Birth rates around the world are declining.
Women are having fewer children.
The question of why this is is hotly debated.
And on Today Explained, we're going to talk to an expert who says she has an answer.
You have the option of going out with your friends,
getting dress coordinating, or you can just relax,
chill out on the sofa and watch a film or play a video game and maybe that's a bit easier,
a bit more relaxing when you've had a hard day, you just trash out and relax.
But the movement to get us to have more children publicly,
led by people like Vice President J.D. vance and Vice President Elon Musk,
is also controversial because it is led by Elon Musk,
who has as many as 14 children by four different mothers and by JD Vance,
who has suggested that non parents should get fewer votes than parents.
What should we make of the pronatalist movement?
That's coming up.
Shawn Ehling here, host of the Gray Area.
On our show, we delve into the ambiguities around the world's biggest questions,
which is why I spoke with Maggie Jackson.
Who wrote a book about the joys of uncertainty.
If we approach uncertainty, knowing it's a. Space of possibilities, then we, you know.