Peter Whybrow: "When More is Not Enough"
On this episode we meet with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author Peter Whybrow. Whybrow gives us an overview of why humans tend to consume excessively in resource-abundant societies. Why is it di...
6 Jul 20221h 21min
Meeting the Future Halfway | Frankly #4
In this Frankly, Nate unpacks the choice of the podcast title "The Great Simplification", and how he thinks about responses - rather than solutions - to the challenges we face in the decade ahead of u...
2 Jul 202221min
Gerardo Ceballos: "Will the Ongoing Population Extinctions Lead to a 6th Mass Extinction?"
On this episode, we meet with ecologist and conservationist Dr. Gerardo Ceballos. Ceballos discusses animal populations, the sixth mass extinction, his new project, Creatures United, and how we can be...
29 Jun 20221h 37min
Jason Bradford: "A Hybrid Path to the Future of Farming"
On this episode, Jason Bradford, who is an author, activist, farmer, and teacher, talks about the energy intensity of our modern industrial agriculture system. How do we feed billions of people with ...
22 Jun 20221h 13min
Energy Blindness | Frankly #3
Nate explains how our culture is "energy blind" and the implications. The YouTube video, featuring charts and graphs, of this podcast is available now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjhb8Nu1Sk For ...
21 Jun 202224min
Tim Watkins: "From Living Like Gods to Living Your Own Story"
On this episode, we meet with author, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate Tim Watkins. Watkins gives us a bird's eye view of how energy, the economy, the environment, and m...
15 Jun 20221h 21min
Aza Raskin: "AI, The Shape of Language, and Earth's Species"
On this episode, we meet with cofounder of the Earth Species Project, cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology, and cohost of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, Aza Raskin. Raskin gives us a ...
8 Jun 20221h 49min
Vicki Robin "Money and LIfe's Energy"
Show Summary: On this episode, we meet with social innovator, writer, and speaker, Vicki Robin. Robin unpacks how the machine of community begins. How does being vulnerable, sharing, and being obliga...
1 Jun 20221h 2min
