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 (419)
Questioning Human Exceptionalism: How Rethinking Our Place in the Web of Life Co...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Wide Boundary News: The Iranian War, Rising Gas Prices, and the Single Point Fai...
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A Guide to Staying Human (Part 1): Desperately Seeking Agency | Frankly 129
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Could the West Lose the Resource Wars? AI, Rare Earths, and Economic Statecraft...
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Ultra-Processed Information: AI and the Coming Deluge of Noise | Frankly 128
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How to Inoculate Against Misinformation: Breaking Down Misleading Arguments & Wh...
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Wide Boundary News: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Strait of Hormuz, and the...
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Humanity as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: The Symptoms, Patterns, and Drivers | Frankly...
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The Future is Rural: Reclaiming Food Sovereignty through Farming Clubs? with Jas...
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The End of 'Progress?': Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times | Frankly 12...
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The Misunderstood History of CO2: The Science Behind Earth's Most Controversial...
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Wide Boundary News: Peak Oil (Not!), Peak Dispatchability, and WEF Risks
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The Consumption Pyramid
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How to Read the Signs of Collapse: Economic Stagnation, Resource Scarcity, and E...
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A Country of Geniuses: Anthropic CEO's Warnings, Plus Wide-Boundary Consideratio...
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Wide Boundary News: Japan, Silver, Venezuela, and More – the Biophysical Phase S...
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The New Generation of Environmental Leadership: Stubborn Optimism, Tending Your...
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The Creature in the Machine | Frankly 120
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Arms Race or the Human Race? Governance in the Age of AI, Nuclear Threats, and G...
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Technology and Wealth: The Straw, the Siphon, and the Sieve | Frankly 119
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Why the West Can't Defend Itself: How Material Scarcity Is Reshaping Global Powe...
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The Things We Take for Granted | Frankly 118
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How We've 'Drugified' Our Entire Existence: Dopamine & Addiction In the Digital...
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Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law?
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End of Year Reflections: Four Years of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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Sunk Cost and the Superorganism | Frankly 116
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Fighting for a Livable Future: Exploring Frontier Climate Interventions with Kel...
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Inflation, Deflation, & Simplification: The 8 Things That Influence Prices | Fra...
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Reimagining Ourselves at the End of Our World: Kinship, Interconnection, and Spi...
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Directional Advice for the (More Than) Human Predicament | Frankly 114
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Two Ways of Knowing: How Merging Science & Indigenous Wisdom Fuels New Discoveri...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
11 Discoveries That Changed My Worldview | Frankly 113
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Will We Artificially Cool the Planet? The Science and Politics of Geoengineering...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Hacking Human Attachment: The Loneliness Crisis, Cognitive Atrophy and other Per...
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The Quadruple Bifurcation | Frankly 112
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Terror Management Theory: How Existential Dread Has Shaped the World with Sheldo...
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The Three Most Important Words We're Taught Not to Say
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Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business is Better for People, the Planet,...
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What Sloths Teach Us About the Superorganism
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Will Coral Reefs Be Gone by 2050? How Bleaching, Acidification, and Ocean Heatin...
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Is the U.S. Electric Grid Stable? Policy, Renewables, and Who Is Responsible If...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Peak Oil, Ponzi Pyramids, and Planetary Boundaries
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Moral Ambition: Redefining Success for the Global Good with Rutger Bregman
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The Influence of Psychopaths: Why Humanity Is Better Than We Think
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The Past and Future of Societal Collapse: Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can...
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism...
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This Week's Learnings: Gold Holdings, Political Divides, and the DOE Climate Rep...
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Why We Need Forests: Their Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic...
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10 Things Worth More Than a Pound of Gold | Frankly 106
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens