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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 to normalize these conversations and, in doing so, change the initial conditions of future events.

info_outline Oil 301: The World After Cheap Energy | Frankly 137 04/11/2026
info_outline Oil 201: What Happens When the Oil Stops Flowing | Frankly 136 04/10/2026
info_outline Oil 101: What You Actually Need to Know About Oil | Frankly 135 04/09/2026
info_outline Navigating the Metacrisis: Finding Calm in the Storm through Awareness and Meditation with Sam Harris 04/08/2026
info_outline Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times: A World at the Edge of Change | Frankly 134 04/03/2026
info_outline Scrambling for Energy Security: Navigating Unstable Energy Supplies Amidst Global Conflict with Chris Keefer 04/01/2026
info_outline Iran, U.S., and the Rest: The Unavoidable Pig in the Python | Frankly 133 03/27/2026
info_outline Ending the AI Arms Race: Why Safer Futures Are Still Possible & What You Can Do to Help with Tristan Harris 03/25/2026
info_outline What to Do as the World Falls Apart: A Framework for Action | Frankly 132 03/20/2026
info_outline The Plastic Detox: Reducing Endocrine Disruptors for Better Fertility and Human Health with Shanna Swan & Sian Sutherland | RR 23 03/18/2026
info_outline Uncomfortable Questions in Unsettled Times: Iran Effects, Local Preparedness, and End of Empire? 03/13/2026
info_outline Questioning Human Exceptionalism: How Rethinking Our Place in the Web of Life Could Change Our Global Crises with Christine Webb 03/11/2026
info_outline Wide Boundary News: The Iranian War, Rising Gas Prices, and the Single Point Failure | Frankly 130 03/10/2026
info_outline A Guide to Staying Human (Part 1): Desperately Seeking Agency | Frankly 129 03/06/2026
info_outline Could the West Lose the Resource Wars? AI, Rare Earths, and Economic Statecraft with Michael Every & Craig Tindale | RR 22 03/04/2026
info_outline Ultra-Processed Information: AI and the Coming Deluge of Noise | Frankly 128 02/27/2026
info_outline How to Inoculate Against Misinformation: Breaking Down Misleading Arguments & Why Science Communication Fails with John Cook 02/25/2026
info_outline Wide Boundary News 2/23/26: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Strait of Hormuz, and the Green Wedge 02/23/2026
info_outline Humanity as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: The Symptoms, Patterns, and Drivers | Frankly 126 02/20/2026
info_outline The Future is Rural: Reclaiming Food Sovereignty through Farming Clubs? with Jason Bradford 02/18/2026
info_outline Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times | Frankly 125 02/13/2026
info_outline The Misunderstood History of CO2: The Science Behind Earth’s Most Controversial Molecule with Peter Brannen 02/11/2026
info_outline Wide Boundary News: Peak Oil (Not!), Peak Dispatchability, and WEF Risks 02/09/2026
info_outline The Consumption Pyramid 02/06/2026
info_outline How to Read the Signs of Collapse: Economic Stagnation, Resource Scarcity, and Europe’s Industrial Decline with Balázs Matics 02/04/2026
info_outline A Country of Geniuses: Anthropic CEO’s Warnings, Plus Wide-Boundary Considerations on AI 02/02/2026
info_outline Wide Boundary News: Japan, Silver, Venezuela, and More – the Biophysical Phase Shift Cometh 01/30/2026
info_outline The New Generation of Environmental Leadership: Stubborn Optimism, Tending Your Inner Fire, and Why Hope Is Not Enough with Xiye Bastida 01/28/2026
info_outline The Creature in the Machine | Frankly 120 01/23/2026
info_outline Arms Race or the Human Race? Governance in the Age of AI, Nuclear Threats, and Geopolitical Brinkmanship | RR 21 01/21/2026
 
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