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Podcast: Political Violence In The United States : The NPR Politics Podcast Former president Donald Trump appears to have been the target of a second assassination effort Sunday. A man was arrested after the Secret Service spotted him with a gun on the golf course where Trump was playing.

What do experts make of this moment of political violence, what is driving it and what can be done to address it?

This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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A conversation about political violence in the United States

A conversation about political violence in the United States

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A secret service agent is stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in New York. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption

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A secret service agent is stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in New York.

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Former president Donald Trump appears to have been the target of a second assassination effort Sunday. A man was arrested after the Secret Service spotted him with a gun on the golf course where Trump was playing.

What do experts make of this moment of political violence, what is driving it and what can be done to address it?

The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.