The Green Planet Monitor

The Green Planet Monitor


Latest Episodes

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
December 03, 2023

Sleeping and dreaming -- essential and mysterious. An old Tanzanian friend speaks about torrential rains and village celebrations. And, in the Dutch city of Delft, a big university digs deep for the h

Monroe Doctrine Bicentenary
November 26, 2023

The Monroe Doctrine on its 200th birthday. Messy American politics in 1823, messy American politics in 2023. The GPM speaks with American historian Jay Sexton. And, Cambodias Great Lake, the Tonle Sa

Waging War On Refugees
November 18, 2023

Hamas didn't parachute into Gaza from another planet. The Islamic Resistance Movement, its leaders and militants are an organic part of a packed population of refugees, with no other place to fight. T

Canada Stands On Guard
November 12, 2023

The Canadian military shops for surveillance drones that can kill. The GPM speaks with arms researcher Matt Korda. The Canadian government slaps sanctions on a Russian discussion group. Whos disinfor

Punishing the Amalekites
November 05, 2023

The dreadful events of October 7 didnt happen in a vacuum. As Israel retaliates, reducing little Gaza to rubble, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers and settlers work hand in hand, driving Pa

Oceans of Energy
October 30, 2023

Tapping Earths largest source of clean energy -- its oceans. Ocean waves, tides and heat. A massive resource. Then, theres salt gradient energy. Wherever fresh river water flows into salty seas, ele

Risky Moves
October 22, 2023

Risky moves: A Canadian political scientist attends a sanctioned forum in Russia -- and asks Vladimir Putin a question. An Italian climate researcher refuses to return to work fast, from the other sid

Everybody Crying Mercy
October 15, 2023

Terrorist atrocities in Israel, Israeli atrocities in return. Seeds sown, reaped, then sown again. Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, the US vs. Russia and China What sense to be made?

Old Nazis & International Law
October 08, 2023

A small Canadian lake records humanitys impact on Planet Earth. On the floor of Canadas House of Commons, an old Nazi veteran gets a standing ovation. And, when official enemies are to blame, Canada

Henrietta Lacks’ Immortal Cells
October 01, 2023

One of medical sciences greatest paradoxes: The cancer cells that killed Henrietta Lacks revolutionized medicine -- medical care her own family couldnt afford. Narrow profit margins for Canadian ura