Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Three-time Pulitzer winner Mike McIntire joins me to talk about his new book "Ricochet" (out today), and this one hit me hard. We've got more guns than people in this country, and I wanted to know how we got here and why we can't fix it. Mike broke down the NRA's radicalization, the Second Amendment fight all the way to the Supreme Court, and why Bobby Kennedy's assassination still echoes through this debate today. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one.
Mike McIntire is an investigative reporter, author, and editor. As a member of the investigations unit at The New York Times, he shared Pulitzer Prizes in 2022 for reporting on the hidden financial incentives behind police traffic stops, and in 2017 for reporting on covert Russian interference in the US presidential election.
This brilliant book is out today, July 21st, and is widely important: "Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence". Get your copy here: amzn.to/4wSEsbx
Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.
Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: scaramucci.net/allthewrongmoves
Timestamps
0:00 Mike McIntire Introduction
1:39 40-year career in investigative journalism & the story that started it all
3:52 Video games, desensitization, and the link to mass shooters
5:37 The history and culture of guns in America
8:37 Why can't we get anything done despite 70–80% public support for reform?
12:14 Citizens United and the flow of money into gun policy
15:23 NRA's confidential 1980s documents on getting kids into guns
19:05 What would it take for public opinion to actually shift?
21:23 Why the U.S. is different from every other developed nation?
23:25 Are we doomed to repeat this every five years?
26:05 Five Words
Three-time Pulitzer winner Mike McIntire joins me to talk about his new book "Ricochet" (out today), and this one hit me hard. We've got more guns than people in this country, and I wanted to know how we got here and why we can't fix it. Mike broke down the NRA's radicalization, the Second Amendment fight all the way to the Supreme Court, and why Bobby Kennedy's assassination still echoes through this debate today. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one.
Mike McIntire is an investigative reporter, author, and editor. As a member of the investigations unit at The New York Times, he shared Pulitzer Prizes in 2022 for reporting on the hidden financial incentives behind police traffic stops, and in 2017 for reporting on covert Russian interference in the US presidential election.
This brilliant book is out today, July 21st, and is widely important: "Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence". Get your copy here: amzn.to/4wSEsbx
Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.
Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: scaramucci.net/allthewrongmoves
Timestamps
0:00 Mike McIntire Introduction
1:39 40-year career in investigative journalism & the story that started it all
3:52 Video games, desensitization, and the link to mass shooters
5:37 The history and culture of guns in America
8:37 Why can't we get anything done despite 70–80% public support for reform?
12:14 Citizens United and the flow of money into gun policy
15:23 NRA's confidential 1980s documents on getting kids into guns
19:05 What would it take for public opinion to actually shift?
21:23 Why the U.S. is different from every other developed nation?
23:25 Are we doomed to repeat this every five years?
26:05 Five Words
