Every 48 hours, another American school faces a shooting threat. Lori Alhadeff buried her 14-year-old daughter Alyssa after Parkland—then refused to let it happen again. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley go deep with Lori on silent panic buttons, rapid-response training, and why funding actually matters. No politics, no excuses—just what works when seconds count and kids’ lives are on the line.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) School shootings – the stat nobody wants to hear
• (03:09) Lori’s story – losing Alyssa at Parkland
• (05:37) Founding Make Our Schools Safe
• (07:17) Alyssa’s Law – silent panic alarms that save lives
• (09:57) Real challenges schools still face
• (14:01) How Alyssa’s Law actually gets passed and installed
• (18:19) Community involvement and spotting mental health red flags
• (31:58) Tech that cuts response time
• (36:21) Final push – what parents and students can demand right now
• (38:40) What we walked away knowing

Connect:

• Make Our Schools Safe – https://makeourschoolssafe.org
• Lori Alhadeff on X – https://twitter.com/LoriAlhadeff

Kids cracking jokes mid-lockdown because active-shooter drills feel fake and the fear never lands right. Three veteran educators—Eric Stenlake, Jennifer Winters, Danielle Lysaght—pull zero punches on what’s actually happening inside schools. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into mental health breakdowns, junk school food, teacher shortages, insane budgets, and why the system keeps failing the people in the room every day.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) School shootings open with Eric, Danielle, Jennifer
• (00:56) Why this convo hits different
• (04:39) Active-shooter drills—kids laugh because nobody taught fear management
• (09:22) Mental health collapse in classrooms
• (14:59) Missing health education and life skills
• (17:42) What teachers actually deal with daily
• (35:15) Security theater vs. what might work
• (56:38) Where the education budget really goes
• (01:00:49) Teacher pay, retention, and burnout truth
• (01:08:05) Martial arts, ROTC, and physical discipline ideas
• (01:28:35) School nutrition disaster and brain impact
• (01:39:21) Final thoughts—why teaching still matters

Connect:

• Eric Stenlake / Energetic Life Now – https://www.youtube.com/@energeticlifenow

📢 Solving America’s Problems Podcast – Real Solutions For Real Issues

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America averages one school shooting every two days – over 1,200 in five years. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley go hard with security pros Alonzo Alexander (ex-Air Force, State Dept) and Robert Davies (British cyber legend running Total Security Global). No politics, no slogans – just raw talk on threat assessments, AI + robotics, behavioral red flags, mental health breakdowns, privacy trade-offs, and why most “solutions” are theater. This one hits different.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) A School Shooting Every 48 Hours – What Actually Stops It
• (00:57) Cold open – the real numbers
• (01:10) Robert Davies and Alonzo Alexander intros
• (01:58) 1,200+ shootings – scope of the nightmare
• (06:39) Hardening schools from the inside
• (08:39) AI, robotics, digital twins – what actually works
• (11:15) Catching the kid before the gun
• (18:15) Who’s supposed to pay for this?
• (21:41) Culture rot and societal cracks
• (52:23) Tech vs privacy – where the line breaks
• (01:01:07) Wildest new safety tools nobody’s talking about
• (01:04:48) What other countries do that we won’t
• (01:22:22) Budget fights and real priorities
• (01:42:10) Final gut-check takeaways

Connect:

• Robert Davis: stealth-iss.com

📢 Solving America’s Problems Podcast – Real Solutions For Real Issues

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