E166: The Truth About Babies, Big Families, And Happiness w/Catherine Pakaluk
The Lila Rose Show
Lila Rose
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Is overpopulation truly a threat to society, or should we be more concerned about the U.S.'s declining population growth? Does having more children lead to greater happiness? Today, I sit down with Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, Professor of Political Economics at the Catholic University of America, to explore these questions. Rather than focusing on those choosing not to have children, Catherine shifts the spotlight to women who defy the trends—mothers of large families.
In this thought-provoking discussion, we delve into what drives these women to grow their families, the surprising ways babies can contribute to mental health and healing, and an unexpected take on the link between resources and population growth.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:58 - What was it like starting marriage with 6 children?
00:08:60 - People told us not to have children
00:14:52 - Population in the West/globally?
00:16:26 - What are the consequences of population decline?
00:19:55 - Is overpopulation real?
00:22:23 - People are minds, not just stomachs
00:24:42 - Resources are unlimited
00:26:59 - People don’t breed like rabbits
00:30:05 - I think this is one of the hardest topics I've ever thought about
00:40:04 - Who’s having children today?
00:48:09 - Learning about things we can’t see by the things we can
00:50:20 - God intended economic growth
01:13:53 - Awkward question for America
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| 0:00.0 | I think this is one of the hardest topics I've ever tried to think hard about. |
| 0:03.6 | Making me cry, Catherine. |
| 0:04.7 | I know. |
| 0:05.4 | So, like, so sad. |
| 0:06.4 | This is a pretty awkward question to ask. |
| 0:08.2 | Is there such a thing as overpopulation? |
| 0:11.4 | Do people know that babies have the capacity to bring healing to anxious, troubled teenagers, or grieving adult men? |
| 0:22.9 | Catherine Picolic, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:24.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm an admirer of yours, so thanks for making it out here. |
| 0:28.4 | Absolutely. |
| 0:29.1 | And congrats on your new book. |
| 0:30.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:30.6 | You've got it here in studio. |
| 0:31.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:32.9 | The woman quietly defying the birth dearth. |
| 0:34.8 | That's right. |
| 0:35.4 | And you are single-handedly in part doing that. |
| 0:39.4 | It's true. First, for folks who don't know, we'll get into your personal story here in a moment, |
| 0:43.0 | but tell me a little bit about your background. Yeah. So I teach at Catholic University, |
| 0:47.7 | the Catholic University of America, which is in Washington, D.C. And I was trained as an economist. |
| 0:52.5 | So my formal trainings in economics, before that I worked a little bit in public health. |
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