My comms strategist always reminds me that views =/= engagement, but I always remind myself that views are a precondition for engagement, so excited to see this from my talk at TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social

My April Light Over Heat Digest centers on curiosity as an idea worth spreading. Do your part! lightoverheat.substack.com/p/illuminati...

Gift link to essay on the passing of Jurgen Habermas in The Atlantic. Significant insights into the challenge of liberal democracy, the public sphere, and mass media today. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A story about GLOCK in @vanityfair.com wasn't on my bingo card for 20-ever.

My TEDx talk was really taking off when someone switched the setting to "for kids" & killed its mojo. It's fixed now so I would appreciate if you could share the video (again) and/or comment on it to kickstart it. I'd love to cross over 100k views and 2k comments. Thanks! youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?...

Good resource here, but come on @pewresearch.org, why are you highlighting the NUMBER of gun deaths rather than the rate up front? www.pewresearch.org?p=8030

Most people who are shot don't die. What happens to them after that? Tomorrow (4/29) we begin our discussion of THE WALKING WOUNDED by sociologist Jooyoung Lee. Please join us. davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

7 years ago today, I gave my most-viewed talk ever (12K views). My recent TEDx talk has more than doubled that video's viewership. I'm grateful for everyone who has taken time to watch and share "Escaping the Gun Debate Trap." I hope it makes some difference. youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?...

youtube.com/watch?v=BzB8... The thumbnail misses @davidyamane.bsky.social point, but watching “Escaping the gun debate trap” is worth the time.

Don't let the thumbnail fool you. My TEDxWakeForestU talk focused on how we can ESCAPE THE GUN DEBATE TRAP and move forward as a society. It's a big ask given the polarized world we live in. youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?...

Did the drawing for the free copy of our next Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club read. Posting the video as proof. youtube.com/shorts/JeSBx...

Conversation with Gun Freedom Radio + Getting a GUN CURIOUS Royalty Statement = Self-Reflection. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/preaching-...

A few more hours to get into the drawing for a free copy of this book! Register for the virtual book club to be entered. Attendance not necessary to win. wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Liars! All y'all who said you were going to buy GUN CURIOUS when the audiobook came out . . . 😂😭

Enter to win a free copy of Jooyoung Lee's brand new book, The Walking Wounded: Festering and Ricocheting Trauma after Gun Violence. Entry deadline: Friday, 4/24 at noon Eastern time. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/enter-to-w...

Enter for a chance to win a copy of Jooyoung Lee's just-published book, The Walking Wounded: Festering and Ricocheting Trauma after Gun Violence (@UChicagoPress). Deadline 4/24 at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. youtu.be/6YEJ807tAv8?...

What a Danish newspaper got right about Brandon Herrera, guntubers, and American gun culture With @stephengutowski.bsky.social of The Reload lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-a-dan...

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“What has changed with Trump’s second term and the Alex Pretti incident is the idea that guns aren’t just for personal self-defense, but may also be to resist government tyranny,” says David Yamane, author of “Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture.”

More long-form video content for the remaining few with attention spans. Interesting book club conversation with Margaret Kelley about her book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT. youtu.be/9GSsdN1S1vs?...

My complete answers to the 9 questions posed to me by the BBC World Service were posted to YouTube and Substack today (pick your poison). lightoverheat.substack.com/p/the-other-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyWI...

Sometimes the work of bringing light over heat happens in classrooms, sometimes on camera, and sometimes in the slow, unglamorous labor of writing a book that isn’t done yet. March had all of the above. Here’s a look at what I was up to. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/illuminati...

Richmond Magazine contacted me about young men openly carrying firearms in Shockoe Bottom. I had not heard of this case, nor of a broader pattern of young people open carrying firearms to perform status in crowded urban entertainment districts. Have you? richmondmagazine.com/news/news/we...

This week, I posted a video in which I said, "I don't learn most of what I know about gun culture from YouTube." I was also a guest on John Correia's Active Self Protection Extra YouTube channel. In this Substack post, I think about that odd juxtaposition. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/john-corre...

"From my cold, dead hands" vs. "You love guns more than kids" is a trap. Thank you for attending my TEDx talk.

The answer is: no. He said literally nothing new.

On YouTube and Substack today: Did the @nytimes.com accidentally discover Gun Culture 3.0? lightoverheat.substack.com/p/did-the-ne... youtu.be/ogyGd1WX6IQ?...

Apparently, almost all 717 million are defective.

Today on Substack: Guns in America in 3 Minutes and 30 Seconds. Can the BBC tell the story in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee? With Adam Kraut of the Second Amendment Foundation and @krisbrown.bradyunited.org of @bradyunited.org. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/guns-in-am...

Excited to talk to Margaret Kelley about her new book on women who shoot, A GUN OF HER OWN. Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 pm EDT on Zoom. Please join us! davidyamane.com/welcome-to-v...

Sick and damn tired of the gun control establishment promoting this nonsense and inserting themselves where they don't belong to boot. It's such a cliche I used it on a sign for my TEDx talk.

I had the opportunity to do some firearm cultural competency education for students at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (Go Badgers!). Here's a recording of the five essential observations I wanted them to see about guns in America. youtu.be/qLTW4V4xlfk?...

No foolin'! Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 1st for a Q&A session with Margaret Kelley, author of the new book, A GUN OF HER OWN: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF WOMEN WHO SHOOT. Zoom webinar registration: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Playing with Fire(arms) for TedxWakeForestU. A difficult and satisfying experience.

TEDx @wakeforest.bsky.social coming in 🔥. I'm the only professor in the line-up so prepping hard to rep academics. Live on 3/22, hopefully a recording will be available thereafter.

I don't hold the trademark on "Gun Culture 2.0," but I don't think the authors of this otherwise interesting @nytimes.com article use the term correctly. Maybe after TEDx I will have time to explain why. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

I enjoyed joining "Firearms Friday" on The Michael Dukes Show to talk about Bridging the Divide on gun rights vs. public safety. www.youtube.com/live/cMaNZOo...

Posts like this highlight that @everytown.org is actually part of the problem. Gun owners are rightfully offended by this and distrustful of an organization that would promote it.

This guy is really teeing up my TEDx talk next week. If you're in the Piedmont Triad near @wakeforest.bsky.social, come check it out!

"...Learning to just say "okay" and then actually leave the conversation has really improved my overall mental well being. Just leave and don't go back to see what, if anything, they replied. You do not owe them your attention..." booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2026/03/poin...

People most often quote Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena" speech because of a few sentences celebrating individualism and determination. But there are actually lots of progressive gems in there like this section connecting liberty with how one's country treats minorities and shuns all persecution.

Going to talk about "Bridging the Divide" on gun rights vs. public safety for Firearms Friday tdoay on The Michael Dukes Show. 10:00 am Eastern/7:00 am Pacific on Friday the 13th! www.michaeldukesshow.com

I had a chance to talk about "Bridging the Divide" on gun rights vs. public safety with Cam Edwards on his Cam & Co show. He's skeptical and I understand that. Hopefully I responded well to some of his concerns, at least. youtu.be/kwxI-NkezXk?...

Spring Break Tuesday. TEDx prep, chat w/Cam Edwards about "Bridging the Divide" on guns, interview w/Richmond Magazine about urban youth performative open carry, expert witness work for gun patent case, mtg w/John from Essential Partners on bringing character into the gun debate.

International media continue to be fascinated by liberals owning guns in the US. Last week I spoke with Agence France-Presse and 3 reporters for Japanese newspapers. I hope I am representing the reality well. Additional resources follow.

Stand Your Ground laws are not a get out of jail free or don't go to jail card. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Another month of work in the books trying to bring Light Over Heat to the world of guns. How did I do? lightoverheat.substack.com/p/illuminati...

BJ Campbell's after action review of the Bridging the Divide initiative and gun rights/public safety policy package we both worked on. open.substack.com/pub/hwfo/p/a...

Not really looking forward to the "I didn't read it but here's what I think" my either/or mind is already made up folks, but ce la vie. My report from inside the "Bridging the Divide" initiative. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Excited to bring light over heat to The Gun Debate at TEDxWakeForestU on March 22nd. Save the date and get your free tickets now! @wakeforest.bsky.social