{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"74 Bleak Friday, 8 Billion Post-Mortem and Damage Done by Guilt","description":"Examining news coverage and commentaries about human population passing 8 billion on November 15, we unpack the reasons far too many of us avoid discourse about human overpopulation. Why are we tap-dancing around the very dialogue needed so people around the world can make informed, responsible family-size decisions? We conclude the guilt many feel about their privilege is actually hurting those who don\u2019t share our fortune. Also, find out why Black Friday was really bleak, and how TV networks refused to run Buy Nothing Day commercials. Plus, should Dave get over his obsession with phantom power and wall warts? And, how do you approach the occupant of an idling vehicle and educate them about wasting gas and needlessly polluting \u2013 without getting shot?  LINKS: GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth \u2013 the documentary (see it free)https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/growthbustersmovie World Population Hits 8 Billion: What Do People on the Street Think? \u2013 our YouTube videohttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ncT-J5BsVuc  8 Billion is Too Many: Don\u2019t be a Twit About Overpopulation \u2013 Episode 73 of GrowthBusters podcasthttps:\/\/www.growthbusters.org\/8-billion-is-too-many\/ Child-Free by Choice: The Birth Rate Crisis Gripping the West - by Rosa Silverman in the UK Telegraphhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/family\/parenting\/child-free-choice-birth-rate-crisis-gripping-west\/ World Population At 8 Billion Humans -- And Still Growing \u2013 AFP story by Am\u00e9lie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIShttps:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/world-population-at-8-billion-humans-and-still-growing-01667786407 8 Billion People: A Milestone by the Numbers \u2013 by Jennifer Sciubba at Population Reference Bureauhttps:\/\/www.prb.org\/articles\/8-billion-people\/ Earth at 8 Billion: Consumption Not Crowd is Key to Climate \u2013 AP story by Seth Borensteinhttps:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-africa-pollution-climate-and-environment-1c70df435acda74301ff2df96a86dd43 The Human Eco-Predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum \u2013 by William Rees in the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023https:\/\/www.austriaca.at\/0xc1aa5576_0x003dcfa1.pdf Bending the Curve - by Chris Tuckerhttps:\/\/www.whp-journals.co.uk\/JPS\/article\/view\/761\/515 Global Population About to Hit 8 Billion - by William Ryerson (Population Media Center) and Kathleen Mogelgaard (Population Institute)https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/3712763-global-population-about-to-hit-8-billion\/ 8 Billion Day Facts and Myths: A Guide to the 8 Billion Global Population Milestone on 15 November \u2013 by Sustainable Population Australiahttps:\/\/population.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Briefing-Note-8-Billion-Day.pdf Crisis Point: The World at 8 Billion People - Fact Sheet from Population Mattershttps:\/\/populationmatters.org\/resources\/the-world-at-8-billion-people\/ Has the Population Bomb Exploded? - by Julian Cribbhttps:\/\/juliancribb.blog\/2022\/11\/02\/has-the-population-bomb-exploded\/ Buy Nothing Day TV commercial produced by Adbusters in 1999https:\/\/youtu.be\/UOqRXBJgapQ Internet Spreads Word as Networks Shun Adverts for Buy Nothing Dayhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2000\/nov\/24\/internetnews.internationalnews Herman Daly commemorative sampler from CASSEhttps:\/\/steadystate.org\/in-commemoration-a-sampling-of-herman-daly\/ Economic Heresy \u2013 Herman Daly on the Conversation Earth radio series\/podcasthttp:\/\/www.conversationearth.org\/economic-heresy\/ I\u2019m Thankful Smart People Are Telling the Truth: Economic and Population Growth Need to End ASAP \u2013 by Dave Gardner at Mediumhttps:\/\/medium.com\/ending-overshoot\/im-thankful-smart-people-are-telling-the-truth-654f3ae27155 NYC Anti-Idling Law Turns Into Huge Payday ($125K for One Man) for Citizens Who Reporthttps:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/investigations\/nyc-anti-idling-law-turns-into-huge-payday-125k-for-one-man-for-citizens-who-report\/3637231\/ Idle Threat \u2013 2012 documentaryhttps:\/\/www.videoproject.org\/Idle-Threat.html 19-minute free versionhttps:\/\/cultureunplugged.com\/documentary\/watch-online\/play\/53634\/Idle-Threat MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth \u2013 free on YouTube https:\/\/youtu.be\/_w0LiBsVFBo Give Us Feedback: Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: 719-402-1400 Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https:\/\/www.fadermusicandsound.com\/ https:\/\/carlosjones.com\/ On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society\u2019s growth addiction (economic\/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture\u2019s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth. Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared \u201ccould be the most important film ever made.\u201d Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy. Join the conversation on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GrowthBustersPodcast\/ Make a donation to support this non-profit project. https:\/\/www.growthbusters.org\/donate\/ Archive of GrowthBusters podcast episodes http:\/\/www.growthbusters.org\/podcast\/ Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates https:\/\/lp.constantcontact.com\/su\/umptf6w\/signup Explore the issues at http:\/\/www.growthbusters.org View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode: ","author_name":"GrowthBusters","author_url":"http:\/\/www.growthbusters.libsyn.com","html":"