Darkhorse Podcast

In this 211th 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 Winter and seasonality, before a longer discussion of overfitting, shoe-horning, and straight-jacketing. How do models, collusion, and Occam’s Razor contribute to how we understand the world? Why are generalists better situated to interpret complexity than are specialists? Then: how good is the science behind the major paper out of The Lancet that assures us that we should not be eating red meat? Answer: not very. Finally, we discuss the orcas who were trapped in sea ice off of Japan, and what it means to be an orca (including mention of the grandmother hypothesis). ***** Our sponsors: MDHearing: To get our $397 when you buy a PAIR offer, head to Shopmdhearing.com and use code DARKHORSE. Helix: Excellent, sleep-enhancing, American-made mattresses. Go to www.HelixSleep.com/DarkHorse and use code HELIXPARTNER20 to get up to 20% of all mattress orders AND 2 free pillows. ARMRA: Colostrum is our first food, and can help restore your health and resilience as an adult. Go to www.tryarmra.com/DARKHORSE to get 15% off your first order. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr (about Luca Turin): https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Scent-Story-Perfume-Obsession/dp/0375759816 Willett et al 2019. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Lancet 393, 447–492: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2818%2931788-4 Stanton 2024. Unacceptable use of substandard metrics in policy decisions which mandate large reductions in animal-source foods. Npj Science of Food 8(10): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-024-00249-y Stanton et al 2022. 36-fold higher estimate of deaths attributable to red meat intake in GBD 2019: is this reliable?. The Lancet, 399(10332), pp.e23-e26.: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00311-7/fulltext ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (00:05:41) Welcome to mid-winter (00:23:41) Sponsors (00:32:16) Scales, fur, and feathers (00:41:31) Over fitting (00:50:34) Collusion and Occam's Razor (01:04:41) Limited hangout (01:16:06) Failure to predict over fitting (01:24:41) Models and Cartesian crisis (01:39:41) Healthy diet and red meat (02:00:41) GMOs (02:07:51) Orcas trapped in sea ice (02:18:56) Wrap up

In this 210th 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 hypotheses about the border situation. Having just returned from Panama, Bret hypothesizes that there are two immigrations happening: the migration driven by the pursuit of greater economic opportunities in the United States, which includes people from all over the world, and a lot of families; and a second, cryptic migration which includes mostly people from China, of military age, heavily skewed towards men. He also reviews a hypothesis from some years back, about the effect of the one-child policy in China, taken in concert with the tendency to prefer boys. We then discuss neurogenesis in pregnant mice; and also the “diaper spa” being opened in New Hampshire, which is only possible because we have stopped allowing ourselves to critique anti-social and anti-societal tendencies. ***** Our sponsors: Maui Nui Venison: healthiest wild red meat on the planet, from steaks to bone broth to jerky. Go to mauinuivenison.com/darkhorse to get 20% off your first order. American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899. Freespoke: our new favorite search engine. Check out Freespoke from your desktop or in your app store and download it today to make it your default search engine. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Support and Defend: Military Whistleblowers Volume II (on DarkHorse): https://youtu.be/fg_Y7WxfQ48 Chaker et al 2023. Pregnancy-responsive pools of adult neural stem cells for transient neurogenesis in mothers. Science 382(6673): 958-963: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abo5199 What’s a diaper spa? https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/01/30/diaper-spa-raising-eyebrows-atkinson-new-hampshire/ The diaper spa: https://diaperspa.com ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:23) Welcome (10:33) Sponsors (17:23) Hypothesis Vs theory (19:03) Two migrations (28:23) IOM organization (30:53) Chinese migration (35:18) Trip through Darién Gap (41:53) Demographics (47:43) One child policy in China (53:53) 70/80s migration (57:03) Bret's hypotheses on migrants (01:08:28) Chinese secrecy (01:12:23) Final hypothesis on foreign corruption (01:18:03) Something cool around neurogenesis (01:24:13) Diaper spa (01:48:48) Wrap up

In this 209th 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 misinformation and how dangerous it is, especially to mainstream researchers and media. We dissect research that claims to find evidence that “doing your own research” actually cements false views, and find that the research itself is so methodologically flawed as to be incapable of delivering accurate results. We celebrate the finding of Canada’s Federal Court that the invoking of the Emergencies Act during the Trucker’s Convoy was unconstitutional; and we discuss the WHO’s faltering pandemic preparedness plan. And we briefly discussed Panama: what is happening in the Darien, in the Panama Canal, and why a monkey crossed the Canal. Head over to our Locals for more content from Bret & Zack’s recent trip to Panama. ***** Our sponsors: Moink: 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 hamburger free when you sign up. Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. 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. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong (WaPo):https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/do-your-own-research-study/ Aslett et al 2024. Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity. Nature625:548-575: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y Fact checkers aren’t scientists: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/coming-soon From Table S8?: Why are volcanoes all over the globe suddenly shooting giant clouds of ash miles into the air? https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/01/michael-snyder/why-are-volcanoes-all-over-the-globe-suddenly-shooting-giant-clouds-of-ash-miles-into-the-air/ Cargo cult science, by Feynman (1974): https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm Federal Court of Canada declares invocation of the Emergencies Act unconstitutional: https://theccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/EA-challenge-fed-court-reasons-FINAL.pdf The cavalry rolled in, by Dan Arcand: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-cavalry-rolled-in The Guardian: Global pandemic agreement at risk of falling apart, WHO warns: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/global-pandemic-agreement-at-risk-of-falling-apart-who-warns ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (05:46) Welcome and locals exclusive conversation (10:16) Sponsors (16:46) WaPo on misinformation and doing your own research (26:56) Article (39:04) Fact checking volcanoes (59:31) More fact checks (1:01:56) Illegal use of emergencies act on Canadian truckers’ convoy (1:09:06) WHO Pandemic treaty (1:15:58) Panama trip (1:34:51) Wrap up

In this 208th 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 how not to hand Goliath a win. Letting Goliath in on the social landscape of the dissidents, on the petty feuds and disagreements, is giving it power that it should not have. And we discuss Boeing’s 737-9 Max airplanes: the one that blew out a door plug above Oregon; the FAA’s response to that “in-flight departure”; and recent changes at Boeing, which include increasing the focus on product and employee safety and product quality, to now also focus on climate, and on Diversity Equity and Inclusion). As we predicted before: move away from prioritizing merit in favor of immutable characteristics, and disaster will follow. ***** Momentous: high-quality, science-backed, rigorously tested supplements. Go to livemomentous.com and use code DARKHORSE for 15% off. Maui Nui Venison: healthiest wild red meat on the planet, from steaks to bone broth to jerky. Go to mauinuivenison.com/darkhorse to get 20% off your first order. Freespoke: our new favorite search engine. Check out Freespoke from your desktop or in the app store and download it today to make it your default search engine. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Real Coffee with Scott Adams 1/12/24: https://rumble.com/v46lgtz-coffee-with-scott-adams-11224.html FAA’s Emergency Airworthiness Directive 1/6/24: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID122693486620240106201913.0001 Elon Musk Says Boeing Has a Diversity Problem. The Evidence Says Otherwise. Barron’s 1/12/24: https://www.barrons.com/articles/boeing-elon-musk-dei-diversity-c102c788 James Lindsay’s thread about DEI at Boeing: https://x.com/ConceptualJames/status/1745110176372339167 DarkHorse #159, Monkey business at Pfizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QkyRmuAdGU&t=5182s ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (05:45) Welcome (07:39) RIP Brian Williams (08:42) Sponsors (17:13) Thoughts on Ads (19:55) Response to online criticism (22:15) Polly's narrative gatekeepers post (26:55) Link to Evergreen (40:45) DEI and demand for apologies (46:35) Questioning your relationships (54:20) Scott Adams (59:25) David Pakman (01:07:15) Apology for Bret (01:12:18) Boeing and door (01:20:15) DEI and Boeing (01:39:50) Theory of close calls (01:45:35) DEI prediction (01:51:35) Wrap up

In this 207th 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 sort out the strange reaction to Bret’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson. What do all mobs have in common? What are the differences between critique and competition? We also talk about fat: from butter to olive oil to canola oil, what should you fry in? Are saturated fats bad for you? What are the differences between mono- and poly- unsaturated fats? Does the food industry have it right about anything? Should we fight for the right to yellow margarine? ***** Our sponsors: VanMan: Tallow and honey balm, and many other animal based personal care products. Go to vanmanscompany.com/darkhorse and use code darkhorse for 10% off your first order. Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order. MDHearing: To get our $397 when you buy a PAIR offer, head to Shopmdhearing.com and use code DARKHORSE. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Q&A Link: https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/5109596/your-questions-answered-january-10th-darkhorse-q-a Mentioned in this episode: Tucker Carlson ep60, interview with Bret: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1743405833667371329 WHO’s Your Daddy? DarkHorse #197 from 10-17-23: https://rumble.com/v3pr3ao-bret-and-heather-197th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html Apparently we’re the bad guys (Natural Selections, February 2023): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/apparently-were-the-bad-guys Kahn Academy on Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, and trans fats: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/chemistry-of-life/properties-structure-and-function-of-biological-macromolecules/v/saturated-fats-unsaturated-fats-and-trans-fats Grootveld, Percival, & Grootveld. 2018. Chronic non-communicable disease risks presented by lipid oxidation products in fried foods. Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition 7(4): 305-312. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131264/pdf/hbsn-07-04-305.pdf

In this 206th 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 new year’s resolutions. The Oregon Health Authority has requested, using data kind of but not really from the CDC, that we resolve to get vaccinated! Then: a short reading from Natural Selections. And: What happened to Claudine Gay, the now-resigned president of Harvard, and why is anyone surprised? In light of the largest solar flare since 2017, which, had it been angled differently, could have wreaked havoc on Earth, why don’t we have systems in place to prevent such havoc? Are any of our institutions or systems functional? What is driving the lack of functionality? ***** Our sponsors: Helix: Excellent, sleep-enhancing, American-made mattresses. Go to www.HelixSleep.com/DarkHorse and use code HELIXPARTNER20 to get up to 20% of all mattress orders AND 2 free pillows. ARMRA: Colostrum is our first food, and can help restore your health and resilience as an adult. Go to www.tryarmra.com/DARKHORSE to get 15% off your first order. American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Resolve to get vaccinated: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORHA/bulletins/3822af9 CDC report from 12-22-23: Influenza, Updated COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination Coverage Among Adults — United States, Fall 2023: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7251a4.htm Era of the False Narrative: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/era-of-the-false-narrative Social Justice Elevator Music: https://rumble.com/v3zxpmt-bret-and-heather-202nd-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html Claudine Gay’s 1997 Dissertation: https://www.proquest.com/openview/724b4099916954afb2cda76a12deb066/1 2023 ends with a massive solar storm: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/01/01/2023-ends-with-strongest-x-class-solar-flare-for-six-years-get-ready-for-aurora/ ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (10:30) Welcome (12:05) Sponsors (20:40) Bret's 2024 resolutions (25:10) Oregon health authority vaccine email (45:00) Coercing medical professionals (51:55) Era of the false narrative (54:00) Harvard President (01:23:20) Solar flare (01:32:00) What explains the behaviour (01:41:25) Wrap up

The Q & A section of the 205th Evolutionary Lens live stream. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q Mentioned in Q&A: Fish, fishy, and fish adjacent: Why eat like an Inuit when you can pop a pill (Heying 2023): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/fish-fishy-and-fish-adjacent ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:00) Welcome (06:42) Cloning pets (14:00) Tylenol and vaccines (15:51) GVB and immune exhaustion (21:55) 2024 civilization ends? (26:35) Dopamine and Anti-Semitism (28:20) Inbreeding and dispersal (33:02) Homosexuality hypothesis (34:00) Afterlife and metaphorical truth (44:35) Mould and dust mites (01:00:25) Wild salmon recovery (01:06:20) Isolated compound of psilocybin (01:16:00) Wrap up

In this 205th 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. In this episode, we briefly discuss solar storms, Carrington events, and the possible failure of the electrical grid. Then: what does the absence of organisms where they once were mean? In the Exumas, Bahamas, this month, there were no laughing gulls. Eight months ago they were abundant in the same place. Could they be migrating? Might it be a pathogen? Local patchiness? Major decline for other reasons, like competition, or toxicity from plastics or pesticides? We discuss conservation success stories, like sea otters and bald eagles and California condors; and failures, like sea stars on the West coast of North America; and show some videos from the Bahamas. We object to the conflation of “environmental decline” with “climate change.” And we discuss curly haired “woolly dogs” of the Pacific Northwest, who were bred and cared for by the Coast Salish people, but are now extinct. ***** Our sponsors: Mindbloom: at-home ketamine therapy. Use code DARKHORSE at www.Mindbloom.com to receive $100 off your first six session program. MDHearing: Use promo code DARKHORSE to receive a pair of high-quality hearing aids for only $297. https://www.mdhearingaid.com Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v43tubf-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-205th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html Mentioned in this episode: How the sun could wipe us out: A burst of plasma would set in motion a devastating cascade of failures (Weinstein 2021): https://unherd.com/2021/07/how-the-sun-could-wipe-us-out/ In want of a geologist: When "parrotfish" isn't a complete answer to where the land came from (Heying 2022): https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/in-want-of-a-geologist Curly haired ‘woolly dogs’ of the Pacific Northwest were no myth: https://www.science.org/content/article/curly-haired-woolly-dogs-pacific-northwest-were-no-myth Lin et al 2023. The history of Coast Salish “woolly dogs” revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge. Science, 382(6676): 1303-1308: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi6549 ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:00) Welcome (09:00) Sponsors (16:55) Solar storms (28:20) Rainbow plane cloud (34:28) Bahamas trip & loss of species (01:09:45) Climate change skepticism (01:13:10) Arctic tern (01:15:32) Migration and pathogens (01:24:40) Inbreeding (01:27:10) Decline of species (01:29:40) Unique curly-haired dogs (01:42:30) Wrap up

Martin Agegian is 100 years old at the time of recording. He served in World War II as a B17 Pilot, and has stories from a life full of wisdom and intrigue. Bret and he discuss his life on the DarkHorse Podcast. Buy Martin’s book: https://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-Amerika-Martin-Agegian/dp/0692435530 ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts. Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Introductions (11:50) WW2 (16:06) Sponsors (18:12) Threat of genocide (24:00) Hamas (28:55) 1937 Berlin Olympics (33:25) Back to Hitler (40:30) God and evolution (58:10) Lucky, destiny and Indian Visa (01:06:10) Lack of gratitude, and rapid change (01:13:10) B17 training and deployment (01:42:30) Shakespeare (01:48:30) Teacher of troubled boys (02:14:07) Coincidences (02:21:07) Memories of school (02:27:20) Grandparents (02:32:08) Martin's family (02:50:35) Wrap up

In this 204th 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. In this episode, we discuss science and faith, in the context of the recent court ruling that will keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado. We discuss failure modes, which include, yes, faith, and science, and falsificationism, and rationality, and more. All of these are useful in some contexts, some much more than others, but none are sufficient. What, in the end, are scientists doing, and what are people doing in the name of science? Also: the solstice, and a reading from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. ***** Our sponsors: American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899. The Wellness Company: Services and supplements including Spike Support Formula, for vaccine injuries and long Covid. Go to twc.health/DARKHORSE to save 15% of your order. Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Dr. Timothy Kelly on changing beliefs: https://x.com/drtimothykelly/status/1700773378875887943 Alexandros Marinos on maintaining multiple hypotheses at a time: https://x.com/alexandrosM/status/1700466475616829845 Isaac Asimov (maybe) thinking on scientific discovery: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/ Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm ***** Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome 01:25 Sponsors 07:55 Winter solstice 13:13 Trump, Colorado court, and Cartesian crisis 26:20 Back to Trump 34:40 Why the mind fails and outliers 44:24 Science and faith 54:40 Finalizing hypotheses 01:32:05 Excerpt from Christmas Carol 01:35:30 Wrap up

The Q & A section of the 203rd Evolutionary Lens live stream. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (8:20) Welcome (9:05) Shedding risk to unvaccinated (14:20) Innate fear of white people (21:45) mRNA and adjuvants (29:00) Frontiers of the west (34:30) Zionism (42:26) Does Sam Harris have emotional blindness? (43:40) Milk kefir (51:58) Water allergy (56:45) Non-mRNA vaccines (1:00:40) Hypernovel culture and technocracy (1:01:15) Japan approves new mRNA vaccine (1:07:30) Best rum drink (1:13:40) Wrap up

In this 203rd 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. In this episode we once again discuss college presidents, in light of what is happening at Harvard and other elite schools. We talk about historical and bureaucratic constraint, Evergreen, consulting firms, and plagiarism, and, in a related story, how someone acting on behalf of the Mayor of Boston mistakenly invited all 13 city councilors to a holiday party, when she meant to invite only the 6 who are “electeds of color.” Then: what do morbid curiosity and predator inspection have in common? People seem to be dying at high rates, and in new contexts, but is this actually the case? How would we know? What do the global excess mortality data suggest? Then: rules to live by, as acknowledged by us at Hanukkah. ***** Our sponsors: Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Now through December 31, new customers get 20% off and a 100-day free trial at www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse. Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. ARMRA: Colostrum is our first food, and can help restore your health and resilience as an adult. Go to www.tryarmra.com/DARKHORSE to get 15% off your first order. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: On College Presidents (first published at Academic Questions, 2019): https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/on-college-presidents Boston City Hall roiled by email party invitation for ‘electeds of color’ sent to all: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/12/boston-city-hall-roiled-by-email-party-invitation-for-electeds-of-color-sent-to-all/ Denis Rancourt’s speech in Romania on excess mortality, on Robert Malone’s Substack: https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/not-14m-lives-saved-but-over-17m Epilogue to Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide, where the rules for Hanukkah are published: https://www.huntergatherersguide.com Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v40y2e8-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-202nd-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html?mref=256aqg&mc=eh4u2 ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (5:40) Welcome (8:00) Sponsors (15:15) Ironing (18:22) College presidents (24:25) Consulting firms and risk aversion (31:30) Killing a lion (37:30) Removing political leaders like Bill Clinton (51:00) Holiday party for electives of color (59:45) Sudden deaths (1:04:45) Bats and predator inspection (1:09:02) Morbid curiosity (1:13:32) Bret's father attacked (1:25:40) Unexpected deaths (1:42:10) Hanukkah tradition (1:46:10) Wrap up

Bret Speaks with Brad Skistimas of Five Times August in the wake of his newest release: “Ain’t No Rock and Roll” Find Five Times August on X: @FiveTimesAugust (https://twitter.com/FiveTimesAugust) Find Five Times August at: https://www.fivetimesaugust.com/ ***** This episode is sponsored by The Wellness Company: Services and supplements including Spike Support Formula, for vaccine injuries and long Covid. Go to twc.health/DARKHORSE to save 15% of your order. ***** Find Bret Weinstein on X: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts. Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.

In this special 2023 gift episode of DarkHorse, we talk about some gifts that might make your loved ones happy. Mentioned in this episode: From Silk to Pastries: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/gifting DarkHorse Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0uPv6Wgj23sMscnYzFB15M?si=f479e10d92114632 Hand carved wooden spoons, and “Carving Out a Living on the Land,” both by Emmet Von Driesche: https://www.emmetvandriesche.com Chelsea Green Publishing: https://www.chelseagreen.com Godine Publishers: https://godine.com Slowdown Farmstead: https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com/about Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/about County Highway: https://www.countyhighway.com A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Gatherers-Guide-21st-Century-Challenges/dp/0593086880/ Book Darts: https://www.bookdarts.com UnCruise Small Boat Adventures (they’re not paying us for this. Get $500 off any adventure cruise to destinations including Galapagos, Panama, Alaska, and the San Juan Islands): https://uncruise.com/pages/darkhorse/ DarkHorse Store: https://www.darkhorsestore.org Apple State Vinegar, fantastic never-cooked, bright and amazing, shrubs and vinegar: https://applestatevinegar.com Honey and honey products out of Colorado: https://bjornscoloradohoney.com Giant Herbs & Tea, including fantastic chais and bitters. Everything is outstanding: http://www.giant-herbs.com Lard and tallow based skin care products at Farrow Skincare. Try the Epic Dermis: https://farrow.life Bob Moran art: https://www.bobmoran.co.uk/ ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (5:16) Welcome (7:41) Gifts (9:41) DarkHorse playlist (15:16) Spoons and books (24:16) Life is full of miracles - Uncruise (30:06) DarkHorse store (34:46) Book darts (37:26) Skincare, Tea, Mixers, Honey (45:06) Seeing miracles and more photos (57:36) Bob Moran (59:06) Wrap up

In this 202nd 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. In this episode we discuss the Congressional hearing in which the presidents of several elite universities are asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews constitute bullying or harassment. We call out the double standard revealed by their actions, and their answers. Then we discuss the impressive efforts by Pfizer to engage the behemoth that is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Also: How important is it that Elon Musk told Disney to F-off? How do chinstrap penguins get away with sleeping for four seconds at a time? And what is going on with the deer in the Florida Keys? ***** Our sponsors: Mindbloom: at-home ketamine therapy. Use code DARKHORSE at www.Mindbloom.com to receive $100 off your first six session program. Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Now through December 31, new customers get 20% off and a 100-day free trial at www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse. UnCruise: Get $500 off any adventure cruise on a small ship into destinations including Galapagos, Panama, Alaska, and the San Juan Islands: https://uncruise.com/pages/darkhorse/ ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: Representative Stefanik questions University presidents: https://x.com/repstefanik/status/1732138663608271149 First hit when searching “Pfizer” on YouTube in early December: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAZDI4t1WM Paul Thacker substack (With a “Go Fuck Yourself” Musk Finally Gave a Middle Finger to Democratic Party Censors): https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/with-a-go-fuck-yourself-musk-finally Libourel et al 2023. Nesting chinstrap penguins accrue large quantities of sleep through seconds-long microsleeps. Science 382(6674): 1026-1031. DOI: 10.1126/science.adh0771 ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (6:20) Welcome (09:35) Sponsors (20:50) University presidents and calling for the genocide of Jews (35:10) Deepfake to show hypocrisy (39:05) Anti-Semitism is a distinct form of racism (43:35) Students make errors (57:35) Pfizer equity video (01:07:20) What is education for (01:14:05) Elon Musk and Disney (01:30:10) Blue left religion/cult (01:43:00) JK Rowling (01:48:35) Penguins and microsleeps (02:01:05) Florida Keys deer (02:12:20) Wrap up

YouTube continues to punish us so we're moving more content to X and Rumble/Locals and away from YouTube. Please subscribe to us there: https://rumble.com/c/darkhorse https://darkhorse.locals.com/ https://X.com/thedarkhorsepod Clip taken from : https://rumble.com/v3xtoxe-gaslighting-the-vaccine-injured-a-darkhorse-story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUUfZjOeISs https://open.spotify.com/episode/3eYZV6zCHSJYlVX71SDOHl Find more from us on Bret’s website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather’s website (http://heatherheying.com). Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century is now available: https://huntergatherersguide.com/ DarkHorse merchandise now available at: http://store.darkhorsepodcast.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.

In this 201st 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. In this episode we discuss New York’s emergency rule 2.13, which has now been reinstated after being overturned, and which paves the way for quarantine camps in order to “control the spread of a highly contagious communicable disease.” We also discuss penguins, their ability to tell each other apart based on the dots on their chests, and why that’s important. ***** Our sponsors: The Wellness Company: Services and supplements including Spike Support Formula, for vaccine injuries and long Covid. Go to twc.health/DARKHORSE to save 15% of your order. Hillsdale College: Since 1844, Hillsdale has been providing an education focused on freedom and character. Go to hillsdale.edu/DARKHORSE to register for any of more than 40 free on-line courses. Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: New York Codes: Section 2.13 Isolation and Quarantine Procedures: https://web.archive.org/web/20220716005014/https://regs.health.ny.gov/volume-title-10/content/section-213-isolation-and-quarantine-procedures Attorney Bobby Ann Cox on 11-19-23: Appellate Court Paves the Way for Quarantine Camps! https://attorneycox.substack.com/p/breaking-news-appellate-court-paves Not just a tuxedo: https://www.science.org/content/article/not-just-tuxedo-african-penguins-identify-mates-their-polka-dots Baciadonna et al 2024. African penguins utilize their ventral dot patterns for individual recognition. Animal Behaviour, 207: 13-21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347223002579 Prospering with Integrity: peak.fan/integrity (use code DarkHorse25 for 25% off) ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:28) Welcome (09:38) Sponsors (16:18) Macrobes (18:18) Quarantine in NY (31:58) HPV (37:48) Back to quarantine law (52:18) Being social (56:28) How do we recognize individuals (59:08) Penguins (01:13:38) Peak prosperity series and merch (01:20:13) Wrap up

Nick Gibson is a long-time participant in Bret’s Patreon discussions. In this episode, Nick and Bret discuss his experience through covid and his shift in perspective. ***** Our 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. Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Go to www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse15 to get 15% off, and a 100-day free trial. ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts. Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Introductions (07:32) Sponsors (11:38) Journey to vaccine (15:10) Vaccine reaction (21:10) Treatment from Dr. Kory (29:20) Scepticism and conspiracy (39:05) Social connection and self censorship (48:10) Gaslighting of vaccine injured (01:00:20) Transmission and severity (01:04:50) Novel insights and being open (01:14:30) Sam Harris fan (01:27:20) A powerful lesson and a gift (01:35:45) Wrap up

The Q & A section of the 200th Evolutionary Lens live stream. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (5:22) Welcome (6:42) Dogs unclean in Islam and Judaism (10:52) Building heart muscle with cardio Vs myocarditis (19:00) Allergy to water or sweat (27:02) Social media app, rumination (29:58) Laws against anti-Semitism (31:54) Multi-cellular evolution (39:24) Adapting to technology (42:55) Free will (45:37) Wrap up

In this 200th 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. In this episode we discuss gender equity in infant care, and what makes workplaces so toxic that women are leaving academia. And we give thanks to many of the people who stood up to tyranny and lies in the last few years. ***** Our sponsors: Biom: NOBS is a different, superior way to clean your teeth. Try it, you’ll never go back. Go to www.betterbiom.com/darkhorse to get 15% off your first month supply. Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order. MDHearing: Use promo code DARKHORSE to receive a pair of high-quality hearing aids for only $297. https://www.mdhearingaid.com ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: Get 10% off storewide this holiday season: https://darkhorsestore.org/discount/HOLIDAY10 ***** Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v3x9y36-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-200th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html Mentioned in this episode: Gribble et al 2023. Breastfeeding and infant care as ‘sexed’ care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women’s rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599145/ Henriksson & Rubertsson 2021. Bodies get in the way: breastfeeding and gender equality in Swedish handbooks for new parents. NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 29(4): 330-342.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08038740.2021.1888791 Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs. In Nature News 10-20-23: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03251-8 Spoon et al. 2023. Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty. Science Advances 9: eadi2205(2023). 10.1126/sciadv.adi2205 The “Appeal to the Noble Savage” fallacy: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/the-appeal-to-the-noble-savage-fallacy ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:06) Welcome (10:51) Sponsors and discussion on teeth cleaning and dog food (28:06) Highly gendered jobs (33:06) Sex equity for infant care (44:36) Pharmaceutical testing and academic sabotage (1:00:09) Sex difference in leaving workplaces (01:21:36) Toxic workplaces (01:34:36) Gratitude to doctors (01:56:46) Music and comedy (02:13:11) Wrap up

In this 199th 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. In this episode we discuss the FCC’s plan to expand the scope of their reach to…everything, in the name of equity (of broadband access). We compare this move to that of the WHO, and also to what happened at Evergreen, and to pretty much all “equity” maneuvers ever. We discuss the spread of viral information on-line, and how Renée DiResta would like to stop it. In light of Bari Weiss’s speech, we discuss why anti-Semitism is on the rise. And we discuss the normalization of things like anti-Semitism and autogynephilia, how the social contract is decaying, and why young people are jumping from diagnosis to diagnosis, and why it seems like a mistake. ***** Our sponsors: Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. UnCruise: Get $500 off any adventure cruise on a small ship into destinations including Galapagos, Panama, Alaska, and the San Juan Islands: https://uncruise.com/pages/darkhorse/ Mindbloom: at-home ketamine therapy. Use code DARKHORSE at www.Mindbloom.com to receive $100 off your first six session program. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Mentioned in this episode: How to comment on FCC Proceedings: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/how-comment A Most Useful Emergency: https://hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/a-most-useful-emergency Commissioner Carr’s statement on FCC plans (11-6-23): https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398244A1.pdf Before the FCC, Ex Parte Comments of the NTIA (10-6-23): https://www.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/ntia-digital-discrimination-ex-parte-comment.pdf FCC Fact Sheet: Preventing Digital Discrimination (10-25-23): https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-397997A1.pdf Michael Shellenberger on Renée DiResta: https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1723493811119067611 Bari Weiss’s speech: You are the last line of defense: https://www.thefp.com/p/you-are-the-last-line-of-defense The Public Fetish: https://naturalselections.bio/p/the-public-fetish ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (05:45) Welcome (07:25) Sponsors (14:40) Internet power grab by FCC (25:35) Equity (51:25) Storms and internet access (01:03:15) Shellenberger on Renée DiResta (01:20:55) Bari Weiss on Anti-Semitism and economic issues (01:31:50) "Fan mail" (01:39:35) Public fetish and norms (01:58:45) Autism and trans (02:08:50) Wrap up

The Q & A section of the 198th Evolutionary Lens live stream. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (5:50) Welcome (6:20) Dogs and leash (14:15) Native foods (17:42) Secular society (22:05) Male homosexuality driven by females? (22:55) Number of chromosomes (30:45) Neutered pets and puberty blockers (32:57) WHO and public health (33:30) Free will and non-determinism (42:30) Nepotism (45:15) World without borders (47:40) Renaming bird species (1:05:20) Wrap up

In this 198th 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. In this episode we discuss the West, the West West, and the West West West. Following recent travels in Prague, London, and Denver, we talk about how Prague seems to keeping the embers of the West alive—through noble subversion, shared knowledge of musical traditions, cobbled streets, and more. We discuss anti-semitism—its absence in Prague, its presence in London. We talk about the art and energy discussions at the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference. And we discuss children and young people being harmed by the affirmative care model, following Heather’s participation in the Genspect conference in Denver. ***** Our sponsors: Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Go to www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse15 to get 15% off, and a 100-day free trial. American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899. ARMRA: Colostrum is our first food, and can help restore your health and resilience as an adult. Go to www.tryarmra.com/DARKHORSE to get 15% off your first order. ***** Join us 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/ Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org ***** Q&A Link: https://rumble.com/v3uhzel-your-questions-answered-bret-and-heather-198th-darkhorse-podcast-livestream.html Mentioned in this episode: The flame of the West is alive: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/the-flame-of-the-west-is-alive Institut H21: https://www.ih21.org/en/home Opus Cactus: https://opuscactus.com Fourth-gen nuclear: https://energyfromthorium.com/principles/nuc-vs-chem/ Genspect: https://genspect.org ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Wait (06:10) Welcome (08:05) Sponsors (16:10) Laughter and humor in dire times (21:00) Czech book baptism (59:00) London (01:06:10) Refugees in Czechia and multiculturalism (01:14:15) ARC conference (01:22:00) Denver trip on gender (01:43:10) Wrap up

Bret speaks with Rav Arora on the DarkHorse Podcast. They cover the failure of institutions, what we might build in their place, and how we get there Find Rav at his Joint Substack with Jay Bhattacharya: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/ Find Rav on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ravarora1 ***** Sponsors: The Wellness Company: Services and supplements including Spike Support Formula, for vaccine injuries and long Covid. Go to twc.health/DARKHORSE to save 15% of your order. 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. ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts. Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Mentioned in this episode: Can Sam Harris Pull Back: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/cp/138291630 “Pro Vaccine” Publication: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/p/how-covid-warped-the-journalism-industry Cardiologist Regrets Vaccinating Young Men: https://www.illusionconsensus.com/p/cardiologist-regrets-vaccinating ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Introductions and social justice (08:18) Sponsors (12:17) Experts disagreements during COVID (23:20) Regrets in taking vaccine (30:00) Vaccine mandates and adverse events (39:00) Publications and institutions (55:25) Boosters (59:50) Institutions (01:08:12) Nobel prize and long term safety (01:17:57) 1 in 800 adverse event (01:25:00) Sam Harris and the "evolving science" (01:45:40) Vaccine efficacy and failure of CDC, FDA, etc (01:51:00) Misinformation by dissidents, turbo cancers, and reforming institutions (02:04:00) Wrap up

Bret Speaks with Joshua Slocum of the Disaffected Podcast on DarkHorse. They discuss personality disorders, blame, societal failure, and the links therein. Find Joshua on X: https://twitter.com/DisaffectedPod Find Joshua on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_kJax21k2zVlc3tJn-22Q ***** Sponsors: Mindbloom: at-home ketamine therapy. Use code DARKHORSE at www.Mindbloom.com to receive $100 off your first six session program. 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. ***** Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon. Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts. Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/ Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Timestamps: (00:00) Introductions (05:05) Sponsors (09:00) Cluster B personality disorders (28:12) Narcissistic personality disorders (35:00) Psychopaths and sociopaths (47:15) Parental issues as a cause (01:00:00) Joshua's cluster B mom (01:10:20) Societal manifestations of cluster B (01:20:35) Joshua's cancellation (01:29:00) Cluster B society (01:33:00) Woke celebrating terrorist attack on Israel (01:36:40) Joshua's lack of optimism and transitioning children (01:44:30) Losing friends and rock bottom (01:52:30) Scarring over wounds (01:56:50) Generational divide and shared culture (02:02:00) Gen Z on Israel (02:14:35) Wrap up