Physicist Geoffrey West discusses metabolic scaling laws in nature and their application to human societies. The conversation explores Kleiber's law, city growth patterns, social metabolism, and the need for aligning communities with energy realities. West reflects on sustainability, urban planning, and the interconnectedness of societal structures and nature.

Exploring the archetypes from J.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring in modern society and how they relate to roles in energy surplus and technology. Discussing the correlation between money supply and income distribution with different societal archetypes like technologists, salesmen, scholars, and warriors.

Nate Hagens chats with systems scientist Riane Eisler about transitioning to sustainable societies by valuing empathy and caring. They discuss partnership vs. domination structures, nurturing a partnership-oriented system, and shifting towards cultures of empathy and equality. Eisler advocates for a caring economy, valuing care work, and empowering leadership for positive societal transformation.

Exploring dichotomies in information consumption, from traditional to emerging media. Highlighting gatekeeping in academic sources, biases in journalism, and navigating personal identities. Emphasizing critical thinking and self-awareness in reshaping our understanding of truth and media landscapes.

Join Nate and impact investor Patrick Knodel as they dive into the power of philanthropy, understanding other cultures, and creating sustainable projects. They tackle questions on system change, shifting paradigms, and developing worldviews. Patrick shares his experiences in empowering rural communities, supporting farmers in India, and navigating personal challenges in unconventional projects. Learn about military spending, impact investing, and advice on raising voices and uniting for progress.

Discussions on the conflict in Ukraine, resource control, cultural clashes, and political posturing. Are European countries pushing the US involvement? Chuck Watson's insights on the conflict, media portrayal doubts, France-Russia-China-Africa relationships, and casualties in Ukraine. Exploring the complexities of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO's role, and the need for peaceful resolution.

In this podcast, investment strategist Lyn Alden and Nate Hagens discuss the deep connection between energy, technology, and finance. They explore the role of energy in shaping global systems, the cyclical dysfunction of economies, and the need for biophysically aligned tools for a smoother transition. Lyn Alden's biophysically rooted analysis exposes long-term trends misread by most analysts, highlighting vulnerabilities in economies. The conversation also delves into the impact of financial behaviors on global wealth disparities, the Federal Reserve's role in crisis management, Bitcoin's strengths and vulnerabilities, and promoting decentralized technologies for open information sharing.

Exploring the intersection of AI and peak oil production, discussing economic implications. Definition of oil expanding to include alternative sources causing confusion. Examining dynamics of shale oil, deepwater oil, and oil sands. AI's role in energy extraction, debt, modern monetary theory. AI's energy requirements, peak oil constraints, Jevons paradox, impact on society. Implications of AI on energy usage, societal and ecological well-being.

Samantha Sweetwater shares insights on mysticism, relationality, and balancing spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical aspects. The discussion explores movements for healing, communication styles, regenerative creativity, circular economies, differences between biology and machines, and awakening awe in everything.

The podcast discusses global interventions for a resource-constrained future, prioritizing health and wellness, aligning human culture with the biosphere, the importance of 'Goldilocks Tech', and building resilient communities to address climate change and resource depletion.