{"podcast":{"title":"The Dissenter","slug":"the-dissenter-1161217","podcast_index_feed_id":1161217,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thedissenter.net/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/1264936/1264936-1545566388129-6694711205af.jpg","author":"Ricardo Lopes","episode_count":1272,"summary":"My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:18:50.276160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217"},"episode":{"title":"#1229 Nandita Bajaj, Zachary Neal, and Jennifer Neal: Debunking Pronatalist Claims","slug":"1229-nandita-bajaj-zachary-neal-and-jennifer-neal-debunking-pronatalist-claims","published_at":"2026-03-19T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1229-nandita-bajaj-zachary-neal-and-jennifer-neal-debunking-pronatalist-claims","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/1229-Nandita-Bajaj--Zachary-Neal--and-Jennifer-Neal-Debunking-Pronatalist-Claims-e3c8oe9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/play/112533385/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-12%2F16f5b1d5-6fce-f013-84f1-1dbbc9c0a095.m4a","summary":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Nandita Bajaj is the Executive Director of Population Balance, a US nonprofit that works to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Humane Education at Antioch University. Dr. Zachary Neal is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. His current research is focused primarily on two topics: network backbones and childfree individuals. Dr. Jennifer Watling Neal is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. She is interested in understanding the prevalence, characteristics, and experiences of childfree adults. In this episode, we debunk myths surrounding childfree choices and pronatalism. We discuss what it is to be childfree,whether most people without children are “childless by circumstance”, declining fertility rates, whether people with children are happier, and whether people want large families. We also talk about the idea…","meta_description":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dissenter-1161217/episodes/1229-nandita-bajaj-zachary-neal-and-jennifer-neal-debunking-pronatalist-claims/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1229-nandita-bajaj-zachary-neal-and-jennifer-neal-debunking-pronatalist-claims.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}