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The Essay

Beyond 'Silent Spring'

Episode 2: The Population Bomb

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Biologist Charles Godfray discusses The Population Bomb, published in 1968, a text that warned of mass starvation to come in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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