In order to feed the current entire global population a diet similar to that of Western cultures would take 21 billion acres of arable land.  It is estimated that planet Earth has 7.9 billion acres of arable land.  Join host Jane Turville to explore just how much land is needed for everyone currently on the planet to eat a brain healthy diet.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

If you think food insecurity equals hunger, think again.  And if you think that food insecurity is about lack of food, please join host Jane Turville to take a deeper dive into the realm of food insecurity in our modern world. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How much does it cost to eat the foods that support brain function?  Depending on your income and where you live, it can be almost impossible.  Join host Jane Turville as she explores the cost of purchasing the foods that maintain cognitive health in Portland Oregon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To read Dr. Gomez-Pinella's research paper, please visit https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2805706/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To learn more about the organizations where I found my data, please visit https://www.feedingamerica.org and https://www.actionagainsthunger.org. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

So excited to have you join me for this second season of THE PEOPLE FACTOR.  This year we're focused on the link between population growth and economics.  Money is the number one reason people tout population growth.  As we'll see, that's a myth built in a tradition of poverty for many and wealth for a few.  Join us as we dive into the deep end of population growth!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thank you for a great first year!!  Looking forward to the Second Season of THE PEOPLE FACTOR!!!  Join us next week for Episode 1!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this holiday episode, please join me to take a look at how our attitudes about poverty and the poor shape our ability to take action to help, hinder or just plain ignore. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As we wrap up looking at scarcity, taking a look at how those living in abundance view those living in poverty seems pretty important.  Traditional attitudes are both ungenerous and unfair.  Where did they come from and who or what, in reality needs to change? Note:  Due to scheduling issues, THE PEOPLE FACTOR will scale back to one podcast per week for the next few months.  Thank you so much for listening and please continue to join us every Wednesday for a new episode. --- This episode...

Figuring out how to provide programs and services to lift people out of poverty is complex.  In the book SCARCITY:  WHY HAVING TOO LITTLE MEANS SO MUCH, the authors outline two particular things to consider when designing programs to help the poor - slack and bandwidth.  Join us to explore how these simple considerations could change the course of people's lives and greatly reduce poverty world-wide. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...

How can poverty be alleviated?  There are so many out there trying to help.  Yet, without an understanding of how scarcity impacts our minds, these programs are doomed to fail.  Join host Jane Turville to examine how this plays out in our world today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The bandwidth tax is an enormous burden for those living in poverty.  Learn more as we continue our journey through SCARCITY; WHY HAVING TOO LITTLE MEANS SO MUCH. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join us to learn why getting out of the scarcity trap is so very difficult. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join me to look at how behavior, influenced by the scarcity mindset, actually increases scarcity.  We'll look at how borrowing leads to juggling ever and ever increasing network of commitments and debts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To learn more about the authors, please visit https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/books/scarcity-why-having-too-little-means-so-much . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How does scarcity change the way we see the world?  Check out this episode of THE PEOPLE FACTOR to find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To learn more about today's topic, check out SCARCITY; WHY HAVING TOO LITTLE MEANS SO MUCH.  There's so much more information in the book than I can relate here!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The conclusion to my interview with Dr. Warren Miller.  Please visit www.tfri.org to see more of Dr. Miller's work at the Transnational Family Research Institute.  Additionally, check out SCARCITY:  WHY HAVING SO LITTLE MEANS SO MUCH.  We'll be taking a look at the concepts posed in this book over the next few episodes.  Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Poverty and mental health. Does growing the number of people on the planet impact these challenges? If it does, how and why? That’s what we’re looking at in our episodes on poverty.  This episode is a rebroadcast of Dr. Warren Miller’s interview on how we make decisions. While Dr. Miller’s work is mainly focused on how people, women in particular, make decisions about having children, I think it gives us a good look at the physiology of decision-making processes. This will set us up for the...

To see the video version of ShoMari Payne's TED Talk, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCvX1IBvK2c.  For more information on the Rust Belt Neighborhood Development Corporation, please visit https://www.therustbelt.org. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To see the video of Rajen Makhijani's TEDTalk HOW DO THE POOR SEE LIFE? please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4JPFr8g3yQ . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode sets the groundwork for our exploration of how poverty impacts our individual and community well-being as well as the interconnection between poverty and overpopulation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In my opinion, of all the episodes I've posted on The People Factor, this last part of my interview with Dr. Rachel Nugent provides the best conversation about the confluence of population, poverty and economics and provides some examples of how some nations have successfully addressed population by empowering women socially and economically.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To view articles and publications by Dr. Rachel Nugent, please visit https://www.rti.org/search/publications?expert=rachel-nugent. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

To learn more about Laurie Mazur's book A PIVOTAL MOMENT, please visit https://islandpress.org/books/pivotal-moment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app