Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchArms Race or the Human Race? Governance in the Age of AI, Nuclear Threats, and Geopolitical Brinkmanship | RR 21
Humans have shaped the world more than any other species in existence, largely due to our ability to coordinate and work together as a unit – in othe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Technology and Wealth: The Straw, the Siphon, and the Sieve | Frankly 119
In this week's Frankly, Nate explores the relationship between technology and wealth when viewed through a global biophysical lens. He uses the visua…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Why the West Can't Defend Itself: How Material Scarcity Is Reshaping Global Power with Craig Tindale
For decades, the West has outsourced its own material production to other countries, in favor of lower costs and short-term returns over more expensi…
3 months ago
The Things We Take for Granted | Frankly 118
In this week's Frankly, Nate shares reflections on what we take for granted in life at multiple scales: from personal health to meaningful work to re…
3 months ago
How We've 'Drugified' Our Entire Existence: Dopamine & Addiction In the Digital Age with Anna Lembke
Dopamine: the most famous neurotransmitter that regulates pleasure, motivation, and (perhaps most importantly) addiction. When examining why our soc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law?
In this week's Frankly, Nate takes thermodynamics out of the physics classroom, utilizing its principles to explain the invisible forces behind growt…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
End of Year Reflections: Four Years of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
In this week's episode, Nate reflects on four years(!) of the podcast by answering listener-submitted questions, which cover a broad range of topics …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Sunk Cost and the Superorganism | Frankly 116
In this week's episode, Nate unpacks the pervasive behavioral pull of sunk cost as a force shaping our material reality, identities, and collective e…
4 months ago
Fighting for a Livable Future: Exploring Frontier Climate Interventions with Kelly Erhart
While current conversations about global heating tend to center around a few well-established pieces of science, we don't often hear about the scient…
4 months ago
Inflation, Deflation, & Simplification: The 8 Things That Influence Prices | Frankly 115
In this week's Frankly, Nate explores how the prices we encounter in our daily lives are influenced by not only how much money is in the system, but …
4 months, 1 week ago