Paul Maillet and Akbar Manoussi discuss the political conflicts among Middle Eastern countries, plus China and the US, and how these dynamics have created war, famine and disease in Yemen. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then comment here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we will notify you.

Glen Anderson and Joanne Dufour teach a free course on nuclear weapons near Olympia, Washington. They tell Metta about their activism.

Charles Burton, Sen. Marilou McPhedran, James Ranney, Peter Russell, and Doug Saunders discuss the need for effective measures to compel all states to accept humane norms of conduct. The dispute between China and Taiwan is a current example; the Taiwanese government is legitimate, but many countries will not take a stand against powerful China. We also discuss the problem of "libel chill," that inhibits honest journalism, even in Canada. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts), then comment here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we will notify you.

Ambassador Enkhsaikhan is a Mongolian who has represented his country in many posts around the world since the 1970s. He was highly instrumental in the negotiations for his country to become the world's first single nuclear weapon free STATE-- as contrasted to "zone." Even now, France will not recognize a single country, rather than a regional group of countries. as such. He explains to Metta how this remarkable development occurred. Now Enkhsaikhan is the leader of an organization called "Blue Banner" that is working to create a NWFZ in the far east. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then comment here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we will notify you.

Zach Ruiter and Adam Wynne are concerned about the extent of radioactive contamination around two plants that process uranium--one in Toronto, the other in Peterborough. They discuss the effects of alpha radiation on human cells when ingested or inhaled, and the difficulty of measuring alpha emissions. The company should have consulted the neighborhood, but their notifications mainly obscure the level of risk. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then comment on this column: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we will notify you.

Abraham Weizfeld's mother taught him to be a “Bundist" Jewish Canadian, and he retains that anti-Zionist orientation. He usually spends half each year in Palestine, and explains to Metta some of the ancient background accounting for present-day politics in Israel and Palestine. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then post your responses here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we'll notify you.

William Fletcher presents a concise list of interventions that need to be made to stop global warming. Then he and Metta argue about the relative importance of some (notably afforestation) and whether to think of global problems sequentially or as a single system, to be addressed by similar reforms. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then post your own comments here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments . If someone replies, we'll notify you.

Corey Levine works with UN Women in Kabul; Paul Meyer is a retired Canadian diplomat; Tariq Rauf is an expert on nuclear weapons; and both Elizabeth Renzetti and Doug Saunders are Globe and Mail columnists. The guests agree that negotiations are more effective when women are at the table, but Corey laments the ephemeral nature of gender equalization in Afghanistan and doubts that most democratization efforts have worked. Rauf and Meyer discuss the problems posed by UK's new plans for nuclear weapons expansion and the effect on Covid on plans for the Non-proliferation Review Conference. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then post on its comments column, https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies, we will notify you.

Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan works for Mines Action Canada. He recounts to Metta the way Canada led the creation of the treaty banning thse weapons and how the process of removing mines works. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then respond on its comments column, https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments. If someone replies to your comment, you will be notified.

Kate Brown studied the health effects of the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. The official reports almost always underestimated the morbidity and mortality rates, but records do still exist, under-examined, in the files of Russia and Belarus. Ukraine estimated that about 100,000 people died there, though it received only 20 percent of the fallout. The IAEA won a contest with WHO as to which organization would keep the health records, but one must be skeptical about the numerical reports from the organization that does the research for IAEA. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then post your response on our comment column, where some one may reply to you. https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments.