Podcast

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament through conversations with scientists, leaders, activists, thinkers, and doers. Watch on YouTube, or listen in here.

Publications

To understand the backdrop for The Great Simplification podcast, the four-part animated The Great Simplification movie illustrates the power of systems thinking.

For followers of Nate’s work, the Frankly videos are candid personal reflections and science-based explanations on current topics.

View Nate’s keynote presentation to the Canadian Congress 2024 on behalf of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, A Systems Approach to a (More) Sustainable Future: An Invitation to Academia, a long-form overview of the constraints, challenges, and possibilities as we head towards a (more) sustainable future.

Take a deep dive into Nate’s work in Reality 101 (Long Course), a 34-part course based on the University of Minnesota undergraduate honors seminar of the same name.

For a quick 75-minute overview, Reality 101 is a four-part summary providing quick familiarity with key concepts.

For those interested in political and economic interventions at the macro level, this presentation on Advance Policy for the Human Predicament provides a broad overview.

Presentations

These selected presentations bring Nate’s signature storytelling style to conferences, classrooms, government offices, and community meetups.

Videos

Film & Media

Nate is featured in the award-winning documentary Living in the Future’s Past (2018), a philosophical and scientific overview of the human predicament, starring Jeff Bridges.

Dutch Television VPRO documentary (2023) Energieblindheid volgens Nate Hagens | VPRO Tegenlicht