Produced by WBUR, Boston\u2019s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun industry in the Northeast, and how that industry has been partners with the government ever since.
\n\nHost Alain Stephens examines how this 250-year relationship underpins all Americans\u2019 interactions with guns \u2014 including our failures in dealing with the fallout of gun violence.
\n\nThe Gun Machine episodes drop every Wednesday, starting Oct. 4, 2023. Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
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