The Strait of Hormuz and 'the Spice' | Frankly #61
Recorded April 17 2024 Description In this week's Frankly, Nate focuses on the importance of the Strait of Hormuz, a geographic location within a 700-mile radius of Israel called the "Black Gold Tri...
19 Apr 202412min
Luther Krueger: "Goldilocks Tech? A Solar Oven Overview"
On this episode, Nate is joined by Solar Oven collector and educator Luther Krueger to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking. In the western world, most of us are used to indoor, gas or electric s...
17 Apr 20241h 11min
The 17 Things I Am 100% Certain About | Frankly #60
Recorded April 8 2024 Description In this week's Frankly, Nate offers a list of things he is absolutely certain of… or as certain as any human can be. Each of us has grounding beliefs about the real...
12 Apr 202420min
Michael Every: "The Many -Isms of the Metacrisis"
On this episode, Nate is joined by financial analyst Michael Every to discuss global macro trends in economics, politics, and social movements. By taking a wide-view lens of current events, we can bet...
10 Apr 20241h 49min
7 Meta Questions About Our Global Metabolism | Frankly #59
Recorded April 4 2024 Description Based on this week's podcast episode with Geoffrey West, which covered how biological scaling applies to human economies, this week's Frankly is a reflection on w...
4 Apr 202415min
Geoffrey West: "Metabolism and the Hidden Laws of Biology"
On this episode, physicist Geoffrey West joins Nate to discuss his decades of work on metabolic scaling laws found in nature and how they apply to humans and our economies. As we think about the past ...
3 Apr 20241h 41min
The Fellowship of the Ring - 'Bend Not Break' Version | Frankly 58
In this Frankly, Nate recasts his favorite book series, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, with some speculative "archetypes" of our human world grouped by various timelines. The eve...
29 Mar 202423min
Riane Eisler: "Domination and Partnership in Society"
On this episode, Nate is joined by systems scientist Riane Eisler to discuss her decades of work studying 'domination' and 'partnership' societies throughout history and what it might mean to transiti...
27 Mar 20241h 9min
