Hi, I'm Una Chaplin and I'm the host of a new podcast called Hollywood Exiles.

It tells the story of how my grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, and many others, were caught up in a campaign to root out communism in Hollywood.

Hollywood Exiles from CBC Podcasts and the BBC World Service. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello, I'm Katia Adler. Welcome to this bonus episode of the documentary from the BBC World

Service. I host the BBC's Global Story podcast and along with some brilliant colleagues,

we bring you fresh takes and smart perspectives on what's happening around the world,

one story at a time. In this episode, we're looking at why women in countries across the globe

are deciding to delay motherhood. What are the consequences for the rest of us? We bring you

highlights of the Global Story podcast here when we can. But to catch all our episodes every weekday, search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Around the world, women are having fewer babies and mothers are getting older and older.

More women are having children in their 40s, their 50s,

and even in their 60s and 70s.

Last week we said,

Cisfully delivered this lady with 70 years of age,

of twins, boy and girl.

The age is just a number.

When she's 12, I'm going to be 70 and she'll just be sort of starting

senior school then. I'll be 80 when she's 22. I'm just like any new mum that is looking forward

all the sort of highlights of their child's life. And I just hope that I live long enough to experience

them with her and to give her the support and the love that she's going to need.

Today we're asking, why are women choosing to have babies later in life? And what are the

consequences for all of us? With me today's the BBC's population correspondent Stephanie

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