In this 139th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss whether reality is going to be tolerated—by internet randos, by magazines supposedly devoted to disseminating scientific findings to an interested public, and by actual scientific journals. A new editorial in Nature Human Behavior is breath-taking in its rejection of the scientific process and values, an...
Aug 27, 2022•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Norman Fenton on the failure of academia and our medical system that Covid has revealed. They discuss how Wikipedia, the greatest encyclopedia to date, has become a political weapon, and how big an issue this actually is. Find Norman at his website: https://www.normanfenton.com/ Find Norman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profnfenton?s=20&t=zC_ddM-x2Y7I_vEddufszA ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more l...
Aug 20, 2022•2 hr 51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 138th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss what fatwas and cancel culture have in common. Why are we allowing zealots to decide what we can say and do by fiat? The circuitry of religion has an ancient history (even when it goes off the rails, as in the attack on Salman Rushdie); it is being hijacked by a secular cult. This new cult is targeting a...
Aug 13, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 137th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the academy, and ask: does DEI belong in science? If the answer is no, are we contributing to a hostile or alienating workplace? We argue that it is the DEI enthusiasts who are creating hostile and alienating spaces for all of the rest of us. Then: laboratory of ...
Aug 06, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret Speaks with Peter Boghossian on a multitude of subjects surrounding wokeism, Covid, and the endpoint of our present course. Support the sponsors of the show: Eight Sleep: Personalized thermoregulation while you sleep, and when you wake. Eight Sleep’s amazing Pod Pro Cover (for your mattress) is $150 off at www.eightsleep.com/darkhorse Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Go to www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse to get 20...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 136th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the tragic tale of a woman who became a murderer….or actually, we discuss a murderer who claims to have become a woman. We talk about the order to close Tavistock, the gender identity clinic in England, and whether “affirmative care” for children who declare themselves trans may soon be a thing of the pa...
Jul 30, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast View on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f/EvoLens135:4 View on Spotify (With video): ***** In this 135th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss how, with regard to Covid, natural immunity compares to vaccine-induced immunity. Is the omicron variant unique in this regard? What science has been done to address the question? When is it acceptable to...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret Speaks with Michael Shellenberger regarding his recent gubernatorial campaign in California. They discuss the difficulty inherent in running for political office outside of the two major parties. In addition, they touch on topics ranging from nuclear power to Covid, and how we might go about escaping the modern predicament we have landed in. Find Michael at his website: https://shellenberger.org/ Buy Michael’s latest book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Cit...
Jul 21, 2022•3 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast View on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f/EvoLens134:0?r=4uduif6gFWnKY3Bktmi8XwCNa7UxSJpb View on Spotify (With video): ***** In this 134th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss Howard Zinn, scones, and the existence of God. We discuss accidents and injury, and Bret proposes a hypothesis for why his recent bicycle accident happened. We discuss m...
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret Speaks with Mattias Desmet on the subject of mass formation, a topic Mattias has spent a great deal of time exploring and has written a recent book on (The Psychology of Totalitarianism), linked below. They tackle this process from their differing backgrounds of expertise and discuss what it suggests about our path into the future. Find Mattias’ book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Totalitarianism-Mattias-Desmet/dp/1645021726/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1657654629&refinements=p_27%3AMat...
Jul 12, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 133rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the surge of Covid cases during the northern Summer. We talk about a new paper which finds that the mRNA vaccines against Covid do more harm than good, and the fact that both Canada, and the state of Washington, are implementing new vaccine mandates now, despite ever growing evidence that the Covid vacci...
Jul 06, 2022•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Maajid Nawaz was the founding chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that sought to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists and, until January 2022, was the host of an LBC radio show on Saturdays and Sundays. https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz https://odysee.com/@MaajidNawaz ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/bretweinstein Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subsc...
Jun 30, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 132nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and how both individuals and political entities on both “sides” are responding to it. We discuss the implications of whether other organisms might use abortifacients, and how fuzzy categories are revealed with the discovery of a giant bacterium. We discuss whether twitter ...
Jun 26, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Konstantin Kisin in London about fatherhood, thinking in public, and human extinction. Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, social commentator, and co-host of the Triggernometry podcast. https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/bretweinstein Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channe...
Jun 23, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast View on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f/EvoLens131:b View on Spotify video: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CXDqWrOJN7OgY5uFxoFI1 ***** In this 131st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss why so many things, in modernity, and right now in particular, are labeled the opposite of what they truly are. What we are told is safe, is toxic; we are ...
Jun 18, 2022•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche in Bath, England, together for the COVID Better Way Conference 2022. Geert Vanden Bossche is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine who has specialist expertise in virology and vaccinology, Geert has worked in industry in the construction of vaccines, and in the non profit sector working to bring immunity to larger numbers of people. Find Geert: https://www.geertvandenbossche.org/ https://twitter.com/GVDBossche https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_yhGQiJ5lTmOaoIQ...
Jun 16, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 130th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the state of Portland, Oregon, two years after protests and riots made a mess of the city. Still found on the streets: entreaties to abolish the police, and protect “black trans sex workers,” and to attend a pride brunch that is actually a “drag queen brunch.” And yet when you talk to people, you almost ...
Jun 11, 2022•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Dr. Robert Malone in Bath, England, nearly a year after their first podcast together. Dr. Robert Malone is an internationally recognized scientist/physician and the original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology, DNA vaccination, and multiple non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA platform delivery technologies. He holds numerous fundamental domestic and foreign patents in the fields of gene delivery, delivery formulations, and vaccines: including for fundamental DNA and RNA/mRNA vac...
Jun 09, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast View on Odysee: https://odysee.com/evolens129:10c420bcb2df7ae0e97adfd3d68a3475a554c70e View on Spotify (With video): ***** In this 129th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss whether we might be in a dark age—an era in which “all of our structures of knowledge are plagued by errors, at all levels, from the trivial to the profound, periphery to the fundame...
Jun 04, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Neil Oliver about the COVID conference in Bath and on their experiences throughout the pandemic. Neil Oliver is a British television presenter, archaeologist, and author. He is best known as the presenter of several documentary series on archaeology and history, including A History of Scotland, Vikings, and Coast. He is also an author of popular history books and historical fiction. Find Neil Oliver at: https://twitter.com/thecoastguy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQe...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 128th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: What is it to be human, how much responsibility to we have for finding our own way, and how can we find hope, and meaning, even at the worst of times? Then: people have a moral obligation to grapple with the downstream effects of their own arguments, from medical...
May 28, 2022•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast View on Odysee: https://odysee.com/evolens127:f36c1f80cb409fd2708cfa2f7f58a08c4073b653 View on Spotify (With video): ***** In this 127th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss observations from recent travels—how the world looks as it emerges from 2+ years of restrictions and lockdowns, and what it feels like to have conversations across both significant d...
May 27, 2022•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Jim Rutt about Elon Musk's move to takeover Twitter and free speech on social media. Jim is an American businessman and entrepreneur, the former CEO of Network Solutions, and the former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1Sl_jFYRl2gbkBLp7w4lg https://twitter.com/jim_rutt Mentioned in this episode: Jim's article for Quillette on Elon Musk takeover: https://quillette.com/2022/04/27/musk-and-moderation/ Game b website: https://www.game-...
May 21, 2022•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 126th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss science, Covid, vaccines, sunlight, and sophistry. New research suggests that adenovirus-vectored vaccines (e.g. J&J, AstraZeneca) reduce all-cause mortality, but that mRNA vaccines (e.g. Pfizer, Moderna) do not. What are the implications of this? What kinds of vaccines are recommended and effective,...
May 07, 2022•2 hr 52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 125th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the new current thing. The new current thing is not the Pfizer data release that happened this week, although perhaps it should be. The new current thing is the leaked draft majority opinion from Judge Alito, Supreme Court Justice of the United States, which reveals that Roe v. Wade is likely to be overt...
May 04, 2022•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Alexandros Marinos, who has analyzed the TOGETHER trial, which aims to identify effective repurposed therapies to prevent the disease progression of COVID-19. Alexandros is the Founder/CEO of http://balena.io & aspiring practical philosopher. Find him on: https://twitter.com/alexandrosm https://doyourownresearch.substack.com/ Mentioned in this episode: https://www.togethertrial.com/ https://doyourownresearch.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-the-together-trial ***** Find Bret ...
May 02, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 124th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss the biology, geology, and conservation of the Bahamas, particularly the Exumas islands. How do parrotfish turn coral into sand, what’s up with tropicbirds, and what does it mean that all Caribbean beaches have trash on them? Apologies for the sound quality during the videos. We also discuss the lifting o...
Apr 29, 2022•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 123rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss Elon Musk’s twitter play, and the implications for censorship, and the new public square. We discuss the modern impulse to make binaries of things that aren’t (e.g. political opinions), and to reject binaries that are real (e.g. sex). We talk about puberty blockers, and their non-reversibility, and wheth...
Apr 16, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bret speaks with Jonathan Pageau a symbolic thinker, YouTuber, and carver of orthodox icons. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtCTSf3UwRU14nYWr_xm-dQ https://thesymbolicworld.com/ http://www.pageaucarvings.com/ https://twitter.com/PageauJonathan ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/bretweinstein Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips...
Apr 11, 2022•3 hr 52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this 122nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss cancellation for being woke, and for being medically woke. We discuss vitamin D, latitude, altitude, health and allergies. We talk about teaching children how to think, not what to think, and about Margaret Mead’s retroactive cancellation. We discuss coming of age in Samoa, New Jersey, among the Amish, a...
Apr 09, 2022•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
