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
Edward Chancellor: "The Price of Time"
On this episode, financial historian Edward Chancellor joins Nate to give a meta-history of interest rates and human societies. With recent news of global financial turmoil in response to rising inter...
19 Apr 20231h 45min
Reality, Probability, and Perception | Frankly #29
Recorded April 10, 2023 Description In this Frankly, Nate explains how he views the future from a probability perspective - a tool frequently used in industries such as finance, retirement planning...
14 Apr 202322min
Kim Stanley Robinson: "Climate, Fiction, and The Future"
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss how he contributes to the discussion of climate and pro-social changemaking through writing. There hav...
12 Apr 20231h 24min
The Real Global Macro | Frankly #28
Recorded April 4, 2023 Description In this Frankly, Nate shares his early Wall Street experience of 'squawkboxes' summarizing the daily financial Global Macro events and compares it to present day...
6 Apr 202312min
Antonio Turiel: "Deep Challenges: Oceans, Scarcity and Culture"
On this episode, physicist Antonio Turiel joins me for a wide-ranging discussion from oceans and climate to energy and culture. Oceans are one of the most important factors regulating the Earth's clim...
5 Apr 20231h 42min
USA! (But wait, There's More) | Frankly #27
Recorded March 29, 2023 Description In this Frankly, Nate reflects on the varying perspectives from which people perceive the meta-crisis relative to their own circumstances. This extends to the c...
31 Mars 20238min
