Ultra-Processed Information: AI and the Coming Deluge of Noise | Frankly 128
In this week's Frankly, Nate explores the growing sense that many people feel disoriented and overwhelmed in a world increasingly saturated with digital content. Constant exposure to headlines, hot ta...
27 Feb 23min
How to Inoculate Against Misinformation: Breaking Down Misleading Arguments & Why Science Communication Fails with John Cook
Humans aren't rational. We don't evaluate facts objectively; instead, we interpret them through our biases, experiences, and backgrounds. What's more, we're psychologically motivated to reject or dist...
25 Feb 1h 23min
Wide Boundary News 2/23/26: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Strait of Hormuz, and the Green Wedge
This week's Frankly is another edition of Nate's Wide Boundary News series, where he invites listeners to view the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens. Today's edition features r...
23 Feb 18min
Humanity as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: The Symptoms, Patterns, and Drivers | Frankly 126
In this week's Frankly, Nate looks at how aggregate human behavior changes as groups scale from small tribes to large and complex societies. He uses the framing of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde throughout t...
20 Feb 40min
The Future is Rural: Reclaiming Food Sovereignty through Farming Clubs? with Jason Bradford
With grocery prices skyrocketing and supply chain disruptions becoming more frequent, the average person has more and more incentive to get involved in growing their own food – but how does one even g...
18 Feb 1h 23min
Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times | Frankly 125
This week's Frankly marks a new recurring segment on this platform where Nate poses questions about our shared future: Uncomfortable Questions in Unstable Times. In this edition, he explores what woul...
13 Feb 18min
The Misunderstood History of CO2: The Science Behind Earth's Most Controversial Molecule with Peter Brannen
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is often seen as the problematic byproduct of modern lifestyles that threatens our planet's stability – at least within conversations among environmentalists. But this perspective...
11 Feb 1h 9min
Wide Boundary News: Peak Oil (Not!), Peak Dispatchability, and WEF Risks
This week's Frankly is another edition of Nate's Wide Boundary News series, where he invites listeners to view the constant churn of headlines through a wider-boundary lens. Today's edition features r...
9 Feb 14min
