The Newsfeed: Inside Cascade PBS’s new limited series on gun violence

In First Response, hosts Sara Bernard and Maleeha Syed interview the trauma surgeons, nurses and intervention specialists battling this crisis.

Paris Jackson

Shannen Ortale

Paris Jackson Shannen Ortale Jun 21, 2025

Oct 25, 2024

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            <p>A Cascade PBS podcast went inside Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, to chronicle the vast, multilayered impact of gun violence.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/northwest-reports/1/77/first-response-medical-professionals-treating-gunshot-wounds">latest three-part series from Northwest Reports</a>, <em>First Response</em>, let listeners hear directly from medical professionals on the front lines – trauma surgeons, nurses and paramedics. These medical professionals say that lately they have been treating more people injured by guns.</p><p>Hosts Sara Bernard and Maleeha Syed said they decided on this focus for the series because these compelling accounts are often perspectives we don’t hear. Clinicians shared their experiences, the trends they’re seeing and what Seattle’s medical institution is doing locally to curb the epidemic in the community.</p><p>Among the many themes the podcast explores is the mental health toll first responders experience in their work.</p>
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A Cascade PBS podcast went inside Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, to chronicle the vast, multilayered impact of gun violence.

The latest three-part series from Northwest Reports, First Response, let listeners hear directly from medical professionals on the front lines – trauma surgeons, nurses and paramedics. These medical professionals say that lately they have been treating more people injured by guns.

Hosts Sara Bernard and Maleeha Syed said they decided on this focus for the series because these compelling accounts are often perspectives we don’t hear. Clinicians shared their experiences, the trends they’re seeing and what Seattle’s medical institution is doing locally to curb the epidemic in the community.

Among the many themes the podcast explores is the mental health toll first responders experience in their work.

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By Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson is the host of The Newsfeed. Before joining Cascade PBS she was an anchor/reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle. She’s won Emmy and Associated Press awards for her work.

By Shannen Ortale

Shannen Ortale is a producer at Cascade PBS. She formerly worked as a freelancer & film festival programmer. She also served as a producer & educator for community media & public television in Boston.