A Legacy Worth Celebrating? Reflecting on 250 Years of the American Experiment | Frankly 149
As America marks its 250th birthday, Nate takes a moment to step outside of the celebrations to seek out a wider boundary perspective on this week's holiday. He poses the question of whether the Unite...
2 Juli 20min
Mordor to the Long Repair: How Might Daily Life Feel in the Next Decades? | How to Think About the Future Part 4, Frankly 148
This week, Nate continues his "How to Think About the Future" series, where he invites listeners to imagine what it's like to live in different versions of the reality that lies ahead. In today's edit...
26 Juni 32min
We Weren't Expecting This: What Does a Super El Niño Mean For the Climate? with Tad Patzek
This year's projected Super El Niño forming in the Pacific could become one of the strongest climate oscillations in over a century. As regions prepare for the effects, and continue to adapt to extrem...
24 Juni 1h 25min
How to Play 5D Chess: It's Not What You Think | Frankly 147
In this week's Frankly, Nate explores a pattern of thinking that permeates so many of our conversations: we often decide what we think before we've fully heard what's being said. Using the metaphor of...
19 Juni 18min
No More Dystopian Stories: How to See a Future Worth Living In with Rob Hopkins
Self-fulfilling prophecies; manifestations; the Oedipus Effect: Humanity has long had an intuition that the stories we tell ourselves the most are often the stories we make come true. Science has foun...
17 Juni 1h 35min
The Ultimate Alternative: Are You Okay With Nuclear Warfare? | Frankly 146
This week's Frankly is another in Nate's recurring series Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times, in which he poses questions about our shared future. Today, he uses headlines regarding a potenti...
16 Juni 23min
The U.S. Can't Back Down: The Strait of Hormuz Closure Is Messier Than You Think with Michael Every
This episode was recorded Tuesday, June 9th, before the current 'deal' was floated. Given world events, we decided to post this episode immediately as a special release, and deal or not, this conversa...
12 Juni 1h 25min
Why 'Community' Fails: Everyone Wants a Village, Nobody Wants to Be a Villager with Nora Bateson, Jonathan Goldsmith & Lucas Jackson | RR 26
Many of us lack meaningful community in our lives, either from a complete absence of relationships or simply the sense of disconnection from those around us. In response, a growing number of people at...
10 Juni 1h 33min
