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Dec 2022
49m 27s

The Population Bomb

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
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How a Stanford lepidopterist convinced the world to fear the breeding habits of the poor. Again. Support us on Patreon Where to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: Sonia Shah’s “The Next Great Migration” Barbarian Hordes: The overpopulation scapegoat in international development discourseOptimism and ... Show More
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