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)
The Population Problem: Human Impact, Extinctions, and the Biodiversity Crisis w...
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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...
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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
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Living Your Questions: A Pathway Through the Unanswerable with Krista Tippett
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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"
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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
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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
Riane Eisler: "Domination and Partnership in Society"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Information Bifurcation | Frankly #57
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Patrick Knodel: "Question Everything - Towards Cooperation & Change"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Chuck Watson: "NATO in Ukraine: from Proxy to Participants"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Lyn Alden: "The Myth of Frictionless Finance"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Peak Oil, AI, and the Straw | Frankly #56
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Samantha Sweetwater: "Life at the Center"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
7 Key Interventions for the Future | Frankly #55
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Sandra Faber: "The Universe and Our Place in It"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
John Robb: "Networked Tribalism, AI, and Asteroids"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Reflections From India | Frankly #54
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Ashley Hodgson: "The New Enlightenment and Behavioral Economics"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Steve Keen: "On the Origins of Energy Blindness"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Mario Giampietro: "Models with Meaning - Changing Social Practices"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens