{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"81 Overpopulation Think Tank \u2013 Part 2","description":"Are many vegans self-righteous, overbearing and insufferable in their efforts to recruit us? Would you believe \u201coverpopulation\u201d is still a taboo word? Or that human population numbers are still an \u201coff-limits\u201d topic at some conferences? This episode continues the conversation we began in episode 79 with five smart people:   Nandita Bajaj, executive director of Population Balance Sarah Bexell, director of humane education at the Institute for Human Animal Connection at University of Denver Paul Sutton, professor of geography & the environment at DU Stephanie Gardner, co-host of the GrowthBusters podcast Dave Gardner, co-host of the GrowthBusters podcast     MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Population Balance https:\/\/populationbalance.org Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism - by Kirsten Stade https:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2023\/05\/population-denialism-reminiscent-climate-denialism\/ Pro-Birth Policies Are Killing Us \u2013 by Nandita Bajaj and Kirsten Stade https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/too-much-good-thing-pronatalism-killing-earth-opinion-1784197   Pronatalism & Overpopulation: The Personal, Cultural, and Global Implications of Having a Child (Course at Antioch University taught by Nandita Bajaj) https:\/\/www.populationbalance.org\/pronatalism-and-overpopulation-course   Backpedalling on Overpopulation \u2013 by Rory Cockshaw https:\/\/www.rorycockshaw.com\/blog\/backpedalling-on-overpopulation   Trains, Plants and Condoms: How to Save the Planet in 3 Simple Steps \u2013 by Rory Cockshaw https:\/\/www.rorycockshaw.com\/blog\/trains-plants-and-condoms   Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World \u2013 by Anand Giridharadas https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/37506348   The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market \u2013 by Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/57693264   How Free-Market Fundamentalism Fuels Overpopulation Denialism & Undermines Democracy \u2013 Episode of The Overpopulation Podcast with Naomi Oreskes https:\/\/www.populationbalance.org\/podcasts\/naomi-oreskes   President Condemns \u2018Obsession\u2019 With Economic Growth Irish President Michael D Higgins speaks out against growth https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2023\/04\/28\/president-condemns-obsession-with-economic-growth\/   Welcome To MAGA World: Trump Wants 'Freedom Cities' Where Cars Can Fly, Parents Get 'BONUSES' for Having Babies and Huge Monuments are Built to 'True American Heroes' in 'Quantum Leap' Vision for the Future https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11818381\/Trumps-2024-pitch-New-cities-flying-cars-babies.html 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 GrowthBusters online community https:\/\/growthbusters.groups.io\/ GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth \u2013 free on YouTube https:\/\/youtu.be\/_w0LiBsVFBo 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":"