Podcast Episodes

The Silent Collapse: What the Disappearance of Insects Means for Humanity and the Earth with Oliver Milman

Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies – these small animals are often considered a nuisance (or worse) by humanity, bringing up an ongoing desire to kill or mitigate these “pests” that plague our backyards,…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Ghost of Dopamine Past | Frankly 103

In this week’s Frankly, Nate reflects on a moment of unexpected insight during a morning bike ride, which catalyzed a larger meditation on the modern human predicament. This episode explores the neur…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nothing Can Stop This Train: Our Financial Predicament From a Systems Perspective with Lyn Alden

Money, debt, and finance shape the lives of everyone globally, including through the policies and actions of national central banks – yet even those who are well-versed in these subjects often miss t…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Towards Individual Wisdom & Restraint

In this Earth Day presentation, recorded earlier this year, Nate offers nine broad paths for individuals to cultivate resilience in an increasingly uncertain and unstable period of human history. Fro…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Packaging Revolution: Industry’s Responsibility & the Innovations That Could Mitigate the Waste Crisis with Wes Carter

Episode 186

Packaging is an unavoidable feature of modern life. It’s so embedded in our products and systems that even the most environmentally-minded consumers struggle to avoid it entirely. Yet packaging accou…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

What I Learned This Week: Corn Sweat, Coral Bleaching, and the Climate Credit Crunch | Frankly 102

In this week’s Frankly, Nate shares a handful of things he’s learned in the past few days that have implications for the Great Simplification. Nate covers a wide range of topics in this edition, from…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

The Myths Shaping Our Economies: The Disconnect between Economic Theory and Reality with Josh Farley

Economic theory has come to wield outsized influence over our societal goals, decisions, and policies – often relying on models that claim to optimize how human systems function. Yet the outcomes of …

Published on 2 months ago

What I Want to Want for the Future | Frankly 101

In today’s Frankly, Nate imagines that he’s looking back from an unspecified point in the future (even from beyond his lifetime), and ponders the core things he would want during his time on Earth. B…

Published on 2 months ago

Moving from Apathy to Action: How Facing Grief Can Help Us Navigate a World in Crisis | Reality Roundtable #17

When facing the realities of our world, the urge to drown in grief or shut down into apathy is becoming more and more common. As we are flooded with information and global predicaments outside of our…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ask Nate Anything 2025 | Frankly 100

In today’s Frankly, Nate reads and responds to questions from viewers of the channel, offering reflections on a wide range of topics from current events, balancing fear and action surrounding often e…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago