{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 301: 8 Billion","description":"The world population crossed the 8 billion mark this week. As far back as at least the late 1700s, experts were predicting that overpopulation would lead to mass starvation. Time and again, the experts end up being both right and wrong. They tend to be right in their projections that the world population is exploding, but they are always wrong about it leading to mass starvation. In fact, today\u2019s 8 billion people live far better lives than did the 1 billion that lived back in the late 1700s. &amp;nbsp; Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now! http:\/\/www.cooperationandcoercion.com See More Ant and James! http:\/\/www.wordsandnumbers.org Show Your Support for Words &amp; Numbers at Patreon https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wordsandnumbers Quick Hitshttps:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/dy7kbq\/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game  https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/election-deniers-lose-races-for-key-state-offices-in-every-2020-battleground\/ar-AA1433zT https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/13\/trump-election-deniers-accept-2022-results-00066626 https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2022\/11\/12\/trump-angst-wracks-republicans-again-as-2024-announcement-looms\/ Foolishness of the Weekhttps:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/10\/business\/kfc-germany-kristallnacht Topic of the Week https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/air-pollution https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/deforestation  https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/water-access#what-share-of-people-have-access-to-safe-drinking-water https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/co2-emissions &amp;nbsp; Join the Conversation Words &amp; Numbers Backstage https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/130029457649243\/ More James at Smoke &amp; Storieshttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjILow4-ZJpBV-NnmSusZJ_vCuzKUJ4Ig More Ant on YouTubehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/antonydavies Let Us Know What You Think mailto:wordsandnumberspodcast@gmail.com Antony Davies on Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonydavies James R. Harrigan on Twitterhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesRHarrigan   ","author_name":"Words &amp; Numbers","author_url":"http:\/\/wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25024800\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/140518434"}