SMNTY Classics: The Declining Birthrate

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Around the world, the birth rate is declining and it is sounding a lot of alarms. What is behind the decline? While some would like to blame feminism, there are many factors at play. We discuss in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:09.3	Hey, this is Annie.
0:10.5	And Samantha.
0:11.3	Welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, production of IHeart Radio.
0:31.3	And today we are bringing back a classic that we did around the birth rate and declining birth rate.
0:34.2	Because this has been on my mind for a while.
0:39.5	And I think it's been on a lot of people's minds for a while, and I think we need to come back and revisit it, probably, because there's a lot of reporting being done about how it looks
0:48.2	in different countries and why it's happening in different countries, but there are some very,
0:52.2	very reoccurring themes that are usually around
0:56.1	women having more opportunities than they previously had had and cost.
1:05.0	Cost of raising a child, having a child. But it's like a lot of countries are talking about this,
1:15.9	are worried about this. So until we come back and revisit it, here is our classic episode on it.
1:22.6	Please enjoy.
1:30.2	Hey, this is Annie.
1:31.0	And Samantha.
1:33.4	And welcome to Stefell Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio.
1:43.5	And welcome.
1:47.2	And happy Women's International Day, International Women's Day.
1:48.0	I said it wrong.
1:50.6	International Women's Day, Annie.
1:53.7	Yes, happy International Women's Day to you as well.
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