In the opening monologue
to his late-night show on Monday, an emotional Jimmy Kimmel described the gun
massacre on the Las Vegas Strip that killed at least 58 people and injured more
than 500 others as an inexplicable attack by “a very sick person” with an
“insane voice in his head.” It was a powerful moment and Kimmel channeled
something that many Americans were feeling, but according to Mark Follman of Mother Jones, these widely shared comments also reinforced a
misconception that invariably marks the national discourse in the aftermath of
indiscriminate mass shootings: that the perpetrator was severely mentally ill,
and somehow just “snapped” and went on a killing spree. Mark joins me on the
show today to talk all about what the shooter’s planning says about his mental state and what he has common with the vast majority of other mass shooters.
Kevin Sessums is the former Executive Editor of Andy
Warhol’s Interview magazine and a
Contributing Editor of Vanity Fair
writing cover stories and editing the Fanfair section. His work has been featured many magazines
including Playboy, Marie Claire, Elle, Out, Travel+Leisure, Allure and Parade and not
to mention that he is also the author of two New York Times bestselling memoirs, Mississippi Sissy and I Left It on the Mountain; and now he is launching a new online magazine
called KevinSessums.com covering everything from culture to current affairs and
everything in between and he joins me today on the show to talk all about this
latest project.
This sure has been
another crazy week in politics what with Sec. of State Rex Tillerson allegedly
calling President Trump a ‘moron’ to the House narrowly passing a $4.1 trillion
budget. Joining me today to help us wrap up the week in politics is Eleanor Clift the Washington
correspondent for The Daily Beast,
where she covers the White House and writes about politics and culture.
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