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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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.

Website ↗ Last published 30 October 2026 438 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

“I always joke that even if you bought an EV to get around high gasoline prices, that EV was delivered to you likely on a flatbed powered by diesel. That's just the way this world works.” — Rory Johnston, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Rory Johnston · 28 Oct 2026 Listen →
“If you never take the first one, you'll never take the last. ... And oftentimes people will say, like, oh, well, that's fine for Native people because you inherited those ways of being. I'm sorry, but ethics don't come with a chromosome. They come with relationship, attention to your teacher, to the land.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Robin Wall Kimmerer · 21 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I would argue that most of our financial accrual of wealth has been built on that predictability and the exploitation of that predictability. And so, the problem is that all of our theories of alpha don't exist. I think they've already gone. We just don't know it.” — Indy Johar, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Indy Johar · 14 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I thought that this Hormuz restriction was going to be an immediate heart attack for the world. … And what should have been or seemed like it should have been a trip to the emergency room turned out to be a trip to the drugstore for some Tylenol.” — Art Berman, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Art Berman · 7 Oct 2026 Listen →
“There never has been an energy transition. This is a lovely story, and it's just not true. … Hydro, nuclear, all those things, we kept adding them on top of each other. We never transitioned from anything to anything.” — Art Berman, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Art Berman · 7 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Strong El Niños add about 0.2 degrees to annual temperatures the year after they peak. … We add about 0.2 degrees from human emissions every eight years. And so we're essentially adding a permanent super El Niño worth of heat to the climate system every eight years just by burning coal, oil, and gas.” — Zeke Hausfather, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Zeke Hausfather · 30 Sep 2026 Listen →
“I no longer think that ecological limits, resource limits, energy limits are going to force us to change.” — Charles Eisenstein, The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Charles Eisenstein · 2 Sep 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is hosted by Nate Hagens .

Recent Episodes

  1. 30 Oct 2026

    7 Ways Growth Ends | Frankly 164

  2. 28 Oct 2026

    A Shattered Market?: The Counterintuitive Story of the Hormuz Oil Crisis with Rory Johnston

    With Rory Johnston

  3. 23 Oct 2026

    5 Things That Keep Us Whole: Staying Grounded in an Unraveling World | Frankly 163

  4. 21 Oct 2026

    Earth's Oldest Teachers: How to Live Well on Earth with Robin Wall Kimmerer

    With Robin Wall Kimmerer

  5. 16 Oct 2026

    7 Rungs of a Runaway System: How Civilization Descended Into Crisis

  6. 14 Oct 2026

    Optionality Collapse: We're Investing in a Future That Won't Exist with Indy Johar

    With Indy Johar

  7. 9 Oct 2026

    Humanity's Icarus Moment: The Wings, the Sea, and the Sun of AI | Frankly 161

  8. 7 Oct 2026

    A World-Changing Event: We're Not Going Back to January 2026 with Art Berman

    With Art Berman

  9. 30 Sep 2026

    Climate Uncertainty: The Coolest Year for the Rest of Our Lives? with Zeke Hausfather

    With Zeke Hausfather

  10. 25 Sep 2026

    A State of the World Address: The Climate Speech We'll Probably Never Hear | Frankly 160

  11. 23 Sep 2026

    The Escalation Trap: Is America's Strategy in Iran Backfiring?

    With Robert Pape

  12. 18 Sep 2026

    The Real Work: Four Things We Can't Afford to Get Wrong | Frankly 159

Guests

Daniel Schmachtenberger (9 episodes), Chuck Watson (7 episodes), Nora Bateson (6 episodes), Arthur Berman (6 episodes), Michael Every (5 episodes), Zak Stein (4 episodes), Tom Murphy (4 episodes), Josh Farley (4 episodes), Simon Michaux (4 episodes), Andrew Millison (3 episodes), Rex Weyler (3 episodes), DJ White (3 episodes), and 216 more.