Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility
The IntelligenceAfter decades of overpopulation worries, the country now has the opposite concern. We examine India’s unusual demographic turn, and why it is a wider warning to the world. Vegan substitutes have broadly improved in recent years—so why is there no good vegan cheese? And remembering Sonny Rollins, an absolute colossus of the saxophone.
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Guests and host:
- Tom Sasse, South Asia bureau chief
- Sam Colbert, senior series producer, Economist Podcasts
- Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- India, fertility rates, global population
- vegan cheese
- Sonny Rollins, jazz
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