Pierre Desrochers & Joanna Szurmak — Is Overpopulation Hurting the Planet?

Alex Aragona chats with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak as they explore whether or not an increasing population necessarily harms the planet.  References from Episode 5 with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak: You can purchase Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak’s book Population Bombed!: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change on Amazon Canada at this link.  You can read Thomas Malthus’ book An Essay on the Principle of Population here. You can read Garrett Hardin’s article Lifeboat Ethics here. You can read Matt Ridley’s article How Technology Evolves here. You can purchase the book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund on Amazon Canada at this link.