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)
Alexa Firmenich: "Biodiversity, Beauty, and Being"
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The Haves & The Have-Nots | Frankly #53
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Leon Simons: "Aerosol Demasking & Global Heating"
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Jane Muncke: "Perils of Plastic Packaging"
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The Behavioral Stack | Frankly #52
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Peter Brannen: "Deep Time, Mass Extinctions, and Today"
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Bill McKibben: "Climate, Movements, and Power"
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Systemic Themes for 2024 | Frankly #51
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Arthur Berman: "Shale Oil and the Slurping Sound"
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Stephanie Hoopes, Peter Kilde, Marc Perry, Dalitso Sulamoyo: "Poverty Blind" | R...
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COP 28 and the Smoke Under the Door | Frankly #50
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Nate Hagens: "Episode 100 - The Great Simplification" (Interviewed by Kate Rawor...
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Jeremy Grantham: "Pollution, Population & Purpose"
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Artificial Intelligence vs Real Ecology | Frankly #49
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Helen Thompson: "The Complex History of Energy & Geopolitics"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Fossil Free Food Systems: Jason Bradford, Andrew Millison, Vandana Shiva, Daniel...
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Chuck Watson: "The Nuclear Wild West"
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The Biophysical Taxman Cometh | Frankly #48
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David Holmgren: "Small and Slow Solutions - Permaculture Design"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Frankly Re: Franklys | Frankly #47
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Sir David King: "Global Heating: The Science and the Response"
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Chuck Watson: "War, Rumours of War, and Governance"
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Joris van der Schot: "Oil Refining 101 and Other Energy Stories"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Food & Community in the Ruins: Dougald Hine, Chris Smaje, Pella Thiel | Reality...
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The Middle East: Stormwatch | Frankly #46
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Arthur Berman: "BRICS+, Strategic Petroleum Reserve & Metaphysics"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
One Ring to Rule Them All | Frankly #45
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Luke Gromen: "Peak Cheap Oil and the Global Reserve Currency"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nick Haddad: "Insects - A Silent Extinction"
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Sian Sutherland: "Innovating the Business of Plastics"
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Robert Sapolsky: "The Brain, Determinism, and Cultural Implications"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Titanic Oceans: Daniel Pauly, Antonio Turiel, Peter Ward | Reality Roundtable #0...
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The Many Shapes of the Carbon Pulse | Frankly #44
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Graham Palmer: "Energy Storage and Civilization: A History"
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Fossil Energy Subsidies: The Bottom Line | Frankly #43
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Lisi Krall: "Agriculture, Surplus, and the Economic Superorganism"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Running the 'Systems Discourse' Gauntlet | Frankly #42
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Iain McGilchrist: "Wisdom, Nature, and the Brain"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Jean-Marc Jancovici: "Our Global Energy Predicament"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Unlearning Economics: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, & Kate Raworth | Re...
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Just Stop Oil !? Part 4 - The Intersection | Frankly #41
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Doomberg: "Our Fragile Energy Economy"
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Just Stop Oil !? Part 3 - 10 Pathways to Post-Growth | Frankly #40
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Kevin Anderson: "The Uncomfortable Link between Climate and Equity"
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Just Stop Oil !? Part 2 - Oil is the Economy | Frankly #39
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Roger Pielke Jr: "Understanding the Origins of Climate Models"
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The 7 Things That Scare Me Most | Frankly #38
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Taimur Ahmad: "Energy Inequality in the Polycrisis"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Just Stop Oil !? Part 1 - Gasoline | Frankly #37
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Anne Biklé & David Montgomery: "Nourishing the Land and Ourselves"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens