma and the Citizen Soldier

@slyfitz — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:36:05 GMT

A surgeon discusses trauma with a military sociologist who happens to be a ballet dancer, a veteran of the Iraq war, and a former advisor to Barack Obama.

Dr. Simon Fitzgerald: Violence and the Surgeon

@slyfitz — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:45:17 GMT

Oh, Baltimore! Surgical grand rounds on the public health of race, poverty and violence in Baltimore

Zein El-Amine and Gaurav Madan: Whose hearts beat in that direction

@slyfitz — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:03:41 GMT

A Baltimore surgeon against violence discusses #NoDAPL and the struggle of indigenous people for land rights. This is an edited version of the first episode, easier to listen to and a little shorter. Book Club Reading: The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

Knife at the Gunfight

@slyfitz — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:44:52 GMT

#NoDAPL A surgeon against violence discusses with activists working on the Dakota Access Pipleine and indigenous land rights issues.