Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF) an organization focused on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians and systems thinkers ISEOF assembles road-maps and off-ramps for how human societies can adapt to lower throughput lifestyles.

Nate holds a Masters Degree in Finance with Honors from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. He teaches an Honors course, Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota.

Helena-Norberg Hodge

Helena Norberg-Hodge — Globalization End Game: How Localization Builds Resilient Communities & Economies

In this episode, Nate is joined by Helena Norberg-Hodge – a leading voice in the localization movement – to explore the deep systemic challenges posed by economic globalization.

June 11, 2025

Zak Stein

Zak Stein — AI’s Unseen Risks: How Artificial Intelligence Could Harm Future Generations

In this episode, Nate is joined once again by philosopher of education Zak Stein to delve into the far-reaching implications of technology – especially artificial intelligence – on the future of education.

June 6, 2025

superorganism

Why the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart: The Superorganism Explained in 7 Minutes

In this week’s Frankly — adapted from a recent TED talk like presentation (called Ignite) — Nate outlines how humanity is part of a global economic superorganism, driven by abundant energy and the emergent properties of billions of humans working towards the same goal.

June 3, 2025

pendulum

The Parent and the Pendulum

In this week’s Frankly, Nate explores the themes of attention, awareness, and the psychological impacts of modern life.

May 30, 2025

Malin Pinsky

Malin Pinsky — The Fish are Fleeing: How Shifting Marine Ecosystems are Upending Life

In this conversation, Nate is joined by marine ecologist Malin Pinsky, whose decades of research shed light on the dramatic migrations of marine species due to rising ocean temperatures.

May 28, 2025

Andrew Millison

Andrew Millison — Restoring Global Ecology: The Great Green Wall and Large-Scale Permaculture in Action

In this conversation, Nate sits down with permaculture educator Andrew Millison to discuss the Great Green Wall project, a massive ecological initiative aimed at combating desertification in the Sahel region of Africa.

May 27, 2025

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