Cradle of Civilization

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In less than eighty years, the US has slipped from its baby boom heyday to a baby bust. Timothy Carney, author of Alientated America and Family Unfriendly, joins the Ricochet Podcast to discuss the implications and potential consequences of the nation's waning will to procreate.

Steve, Charles, and James gab about the fuss over gerrymandering, appraise Trump's warning to DC leadership, and consider the predicament before Israel as they plan to occupy Gaza City.

- Sound from this week's opening: Jim Acosta interviews an AI version of deceased Parkland shooting victim.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Now you sound so much better.
0:02.0	Yeah.
0:03.0	All right, then we're good.
0:04.0	Then we're good.
0:05.0	There's the great James Lilix.
0:07.0	Not the airline pilot James Lilix we were getting before.
0:11.0	Yeah, right.
0:12.0	As a gentleman, and we're coming up to New York.
0:15.0	I like that.
0:16.0	Ask not what your country can do for you.
0:23.6	Ask what you can do for your country.
0:28.3	Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:33.0	It's the Rikishay podcast with Charles C.W. Cook and Stephen Hayward.
0:36.6	I'm James Lalex, and today we talk to Tim Carney about babies.
0:37.5	Who's making them? Do we need more?
0:38.3	Why aren't we?
0:39.1	And so forth.
0:39.8	So let's have ourselves a podcast.
0:41.7	I would like to know what your solution would be for gun violence.
0:47.9	Great question.
0:48.9	I believe in a mix of stronger gun control laws, mental health support, and community engagement.
0:53.6	We need to create safe spaces for conversations and connections, making sure everyone feels seen
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