Stephen Gutowski
Co-Host of The Weekly Reload Podcast
Reload Founder Stephen Gutowski has been writing about guns and politics since he founded his first publication back in 2009. Before starting The Reload in 2021, he spent almost 7 years as a staff writer at The Washington Free Beacon. His work has also been published by The Atlantic, The Dispatch, National Review, Ammoland, and The Washington Examiner Magazine. His reporting has been featured in publications that span the ideological spectrum including Fox News, The New York Times, Bearing Arms, The Washington Post, NPR, The Drudge Report, ABC News, and many more.
He has won SAF Journalist of the Year on two seperate occasions, most recently in 2021. And he was awarded two Telly Awards for his work on the show Range Time with Stephen Gutowski.
Stephen Gutowski has hosted 206 Episodes.
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Matt Stoller Argues Industry Consolidation Contributes to the Ammo Price Surge
January 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 8 mins
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Matt Stoller discuss how market consolidation is making the ammo shortage worse.
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Canadian Gun-Rights Lawyer Ian Runkle on AR-15 Confiscation Effort
January 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 34 secs
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, ian runkle, second amendment, smith & wesson, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Ian Runkle discuss the Canadian government's effort to confiscate "assault weapons."
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Forgotten Weapons' Ian McCollum on the Appeal of Collecting Firearms
January 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
2nd amendment, forgotten weapons, gun collecting, gun news, gun politics, guns, ian mccollum, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Ian McCollum talk about gun history and the appeal of firearms collecting.
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Guns Out TV's Shermichael Singleton on the Changing Face of Gun Culture
December 27th, 2021 | 40 mins 56 secs
2nd amendment, black gun owners, gun news, gun politics, guns, guns out tv, second amendment, shermichael singleton, stephen gutowski, warrior poet society
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Shermichael Singleton talk about Guns Out TV and the increase in black gun owners.
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Debating Gun Salesman Turned Gun-Control Activist Ryan Busse
December 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, gun sales, guns, ryan busse, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Ryan Busse discuss his new tell-all book that details his journey from gun-company executive to gun-control activist.
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Professor Evan Bernick on Charges Against the Michigan School Shooter's Parents
December 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
2nd amendment, evan bernick, gun crime, gun news, gun politics, guns, mass shooting, race, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and Northern Illinois University College of Law professor Evan Bernick talk about the unprecedented charges against the parents of the 15-year-old who allegedly murdered 4 of his classmates in Michigan late last month.
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The Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer On California's Magazine Confiscation Law Being Upheld
December 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
2nd amendment, alec baldwin, amy swearer, gun news, gun politics, guns, joe biden, ninth circuit, second amendment
The Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer joins Stephen Gutowski to discuss her work as a Second Amendment policy wonk at one of the top conservative think tanks in D.C.. They discuss the Ninth Circuit upholding California's magazine ban and the Biden Administration's new suicide prevention plan.
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Debating David French About Rittenhouse and Open Carry
November 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 21 mins
2nd amendment, david french, gun news, gun politics, guns, kyle rittenhouse, open carry, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest David French debate the merits of open carry and the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
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Legal Expert John Monroe Explains Why Kyle Rittenhouse Was Acquitted
November 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 35 secs
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, john monroe, kenosha, kyle rittenhouse, second amendment, stephen gutowski, wisconsin
Gun lawyer John Monroe joins host Stephen Gutowski to discuss Kyle Rittenhouse being found not guilty in his murder trial.
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Meet the Former Green Beret Training Concealed Carriers in Emergency Medicine
November 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, kenny robertson, medical training, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski talks with Kenny Robertson of Wex Training Group about his new emergency medical training program for concealed carriers
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Investigative Reporter Tim Mak Explains How the NRA Ended Up at the Edge of Disaster
November 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, national rifle association, nra, second amendment, stephen gutowski
On this episode, investigative reporter Tim Mak joins Stephen Gutowski to talk about his new book Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA.
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Movie Armorer Steve Wolf on Alec Baldwin's On-Set Shooting
October 31st, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
Guest Steve Wold explains the proper safety protocols on TV and movie sets for handling firearms in a wide-ranging discussion with host Stephen Gutowski about the Alec Baldwin shooting.
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Cam Edwards on Virginia's Election Tightening as Guns Become Flashpoint
October 25th, 2021 | 59 mins
Host Stephen Gutowski and guest Cam Edwards talk about how Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin has closed the gap with Democrat Terry McAuliffe and how backlash to a power company's meddling on guns helped him do it.
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A Deep Dive Into the NRA's 2020 Finances
October 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 14 mins
2nd amendment, gun news, gun politics, guns, mike willever, national rifle association, nra, second amendment, spending, stephen gutowski
Host Stephen Gutowski and contributing writer Jake Fogelman discuss the spending cuts the NRA made to stay in the black while revenues fell and legal costs exploded. Plus, Active Self Protection's Mike Willever explains the most incredible self-defense stories his new podcast has explored so far.
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The Atlantic's Adam Serwer on Guns and Race in America
October 11th, 2021 | 59 mins 37 secs
2nd amendment, apagoa, chris cheng, crypto, google, gun news, gun politics, guns, nfts, second amendment, stephen gutowski, supreme court, top shot
Guest Adam Serwer and host Stephen Gutowski discuss how race and guns have interacted in American politics both historically and in the modern era.
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Top Shot Champion Chris Cheng on Gun-Rights Activism and NFT Firearms
October 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
2nd amendment, asian american, atf, chris cheng, david chipman, gun news, gun politics, guns, second amendment, stephen gutowski
Guest Chris Cheng and host Stephen Gutowski talk about Asian-American gun ownership, his new gun-rights group, and how NFTs will impact the gun industry.