World population COULD peak in 2064 instead of sometime after 2100, according to a new world population estimate. On an overpopulated planet, a 2064 peak is far better than post-2100. But you wouldn’t know it based on the news coverage. The BBC headline read, Fertility Rate: 'Jaw-Dropping' Global Crash in Children Being Born. In this episode, we dig into the coverage and highlight how journalists’ pro-growth bias colored the reports – giving very little weight to the environmental benefits and unwarranted emphasis on the challenges economies face in adjusting to a shrinking number of consumers and workers.

Also:

• How do some overzealous sustainable population advocates turn potential allies off?
• Overpopulation Denial AND Shaming run amok at Resilience.org. Crazy Town is one of the best podcasts going, but what is the problem with the podcast’s mothership?

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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Dear George Monbiot, Shaming Sustainable Population Advocacy Must Stop - by Dave Gardner

World population in 2100 Could be 2 Billion Below UN Forecasts, Study Suggests

Fertility Rate: 'Jaw-Dropping' Global Crash in Children Being Born

International Childfree Day (August 1)

You Had Me at Childfree (new podcast debuts August 1)

Bill and Lou’s Not So Excellent Adventure - Crazy Town podcast episode 14

A Lesson from COVID-19: Growth is Part of the Problem - by Robert Engelman

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