The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Great Simplification is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Through conversations with experts and leaders hosted by Dr. Nate Hagens, we explore topics spanning ecology, economics, energy, geopolitics, human behavior, and monetary/financial systems. Our goal is to provide a simple educational resource for the complex energetic, physical, and social constraints ahead, and to inspire people to play a role in our collective future. Ultimately, we aim...
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Episodes (383)
Planetary Insights: How Satellites Could Transform Our Understanding of Earth's...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Living the Change: How TGS Viewers are Transforming Their Lives and Communities
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Living Without Fossil Fuels: How Living Energy Farm Created a Comfortable Off-Gr...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Net Zero and Other Delusions: What Can't, Won't and Might Happen | Frankly 90
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Rewilding 15 Million Acres: Why True Wealth Means More Than Money with Kristine...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Digital Democracy: Moving Beyond 'Big Tech' to Save Open Societies with Audrey T...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers' Strategies for Energy, Economics...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Thinking and Feeling | Frankly 89
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Threats to U.S. Security: Aging Infrastructure, Fragile Systems, and Information...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Lost Art of Grieving: Grief as Ritual, Resistance, and Resilience with Franc...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Snow, The Singularity, and Rocks in the River | Frankly 88
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
2000-Watt Society: The Realities of Living a Low(er) Energy Lifestyle with Peter...
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(Some of) The Central Questions of Our Time | Frankly 87
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Wisdom Over Power: Why Contemplation & Wonder Are Essential for the Future of Hu...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
What is Wealth? | Frankly 86
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The 'Decline' of Nations: How Elite Surplus and Inequality Lead to Societal Uphe...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Light Triad | Frankly 85
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Reimagining the Cultural Narrative: Art and Storytelling for Systemic Change wit...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Plastic Crisis: A Health and Environmental Emergency | Reality Roundtable 15
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Share Your Story: A Call for Responses to The Great Simplification | Frankly 84
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Always Adding More: The Unpopular Reality about Energy Transitions with Jean-Bap...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Artificial Intelligence and the Lost Ark | Frankly 83
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Uncertain Future of Oil: Energy Poverty, Depletion, and 'Green' Ambitions wi...
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Power vs Life: Towards Wide Boundary Sovereignty | Frankly 82
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Navigating International Crises: The Evolving Challenges for Humanitarian Organi...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Future is Local: Bioregioning 101
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Reality and Perseverance in India: Pollution, Poverty, and Policy with Sunita Na...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Meaning Crisis: Wisdom, Purpose, and the Search for Coherence with John Verv...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Best of TGS: What Would You Do With a Magic Wand?
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Time Travel & The Superorganism: A Movie Idea | Frankly 81
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communitie...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
"Thank You for Ruining My Life" | Frankly 80
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Baby Bust: How The Toxicity Crisis Could Cause the Next Economic Crash with...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Shutting Off The Plastic Tap: A Global Treaty To Regulate Petrochemical Pollutio...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Biggest Takeaways from the Logic of the Superorganism
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Existential Risks: The Biggest Threats to Life as We Know It with Luke Kemp
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
A Brief Clarification on Human Behavior | Frankly 78
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Energy Crises & Global Power Shifts: The Struggle for Stability in Israel, Iran,...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Future Council: How Children are Responding to our Planetary Crises with Damon G...
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7 Philosophies on the Future | Frankly 77
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Fires in the Rainforest: The Impossible Economics of a Disappearing Amazon | And...
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The Battles of Our Time | Frankly 76
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Carbon Sink to Carbon Source? How the Amazon Rainforest Could Become a Self-Dryi...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Regenerative Economics: New Economic Paradigms, Living Systems, & Holistic Think...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Somebody's Gonna Win | Frankly 75
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Preserving Democracy: A Call for Civility with Richard Gephardt
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Global Stakes of the U.S. Election: Debt, The Dollar, and Military Power | R...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Foundational Challenge: Stewardship, Responsibility, and Designing a New Sys...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Ecological Awakening: A Path Toward Holistic Adulthood with Bill Plotkin
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Planetary Health Check: The State of Earth's Critical Systems with Kari Stoever
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens