Knock knock who's there?
It's miles Brian senior producer and reporter for this program and Sean I'm here with a good news story Good news do today explained listeners like good news.
Let's find out together.
What is it miles?
Well,
the story is summed up in one statistic that I just find Astonishing the United States homicide rate is falling faster now than it ever has in the history of our data on this which goes back to the early 1960s And this year,
Sean, 2025, is on track to have what could be the lowest homicide rate ever recorded.
Hmm.
Amazing.
Because I'm old enough to remember the great COVID-19 pandemic and the spike in crime that came thereafter.
Me too.
We covered it on the show.
But quietly,
the whole country has been going through a sort of miraculous recovery in the last couple of years.
And I think the story of Baltimore helps explain how that happened.
Take us to Charm City, Miles.
See you there.
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