{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-realignment.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F224-jen-sciubba-hokgRteA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"224 | Dr. Jennifer Sciubba: How the Population Boom & Bust Is Reshaping the World","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a2ae51bc-91b5-4fa4-a9b6-c81b4599f0a8/f642eaef-ee60-4696-bf97-8ee446469d1a/logowhite-fai2.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/7f00a2c0-21b9-4f13-8be9-2e4e50fb517b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"224 | Dr. Jennifer Sciubba: How the Population Boom &amp; Bust Is Reshaping the World\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"For Day 19 of The Realignment's daily Ukraine and beyond coverage, Marshall spoke with Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, author of 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World. \n\nThey start by discussing the over-hyped idea in the American foreign policy community that Russia's declining population and rising mortality rate signaled the decline of its foreign policy ambitions and then engage in a broader discussion on the implications of lower birthrates in wealthy, industrialized countries and why left and right approaches to push replacement-level family sizes have failed.\n\nSEND US A TIP: https://app.swapstack.co/tips/the-realignment\n\nREALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/\n\nBOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment"}