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Lloyd Axworthy, along with Allan Rock and Fen Hampson, had initiataed the proposal to use Russia’s in vestments in Canada as reparations to Ukraine. So what happened to that idea?
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- Lloyd Axworthy
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Episode 735 Persons Missing and On the Move
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In this episode, Jose Pablo Baraybar and Apostolos Veizis discuss the plight of individuals who have fled their countries seeking safety but faced tragic outcomes. For the video and audio podcast, https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-735-persons-missing-and-on-the
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- Jose Pablo Baraybar
- Apostolos Veizis
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Episode 736 Climate Debt
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This episode discusses the costs of transitioning from fossil fuels with Tom Athanasiou and host John Feffer, suggesting a ‘Fair Share’ approach for emissions accountability.
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- Tom Athanasiou
- John Feffer
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Episode 734 Forest Fires
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David Martell, a professor emeritus of forestry, U of Toronto, studies forest fires. There are now many fires in Canada’s northern boreal forests, so we all should learn how to protect our vulnerable homes.
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- David Martell
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Episode 733 Simulated Peacekeeping
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Walter Dorn admits to being a “sheep in wolf’s clothing” — a peace activist teaching military officers in a university setting. His new video course on peacekeeping looks a bit like a computer game.
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- Walter Dorn
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Episode 732 Tell Stories About Social Problems
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Robert Tulip, Aria McKenna, and Brian von Herzen are climate repair activists. We want to influence government policy and to do that must influence public opinion too. Here we discuss how to do so.
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- Robert Tulip
- Aria McKenna
- Brian von Herzen
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Episode 731 Global Town Hall Nov 2025
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After considering what kind of ice is best for building snowmen, we turned to serious matters – cloud reflectivity and climate; corruption; Russian deserters; and poisoned wildlife.
Guests
- Marilyn krieger
- Peter Wadhams
- Richard Denton
- Robert Tulip
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Episode 730 Pugwash and Two-Track Diplomacy
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Katariina Simonen, Poul Erik Christensen and Peter Jones are all peace workers who practice and write about two-track diplomacy – mainly through the same remarkable organization, Pugwash.
Guests
- Katariina Simonen
- Poul Erik Christensen
- Peter Jones
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Episode 729 Final AI Inquiry Meeting
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Project Save the World hosted a five-week-long inquiry into the risks of AI. These eight people deliberated together and in the last meeting discussed what they had learned and what measures to take.
Guests
- Rose Dyson
- Brian von Herzen
- Konstantin Samoilov
- Alexey Prokhorenko
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Episode 725 How Deliberative Democracy Works
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James Fishkin, a professor at Stanford, has developed a method of holding meeting for representative samples of citizens to discuss particular issues after taking an opinion survey. They often change their minds.
Guests
- James Fishkin
- Leonid Kosals
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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.
Guests
- Paul Werbos
- Rose Dyson
- Arthur Edelstein
- Rosemary Meier
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Episode 728 Who Wants Nuclear War?
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Tariq Rauf and Robin Collins belong to the Canadian Pugwash Group, which is part of a Nobel laureate organization that works to reduce global tensions and abolish nuclear weapons.
Guests
- Tariq Rauf
- Robin Collins
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Episode 727 If You Need Nonviolent Defence
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Isaiah Ritzmann and Richard Sandbrook are co-chairing a new organization, the Canadian Coalition for Nonviolent Defence, which is preparing people to resist Trump’s possible takeover of Canada.
Guests
- Isaiah Ritzmann
- Richard Sandbrook
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Episode 726 Draw Red Lines for AI
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Su Cizem and Tereza Zoumpalova are researchers with the Future Society, the main organizer of the safety initiative called “AI Red-Lines,” which was presented at the UN General Assembly recently.
Guests
- Su Cizem
- Tereza Zoumpalova
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Episode 724 From Melissa to the Poles
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Ulyana Horodyskyj studies the impact of black carbon on polar ice. Tom Goreau studies coral reefs and ocean currents, including in polar regions. Hurricane Melissa was still raging when we talked, but Ulyana was focusing on the plastic nanoparticles she had just collected near the North Pole.
Guests
- Ulyana Horodyskypj Pena
- Thomas Goreau
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Episode 723 Digital is for Humans
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E. Glen Weyl co-authored a book, Plurality, with Audrey Tang, the Minister of Digital Technology of Taiwan, who invented several online tools to help groups of people explore and express their views.
Guests
- E. Glen Weyl
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Episode 722 Global Town Hall Oct 2025
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Brian von Herzen and Paul Werbos discuss whether dark matter is neutrinos. Robert Tulip and Brian discuss the importance of aerosols for albedo. Rose Dyson and Alexey Prokhorenko discuss the disadvantages of AI. Eric Schechter discusses capitalism.
Guests
- Brian von Herzen
- Robert Tulip
- Alexey Prokhorenko
- Rose Dyson
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Episode 720 Joyful Sharing
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Michel Baumann created “The Meal”–once a year people in 40+ countries meet for a great, nutritious meal together, watching each other on big screens. And on a website, people everywhere offer their competencies to others.
Guests
- Michel Baumann
- Jill Carr-Harris