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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

404 episodesEN

Show overview

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 404 episodes, alongside 70 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 410 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 21 min and 1h 30m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 58 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Nate Hagens.

Episodes
404
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
1h 12m
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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Mordor to the Long Repair: How Might Daily Life Feel in the Next Decades? | How to Think About the Future Part 4, Frankly 148

Jun 26, 202632 min

We Weren't Expecting This: What Does a Super El Niño Mean For the Climate? with Tad Patzek

Jun 24, 20261h 25m

How to Play 5D Chess: It's Not What You Think | Frankly 147

Jun 19, 202618 min

No More Dystopian Stories: How to See a Future Worth Living In with Rob Hopkins

Jun 17, 20261h 35m

Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times: Are You Okay With Nuclear Warfare? | Frankly 146

Jun 16, 202623 min

The U.S. Can't Back Down: The Strait of Hormuz Closure Is Messier Than You Think with Michael Every

Jun 12, 20261h 25m

Why 'Community' Fails: Everyone Wants a Village, Nobody Wants to Be a Villager with Nora Bateson, Jonathan Goldsmith & Lucas Jackson | RR 26

Jun 10, 20261h 33m

How to Think About the Future (Part 3): Uphill Futures in a Downhill World | Frankly 145

Jun 5, 202624 min

Back to the Land: Why Restoring Earth's Capacity Will Take All of Us with Brett KenCairn

Jun 3, 20261h 34m

Casting Call for a Future Frankly

Jun 1, 20264 min

A Word I Can't Seem to Understand: Non-Duality and Our Living World | Frankly 144

May 29, 202614 min

Darkness Deficit Disorder: How Constant Stimulation Has Shaped our Consumption with Andrew Holecek

May 27, 20261h 41m

A Guide to Staying Human (Part 3): Why Mindfulness Matters When the World Is Breaking Down

May 22, 202635 min

Learning in a Way that Actually Matters: Why Standardized Testing Contributed to the Metacrisis – and How to Fix It with Theo Dawson & Zak Stein | RR 25

May 20, 20261h 14m

A Guide to Staying Human (Part 2): Navigating Dread and Carrying the Weight of Tomorrow | Frankly 142

May 15, 202632 min

A World On the Precipice: The Last Oil Tanker From the Strait of Hormuz has Arrived – Now What? with Art Berman

May 13, 20261h 40m

Wide Boundary News: Sacrificing Wilderness, Oil Data Propaganda, and Feeding the Superorganism's Brain

May 8, 202625 min

Why Each American Lives Like a 40-Ton Whale: Power, Overshoot, and Climate with Tad Patzek

May 6, 20261h 35m

A Perspective From Lebanon: Who Will We Be When Things Get Hard? | Frankly 140

May 1, 202616 min

This War Changes Everything: Are We Ready for Energy Shockwaves From the Strait of Hormuz? with Rory Johnston

Apr 29, 20261h 27m
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