Jennifer Sciubba on How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World

<p>Northern Kentucky University political scientist Kimberly Weir talks with Jennifer Sciubba, political scientist at Rhodes College and author of the recently released <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Counting-Death-Migration-Shape/dp/1324002700/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3Q3GXF4SYEZ04&keywords=8+billion+and+counting&qid=1649262088&s=books&sprefix=8+billion%2Cstripbooks%2C136&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"><em>8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, &amp; Migration Shape our World</em></a>.</p><p><strong>Topics Kimberly &amp; Jennifer discuss include</strong>:</p><ul><li>Why people don’t think about demography when considering politics</li><li>Global fertility, mortality, and migration patterns</li><li>Why demographics <em>isn&#39;t </em>destiny</li><li>How power transition theory explains Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine</li><li>China’s aging and shrinking population challenges</li><li>Why we don’t see ‘Gray Pride’ T-shirts, but should</li><li>Why HALE matters more than life expectancy</li><li>Demographic engineering as a political strategy</li><li>Why the future is much more optimistic than the sensationalist ‘doom and gloom’ reports</li></ul><p> </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/profsciubba" rel="nofollow"><strong>Jennifer Scuibba on Twitter</strong></a></p><p><strong>The Politics Guys</strong><span> on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/politicsguyspage" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><span> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/politicsguys" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></p><p><strong>Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible</strong><span>. You can support us or change your level of support at </span><a href="https://www.patreon.com/politicsguys" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/politicsguys</a><span> or </span><a href="https://www.politicsguys.com/support" rel="nofollow">politicsguys.com/support</a><span>. On </span><strong>Venmo</strong><span>, we’re </span><strong>@PoliticsGuys.</strong></p><p><strong>Interested in starting your own podcast?</strong><span> Check out </span><a href="https://redcircle.com/