Josh Farley: "Money, Money, Money"
Show Summary: On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley. Money. What is it? Where does it come...
27 Juli 20221h 20min
FAQs from Episodes 1-25 of The Great Simplification | Frankly #5
On this segment of Frankly, Nate's former student Lizzy curates and asks some of the most frequently asked questions sent in by listeners during The Great Simplification episodes 1-25. How should we b...
23 Juli 202254min
Joan Diamond: "From Kool-aid to Lemonade"
On this episode we meet with Executive Director of Stanford University's Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Joan Diamond. Diamond helps us imagine the future in an uncertain time. How...
20 Juli 20221h 22min
Joe Tainter: "Surplus, Complexity, and Simplification"
On this episode we meet with archaeologist, historian, and Professor at Utah State University, Joe Tainter. What are the key differences between complicated and complex? How can we better understand e...
13 Juli 20221h 11min
Peter Whybrow: "When More is Not Enough"
On this episode we meet with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author Peter Whybrow. Whybrow gives us an overview of why humans tend to consume excessively in resource-abundant societies. Why is it di...
6 Juli 20221h 21min
Meeting the Future Halfway | Frankly #4
In this Frankly, Nate unpacks the choice of the podcast title "The Great Simplification", and how he thinks about responses - rather than solutions - to the challenges we face in the decade ahead of u...
2 Juli 202221min
Gerardo Ceballos: "Will the Ongoing Population Extinctions Lead to a 6th Mass Extinction?"
On this episode, we meet with ecologist and conservationist Dr. Gerardo Ceballos. Ceballos discusses animal populations, the sixth mass extinction, his new project, Creatures United, and how we can be...
29 Juni 20221h 37min
Jason Bradford: "A Hybrid Path to the Future of Farming"
On this episode, Jason Bradford, who is an author, activist, farmer, and teacher, talks about the energy intensity of our modern industrial agriculture system. How do we feed billions of people with ...
22 Juni 20221h 13min
