To test or not to test?
In Uganda, a series of high profile paternity cases has led to a very animated public discussion about whether men should do DNA tests to find out if all their children are really their own. And if they find they aren't, should that change their relationship with that child, and their responsibility for them?
In response, the Ugan ... Show More
Oct 3
Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?
In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a 0% tariff deal with the US.Guinea is showing signs of econom ... Show More
27m 30s
Apr 2024
Were years of Canadian paternity tests just guesswork?
If you're pregnant but not sure who the father of your baby is, you might turn to a DNA testing company for a prenatal paternity test for some certainty — a company like Viaguard Accu-Metrics, based in the Toronto area. But for years, Viaguard was selling tests that sometimes ide ... Show More
25m 31s
Feb 2021
When the Sperm-Donation System Works (And You Wish It Hadn’t)
In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis warned about the high stakes of overindulging our sexual desires. If men indulged their sexual appetites every time they were inclined, he said, and if each act produced a baby, one man could easily populate a small village. Seventy years after Me ... Show More
5m 7s
May 2024
Keine Kinder mehr? Was dann?
Mal angenommen, wir kriegen keine Kinder mehr. Ist das gut für den Klimaschutz, weil wir dann CO2 sparen? Und was passiert mit unserer Gesellschaft, wenn sie weiter altert? Ein Gedankenexperiment.
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21m 30s
May 2019
The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali
The global fertility rate, or the number of children per woman, has halved over the last 50 years. What will having fewer babies mean for the future of humanity? In this funny, eye-opening talk, journalist (and self-described exhausted dad) Wajahat Ali examines how the current tr ... Show More
12m 7s