Media Appearances
Dr. Metzl's commentary spans outlets and shows, including MSNBC, FOX, Christian ministry television, Morning Joe, C-SPAN, CNN, AM Joy, PBS's Amanpour & Co, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. He is a weekly guest on the Danille Moody podcast and a regular co-host of Indesputable on the TYT Network. His opinion essays appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Boston Reviews, and other publications.
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In the Media
Kirkus Reviews
"A powerful, convincing effort to reframe the discussion around gun control and its discontents."
The American Prospect
The clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia has been applied disproportionately to Black men, an artifact of a changing culture.
By Ramenda Cyrus
Nashville Scene
Unable to rely on lawmakers to regulate guns, some Tennesseans have decided to risk gun ownership
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Woke AF Daily
Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the unfortunate, unconscionable, and unending slew of mass shootings in America - as documented in his upcoming book What We've Become.
Midland Daily News
Insider
Room Rater
NBC LX News
According to recent data from @GunDeaths, over 200 lives have been lost and more than 550 injured in mass shootings this year.
So what steps can be taken to end gun violence in America? @ngoziekeledo talks to @JonathanMetzl to find out.
Andscape
The Takeaway
We spoke with the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, Jonathan Metzl, about the shooting, Tennessee’s gun laws, and if there may be any movement for legislation preventing access to firearms.
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
“Upwards of 70 percent of gunowners now say they own guns to protect themselves from other people. Guns have gone from being a tool of sportsmen to something that really people feel like they have to be on guard about,” @JonathanMetzl on US gun culture.
RUSI
Hosts Jessica White and Raffaello Pantucci are joined by Jonathan Metzl and Michael Jones to discuss how the public health model – an epidemiological approach attempting to prevent or reduce a particular illness or social problem in a population by identifying risk indicators – has been applied in preventing and countering violent extremism.
Booked Up with Jen Taub
Listen now to this rich conversation about MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” with #BookedUp book club guests Bridgette Baldwin, @gtconway3d, @icylett and @JonathanMetzl
Woke AF Daily
The cycle of violence not only continues, but continues to get worse.
The Takeaway
-@JonathanMetzl on #ClubQ mass shooting #ColoradoSprings
AAMC NEWS
Many White people in America’s heartland have been convinced that health care reform takes their resources to benefit people of color, says sociologist Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD.
The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
"What you see is a lot more of everyday interactions turning into shootings, and really great risings in gun-related injuries and deaths." @JonathanMetzl on why Republican NY gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin's gun policies could make for a less safe New York #SundayShow
CNN
It has become increasingly common to attribute mental illness as a key reason young men turn into active shooters. Relying on decades of experience, psychologist Dr. John Duffy and Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl question that idea while hashing out why a generation of young men, who were "handed the keys to the kingdom," have turned lethargic and hopeless.
The Washington Post
Commercial Appeal
Indisputable TYT
Indisputable TYT
Boston Review
The New York Times
By Jonathan M. Metzl
Cases like one on the Supreme Court docket this term often lead to more injuries and deaths.
