Johnathon Ehsani (Reducing Deaths on our Roads, the Iranian Conflict and Autonomous Vehicles) - Episode 1240

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.9 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Johnathon Ehsani is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he works at the intersection of transportation and public health. His research focuses on teen and novice drivers, distracted driving, older adult mobility, and how people understand and use new technologies like autonomous vehicles.

He regularly advises the U.S. Department of Transportation and state agencies on driver education and licensing policy, chairs a National Academies Transportation Research Board committee, and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles while speaking widely on how safer transportation systems can improve lives.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my
0:04.0	absolute honor to welcome on the show, road safety expert and associate professor at the Johns
0:10.2	Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jonathan Asani. Now, in this conversation, we discuss
0:17.6	a host of topics. From his parents' immigration story from Tehran, his unique
0:23.1	perspective of the conflict at the moment, the Baha'i faith, his journey into public health
0:29.3	in Australia, the correlation between low training and testing standards in America and the
0:35.9	high death toll we have on the roads, some innovative
0:39.7	solutions from around the world, autonomous vehicles, positive psychology, and so much more.
0:48.1	Now before we get to this incredible conversation, as I say every week, please just take a moment.
0:56.1	Go to whichever app you listen to this on,
1:04.3	subscribe to the show, leave feedback and leave a rating. Every single five-star rating truly does elevate this podcast, therefore making it easier for others to find. And this is a free library of well over 1,200 episodes now. So all I
1:16.0	ask in return is that you help share these incredible men and women's stories so I can get
1:22.2	them to every single person on planet Earth who needs to hear them. So with that being said, I introduce to you
1:30.3	Jonathan Asani. Enjoy. Well, Jonathan, I want to start by saying two things.
1:55.2	Firstly, thank you to Neil Kinnear for making this connection in the first place.
1:59.8	And secondly, I want to welcome you
2:01.5	onto the Behind the Shield podcast today. That's a pleasure to be here. And thanks to Neil. He's my
2:06.7	buddy and I really appreciate the invitation, James. So where on planet Earth are we finding
2:12.4	you this afternoon? I am sitting in my home office in Washington, D.C., overlooking a beautiful tree and a family of sparrows that have just made a nest under our roof.
2:26.0	Beautiful.
2:26.8	Well, I can tell from your accent just like myself that you're not from around these parts.
2:30.5	So let's start the very beginning of your journey.
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