This week on the assignment with me, Audie Cornish.

The push to have bigger families and more babies is part of a movement called pro-natalism.

They are freaking out about declining global fertility rates.

And that is real.

It's a phenomenon called birth-death.

What's behind this push to start a new baby boom?

Who are the voices pushing for a more

pro-family America? And what exactly does that mean? Listen to the assignment with me,

Audie Cornish, streaming now on your favorite podcast app.

Right now in the Netherlands, there's a whole dairy farm floating on a barge.

To get the permits for this, we needed to prove that the cows would not get seasick.

It is not a gimmick, though.

The barge could be a model for farmers adapting to climate change.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman today keeping livestock and livelihoods afloat.

Also, a former president of Colombia, whose legacy is hotly debated, has been convicted of a crime.

This conviction is a huge deal because it's the first time that former president is charged with anything.

Plus, why experts worry that a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia may not hold.

And reaching mindfulness through immersion in a forest, Shinto style. I'm going to invite you to walk in silence.

All that and more today on the world.

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for joining us this

Tuesday. We start today in Colombia, where Alvaro Uribe has just become the country's first

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