Join storyteller Alex Leff, creator of the podcast Human Nature Odyssey, on a search for better ways to understand and more clearly experience the incredible, terrifying, and ridiculous world we live in.
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Human Nature Odyssey, Episode 26. Can Games Save The World From Bureaucracy? With C. Thi Nguyen
How did humans go from living in small-scale communities where everyone knew each other to building a massive civilization filled with billions of strangers? Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, author of “The Score,” joins the odyssey to explore the strange relationship between games and large-scale society.
September 2, 2026
Human Nature Odyssey, Episode 25. The Forest and the Forager
In this immersive episode, join Alex on a walk through an ancient forest as you explore what it means to live life as a forager. It’s a journey through the garden of eden grocery story, a wrestling with the gods, and a coming home to feast and famine.
August 27, 2026
Crazy Town: Episode 131. Finding Crazy Town Part 3: Unlimited Limits to Growth
Can our economy keep growing forever on a finite planet?
August 26, 2026
Crazy Town: Episode 130. Finding Crazy Town Part 2: Simplifying Complexity
What if the greatest strength of modern civilization—its incredible complexity—is also its greatest weakness?
August 19, 2026
Crazy Town: Bonus Episode. Remembering Richard Heinberg: The Power Podcast
The world has lost a voice of clear, truth-telling wisdom—Richard Heinberg—whose work reached millions of people and fundamentally changed the lives of thousands.
August 6, 2026
Crazy Town: Episode 129. Finding Crazy Town Part 1: The Strait of Everything
What happens when the global economy depends on fish traveling 10,000 miles, oil flowing through a single strait, and enough cheap fossil fuel energy to build civilizations that previous generations couldn’t even imagine?
July 15, 2026
