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Ep 236 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 2)

Episode 246 of the Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek podcast, hosted by Avis Kalfsbeek, titled "Ep 236 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 2)" was published on March 17, 2026 and runs 23 minutes.

March 17, 2026 ·23m · Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

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Ep 236 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 2) In this episode, I continue the story behind my book ZERO: An Every Person’s Field Guide to a Weaponless World. In Part 2, I explore the people behind the plans—the diplomats, lawyers, and scholars who worked on proposals for global disarmament. Through a continued research conversation with AI, I look more closely at individuals including Grenville Clark, Louis Sohn, John J. McCloy, Valerian Zorin, António Guterres, and Melissa Gillis. The episode walks through the documents and initiatives they contributed to, along with brief biographical context and what came of their work. I also look at how these efforts span from mid-20th century Cold War proposals to more recent United Nations frameworks, including António Guterres’s 2018 agenda for disarmament. A recurring thread in this episode is that the plans themselves were not lost. Many of these frameworks still exist in archives and institutions, even if they are not widely discussed or revisited today. This episode is Part 2 of the story behind the book ZERO. You can download the book free here: www.aviskalfsbeek.com/zero  Topics in this episode: Grenville Clark and Louis Sohn and their work on World Peace Through World Law, John J. McCloy and Valerian Zorin and the McCloy–Zorin Accords, brief bios and what came of each of these figures, António Guterres’s 2018 disarmament agenda and its four pillars, Melissa Gillis and the UN’s Disarmament: A Basic Guide, and the idea that many disarmament plans still exist in archives and have not been widely revisited.Get the free book: ZERO: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com/zero  Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “Dalai Lama Riding a Bike” Bandcamp:  https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/

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Ep 236 How AI Helped Me Make ZERO: A Field Guide to a Weaponless World (Part 2)

In this episode, I continue the story behind my book ZERO: An Every Person’s Field Guide to a Weaponless World. In Part 2, I explore the people behind the plans—the diplomats, lawyers, and scholars who worked on proposals for global disarmament.

Through a continued research conversation with AI, I look more closely at individuals including Grenville Clark, Louis Sohn, John J. McCloy, Valerian Zorin, António Guterres, and Melissa Gillis. The episode walks through the documents and initiatives they contributed to, along with brief biographical context and what came of their work.

I also look at how these efforts span from mid-20th century Cold War proposals to more recent United Nations frameworks, including António Guterres’s 2018 agenda for disarmament.

A recurring thread in this episode is that the plans themselves were not lost. Many of these frameworks still exist in archives and institutions, even if they are not widely discussed or revisited today.

This episode is Part 2 of the story behind the book ZERO.

You can download the book free here: www.aviskalfsbeek.com/zero 

Topics in this episode: Grenville Clark and Louis Sohn and their work on World Peace Through World Law, John J. McCloy and Valerian Zorin and the McCloy–Zorin Accords, brief bios and what came of each of these figures, António Guterres’s 2018 disarmament agenda and its four pillars, Melissa Gillis and the UN’s Disarmament: A Basic Guide, and the idea that many disarmament plans still exist in archives and have not been widely revisited. Get the free book: ZERO: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com/zero 

  • Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “Dalai Lama Riding a Bike”

Bandcamp:  https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ 

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