Shows
Knife at the GunfightTrauma Code PremierDr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Raphaël introduce themselves and the Trauma Code to New York City on WBAI, 99.5 FM.2022-10-2554 min
Knife at the GunfightTrauma CodeTrauma Code, co-hosted by Dr. Simon Fitzgerald and Dr. Cassandra Raphaël airs Mondays at 2:00 PM on 99.5 WBAI, New York City. 2022-10-2000 min
Knife at the GunfightCeasefire Series with David JohnsonInterview 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 2022-06-0636 min
Knife at the GunfightBeirut Port ExplosionInterview with Dr. Haytham Kaafarani regarding Beirut Port explosion.2022-05-1040 minKnife at the GunfightSpiritual Warfare with the Baltimore Ceasefire Co-founder Letrice GantFirst in the Baltimore Ceasefire Series. Interviews with founders and activists of the Baltimore Ceasefire Movement.2022-01-0644 min
Knife at the GunfightThrowback with Detective Triston FergusonDr. Fitzgerald catches up with his Fallstaff Middle School classmate, Detective Triston Ferguson of the Baltimore Police Department.2021-04-2344 min
Knife at the GunfightBaynard Woods: Jan 6 White supremecist insurrection and the Baltimore Police DepartmentWe 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/
#RIPTater2021-01-191h 06
Knife at the GunfightFranca! Breaking single party rule in BaltimoreWe 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.2020-10-2337 min
Knife at the GunfightDrone Warfare in the Persian Gulf with Anthony FentonWe 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, 2019.2019-10-0226 min
Knife at the GunfightThe Black Butterfly and Baltimore ApartheidDr. 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.anifest2019-06-2639 min
Knife at the GunfightD. Watkins: Pass the MicWe 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.2019-05-0132 min
Race, Violence & MedicineSurgery, Violence, and Culture w/ Dr. Simon Fitzgerald - host of "Knife at the Gunfight"Dr. Simon Fitzgerald is a trauma surgeon in New York City, and hosts of one of my favorite podcasts - "Knife at the Gunfight." Join us as Dr Fitzgerald shares his thoughts about the intersection of the surgery, violence, and culture. You can follow Dr. Fitzgerald on Twitter @SlyFitz. And don't forget to check out the latest at brianwilliamsmd.com.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brianwilliamsmd/message2019-04-1433 min
Knife at the GunfightAnthony Fenton on IDEX and the UAE - Letrice Gant on Baltimore CeasefireKnife 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 Mathlouthi2019-04-0856 min
Knife at the GunfightAnthony Fenton: Canada, Saudi Arabia and YemenDr. 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.2018-08-1846 min
Knife at the GunfightTT the Artist: Club Queens and the Baltimore CeasefireBaltimore 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.2018-08-1721 min
Knife at the GunfightDC Rising and Baltimore's Red LinesI was on WPFW covering for for the Shay Wa Nana show with the homie Gaurav Madan. Show's topic ICE raids in DC and the community response. My essay on Taylor Hayes and the Red Lines of Baltimore at minute 42.2018-07-3059 min
Knife at the GunfightKobi Snitz: Jews Against GhettosIsraeli 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."2018-07-1842 min
Knife at the GunfightDr. Alice Rothchild: Jewish solidarity with PalestineDr. 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 soundtrack2018-07-1151 min
Knife at the GunfightDr. Thomas McIntyre: Global Surgical SolidarityDr. 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 House2018-06-101h 06
Knife at the GunfightBrandon Soderberg: Baltimore Media ConsolidationDr. 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 Quinones2018-05-011h 10
Knife at the GunfightSamierra Jones: Education, Violence and Activism in BaltimoreCoppin 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 Maybin2018-03-1537 min
Knife at the GunfightBaynard Woods: Can the Baltimore Police Department Survive the Gun Trace Task Force trial?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 Webb2018-02-1242 min
Knife at the GunfightDr. Brian Williams: Beyond How We Wield the Knife"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 Lilith2018-02-0153 min
Knife at the GunfightAnthony Barnes: Ender in the Drug GameHospital-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 Akbar2017-12-2746 min
Knife at the GunfightTerrance Williams: #NFLBoycott and USA Women's UpdateDoc 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.2017-09-151h 01
Knife at the GunfightErricka Bridgeford: Cease Fire and the Ghosts of BaltimoreDoc Fitz discusses a weekend intervention against violence in Baltimore with Erricka Bridgeford of Baltimore Ceasefire and Baltimore Peace Challenge.2017-08-0330 min
Knife at the GunfightDr. Demond Mullins: Ballet or the Bullet, Trauma and the Citizen SoldierA 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.2017-07-281h 06
Knife at the GunfightSubtle Knife : Episode 4 TrailerThe world changing, subtle Knife at the Gunfight.2017-03-1405 min
Knife at the GunfightDr. Simon Fitzgerald: Violence and the SurgeonOh, Baltimore! Surgical grand rounds on the public health of race, poverty and violence in Baltimore2017-02-1345 min
Knife at the GunfightTerrance Williams: Political Economy of Sport 2017Doc Fitz and Terrance Williams discuss the political economy of the sports world in 2017.
Book Club Reading: League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth2017-01-1952 min
Knife at the GunfightZein El-Amine and Gaurav Madan: Whose hearts beat in that directionA 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 Ulysses2017-01-1449 min
Knife at the GunfightKnife at the Gunfight#NoDAPL A surgeon against violence discusses with activists working on the Dakota Access Pipleine and indigenous land rights issues.2016-12-1659 min