Episode 699 China in the World
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Jeremy Paltiel, Ellen Judd, and Jeff Mahon are Canadian experts on China. They worry about the currently changing trade relations among Canada, the US, and China, which are inextricably tied to geopolitical relations. For the video and audio podcast, see
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Episode 697 India and Japan at Peace
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John Clammer is a British sociologist who has lived and taught in Asia for many years, dividing his time between Japan and India. He is studying disasters now and teaching a course on solidarity economics. Here he, Jill Carr-Harris, and Metta compare the two countries with regard to peace and energy policies. For the video and audio podcast: .
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Ep 709 Lawmaking Beyond Nationalism
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Alyn Ware a tireless organizer for peace and climate action, is expanding into artificial intelligence. In this episode, he shares recent activities within his group, including parliamentary efforts on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, as well as related discussions on AI governance. Listen to the audio:
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Episode 694 The Golden Dome
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Tariq Rauf is a specialist on nuclear weapons at the IAEA. Ernest Yanarella authored a book, The Missile Defense Controversy. They discuss the transition from "Star Wars " Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative -- and Trump's plan for a 'golden dome' to protect Americans from nuclear-armed missiles.
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Episode 693 Turmoil in Georgia
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Irakli Kakabadze is a nonviolence activist; Arsen Kharatyan is a journalist; Vakhtang Maisaia is a political science professor. They are all appalled by the repressions of the current Georgian regime on the Georgian people. The party in power, Georgian Dream, is now firmly aligned with the Kremlin.
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Episode 705 Famine Today
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Timmo Gaasbeek began as an irrigation engineer. His work in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan have familiarized him with the challenges now facing the Sudanese, who numbered 50 million before this war began, and who are mostly now hungry or starving. For the video and audio podcast, see or
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Episode 704: Trees, Climate, Money
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Parag Kadam and Theri Reichlin were foresters who work on the preservation of forests for sequestering carbon. They describe their jobs and how they are helping to combat climate change.
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Episode 703 PSTW Members Mtg Aug 17
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This is a private monthly meeting of PSTW members, this time focusing entirely on the genocide in Gaza. The video has not been edited at all. Member will come back on August 31 for a Global Town Hall Meeting, which is open to the public. Please sign in if you attend.
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Episode 702 Coral Reefs and Beaches
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Tom Goreau specializes in the ecosystem of coastal oceans, especially coral reefs. He shows that the beaches around the world are eroding badly but he has a way of protecting them with electric rods that break up the incoming waves. For the video and audio podcast, https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-702-coral-reefs-and-beaches
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Episode 696 How to Do a Citizens Assembly
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Marjan Ehsassi practiced law many years and then decided to focus on the relations between citizens and government, where she thinks the big problems lie. So she's been studying citizens' assemblies and whote a Ph.D. dissertation on it -- which became a book. Since Project Save the World is planning an inquiry on zoom that will resemble a citizens assembly (though we won't call it that because we can't recruit by sortition), we consulted her for advice about the design. For the video and audio podcast,
info_outlineOlivier Rubin is a political scientist who studies "slow beginning" disasters, which are harder to get politicians to address than are such sudden shocks as earthquakes. He was already studying epidemics before Covid and now also studies anti-microbial resistance — a crisis that claims some 700,000 lives each year but is little recognized. We discuss other risks, such as cyber threats between countries, against which it is difficult to mobilize opposition by civil society. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-377-politics-of-disaster/