# The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729.md RSS feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/393380/rss Official site: http://thegreatsimplification.com Author: Nate Hagens Episodes: 413 ## 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-6364729 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729.md ## Episodes - [When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacrisis | Frankly 153](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/when-truth-becomes-hazardous-navigating-information-through-the-metacrisis-frankly-153) — 2026-07-31T11:30:00+00:00 - [The End of Globalization: Why Abundance Is an Illusion with Jeff Currie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/the-end-of-globalization-why-abundance-is-an-illusion-with-jeff-currie) — 2026-07-29T11:30:00+00:00 - [Watch With Both Eyes Open: The Beauty and the Horror of Our Moment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/watch-with-both-eyes-open-the-beauty-and-the-horror-of-our-moment) — 2026-07-24T11:30:00+00:00 - [Taking Love Seriously: What Ancient Wisdom & Modern Psychology Say About Interconnectedness with John Churchill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/taking-love-seriously-what-ancient-wisdom-modern-psychology-say-about-interconnectedness-with-john-churchill) — 2026-07-22T11:30:00+00:00 - [Protect the Irreversible: What Matters Most in an Uncertain Future? | How to Think About the Future Pt 6, Frankly 151](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/protect-the-irreversible-what-matters-most-in-an-uncertain-future-how-to-think-about-the-future-pt-6-frankly-151) — 2026-07-17T11:30:00+00:00 - [It's Not Just Hormuz: The Chokepoints Changing Global Shipping Forever with Sal Mercogliano](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/it-s-not-just-hormuz-the-chokepoints-changing-global-shipping-forever-with-sal-mercogliano) — 2026-07-15T11:30:00+00:00 - [Foundations Before Outcomes: The Future Beneath Your Feet | How to Think About the Future Pt 5, Frankly 150](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/foundations-before-outcomes-the-future-beneath-your-feet-how-to-think-about-the-future-pt-5-frankly-150) — 2026-07-10T11:30:00+00:00 - [Can Money Serve Life? How to Fund Communities Doing the Real Work with Matthew Monahan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/can-money-serve-life-how-to-fund-communities-doing-the-real-work-with-matthew-monahan) — 2026-07-08T11:30:00+00:00 - [A Legacy Worth Celebrating? Reflecting on 250 Years of the American Experiment | Frankly 149](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/a-legacy-worth-celebrating-reflecting-on-250-years-of-the-american-experiment-frankly-149) — 2026-07-02T11:30:00+00:00 - [Mordor to the Long Repair: How Might Daily Life Feel in the Next Decades? | How to Think About the Future Part 4, Frankly 148](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/mordor-to-the-long-repair-how-might-daily-life-feel-in-the-next-decades-how-to-think-about-the-future-part-4-frankly-148) — 2026-06-26T11:30:00+00:00 - [We Weren't Expecting This: What Does a Super El Niño Mean For the Climate? with Tad Patzek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/we-weren-t-expecting-this-what-does-a-super-el-ni-o-mean-for-the-climate-with-tad-patzek) — 2026-06-24T11:30:00+00:00 - [How to Play 5D Chess: It's Not What You Think | Frankly 147](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/how-to-play-5d-chess-it-s-not-what-you-think-frankly-147) — 2026-06-19T11:00:00+00:00 - [No More Dystopian Stories: How to See a Future Worth Living In with Rob Hopkins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/no-more-dystopian-stories-how-to-see-a-future-worth-living-in-with-rob-hopkins) — 2026-06-17T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Ultimate Alternative: Are You Okay With Nuclear Warfare? | Frankly 146](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/the-ultimate-alternative-are-you-okay-with-nuclear-warfare-frankly-146) — 2026-06-16T11:00:00+00:00 - [The U.S. Can't Back Down: The Strait of Hormuz Closure Is Messier Than You Think with Michael Every](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/the-u-s-can-t-back-down-the-strait-of-hormuz-closure-is-messier-than-you-think-with-michael-every) — 2026-06-12T12:30:00+00:00 - [Why 'Community' Fails: Everyone Wants a Village, Nobody Wants to Be a Villager with Nora Bateson, Jonathan Goldsmith & Lucas Jackson | RR 26](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/why-community-fails-everyone-wants-a-village-nobody-wants-to-be-a-villager-with-nora-bateson-jonathan-goldsmith-lucas-jackson-rr-26) — 2026-06-10T11:00:00+00:00 - [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-6364729/how-to-think-about-the-future-part-3-uphill-futures-in-a-downhill-world-frankly-145) — 2026-06-05T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Missing Half of Climate Change: Why Our Planet is at 50% Capacity and How to Get it Back with Brett KenCairn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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-6364729/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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