The Uncertain Future of Oil: Energy Poverty, Depletion, and 'Green' Ambitions with Scott Tinker
(Conversation recorded on October 30th, 2024) Human consumption of fossil fuels - especially oil - is a topic filled with complexity, tension, and uncertainty. Understanding this issue requires ac...
29 Jan 20251h 44min
Power vs Life: Towards Wide Boundary Sovereignty | Frankly 82
(Recorded January 20th, 2025) We are alive at a critical juncture for human civilization, and the biosphere, where the pursuit and accumulation of power - accelerated by technology and AI - increasing...
24 Jan 202540min
Navigating International Crises: The Evolving Challenges for Humanitarian Organizations with Birgitte Bischoff
(Conversation recorded on December 18th, 2024) With the increase in geopolitical conflicts, supply chain challenges, and unprecedented natural disasters, there is more need than ever for internati...
22 Jan 20251h 13min
The Future is Local: Bioregioning 101
(Conversation recorded on December 11th, 2024) The past century has been marked by the rise of globalization in every sense of the word - through production, culture, agriculture, consumption and ...
19 Jan 20251h 28min
Reality and Perseverance in India: Pollution, Poverty, and Policy with Sunita Narain
(Conversation recorded on December 4th, 2024) It is an unfortunate reality that the countries least responsible for the climate and ecological crises we face are often the ones most vulnerable to ...
15 Jan 20251h 12min
The Meaning Crisis: Wisdom, Purpose, and the Search for Coherence with John Vervaeke
(Conversation recorded on November 25th, 2024) The crises that our world is facing seem to be constantly growing, leading to enormous and devastating systemic effects across the globe. Yet, the ripp...
8 Jan 20251h 37min
Best of TGS: What Would You Do With a Magic Wand?
This year on The Great Simplification, we heard from 54 guests, 18 Reality Roundtable panelists, and Nate shared his thoughts across 31 Frankly episodes. But even after releasing 300+ hours of convers...
22 Dec 202413min
Time Travel & The Superorganism: A Movie Idea | Frankly 81
(Recorded December 16, 2024) As we wrap up another year of thought-provoking discussions on The Great Simplification, Nate takes us on an imaginative journey in this week's Frankly - exploring a pot...
20 Dec 202418min
