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

Northern Kentucky University political scientist Kimberly Weir talks with Jennifer Sciubba, political scientist at Rhodes College and author of the recently released 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, & Migration Shape our World. Topics Kimberly & Jennifer discuss include: Why people don’t think about demography when considering politics Global fertility, mortality, and migration patterns Why demographics isn't destiny How power transition theory explains Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine China’s aging and shrinking population challenges Why we don’t see ‘Gray Pride’ T-shirts, but should Why HALE matters more than life expectancy Demographic engineering as a political strategy Why the future is much more optimistic than the sensationalist ‘doom and gloom’ reports Jennifer Scuibba on Twitter The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThe Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.