# The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503.md RSS feed: https://thegreatsimplification.libsyn.com/rss Official site: http://thegreatsimplification.com Author: Nate Hagens Episodes: 397 ## Resource The Great Simplification is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Through conversations with experts and leaders hosted by Dr. Nate Hagens, we explore topics spanning ecology, economics, energy, geopolitics, human behavior, and monetary/financial systems. Our goal is to provide a simple educational resource for the complex energetic, physical, and social constraints ahead, and to inspire people to play a role in our collective future. Ultimately, we aim to normalize these conversations and, in doing so, change the initial conditions of future events. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503.md ## Episodes - [How to Think About the Future (Part 3): Uphill Futures in a Downhill World | Frankly 145](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/how-to-think-about-the-future-part-3-uphill-futures-in-a-downhill-world-frankly-145) — 2026-06-05T11:00:00+00:00 - [Back to the Land: Why Restoring Earth's Capacity Will Take All of Us with Brett KenCairn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/back-to-the-land-why-restoring-earth-s-capacity-will-take-all-of-us-with-brett-kencairn) — 2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00 - [Casting Call for a Future Frankly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/casting-call-for-a-future-frankly) — 2026-06-01T12:00:00+00:00 - [A Word I Can't Seem to Understand: Non-Duality and Our Living World | Frankly 144](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/a-word-i-can-t-seem-to-understand-non-duality-and-our-living-world-frankly-144) — 2026-05-29T13:42:00+00:00 - [Darkness Deficit Disorder: How Constant Stimulation Has Shaped our Consumption with Andrew Holecek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/darkness-deficit-disorder-how-constant-stimulation-has-shaped-our-consumption-with-andrew-holecek) — 2026-05-27T12:00:00+00:00 - [A Guide to Staying Human (Part 3): Why Mindfulness Matters When the World Is Breaking Down](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/a-guide-to-staying-human-part-3-why-mindfulness-matters-when-the-world-is-breaking-down) — 2026-05-22T12:00:00+00:00 - [Learning in a Way that Actually Matters: Why Standardized Testing Contributed to the Metacrisis – and How to Fix It with Theo Dawson & Zak Stein | RR 25](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/learning-in-a-way-that-actually-matters-why-standardized-testing-contributed-to-the-metacrisis-and-how-to-fix-it-with-theo-dawson-zak-stein-rr-25) — 2026-05-20T12:00:00+00:00 - [A Guide to Staying Human (Part 2): Navigating Dread and Carrying the Weight of Tomorrow | Frankly 142](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/a-guide-to-staying-human-part-2-navigating-dread-and-carrying-the-weight-of-tomorrow-frankly-142) — 2026-05-15T12:00:00+00:00 - [A World On the Precipice: The Last Oil Tanker From the Strait of Hormuz has Arrived – Now What? with Art Berman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/a-world-on-the-precipice-the-last-oil-tanker-from-the-strait-of-hormuz-has-arrived-now-what-with-art-berman) — 2026-05-13T12:00:00+00:00 - [Wide Boundary News: Sacrificing Wilderness, Oil Data Propaganda, and Feeding the Superorganism's Brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/wide-boundary-news-sacrificing-wilderness-oil-data-propaganda-and-feeding-the-superorganism-s-brain) — 2026-05-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Why Each American Lives Like a 40-Ton Whale: Power, Overshoot, and Climate with Tad Patzek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/why-each-american-lives-like-a-40-ton-whale-power-overshoot-and-climate-with-tad-patzek) — 2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00 - [A Perspective From Lebanon: Who Will We Be When Things Get Hard? | Frankly 140](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/a-perspective-from-lebanon-who-will-we-be-when-things-get-hard-frankly-140) — 2026-05-01T11:47:00+00:00 - [This War Changes Everything: Are We Ready for Energy Shockwaves From the Strait of Hormuz? with Rory Johnston](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/this-war-changes-everything-are-we-ready-for-energy-shockwaves-from-the-strait-of-hormuz-with-rory-johnston) — 2026-04-29T12:00:00+00:00 - [How to Think About the Future (Part 2): Four Variables Shaping the Coming Decades | Frankly 139](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/how-to-think-about-the-future-part-2-four-variables-shaping-the-coming-decades-frankly-139) — 2026-04-24T11:00:00+00:00 - [Wisdom in a World in Crisis: The Counterintuitive Need to Slow Down and Find Spaciousness with Iain McGilchrist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/wisdom-in-a-world-in-crisis-the-counterintuitive-need-to-slow-down-and-find-spaciousness-with-iain-mcgilchrist) — 2026-04-22T11:00:00+00:00 - [How to Think About the Future (Part 1): Changing the Future Starts with How You Think | Frankly 138](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/how-to-think-about-the-future-part-1-changing-the-future-starts-with-how-you-think-frankly-138) — 2026-04-17T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Fantasy of Space Colonization: The Spaceship We're Already On with Tom Murphy & DJ White | RR 24](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/the-fantasy-of-space-colonization-the-spaceship-we-re-already-on-with-tom-murphy-dj-white-rr-24) — 2026-04-15T11:00:00+00:00 - [Oil 301: The World After Cheap Energy | Frankly 137](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/oil-301-the-world-after-cheap-energy-frankly-137) — 2026-04-11T11:00:00+00:00 - [Oil 201: What Happens When the Oil Stops Flowing | Frankly 136](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/oil-201-what-happens-when-the-oil-stops-flowing-frankly-136) — 2026-04-10T11:00:00+00:00 - [Oil 101: What You Actually Need to Know About Oil | Frankly 135](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/oil-101-what-you-actually-need-to-know-about-oil-frankly-135) — 2026-04-09T11:00:00+00:00 - [Navigating the Metacrisis: Finding Calm in the Storm through Awareness and Meditation with Sam Harris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/navigating-the-metacrisis-finding-calm-in-the-storm-through-awareness-and-meditation-with-sam-harris) — 2026-04-08T11:00:00+00:00 - [Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times: A World at the Edge of Change | Frankly 134](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/uncomfortable-questions-for-unsettled-times-a-world-at-the-edge-of-change-frankly-134) — 2026-04-03T11:00:00+00:00 - [Scrambling for Energy Security: Navigating Unstable Energy Supplies Amidst Global Conflict with Chris Keefer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/scrambling-for-energy-security-navigating-unstable-energy-supplies-amidst-global-conflict-with-chris-keefer) — 2026-04-01T11:00:00+00:00 - [Iran, U.S., and the Rest: The Unavoidable Pig in the Python | Frankly 133](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/iran-u-s-and-the-rest-the-unavoidable-pig-in-the-python-frankly-133) — 2026-03-27T11:00:00+00:00 - [Ending the AI Arms Race: Why Safer Futures Are Still Possible & What You Can Do to Help with Tristan Harris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/ending-the-ai-arms-race-why-safer-futures-are-still-possible-what-you-can-do-to-help-with-tristan-harris) — 2026-03-25T11:00:00+00:00 - [What to Do as the World Falls Apart: A Framework for Action | Frankly 132](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-4768503/what-to-do-as-the-world-falls-apart-a-framework-for-action-frankly-132) — 2026-03-20T11:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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