Nick Haddad: "Insects - A Silent Extinction"
On this episode, Nate is joined by Professor Nick Haddad, a conservation scientist with a focus on butterflies and other insects. Nick unpacks what decades of research have indicated about the declini...
27 Syys 20231h 26min
Sian Sutherland: "Innovating the Business of Plastics"
On this episode, Nate is joined by Sian Sutherland, a leader in the movement towards reducing the overconsumption of plastic and its waste. The modern era is dependent on fossil fuels for many reasons...
20 Syys 20231h 15min
Robert Sapolsky: "The Brain, Determinism, and Cultural Implications"
On this episode, neuroscientist and author Robert Sapolsky joins Nate to discuss the structure of the human brain and its implication on behavior and our ability to change. Dr. Sapolsky also unpacks h...
13 Syys 20231h 57min
Titanic Oceans: Daniel Pauly, Antonio Turiel, Peter Ward | Reality Roundtable #04
On this Reality Roundtable, marine biologist Daniel Pauly, ocean physicist Antonio Turiel, and paleobiologist Peter Ward join Nate to discuss the numerous oft-overlooked threats to the Earth's great o...
10 Syys 20231h 30min
The Many Shapes of the Carbon Pulse | Frankly #44
In this Frankly, Nate describes the Carbon Pulse - a one time massive consumption of fossil hydrocarbons at a pace millions of times faster than they were created. He outlines the many shapes that thi...
8 Syys 202320min
Graham Palmer: "Energy Storage and Civilization: A History"
On this episode, Nate is joined by Graham Palmer, a scholar and engineer in the field of energy. While this show frequently covers the importance of energy itself, this discussion focuses on how the a...
6 Syys 20231h 4min
Fossil Energy Subsidies: The Bottom Line | Frankly #43
In this week's Frankly, Nate reacts to recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) critical of 2022 subsidies to fossil fuel. These subsidies - by IMF math totalling $7+ trillion - are no...
1 Syys 202313min
Lisi Krall: "Agriculture, Surplus, and the Economic Superorganism"
On this episode, 'Superorganisms' converge as Nate is joined by economist and anthropologist Lisi Krall to discuss the evolutionary origins of our current systemic predicament. Starting with the Agric...
30 Elo 20231h 21min
