Michael Walsh Occasionally

Mar 8, 2023 | ultra106five.com | James Bennett |Michael Walsh Occasionally

By: James Bennett In 2022, 75% of all countries worldwide had fertility rates below replacement levels, including wealthy Western nations and emerging economies such as India, China, Brazil and Turkey. In a recent interview with former Deputy PM John Anderson, social scientist Nicholas Eberstadt issued a prescient warning to countries that have seen dwindling rates of family formation: falling populations are damaging and unsustainable.

Mar 7, 2023 | ultra106five.com | Michael Walsh |Michael Walsh Occasionally

By: Michael Walsh Occasionally, a small independent film comes along and steadily builds in acclaim and prestige. The distributor A24 has built their brand and reputation around being a studio that gives a platform for larger audiences to new voices and smaller stories. Aftersun is the latest of these offerings. From debut writer-director Charlotte Wells, the film has swept critics’ awards and even landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Paul Mescal.