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Hosted by Nate Hagens · EN · 415 episodes
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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.
Nate Hagens hosts The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens, a science show with 415 episodes published.
Current geopolitical events continue to expose just how complex and fragile our global economic system is. As such, The Great Simplification team is re-releasing this episode with Ed Conway, which covers the deceptively
How can humans – at least those with access to the internet – ingest the same facts and data, yet arrive at radically different worldviews? That's the question Nate explores in this week's Frankly, which unpacks eight di
Most of us were taught to treat emotions like distress, numbness, and burnout as private failings to manage and move past, rather than normal responses to living within a world full of crises. The unintended result is a
What can one person actually do about the metacrisis? In this week's Frankly, Nate explicitly outlines just a few of the countless actions we can take to actually change what's coming, rather than just prepare for it. He
For decades, modern civilization has treated efficiency as an unquestioned good: the leaner, faster, and more optimized anything is – from supply chains to your morning routine – the better. But emerging systems science
This week, Nate takes on a tension he has been navigating for years, at the heart of communicating about the metacrisis: the hazards that arise from sharing true information with a global audience. Building on his earlie
For three decades, most of Wall Street has treated energy and commodities as a rounding error, or as a small slice of the portfolio rather than the physical foundation everything else runs on. But in mid-2026, with the S
In this week's Frankly, Nate reflects on a week spent with a group of friends and peers who share his understanding of the world's converging crises, and what it revealed about the deeply human need to be fully seen, wit
A growing chorus of psychologists, contemplatives, and systems thinkers argue that most of us, and most of our institutions, are running an outdated psychological and spiritual "operating system," one never built for the
This week's video is the sixth part in Nate's ongoing series, How to Think About the Future . Today, Nate turns from describing possible futures to exploring how we can make decisions when certainty is impossible. He int
Roughly a fifth of the world's oil and more than a tenth of all global trade has been navigating a literal minefield, a wary insurance industry, and whipsawing geopolitics since late February of this year. But looking be
Today, in Part 5 of the " How to Think About the Future " series, Nate scales his exploration of civilizational futures down to the future of a single human life and analyzes how the same patterns that shape economies, p
Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars flow through global philanthropy, yet only a small fraction reaches environmental, climate, and nature-related causes. Meanwhile, in small towns and rural communities around th
As America marks its 250th birthday, Nate takes a moment to step outside of the celebrations to seek out a wider boundary perspective on this week's holiday. He poses the question of whether the United States has truly m
This week, Nate continues his "How to Think About the Future" series, where he invites listeners to imagine what it's like to live in different versions of the reality that lies ahead. In today's edition, Nate builds upo
This year's projected Super El Niño forming in the Pacific could become one of the strongest climate oscillations in over a century. As regions prepare for the effects, and continue to adapt to extreme heat waves, intens
In this week's Frankly, Nate explores a pattern of thinking that permeates so many of our conversations: we often decide what we think before we've fully heard what's being said. Using the metaphor of a chessboard, he in
Self-fulfilling prophecies; manifestations; the Oedipus Effect: Humanity has long had an intuition that the stories we tell ourselves the most are often the stories we make come true. Science has found more and more evid
This week's Frankly is another in Nate's recurring series Uncomfortable Questions for Unsettled Times, in which he poses questions about our shared future. Today, he uses headlines regarding a potential ceasefire deal be
This episode was recorded Tuesday, June 9th, before the current 'deal' was floated. Given world events, we decided to post this episode immediately as a special release, and deal or not, this conversation is an excellent
Andrew Holecek
author and Embodied Philosophy faculty
1 appearance on this show
Zak Stein
Researcher · AI Psychological Harms Research Coalition
2 appearances on this show
Rory Johnston
geopolitical analyst · Commodity Context
1 appearance on this show
Iain McGilchrist
renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar
2 appearances on this show
Tom Murphy
motivational speaker, former UFC fighter, leader of Sweethearts and Heroes, superhero · Sweethearts and Heroes
1 appearance on this show
Sam Harris
19th c. local Black history icon · Williamsburg, Virginia
1 appearance on this show
Chris Keefer
president · Canadians for Nuclear Energy
1 appearance on this show
Tristan Harris
former Google insider · Center for Humane Technology
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Shanna Swan
author of Countdown · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 appearance on this show
Sian Sutherland
A Plastic Planet
1 appearance on this show
Christine Webb
author of The Arrogant Ape
1 appearance on this show
John Cook
Senior VP & Portfolio Manager · Nebraska Cornhuskers women’s volleyball
1 appearance on this show
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