Social Overshoot? Dunbar's Number, Real Relationships, and Musical Chairs | Frankly 94
With more people on the planet than ever before – with most having constant digital access to one another – there is an abundance of potential relationships available to us. Despite this, there is als...
9 Maj 202515min
Fragile Electric Grids: Did Renewables Cause the Blackout in Spain? with Pedro Prieto
Last week, Europe experienced its worst blackout in living memory, which plunged tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal into darkness for up to 18 hours. Life screeched to a halt, with t...
7 Maj 202557min
Information Burnout: Are We Past Peak Sensemaking? | Frankly 93
Each morning, people around the world wake up to more troubling headlines – from power outages in Spain and Portugal to intensifying drone attacks in Ukraine. For some people, diving into the facts an...
2 Maj 202512min
Sobriété vs Poverty: Preparing for a New Cultural Paradigm with Jean-Marc Jancovici
As economic, political, and environmental pressures continue to reshape our daily choices, it's becoming increasingly clear that the era of hyper-consumption that defined the past century is no longer...
30 Apr 20251h 11min
Artificial Intelligence - In Service of Life? | Frankly 92
What if the most powerful tool humanity has ever created could either help heal the Earth — or accelerate its unraveling? In this special Earth Week edition of Frankly, Nate delves into what it truly ...
25 Apr 202527min
The Neuroscience of Good Journalism: How Constructive Journalism Uses Information to Empower with Maren Urner
The psychological effects of media consumption and keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle are vast. It can sometimes feel impossible to stay educated on current events without also feeling hopeless, d...
23 Apr 20251h 24min
Unintended Consequences in a Complex World | Frankly 91
As current events continue to accelerate around us, there is no better time to pause and view the rapid changes unfolding around us through a broader, systemic perspective. It's only by slowing down a...
18 Apr 20257min
Planetary Insights: How Satellites Could Transform Our Understanding of Earth's Predicament with Will Marshall
When we are able to see the full scope of a problem, rather than a fragment, it changes how we respond. Throughout history, comprehensive data has catalyzed transformative change—from the measurements...
16 Apr 20251h 16min
