The Silent Collapse: What the Disappearance of Insects Means for Humanity and the Earth with Oliver Milman
Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies – these small animals are often considered a nuisance (or worse) by humanity, bringing up an ongoing desire to kill or mitigate these "pests" that plague our backyards, ...
6 Aug 20251h 19min
The Ghost of Dopamine Past | Frankly 103
In this week's Frankly, Nate reflects on a moment of unexpected insight during a morning bike ride, which catalyzed a larger meditation on the modern human predicament. This episode explores the neuro...
1 Aug 202515min
Nothing Can Stop This Train: Our Financial Predicament From a Systems Perspective with Lyn Alden
Money, debt, and finance shape the lives of everyone globally, including through the policies and actions of national central banks – yet even those who are well-versed in these subjects often miss th...
30 Jul 20251h 39min
Towards Individual Wisdom & Restraint
In this Earth Day presentation, recorded earlier this year, Nate offers nine broad paths for individuals to cultivate resilience in an increasingly uncertain and unstable period of human history. From...
25 Jul 202542min
The Packaging Revolution: Industry's Responsibility & the Innovations That Could Mitigate the Waste Crisis with Wes Carter
Packaging is an unavoidable feature of modern life. It's so embedded in our products and systems that even the most environmentally-minded consumers struggle to avoid it entirely. Yet packaging accoun...
23 Jul 20251h 39min
This Week's Learnings: Corn Sweat, Coral Bleaching, and the Climate Credit Crunch | Frankly 102
In this week's Frankly, Nate shares a handful of things he's learned in the past few days that have implications for the Great Simplification. Nate covers a wide range of topics in this edition, from ...
18 Jul 202515min
The Myths Shaping Our Economies: The Disconnect between Economic Theory and Reality with Josh Farley
Economic theory has come to wield outsized influence over our societal goals, decisions, and policies – often relying on models that claim to optimize how human systems function. Yet the outcomes of o...
16 Jul 20251h 35min
What I Want to Want for the Future | Frankly 101
In today's Frankly, Nate imagines that he's looking back from an unspecified point in the future (even from beyond his lifetime), and ponders the core things he would want during his time on Earth. Br...
11 Jul 202513min
