Is America Destined for a Future Without Children?
The Political Scene Podcast“Obviously, it’s a biological phenomenon, but it also is largely a cultural phenomenon,” the staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus says.The staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss why people around the world are having fewer and fewer children, and how the issue of birth rates has become a rallying cry for the American right. Plus, the lack of political will on the left to contend with the issue; and the societal effects on South Korea, which has the lowest birth rates in the world.This week’s reading:“The End of Children,” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus“The Chaos of Trump’s Guantánamo Plan,” by Jonathan Blitzer“The New Trump-Family Megaphone,” by Jon Allsop“Month One of Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Age,’ ” by Antonia Hitchens“Team Canada’s Revenge, Served Ice-Cold,” by Louisa ThomasTune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.
“Obviously, it’s a biological phenomenon, but it also is largely a cultural phenomenon,” the staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus says.
The staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss why people around the world are having fewer and fewer children, and how the issue of birth rates has become a rallying cry for the American right. Plus, the lack of political will on the left to contend with the issue; and the societal effects on South Korea, which has the lowest birth rates in the world.
This week’s reading:
- “The End of Children,” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
- “The Chaos of Trump’s Guantánamo Plan,” by Jonathan Blitzer
- “The New Trump-Family Megaphone,” by Jon Allsop
- “Month One of Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Age,’ ” by Antonia Hitchens
- “Team Canada’s Revenge, Served Ice-Cold,” by Louisa Thomas
Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.
