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OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance

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  • The Collapse of Modernity | William Rees

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

    The collapse of modern techno-industrial civilization is inevitable. William Rees, human ecologist and ecological economist, argues that humanity's nature evolved in simpler times and has left us wholly incapable of understanding the…

  • The Oceans' Deadliest Animal | Daniel Cáceres Bartra

    October 4, 2026 · 53 min

    Oceans are the next frontier of destructive human expansionism and extraction. Peruvian marine biologist and ocean life advocate, Daniel Cáceres Bartra, argues that human population growth and expansionism have already devastated nonhuman…

  • Policing the Womb | Michele Goodwin

    September 22, 2026 · 54 min

    Low-fertility alarmism is rampant in many countries. Who is and isn't encouraged to reproduce has always been a question of power in the US. Legal scholar Michele Goodwin traces a disturbing lineage from the forced breeding of enslaved…

  • Creating an Ecocivilization | Jeremy Lent

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    "There is no alternative" is the story that keeps us trapped in a world that is unraveling. Jeremy Lent, author of Ecocivilization, imagines what becomes possible when we move away from competition, separation, and domination and trust…

  • Birthgap Debunked | Nandita Bajaj, Zachary Neal, and Jenna Watling Neal (from The Dissenter podcast)

    August 25, 2026 · 57 min

    The "birthgap crisis" isn't supported by the evidence. Population Balance Executive Director Nandita Bajaj joins childfree researchers Jennifer Watling Neal, Zachary Neal, and podcast host Ricardo Lopes in this republished episode of The…

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  • Beyond Human Supremacy | Eileen Crist (REPLAY)

    July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Republished from August 2022. The worldview of human supremacy is driving the human expansionism that is devastating the living world. Philosopher and environmental writer Eileen Crist, author of Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological…

  • The Ghastly Costs of Population Denial | Corey Bradshaw

    July 9, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    Humanity is pushing life to the brink. Mathematical ecologist, Corey Bradshaw, explains how our growing population and consumption are driving the depopulation and extinction of countless species while pushing Earth's ecosystems beyond…

  • Animals and the Right to Politics | Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka

    June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    For millennia, animals have been treated as property or passive recipients of moral concern rather than as political beings with agency. Political philosophers Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, authors of Animals and the Right to Politics…

  • The History and Future of Collapse | Luke Kemp

    June 16, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    For most of our history, humans lived in relatively egalitarian societies that actively prevented the accumulation of power. Author of Goliath's Curse, Luke Kemp, examines how hierarchical states, 'Goliaths', came to dominate the world. We…

  • Becoming Grounded in Deep Time | Marcia Bjornerud

    June 1, 2026 · 55 min

    Every age is the Stone Age. Geologist and author Marcia Bjornerud discusses how thinking like a geologist can cultivate the grounded humility of a deep time perspective. We explore Earth's turbulent history, humanity's emergence as a…

  • The Hoax of Lab-Grown Meat | Vasile Stănescu

    May 19, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    The uncritical adoption of 'humane', 'cage-free', 'free-range', and lab-grown meat by animal advocates, funded by effective altruism philanthropy and the animal agriculture industry, not only reproduces the myth that meat is normal…

  • Pronatalism, a Conversation with Nandita Bajaj and Michele Goodwin | Ask a Feminist Podcast

    May 5, 2026 · 44 min

    Pronatalism is the oldest form of reproductive control. Population Balance Executive Director, Nandita Bajaj, joins fellow guest and legal scholar Michele Goodwin and host Shoshanna Ehrlich in this republished episode of Ask a Feminist, a…

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About the show

OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of 'shrinking toward abundance' inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings. Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware.