Podcast Episodes

Artificial Intelligence and the Lost Ark | Frankly 83

(Recorded January 27th, 2025)

We live in an era where artificial intelligence increasingly dominates the headlines with promises of revolutionary a…

1 year, 2 months ago

The Uncertain Future of Oil: Energy Poverty, Depletion, and 'Green' Ambitions with Scott Tinker

(Conversation recorded on October 30th, 2024)  

Human consumption of fossil fuels - especially oil - is a topic filled with complexity, tension, an…

1 year, 2 months ago

Power vs Life: Towards Wide Boundary Sovereignty | Frankly 82

(Recorded January 20th, 2025)

We are alive at a critical juncture for human civilization, and the biosphere, where the pursuit and accumulation of po…

1 year, 2 months ago

Navigating International Crises: The Evolving Challenges for Humanitarian Organizations with Birgitte Bischoff

(Conversation recorded on December 18th, 2024)  

With the increase in geopolitical conflicts, supply chain challenges, and unprecedented natural di…

1 year, 2 months ago

The Future is Local: Bioregioning 101

(Conversation recorded on December 11th, 2024)

The past century has been marked by the rise of globalization in every sense of the word - through …

1 year, 2 months ago

Reality and Perseverance in India: Pollution, Poverty, and Policy with Sunita Narain

(Conversation recorded on December 4th, 2024)  

It is an unfortunate reality that the countries least responsible for the climate and ecological cr…

1 year, 3 months ago

The Meaning Crisis: Wisdom, Purpose, and the Search for Coherence with John Vervaeke

(Conversation recorded on November 25th, 2024)

The crises that our world is facing seem to be constantly growing, leading to enormous and devastati…

1 year, 3 months ago

Best of TGS: What Would You Do With a Magic Wand?

This year on The Great Simplification, we heard from 54 guests, 18 Reality Roundtable panelists, and Nate shared his thoughts across 31 Frankly episo…

1 year, 3 months ago

Time Travel & The Superorganism: A Movie Idea | Frankly 81

(Recorded December 16, 2024)

As we wrap up another year of thought-provoking discussions on The Great Simplification, Nate takes us on an imaginati…

1 year, 3 months ago

The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities with Christian Sawyer

(Conversation recorded on November 7th, 2024)  

Long-time listeners of The Great Simplification may have a good grasp of the many impending crises …

1 year, 3 months ago