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)
The Lament of the Bigfoot | Frankly 74
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Inner Development Goals: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out with Erik Fernho...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Tales from the Carbon Pulse | Reality Roundtable 11
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Superorganism and the Self | Frankly 73
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Rooted in Connection: Exploring the Hidden Ties in Earth's Forests with Suzanne...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
What if Climate Change Was a Hoax? | Frankly 72
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
History for Tomorrow: Uncovering Future Possibilities from Humanity's Past with...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Weakest Links: Depletion, Supply Chains, and Trust | Frankly 71
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Global Heating 101: Rapid-Fire Answers to the Biggest Climate Questions with Ste...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
U.S. Full Spectrum Dominance: Nuclear Risks and The End of Empire with Jeffrey S...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Bioregional Futures: Reconnecting to Place for Planetary Health with Daniel Chri...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Physics of Connection: Understanding Relationships and Ecology with Fritjof...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Art of Movement Building: Personal Liberation for Public Change with Mamphel...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Ask Me Anything - Your Questions About TGS Answered | Frankly 70
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Population Problem: Human Impact, Extinctions, and the Biodiversity Crisis w...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Goldilocks Technology - A Preliminary Checklist | Frankly 69
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Biomimicry: Applying Nature's Wisdom to Human Problems with Janine Benyus
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Overshoot and Its 7 Fundamental Drivers | Frankly 68
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Planetary Boundaries: Exceeding Earth's Safe Limits with Johan Rockström
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Ecology of Communication: Moving Beyond Polarization in Service of Life | Re...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Solutions that can be Named are not the Solutions | Frankly #67
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Indigenous Wisdom: Resilience, Adaptation, and Seeing Nature as Ourselves with C...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Reality Party | Frankly #66
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Silicon Dreams and Carbon Nightmares: The Wide Boundary Impacts of AI with Danie...
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And Then What?: Using Wide-Boundary Lenses | Frankly 65
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Eat, Poop, Die: Animals as the Arteries of the Biosphere with Joe Roman
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Living Your Questions: A Pathway Through the Unanswerable with Krista Tippett
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The 20 Control Knobs for a Post-Growth Future | Frankly 64
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Flip, the Formation, and the Fun: A Metamodern Framework for Human Futures w...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Sound Thinking: Using Music, Resonance, and Harmonics for Human Wellbeing with A...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Material World: The Key Resources Underpinning Modern Economies with Ed Conway
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Next Generation's Dilemma: Confronting the Metacrisis | Reality Roundtable #...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nuclear Conflict: 7 Key Questions for Sustainable Futures | Frankly #63
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Vanessa Andreotti: "Hospicing Modernity and Rehabilitating Humanity"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Levke Caesar: "Oceanic Slowdown: Decoding the AMOC"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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Chris Keefer: "Empowering the Future: from Nuclear to Podcasting"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Indic Mind: An Approach to the Metacrisis | Reality Roundtable 8
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Zak Stein: "Values, Education, AI and the Metacrisis"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Pella Thiel: "Criminalizing Ecocide: The Rights of Nature"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
7 Thought Experiments for Earth Day | Frankly #62
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Tom Chi: "Net Positive for the Planet – from Beavers to Bionics"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Strait of Hormuz and 'the Spice' | Frankly #61
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Luther Krueger: "Goldilocks Tech? A Solar Oven Overview"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The 17 Things I Am 100% Certain About | Frankly #60
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Michael Every: "The Many -Isms of the Metacrisis"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
7 Meta Questions About Our Global Metabolism | Frankly #59
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Geoffrey West: "Metabolism and the Hidden Laws of Biology"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Fellowship of the Ring - 'Bend Not Break' Version | Frankly 58
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens