Bri Lee - Babies+Climate=Anxiety

Bri Lee - Babies+Climate=Anxiety

From The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

March 22, 2026 · 1h 21m · Season 8 · Episode 8

About this episode

Bri Lee joins the hosts to discuss climate anxiety and its impact on parenting decisions, exploring themes of morality and hope.

Is climate anxiety affecting your decision to have kids? 💌Join 6,000+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter - http://bit.ly/45NyQDy Joining us in the Vulnerabilitea House is Bri Lee; prolific author, advocate and change maker. Answering the question, “what moment from your life are you grateful for that profoundly changed you?”, Bri talks about the research that lead her to the South Pole, and how she learnt to prioritise love above all else. Bri asks the question to Hugh, Josh and Ryan, “what does it mean to live a good life, and what do we owe each other?” This chat explores the philosophies of anti and pronatalism, whilst being grounded in examples from the guys’ and Bri’s life. An intentional and judgement free zone, this conversation delves into the morality of should’s and shouldn’ts, and what it means to do the right thing. As Bri says, hope is something that you earn through action, and we are all feeling a bit more hopeful after this episode.  0:00 – A Bri-Lee-iant guest 9:42 – The Seed of The Idea 15:08 – What are you grateful for that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton, Josh van Cuylenburg

Guest: Bri Lee

Topics covered

  • climate anxiety
  • parenting decisions
  • morality
  • love
  • hope
  • anti-natalism
  • pronatalism

Keywords

  • climate anxiety
  • parenting
  • morality
  • love
  • hope
  • anti-natalism
  • pronatalism

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