Yesterday

Invidious position: finding Jensen Huang’s successor

Nvidia’s micromanaging supremo is out and a caretaker boss is in. We ask how the AI-chip giant might survive the transition. We look at the careful effort Russia is making across Africa to portray itself as a benevolent partner in an uncertain world. And a tribute to Jack Preger, ... Show More

22m 18s

Nov 12

Abate and switch: how China’s emissions fell

The world’s largest carbon emitter is finally turning a corner and the rest of the world ought to pay attention. El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele is taking his gangbusting tactics beyond his borders. And how dogs disrupt wolves’ biology.Guests and host:Oliver Morton, senior e ... Show More

20m 53s

Nov 11

Let’s get this party restarted: Republicans reel from the midterms

As Donald Trump’s party absorbs a sobering defeat at the ballot box, politicians are in reflective mood. Is Trumpism over? Parents across income groups are spending more to get their children ahead, but it might be for naught. And the dramas trying to turn viewers against the und ... Show More

22m 58s

Sep 2025

Honey, we shrunk the kids: population fall

Falling fertility makes a global decline in population inevitable. That will change the shape and make up of societies. But it may not make us poorer. Are large language models really woke? And reading is on the wane – and why that matters. Listen to what matters most, from globa ... Show More

23m 46s

Jun 2023

Not born yesterday: the world’s ageing population

<p>Fertility rates are falling to worrying levels, and an <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/01/global-fertility-has-collapsed-with-profound-economic-consequences?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.conten ... Show More

26m 10s

Nov 2025

How Smaller Families are Changing the World

Across the globe, there is a shift in the size of families as birthrates decline. Communities, schools, and workforces are all shrinking at an alarming rate. Even in the wealthiest countries populations are aging and straining key social systems. How are smaller families changing ... Show More

22m 5s

Mar 2024

#452 | The World’s Shrinking Population

In part one of a three-part mini-series, we'll look at the global trend of shrinking populations and what it signifies for the future. Is the world's population really in decline, what are the reasons for this, and what does it mean for the world? Global population trends and dow ... Show More

23m 4s

Jun 2022

Is China’s population falling?

The numbers of people living in the most populated country in the world is expected to start falling this year, for the first time since the great famine more than six decades ago. There's concern about what that means for the global economy, but what do people in China think? BB ... Show More

41m 3s

Mar 2024

Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. Why?

<p>For a long time, the story about the world’s population was that it was growing too quickly. There were going to be too many humans, not enough resources, and that spelled disaster. But now the script has flipped. Fertility rates have declined dramatically, from about five chi ... Show More

1 h

Oct 2023

The truth about human population decline | Jennifer D. Sciubba

With birth rates falling, the worldwide human population is getting older and smaller. According to traditional thinking, this spells a future of labor shortages, bankrupt social security systems and overall economic collapse. Before you panic about the end of life as we know it, ... Show More

10m 44s

Oct 2024

Why Paying People to Have Babies is a Billion-Dollar Mistake

Overpopulation has been our biggest fear for decades, but now, shrinking populations are the real crisis. From aging societies to dwindling birth rates, countries worldwide are grappling with the risks of a declining population and struggling with radical measures to reverse it. ... Show More

15m 45s

Honey, we shrunk the kids: population fa...