On this week's show, we're taking a closer look at the upcoming milestone of the world's population surpassing the 8-billion mark. UN demographer Sara Hertog joins us to explain more about what's behind those numbers, why the world's population growth is actually slowing down, and how experts pinpointed November 15 as the big day.
Plus, Japan is said to have approximately 40,000 companies that are more than 100 years old. We'll hear about a confectioner who's still serving up a historic recipe, and how she, like many other businesses, faces an uncertain future amid a dismal birth rate.
Then it's off to Georgia's wheat fields and restaurants to get an upclose listen to the ancient grains that are uniting farmers, bakers and goverment officials alike against industrial wheat.