The threat of nuclear war has loomed over us since the first nuclear explosion in 1945, known as the Trinity Test. Decades later, communities are still contending with the impacts of that test and all the nuclear weapons that have been built since then. As Tina Cordova and Molly McGinty work to address these harms and build a safer world, Ryann Blackshere Vargas explores why this issue matters so much to them.

Guest information:

Molly McGinty: Program Director at the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). She highlights the humanitarian and environmental impacts of nuclear weapons and advocates for their total abolition.

Tina Cordova: Co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium. She is a seventh-generation native New Mexican seeking justice for the unknowing, unwilling and uncompensated, innocent victims of the Trinity Test.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Molly McGinty's organization, IPPNW: https://www.ippnw.org/

Molly's work with medical students: https://www.ippnw.org/home/medical-students

Tina Cordova's group, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium: https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/

The documentary "First We Bombed New Mexico:" https://www.firstwebombednewmexico.com/