You are living the latest chapter in a 10,000-year story. Join storyteller Alex Leff on a search for better ways to understand and more clearly experience the incredible, terrifying, and ridiculous world we live in.
Human Nature Odyssey is hosted and produced by Alex Leff in collaboration with Resilience.
Live Event: The King Is Dead, Now What?: The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy
Join us for a conversation inspired by the Human Nature Odyssey podcast tracing the long arc of the global battle between monarchy and revolution, authoritarianism and democracy, hierarchy and equality. Featuring podcast host Alex Leff, historian Dan Hoyer, and Post Carbon Institute’s Asher Miller.
Latest Episode
Human Nature Odyssey, Episode 22. Earth Abides (Part 2): Future Animists
It’s been fifty years since the collapse of civilization – why isn’t everything back up and running already? In the sci-fi novel “Earth Abides,” Ish tries to teach the next generation about the old ways but these dang kids would rather explore abandoned boulevards and overgrown shopping malls.
April 23, 2026
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About the Host
Alex Leff is a documentary filmmaker, immersive theater creator, and podcast host. In addition to having worked for VICE and HBO, his 2022 film, Cycle of Memory, won “Best of the Festival” at the Sunset Los Angeles Film Festival. Alex studied documentary film at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Credits
Human Nature Odyssey is produced, edited, and hosted by Alex Leff, in collaboration with Post Carbon Institute.
Theme music is “Celestial Soda Pop” by Ray Lynch, from the album: Deep Breakfast. Courtesy of Ray Lynch Productions (C)(P) 1984/BMI. All rights reserved.
