83: We Roasted Elon Musk, Raising the Curiosity of Thousands

We made it VERY clear that Musk’s worries about population collapse are ill-founded, and that attracted thousands more listeners than usual to our podcast. How did that happen? What kind of comments did we get? Find out in this episode. And get important truths about overshoot and overpopulation.

 Plus, learn how we’ll give YOU the mic for an episode of the GrowthBusters podcast. We explain the long wait for this episode, and share our offer to listeners to “adopt” a future episode to discuss an aspect of limits to growth important to you.

 If you do want to guest-host an episode, email us your proposal. Include a paragraph or two about you, and a paragraph or two about your proposed topic, guest, approach, etc.

 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Eight Billion is Too Many: Don’t be a Twit About Overpopulation (Episode 73 of the GrowthBusters podcast)
https://www.growthbusters.org/8-billion-is-too-many/

This episode on YouTube (so you can read the comments)
https://youtu.be/cKPnJU59tHw?si=rmkxk4mU9YT3d5G7

Paul Ehrlich on The Limits to Growth (Episode 70 of the GrowthBusters podcast)
https://www.growthbusters.org/ehrlich-limits-to-growth/

GrowthBusters Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/@growthbusterspodcast

Dave the Planet 2024 (Dave Gardner’s campaign for U.S. President)
https://davetheplanet2024.com

GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth – Dave’s 2011 documentary, now available free on YouTube
https://growthbustersmovie.org

Episode graphic includes a photo of Elon Musk by Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. We turned him on his side and added the fire.

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On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society’s growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture’s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.

Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.

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