The Overpopulation Podcast
Hosted by Alan Ware and Nandita Bajaj · Population Balance
4.9from 177 ratings
- 194
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 177
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 85K
- YouTube views
About The Overpopulation Podcast
OVERSHOOT tackles today's interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity's excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of 'shrinking toward abundance' inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings. Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware.
- Publisher
- Population Balance
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Aug 2016
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 194 episodes have a transcript.
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Oceans' Deadliest Animal | Daniel Cáceres Bartra
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Policing the Womb | Michele Goodwin
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Creating an Ecocivilization | Jeremy Lent
Inside a recent episode
The Oceans' Deadliest Animal | Daniel Cáceres Bartra
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And why is there so much corporate interest in mining the deep sea? So deep sea mining is the first human commercial activity that we will be able to plan and regulate before it starts. It's an activity that's not started commercially yet. And what it is, is basically taking minerals out of the deep sea. The deep sea is everything under 200 meters. So we're talking about taking minerals either from an abyssal plain, which are these flat ecosystems that have nodules, which are round rock-like forms filled with minerals, and ecosystems that are filled with silt-like sediment, which is very, very stable. […]
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- Daniel Cáceres Bartra
- Michele Goodwin
- Jeremy Lent
- Zachary Neal
- Jenna Watling Neal
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 84,659
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 107 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 70 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts The Overpopulation Podcast?
Alan Ware and Nandita Bajaj host the show. Published by Population Balance.
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