Alex Gladstein: "Debt Colonialism, The Petrodollar, and Bitcoin"
On this episode, Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation joins Nate to unpack how monetary policy and debt have increasingly extended the reach of colonial powers over recent decades and how bit...
24 Maj 20232h 27min
Reflections on 'Beyond Growth' | Frankly #31
On this Frankly, Nate reflects on the Beyond Growth Conference held at the European Parliament, including the stunning public acknowledgement by EU President that a growth model based on fossil fuels ...
19 Maj 202310min
Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Artificial Intelligence and The Superorganism"
On this episode, Daniel Schmachtenberger returns to discuss a surprisingly overlooked risk to our global systems and planetary stability: artificial intelligence. Through a systems perspective, Daniel...
17 Maj 20233h 12min
Missing Words | Frankly #30
Last Friday we released Nate's annual Earth Day presentation for 2023: a reflection on ~3 dozen common English words which are semantically disconnected from what they really mean - paired alongside m...
12 Maj 202314min
John Kitzhaber: "What Makes a Healthy Society?"
On this episode, former Governor of Oregon and ER Doctor John Kitzhaber joins Nate to discuss the shortcomings of the medical system in the United States. With health outcomes below average compared t...
10 Maj 202350min
The Words of Our Lives | Earth Day 2023
For this year's Earth Day presentation, I highlight common terms in the English language - the meanings of which we've come to take for granted. These words semantically imbue our understanding, persp...
8 Maj 202340min
Robert Lustig: "Processed Food, Metabolism, and The Ills of Society"
In this episode, Dr. Robert Lustig joins Nate to dive into the metabolism of the micro level of human systems - the humans ourselves. Over the last century, accompanying the transformation of our ener...
3 Maj 20231h 27min
Simon Michaux: "The Arcadian Blueprint"
In this episode, Simon Michaux returns to discuss his new paper "A Resource Balanced Economy", which outlines an alternative economic and social system. This conversation builds off of his two previou...
26 Apr 20231h 15min
