OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance

Nandita Bajaj, Alan Ware

Booking Overview

An expert interview show focused on population, ecological overshoot, animal ethics, and systemic social change, typically featuring academics, authors, scientists, and public intellectuals with substantial research or published work. Suitable pitches include environmental researchers, demographers, animal-rights philosophers, sustainability thinkers, and authors addressing population or ecological systems; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need recognized expertise and a strong connection to the show's critical, interdisciplinary worldview.

Metrics

Episodes: 120

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.8k subscribers

Instagram: 1.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@populationbalance.org

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Host

Nandita Bajaj - Executive Director of Population Balance and an advocate for addressing population pressures, pronatalism, and ecological overshoot.

Alan Ware - Co-host of OVERSHOOT, focused on population, ecological balance, and systemic transformation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Academic, scientific, philosophical, or policy expertise in population, ecology, sustainability, animal ethics, or systemic social change, typically supported by substantial research, public scholarship, or published books.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Peer-reviewed research, Recognized academic or scientific expertise, Public commentary on population or ecological issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Jeremy Lent - Ecological Civilization, Cultural Hegemony, Participatory Democracy, Capitalism, And Alternatives To Growth-based Systems.

Ricardo Lopes - Research-based Critiques Of The Birthgap Film, Childlessness, Fertility, And Pronatalist Pressures.

Zachary Neal - Childlessness, Fertility Trends, Aging Societies, Population Decline, And The Evidence Surrounding The So-called Birthgap.

Jennifer Watling Neal - Childlessness, Family Size, Fertility Decisions, Pronatalism, And Claims About Declining Birth Rates.

Eileen Crist - Human Supremacy, Biodiversity Loss, Human Expansionism, Plant-based Eating, And Coexistence With Nonhuman Life.

Recent Topics

Overpopulation, Ecology, Sustainability, Animal Rights, Pronatalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance

Creating an Ecocivilization | Jeremy Lent

September 08, 2026

"There is no alternative" is the story that keeps us trapped in a world that is unraveling. Jeremy Lent, author of Ecocivilization, imagines what becomes possible when we move away from competition, separation, and domination and trust grassroots democracy to build lives rooted in the collaboration, diversity, and mutualism found throughout nature and human history. As disenchantment with the dominant story grows, Jeremy discusses the alternatives already taking root that might provide the fo...

Birthgap Debunked | Nandita Bajaj, Zachary Neal, and Jenna Watling Neal (from The Dissenter podcast)

August 25, 2026

The "birthgap crisis" isn't supported by the evidence. Population Balance Executive Director Nandita Bajaj joins childfree researchers Jennifer Watling Neal, Zachary Neal, and podcast host Ricardo Lopes in this republished episode of The Dissenter podcast. They take on the claims made in the film Birthgap, from widespread involuntary childlessness and unmet desires for children to the supposed economic catastrophe of falling fertility. They discuss what the research actually shows about child...

Beyond Human Supremacy | Eileen Crist (REPLAY)

July 28, 2026

Republished from August 2022. The worldview of human supremacy is driving the human expansionism that is devastating the living world. Philosopher and environmental writer Eileen Crist, author of Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization, offers a compelling alternative - reimagining ourselves as "Earthlings" and creating societies that make space for the flourishing of all life. Highlights include: Why the biodiversity crisis is fundamentally a crisis of ongoing and relentless huma...

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