Lessons from Nature Podcast
Season 2: Modeling the Secrets of the Bees — Podcast Description
Mark Rubin, a lifelong Dreamweaver, has spent decades observing how nature turns energy into structure, purpose, and progress. In The Secrets of the Bees, he reveals the hidden mechanics behind the hive—how bees convert sunlight into motion, motion into honey, and honey into the architecture of thriving systems.
This podcast distills those insights into a practical framework for world-building and long-term thinking. Through stories, models, and the Long Game Framework, Mark shows how the principles inside every hive mirror the principles inside every dream, project, and organization. Each episode uncovers one of the Secrets of the Bees and translates it into tools you can use to build, optimize, and sustain the life you want.
If you’ve ever wondered how nature organizes complexity, why bees never waste a second, or how to turn your own ideas into living systems that grow, this podcast is your field guide. The hive has rules. The bees have lessons. And the long game has a pattern.
Come learn the secrets.
Season 1: Practical Dreaming — Podcast Description
In Practical Dreaming, visionary Dreamweaver Mark Rubin invites you into the space where imagination meets execution. Drawing on decades of observation since 1973, Mark shares the tools, mental models, and structural widgets that transform raw dreams into living systems.
This show is built on his signature Long Game Framework—a world-building engine designed to help you map your aspirations, connect them to nature’s patterns, and move them from nighttime stories into tangible realities.
Whether you’re sketching your first vision, refining a legacy project, or simply seeking permission to dream on purpose—this podcast gives you practical permission to “dream with design,” turning intangible ideas into actionable plans.
Tune in, pick up a widget, start your engine, and build the life you were meant to imagine.
Episodes
Act: Secret 24. There’s so much you can do #futurology
Solutions: Secret 23. Buying Time #futurology
Lifetime: Secret 22. We're All Just Passing Through #futurology
Strategy: Secret 21. Honey is Survival #futurology
Costs: Secret 20. It Costs More Later #anthroplogy
Cooperation: Secret 19. Cooperating Costs Less Than Fighting #anthropology
Optimize: Secret 18. Enough Honey for Everyone #anthroplogy
Far Future: Secret 17. The Game of Survival #anthropology
Near Future: Secret 16. Future Bees Do Future Work #economics
Buy Time: Secret 15. Honey Saved is Time Earned #economics
Storage: Secret 14. Stashing Honey is Storing Work #economics
Planning: Secret 13. Planning Saves Honey #economics
Communicate: Secret 12. Honey Talks #psychology
Specialize: Secret 11. Work Where You’re Strong #psychology
Plan: Secret 10. There is Always a Queen #psychology
Teamwork: Secret 9. It Takes a Team #psychology
Work: Secret 8. Moving Honey is Work #biology
Seasonality: Secret 7. Honey Comes and Honey Goes #biology
Competition: Secret 6. We're Not Playing Alone #biology
Variability: Secret 5. Honey Grows on Trees #biology
Time: Secret 4. Time is Honey #physics
Life: Secret 3. Honey is Life #physics
Energy: Secret 2. Light is Honey #physics
Luck: Secret 1. Life is Lucky #physics
Just Passing Through: Observation 56. Important to try. 2028