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DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

On The DarkHorse Podcast, we will explore questions that matter, with tools that work. Weekly episodes of "The Evolutionary Lens" are co-hosted with Heather Heying, in which we use an evolutionary toolkit to reveal patterns in nature--including human nature. Other episodes will feature Bret hosting long form discussions. Some guests will be well known, others obscure, but all of them are chosen because they have demonstrated unusual insight. The state and future of civilization will be a recurring

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01:45:53

It’s not Complicated: The 230th Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/06/19

In this 230th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this week’s episode, we discuss air quality in Los Angeles, and how California led the way in making catalytic converters standard in cars across the United States. Now, that regulatory apparatus is being used for less honorable ends, as legislators consider mandating the inclusion of folic acid in all tortilla products

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01:42:43

Monsters, Spotted: The 229th Evolutionary Lens with...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/06/12

In this 229th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.In this week’s episode, we discuss empathy, sympathy, and theory of mind; corporate personhood, psychopathic behavior, and the limitations of humans; kin selection, and reciprocity, both direct and indirect. Then: utopias, and why they fail, from the hero of Er in Plato’s Republic to the Singularity. And we discuss the human

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01:59:11

Wouldn’t Put it Past ‘Em: The 228th Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/06/06

In this 228th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.In this week’s episode, we discuss the WHO, International Health Regulations, and this week’s rally in Geneva. Also: major concessions in the Covid narrative. And: avian flu (H5N1). Finally: on the joys of motorcycling in the Alps with one’s son. ***** Our sponsors: Timeline: Accelerate the clearing of damaged mitochondria

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01:55:39

Truth Seeking in a Dark Age | Phil Harper on DarkHorse

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/31

Bret talks to Phil Harper on his recent trip to the UK. They discuss the process of truth seeking and how our present dark age affects it.Find Phil on X: @phillyharper (https://twitter.com/phillyharper) Find Phil on Substack: https://philharper.substack.com/ Cartoon mentioned at minute 56: https://imgix.bustle.com/lovelace/uploads/1055/dba34200-2841-0133-775b-0aecee5a8273.jpg?w=760&h=508&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=50&dpr=2 ***** PaleoValley: Wide array

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01:50:29

Who Wins & WHO Loses? The 227th Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/28

In this 227th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss the failure of the WHOs Pandemic Preparedness Treaty—what it means, what the world did right, and what Goliath may have learned from the experience against a scrappy band of emergent Davids. Also: who cheats in high school sports, who does not, and what the Washington State Track and Field meet in

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02:03:54

Science Friction: The 226th Evolutionary Lens with...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/23

In this 226th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.In this episode, we discuss a new breakthrough in plant genetics: polyploid potatoes and corn from Ohalo Genetics, which are claimed to double the harvest from individual plants. Beginning with a discussion of naturally occurring polyploidy in other species, including frogs, we analyze the discussion of Ohalo’s new products

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00:57:08

Russelling with God | Russell Brand on DarkHorse

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/20

Bret talks to Russell Brand in the wake of his Baptism. Find Russell on X: @rustyrockets (https://x.com/rustyrockets) Find Russell on Rumble: https://rumble.com/russellbrand ***** Moink: Delicious grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured pork and chicken, and wild caught Alaskan salmon. Visit www.moinkbox.com/darkhorse to get a year’s worth of bacon free when you sign up. ***** Join DarkHorse on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all

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02:16:35

Everything Under the Sun: The 225th Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/15

In this 225th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss assassination attempts, the sun, pharmaceuticals, and the American presidency. Assassination: Robert Fico, the president of Slovakia, was shot several days after announcing that his country would reject the WHO Pandemic Treaty. The sun: last weekend’s dramatic aurora were the visible manifestation

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02:01:54

Apocalypse When? Ben Davidson on DarkHorse LIVE

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/10

Live at 12:30 PT, May 10th. Bret and Ben discuss potential impacts of the sun on humanity in the coming days. Find Ben Davidson on X: @SunWeatherMan (https://twitter.com/SunWeatherMan) ***** Join DarkHorse on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.com/ Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more:

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01:53:50

Anecdote in Science: The 224th Evolutionary Lens with...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/08

In this 224th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss animal behavior: the implications of an orangutan using a medicinal plant to treat a wound, and the one-off videos that we’ve all seen—of cats preventing toddlers from falling, of a beluga whale retrieving a woman’s phone. What does this say about the minds of these other organisms, and about us

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01:42:59

Never Alone: The 223rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/05/04

In this 223rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.In this episode, we discuss science and religion, materialism and other ways of understanding our world. Can analysis and quantification explain everything? Can narrative, intuition, and creativity? All are or should be part of the scientific process; science is incomplete with only one mode. We also discuss models, how they

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00:30:06

We're Beating the WHO – With Dr. Kat Lindley

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/27

Dr. Kat Lindley is the President of the Global Health Project. Bret Talks to her about the state of the World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty. Find Dr. Lindley on X: @KLVeritas (https://twitter.com/KLVeritas) ***** Sponsors: PaleoValley: Wide array of amazing products, including SuperFood Golden Milk and beef sticks. Go to https://paleovalley.com/darkhorse for 15% off your first order. Sole: Carefully designed, personally moldable footbeds for healthy feet. Go to

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01:28:44

Why Darwin was Right: The 222nd Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/25

In this 222nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.In this episode, we discuss evolution, and how we know that it is true. We discuss the different kinds of beliefs that people have—beliefs that attempt to reconcile with reality, vs beliefs that reconcile with social standing and comfort. If your beliefs put you on the outs with your friends, do you change your beliefs, or

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02:27:55

The Untold Story of Polio – Forrest Maready on DarkHorse

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/20

Forrest Maready is the author of “The Moth in the Iron Lung”, among other books. It tells a very different story of the Polio epidemic than the one you are likely familiar with, a story with radically different implications for health and medicine. Bret talks with Forest about his book and his interpretation of the evidence with an evolutionary bent to the conversation.Buy the Moth in the Iron Lung: https://a.co/d/dvYehmh Follow Forest on X: https://x.com/forrestmaready ***** Join DarkHorse on

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02:11:54

Babies Not on the Level: The 221st Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/17

One month free DarkHorse Locals: https://darkhorse.locals.com/support/promo/DARKHORSE1MONTH In this 221st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss men competing against women in women’s sport, and the new research that shows there’s no problem at all. We are in a world of science cosplay, full of science skin suits. Then: cancel culture and its mirror

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01:27:17

Intellectual Stockholm Syndrome: The 220th...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/06

Get 1 month free at the DarkHorse Locals channel: https://darkhorse.locals.com/support/promo/DARKHORSE1MONTHIn this 220th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss the modern Dark Age. Topics include informational advantage, entropy, and reason. We discuss whether all static rules are gameable, and whether adjusting your model to increase predictive

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02:02:26

Normalizing Normativity: The 219th Evolutionary Lens...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/04/03

In this 219th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss evolution and intelligent design, and why the failures of institutions and institutional science during Covid are causing people to question everything that science has concluded. We also discuss motonormativity—aka car brain—both steel manning it as a concept, and critiquing the research that

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02:40:53

Covid Through a Pathologists Eye: Ryan Cole on DarkHorse

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/03/30

Bret Speaks with Ryan Cole about his role as a Covid dissident over the last 4 years, and his unique viewpoint as a pathologist.Find Ryan Cole on X: @drcole12 (https://twitter.com/drcole12) ***** Join DarkHorse on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.com/ Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more:

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01:43:33

Original Syndrome: The 218th Evolutionary Lens with...

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/03/27

In this 218th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode, we discuss plants, a lot, in service of understanding what a “syndrome” is, and why it matters. This is not mere semantics, but if you feel that it is, focus on the tropical forests instead! There are plenty of bats to go around. What can you predict about the pollinators of flowers that are bright and showy

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02:39:25

Unsettling Science – Rebutting the Experts

DarkHorse Podcast | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying ·

2024/03/24

In September of 2023, Bret issued a challenge to Vaccine proponents to explain why he was wrong about the danger from the Covid mRNA transfusions within this podcast: https://youtu.be/7C7Q9UF3PRE Shortly thereafter, Dr. Dan Wilson gathered 3 experts to answer Bret’s challenge in this video: https://youtu.be/OUiM3sQuswE?si=ZFoLpyauXrtaFi7K This podcast with Joomi Kim and Bret Swanson is the response to Dan’s video. Bret Swanson put together an excellent slide deck to accompany this podcast, find

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