Radio and Podcasts

Death Hangout, a podcast about life, produced an entertaining 27 minute interview about VHEMT on September 28, 2019. See it on YouTube: “May We Live Long And Die Out with Les Knight”

Red State Revolt Radio’s Mark Faulk hosted Les Knight on his June 16th, 2019 internet radio show. The conversation included voluntary human extinction and additional actions we might take to ameliorate our impacts on Earth’s biosphere and humanity. You can download the podcast. MP3

A six minute interview of Les Knight by Micro gives a quick overview of VHEMT. Soundcloud

Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio’s Patricia Karvelas, host of RN Drive spoke with Les for six and a half minutes on July 18, 2018. MP3
The radio spot generated an article by Simon Leo Brown and Barbara Heggen on Aug 4, 2018.
“The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement wants you to rethink having children. If you announce on Facebook that you’re having a baby, don’t expect Les Knight to be among the well-wishers. The self-described ‘finder’ of the provocatively-named Voluntary Human Extinction Movement—or VHEMT (pronounced ‘vehement’) — says congratulating people on a pregnancy is an example of ‘natalist propaganda.’”

Kevin Stewart, a VHEMT Supporter in Edmonton, Alberta, was interviewed in April 2004 on CJSR FM 88 by Chris Samuel. Listen to Kevin’s interview on Gaywire

VHEMT is only mentioned in this talk by Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, but it’s a pivotal aspect of the plan he outlines. Sponsored by The Long Now Foundation February 10, 2010.

A few of the audio programs which have hosted Les U. Knight.
You can listen to those marked with an asterisk*

*Sounds Like an Earful
Nov 4, 2014 33:38 minutes.
“This week we debate whether or not having kids is a good idea. We talk to the founder of The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement about his beliefs that, for the betterment of the planet, all human beings should stop procreating until the species is extinct. We talk to a pastor who had an affair that resulted in an unplanned pregnancy. We talk to a mother about just how much fun it is to raise a tiny little person. Also, Colleen wants to ‘pop out’ so many babies before she ‘dries up’. It’s a big episode this week. Enjoy!”

*The Species Barrier #21 Vegan Outreach
May 15, 2013
Interview includes “Joyce Johnson Producer of the documentary, Mother: Caring For Seven Billion.
We receive other perspectives on population issues from Les U. Knight founder of The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) and British population activist Terry Grigg.”

TJ Trout
94 Rock Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 2, 2010
Three morning show hosts and Les talked about breeding, reproductive freedom, and their choices. TJ called himself a Supporter, and insisted I send a VHEMT T-shirt.

Laura Ingraham
April 21, 2009
My invitation was likely intended to show how extreme environmentalists can be, in preparation for her main guest: Steven Milloy, author of Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Ruin Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them. No, it’s not a parody.

Curtis Sliwa
WABC
February 3, 2009
Curtis was much more accepting of the concept than he was when we talked on “Hannity and Colmes” TV show in 2001. Unfortunately, the broadcast wasn’t archived, perhaps because he had threatened his previous guest, discredited former Illinois governor Blagojevich, with a “beat down” if allegations of his stealing from a charity that Curtis supported were true.

Alan Colmes
FOX News Talk With Alan Colmes
New York City
April 27, 2004 Earth Day
April 22, 2005 Earth Day
November 29, 2005
*February 2, 2009 You can listen to the podcast but you have to pay for it. Alan has become more amenable to the VHEMT concept over the years.

*The PK and J Show Podcast
August, 2008
I recommend skipping the first one third after downloading so you go right to where I answer the phone. Agreeable hosts.

*The Recovery Zone
Stephanie Potter
KBOO Portland Oregon
July 3, 2008
You can listen to the archived half hour program, which includes callers.

WMUZ “The Light” 103.5FM
Detroit, Michigan
June 7th, 2008
Although host Bob “fearlessly defending the faith” Dutko didn’t seem to agree with much of what I had to say, we had a pleasant conversation. You can read about Bob’s ministry at the WMUZ website.

*Alex Jones
Austin, Texas
May 18, 2008
Please go to Videos to listen to this broadcast.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA
Pittsburgh, PA
May 13, 2008
John Steigerwald

Newstalk 1010 CFRB
Toronto, Ontario
April 21. 2008
Richard Syrett

Triple J
Australian Bradcasting Corporation
April 13, 2008
Kate O’Toole

RTE 2fm
Dublin, Ireland
August 28, 2007
Rick O’Shea meets Les U. Knight: we got together and bounced ideas off each other.

Montreal’s Greatest Hits
Montreal, Quebec
May 9, 2007
Show hosted by Joe Cannon because regular host was on maternity leave. Now an oldies station.

Paul and Phil
KFBK/KSTE Sacramento, California
December 2, 2005
Neither Paul nor Phil liked the idea of not breeding, but I wasn’t surprised: they have seven offspring between them. They spent 20 minutes poking holes in the concept and I did my best to plug them. Good practice for the interview with Tucker Carlson an hour later.

The Weasel WJFX
New Haven Indiana
December 2, 2005
A Hip Hop station where most of the DJs have nicknames. I was expecting Spitfire, but The Weasel interviewed me with reasonable questions and no arguments.

Archer and Mike
KQMT Boulder, Colorado
November 28, 2005
It was a fun exchange, geared to light-hearted morning show format.

Luke Grant
2HD Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
November 24, 2005
We entertained early morning listeners with pleasantries about Thanksgiving, which they don’t have, and human extinction, which is on its way, voluntary or not.

Darian O’Toole
KIFR San Francisco, California
November 23, 2005
A quick five minutes hitting the major points. Sadly, Darian passed away in 2008.

Rob Breakenridge The World Tonight
CHQR Calgary, Alberta
November 22, 2005
We talked for 20 minutes and I was more careful about word choices after Dori Monson’s show earlier in the day. A caller afterward said that Satan was distracting me, I was distracting others, and we would all have a fall on judgement day.

Dori Monson
KIRO Seattle, Washington
November 22, 2005
Dori didn’t like the concept from the beginning. Maybe it had something to do with his three daughters. He’s a serious host and I wasn’t successful in trying to lighten things up. The callers didn’t help in that regard. Gene told us that we only have five billion years and all life will go—just to keep things in perspective. Jason is Wiccan and his temple demands that all followers produce at least one biological offspring, so he was offended by my suggesting we not breed. Weldon and I got into a semantical loop when he suggested that everything is natural and I said we could then get rid of the word “artificial”. Jeremy agreed because we’ll go involuntarily if we don’t go voluntarily. Maurene was offended in the same way that Jason was, though she’s Christian with offspring. Dori ended our segment with an aside, “I wish someone had extincted me an hour ago.”

David Gold
KSFO San Francisco, California
Movember19, 2005
David was a respectful host, allowing me to present the concept without interruption or disagreement.
Ray called to suggest that I kill myself. Michael said that no one would carry on the message if we don’t breed. Gary said that other countries were breeding way worse. Tom reminded us that God told us to be fruitful and multiply, and that it was good that people like me weren’t breeding because then there would be more normal people.

Mike and Lisa Morning Drive
CKLWWindsor, Ontario & Detroit, Michigan
November 17, 2005

John Ziegler
KFI Los Angeles, California
November 16, 2005

Jim Richards
CFRB Toronto, Ontario
November 16, 2005

The Hideout
WTKS Orlando Florida
November 4, 2005
I think the two guys were Jefe and J-Dubs. It seemed to be going well but I must have said the wrong thing because one of them said, “Les, I hate you. Beat it!” and I was off the air. Pretty funny. They offer an opportunity to vote for women as “Hottie or Hideous,” and provide exposure for women who can’t afford very much clothing with their “Babe of the Day” feature.

Charlie Wolf Cork Talks Back
TalkSPORT
Cork, Ireland
July 4, 2004

*Kyle Varner
The Political Fire
December 15th, 2001
Audio archive of program Mp3 #42
Kyle is an adherant to Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy, so it was a challenge to explain Earth-centered philosophy.

Victor Boc
KUGN Eugene, Oregon
March 24, 1998 & June 23, 1999
KPAM Portland, Oregon
September 30, 2000

Roger Wendell Connections
KGNU Boulder, Colorado
August 25, 2000
Response Roger Wendell’s program above

Kim Hill Nine to Noon
National Radio New Zealand
February 21, 2000
Kim stated that New Zealand had reached population stabilization, and I was caught with my statistics down, so I couldn’t correct this misconception.

Darlene Heidimann
CKNW Vancouver, BC
December 27, 1998

Tom Clark Ideas Network
Wisconsin Public Radio
March 5, 1998
Tom was an intellectual host, asking probing and relavant questions. I wish this one was in the archives. The last caller said that I was one of these people who goes around the country pulling off hoaxes—that my name, Les Knight meant that there would be less night. “How about it, Les, is VHEMT just a hoax?” “Is VHEMT a hoax? I wonder if the whole human race is a hoax.” “Yes, but that doesn’t answer the question.” “No, it doesn’t.” “Arrg. Get outta here,” he joked. “Have we been had?” Lots of visitors to the website from Wisconsin that day, trying to find out.

Barbara Myers Outlook
BBC World Service
June 8, 1994

Mike Wahlbacker Earth Talk
WHYY Philadelphia, PA
September 9, 1992
My first major radio interview. Mike understood the concept, having read These EXIT Times number two, and asked questions which brought out the important issues.