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🗓️ 20 March 2025

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The pro-natalism movement argues that people need to have more babies. Some want to prevent economic implosion, others want to protect traditional family values. And some of the loudest voices in the movement are now in the White House. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers and Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Further reading: The movement desperately trying to get people to have more babies. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast This episode was made in partnership with Vox's Future Perfect team. Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holding one of his children on his shoulders. Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	birth rates around the world are declining women are having fewer children the question of why this is
0:10.7	is hotly debated and on today explained we're going to talk to an expert who says she has an answer
0:15.8	you have the option of going out with your friends getting dressed coordinating, or you can just relax, chill out on the sofa and watch a film or play a video game.
0:26.3	And maybe that's a bit easier, a bit more relaxing when you've had a hard day, you just crash out and relax.
0:31.5	But the movement to get us to have more children, publicly led by people like Vice President J.D. Vance and Vice President Elon Musk is also controversial
0:39.7	because it is led by
0:41.5	Elon Musk, who has as many as
0:43.2	14 children by four different mothers,
0:45.6	and by J.D. Vance, who has
0:47.3	suggested that non-parents should
0:49.2	get fewer votes than parents.
0:51.4	What should we make of the
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