A CHILDLESS WORLD By cover art

A CHILDLESS WORLD

By: A CHILDLESS WORLD
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • In November 2022, the earth crossed an important threshold—eight billion inhabitants. Most media focused on overpopulation—when in fact, depopulation is a far more interesting problem. Half of the world’s countries are not creating enough children even to maintain current levels, while some of them seem to have stopped altogether. This is one of the most massive and unexpected phenomena of our time: how modern societies are silently putting themselves on a trajectory of stagnation if not outright extinction. In this podcast, we investigate this trend, and try to understand what it will mean to live in a world without children. David Duhamel, economics professor at Parsons Paris and adjunct professor at Sciences Po Paris, tells the story of the world to come: a childless world Production : MaisonK Prod Original Music : Ben Molinaro Graphism : Anna Toussaint Main Sources Banque Mondialehttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN Gapminder https://www.gapminder.org (https://www.gapminder.org/) IHME https://www.healthdata.org/ (https://www.healthdata.org/) INED https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/editions/population-et-societes/ (https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/editions/population-et-societes/) Our world in Data https://ourworldindata.org/ (https://ourworldindata.org/) Darrel Bricker et John Ibbitson, 2019, Empty Planet, Crown, New York Yves Charbit et Maryse Gaimard, 2015, La bombe démographique en question, PUF Danny Dorling and Stuart Gietel-Basten, 2018, Why Demography Matters, Polity Charles Goodheart et Manoj Pradhan, 2020, The Great Demographic Reversal. Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality and an Inflation Revival, Palgrave McMillan Jonathan V. Last, 2014, What to expect when no one is expecting, Encounter Books Steven Philip Kramer, 2014, The other population crisis. What governments can do about falling birth rates, Woodrow Wilson Center Press Thomas Malthus, 1798, Essai sur le principe de population, pfd en ligne Paul Morland, 2022, Tomorrow’s people, The Future of Humanity in Ten numbers, Picador Emmanuel Pont, 2022, Faut-il arrêter de faire des enfants pour sauver la planète ? Payot Jennifer Sciubba, 2022, 8 billion and counting, Norton Bruno Tertrais 2020, Le choc démographique, Odile Jacob Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
    Laurent Kouchner
    Show more Show less
Episodes
  • 12 - Epilogue

    12 - Epilogue
    Mar 3 2023

    Season 1 comes to an end. But not without saying many thanks, recaping the latest data and musing about accordion and bagpipes. As for what's next? Suscribe to our newsletter to keep in touch. A small click for you but a giant leap for the crew behind this podcast: Laurent Kouchner, Ben Molinaro and myself, David Duhamel

    https://podcast.ausha.co/a-childless-world?s=1

    See you very soon.



    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    5 mins
  • 11 - Childfree not Childless Part 2

    11 - Childfree not Childless Part 2
    Feb 24 2023

    In this episode, women look back on their journey and discuss the choice they made many
    years ago to have or not to have children. One reaffirms that choosing to be childfree was the best decision she ever made while another talks about a subject still taboo: motherhood regret. As for me? Well, let’s just say, I made a fool of myself.



    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    12 mins
  • 10 - Childfree, not Childless. Part 1

    10 - Childfree, not Childless. Part 1
    Feb 17 2023

    Students from all over the world claim their right for a childfree life. Some want freedom, others long for better gender balance, and others recoil in the face a dystopian future. Demographers say the childfree are few and far between. That is about to change.


    A podcast created by David Duhamel produced by MaisonK Prod

    Original music : Ben Molinaro

    Graphism : Anna Toussaint


    Sources

    Eva Beaujouan & Al, 2017, Has Childlessness peaked in Europe? Population and Societies, n°540

    Charlotte Debest & Al, 2014, Childlessness: a life choice that goes against the norm, Population and Societies, n°508

    Tomas Sobotka, World's Highest Childlessness Levels in East Asia, 2021, Population and Societies, n°595



    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    15 mins
Business & Careers Politics & Government
Show more Show less

What listeners say about A CHILDLESS WORLD

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available