The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens explores money, energy, economy, and the environment with world experts and leaders to understand how everything fits together, and where we go from here.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 320
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Timothée Parrique: "Degrowth: Slow is the New Cool"
On this episode, we meet with social scientist and researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University, Timothée Parrique.
What is degrowth, and how will it help define our future…
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #3: Sensemaking, Uncertainty, and Purpose”
On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger.
In Part 3 of their series, Schmachtenberger and Hagens explore metanarratives. Why are they threateni…
Steve Keen: “Mythonomics”
On this episode, we meet with Economist, Author, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy, Resilience, and Security at University College in London, Steve Keen.
Keen discusses how mainstream…
Josh Farley: "Money, Money, Money"
Show Summary:
On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley.
Money. What is it? Where does it com…
FAQs from Episodes 1-25 of The Great Simplification | Frankly #5
On this segment of Frankly, Nate’s former student Lizzy curates and asks some of the most frequently asked questions sent in by listeners during The Great Simplification episodes 1-25. How should we …
Joan Diamond: "From Kool-aid to Lemonade"
On this episode we meet with Executive Director of Stanford University’s Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Joan Diamond.
Diamond helps us imagine the future in an uncertain time. Ho…
Joe Tainter: “Surplus, Complexity, and Simplification”
On this episode we meet with archaeologist, historian, and Professor at Utah State University, Joe Tainter.
What are the key differences between complicated and complex? How can we better understand …
Peter Whybrow: “When More is Not Enough”
On this episode we meet with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author Peter Whybrow.
Whybrow gives us an overview of why humans tend to consume excessively in resource-abundant societies. Why is it d…
Meeting the Future Halfway | Frankly #4
In this Frankly, Nate unpacks the choice of the podcast title “The Great Simplification”, and how he thinks about responses - rather than solutions - to the challenges we face in the decade ahead of …
Gerardo Ceballos: “Will the Ongoing Population Extinctions Lead to a 6th Mass Extinction?”
On this episode, we meet with ecologist and conservationist Dr. Gerardo Ceballos.
Ceballos discusses animal populations, the sixth mass extinction, his new project, Creatures United, and how we can b…
Jason Bradford: “A Hybrid Path to the Future of Farming”
On this episode, Jason Bradford, who is an author, activist, farmer, and teacher, talks about the energy intensity of our modern industrial agriculture system.
How do we feed billions of people with…
Energy Blindness | Frankly #3
Nate explains how our culture is "energy blind" and the implications.
The YouTube video, featuring charts and graphs, of this podcast is available now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjhb8Nu1Sk
For…
Tim Watkins: “From Living Like Gods to Living Your Own Story”
On this episode, we meet with author, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate Tim Watkins.
Watkins gives us a bird’s eye view of how energy, the economy, the environment, and …
Aza Raskin: “AI, The Shape of Language, and Earth’s Species”
On this episode, we meet with cofounder of the Earth Species Project, cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology, and cohost of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, Aza Raskin.
Raskin gives us a…
Vicki Robin "Money and LIfe's Energy"
Show Summary:
On this episode, we meet with social innovator, writer, and speaker, Vicki Robin.
Robin unpacks how the machine of community begins. How does being vulnerable, sharing, and being oblig…
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #2: Maximum Power and Hyper Agents”
On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger.
In the second of a four-part series, Nate and Daniel explore the relationship between energy, informa…
Dr. Simon Michaux: “Minerals and Materials Blindness"”
On this episode, we meet with Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland, Dr. Simon Michaux.
Why do humans ignore important mineral and material limits that will affect …
Thomas Murphy: “Physics and Planetary Ambitions”
On this episode, we meet with Professor of Physics at UCSD and the Associate Director of CASS, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Tom Murphy.
Murphy shows us how continued growth and ene…
Chuck Watson: “Nuclear War - All the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask”
Show Summary:
On this episode, we meet again with risk expert Chuck Watson.
How can we avoid a nuclear conflict? Watson gives a primer on how to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and the measures …
Tristan Harris: “Social Media: Bringing the Ring to Mordor”
On this episode, we meet with Co-Founder of the Center for Humane Technology and co-host of Your Undivided Attention Podcast, Tristan Harris.
Harris explores the intersection of society and social me…