Documentary conversations
Hear how the work actually gets done.
Hear Jonathan and his guests explain what they do, where the work gets stuck, and what it takes to help people. Selected episodes include tools and reading you can use afterward.
Season 3 conversations
Watch the episode. Use the companion resources.
LATEST RELEASE · POLICY + CVI
Community Violence Intervention Policy: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why Policy Matters
Mike McLively
Mike and Jonathan examine how public-safety policy can respond to local problem analysis, community knowledge, targeted intervention, and accountability.
HOPE + BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Hope Is a Public Safety Strategy
Tristan Gross
Tristan explains how a goal, a usable route, and the belief that you can move forward work together. See how community violence intervention programs can help make those routes real.
SURVIVOR PERSPECTIVES
Surviving a Shooting: Forgiveness, Resilience and Justice
Matt Roberts
Matt shares his experience surviving a shooting, living with its long-term effects, and building a working relationship with the man who shot him. His story opens discussion of forgiveness and restorative justice without prescribing how other survivors should respond.
SYSTEMS DESIGN
The Mechanics of Community Violence Intervention
Soren Tsui
Soren walks through understanding local violence, choosing an approach that fits, and supporting the people and organizations responsible for the work.
MEDIA + NARRATIVE
How the Media Determines Who Gets Prosecuted or Protected
Fairriona Magee
How sourcing, coverage choices, and repeated exposure to violent imagery shape whose suffering receives attention and which solutions the public considers possible.
FIELD PRACTICE
The Best Tool in Violence Intervention: A Conversation with Marcus McAllister
Marcus McAllister
Why empathy, sound judgment, and relationships matter when working directly with people affected by violence.
SURVIVOR SUPPORT
After the Shooting, Then What?
Oresa Napper-Williams
What families need after violence, how systems can deepen the harm, and why recovery must be built into a comprehensive public-safety plan.
CITY LEADERSHIP
The $11 Million Shift: How Newark Replaced Police with Social Workers
Deputy Mayor Lakeesha Eure
How Newark moved resources into trauma recovery, credible messengers, coordinated intervention, and a permanent city infrastructure for violence reduction.
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SAFETY
Beyond Policing: The CVI Strategy Lowering Crime in Philadelphia
Jaime “Jalil” Meekins
How lived experience, cross-sector partnership, neighborhood investment, and healing can become part of a citywide public-safety ecosystem.
CVI + RESEARCH
How Community Violence Intervention and Data Save Lives
Dr. Shani Buggs
How community knowledge, rigorous research, federal advocacy, and coordinated government action helped move CVI from local practice toward a recognized field.