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DarkHorse Podcast

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

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Episodes
  • Original Syndrome: The 218th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
    Mar 27 2024

    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 and have no smell? How about those that are white and have a musty smell? What can you predict about jungle trees that grow fast and die young? How does such predictive power and pattern recognition relate to how to make sense of the world in which you live? Also: update from Panama: the San Vicente Camp is now closed, and a fire has apparently destroyed all of its records. Curious, that.

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    Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    San Vicente Camp in Panama destroyed: https://apnews.com/article/panama-migrants-darien-colombia-disturbance-6d45b7fc7f581ad0c0a8bcff7247b9bf

    Introduction to Antipode: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/antipode-introduction

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • Unsettling Science – Rebutting the Experts
    Mar 24 2024

    Bret Swanson put together an excellent slide deck to accompany this podcast, find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5vaooui2r15zayv1kl2ye/2024-3-23-Dan-Wilson-Response-Slide-Deck.pdf?rlkey=3t5uizv3e0gep2q3vydouwtl7&dl=0

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    Find Bret Swanson on X: @JBSay (https://twitter.com/JBSay)
    Find Bret Swanson on Substack: http://infonomena.substack.com/

    Find Joomi Kim on X: @JoomiKim1 (https://twitter.com/JoomiKim1)
    Find Joomi Kim on Substack: https://joomi.substack.com/

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    --Shared Sources --

    Krauson Et Al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00742-7

    Roltgen Et Al. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00076-9


    --Joomi Kim’s Sources--

    Nunez Castilla Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/7/1415

    Can Li Et Al. https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/74/11/1933/6353927

    Buergin Et Al. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37470105/

    Mansanguan Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/8/196

    Shenton Et Al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X23015165

    Yu Et Al. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373639/

    Mulligan Et Al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2639-4

    Cheng-Che Chen Et Al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1756-185X.14482

    Jing-Xing Li Et Al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00661-7


    --Bret Swanson’s Sources--

    Nakamura Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/5/934

    Zaiem Et Al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040595723001099

    Sharabi Et Al. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575550/

    Guo Et Al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568997223000745

    Yonker Et Al. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061025

    Baumeier Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/13/6940?cmid=de3a70dd-30e4-4d19-beef-1cf840d2ee7a

    Schwab Et Al. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00392-022-02129-5

    Joy Et Al. https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.011

    Tuvali Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/8/2219/htm?mibextid=ykz3hl

    Karlstad Et Al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2791253

    Fauci https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/pdf/S1931-3128(22)00572-8.pdf

    Shrestha (Cleveland Clinic) https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/10/6/ofad209/7131292

    McGreevy Et Al. https://academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/article/6/2/ooad026/7117831

    Deb Conrad: https://infonomena.substack.com/p/dr-hotezs-data-is-highly-flawed

    Brogna Et Al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prca.202300048

    Jingan Chen Et Al. https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309472120

    Bitounis Et Al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-023-00859-3

    Weissman (Parhiz Et Al.) https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00076-9

    Morz Et Al. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/10/1651

    Arne Burkhardt: https://rumble.com/v2jbj16-arne-burkhardt-presentation-to-the-ccca.html

    Age Stratified Excess Mortality: https://infonomena.substack.com/p/society-of-actuaries-shows-continued

    Hoshino Et Al. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35812802/


    --Other Sources--

    Our world in data graph: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status

    Armada Et Al. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.adh3455

    Norman Fenton “Cheap Trick” Statistical Games: https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p

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    2 hrs and 39 mins
  • The Question is Moot: The 217th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
    Mar 20 2024

    In this 217th 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 Supreme Court, the First Amendment, Covid, censorship, DEI, the Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance, and affirmative action, in the context of Murthy v State of Missouri. We also talk about Goliath being a combination of emergence and collusion, and how facts are being used to support existing narratives, rather than stories being constructed using all of the facts. We discuss two explosive pieces of research that dropped this week—on the health risks of heat, and of intermittent fasting. And we briefly talk about why you should never cave to the mob (beaver edition).

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    Case File 23-411: Murthy v State of Missouri: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-411/299644/20240202144405984_2024-02-02%20-%20Murthy%20v.%20Missouri%20-%20Brief%20of%20Respondents%20-%20Final%20with%20Tables.pdf

    Hypothesis about Goliath: https://twitter.com/alexandrosm/status/1770219558990938294

    Sunbathing for just ONE DAY is super bad for you (except it’s not): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wellness-us/body/article-13215737/sunbathing-heart-disease-risk-skin-cancer.html

    Research Abstract: Associations Between Short-Term Outdoor Heat Measures and Markers of Immune

    Response and Inflammation: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/484

    Research Abstract: Association Between Time-Restricted Eating and All-Cause and Cause-Specific

    Mortality: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/379

    Never Cave to the Mob: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/never-cave-to-the-mob

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    2 hrs and 3 mins

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Great comfort in hearing their podcast

Even though topic matter can be tense, Bret and Heather are some of the most eloquent, compassionate and courageous journalists we have the good fortune to have access to. They are exceptionally driven by integrity and in so doing are inspiring for listeners, especially after so many others have buckled to the dictates of the media.

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Thank you!

thank you for keeping logic and healthy skepticism in "science" and dissecting our confusing times with a well-measured scalpel.

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Some interesting stuff

Check his wikipedia page for more information about this most interesting podcaster. Glad there are contrarians out there presenting alternative views, but it is always a good idea to check the primary sources. I'd especially recommend the TWIV podcast for information about viruses and ivermectin in particular since these are actual virologists who know their stuff.

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Great Podcast

The podcast is very informational; scientific data with a human touch. Love you guys! I barely heard of you a few months ago from the Joe Rogan interview and I immediately found you on Spotify and I wait for all of your podcasts now. I am very happy to have stumbled across you. You two are real in a very upside down world. God bless you and yours.

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Non-corrupt information distributor

While Dr. Weinstein is an individual with an idiosyncratic perspective, the content of this podcast should serve as a model of careful, thoroughly reasonable, information distribution; a practice all too rare in contemporary US.

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excellent, inteligent and scientific podcast

This is what real science is about! Questioning, reasoning, putting forvard hypothesis and looking at them from different angles.

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Intelligent and profound source of real and important information

Thank you Bret. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for all the work you are doing broadcasting such important information that most people don’t have access to, or time to find, or even the ability to dissect. I share this with everyone and I hope more people tune into DHP. Mahalo nui

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The Truth

It’s refreshing to hear doctors and scientists tell the truth somewhere. Thank you to Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying for having the guts to tell The Truth. I will forever be in your debt.

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as expected darkhorse delivers thought provoking

as expected darkhorse delivers thought provoking content, great analysis and knowledgeable narrators, scientists, physicians with credentials.

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Bret and Heather Are Absolutely Illuminating

Bret and Heather are two incredibly smart and well intentioned scientists who shine a light on the scientific world, and help us who are not involved understand the struggles and politics that play underneath the cover of science. They examine papers and hypothesis that for some reason get ignored by the mainstream, and ask questions that are both intriguing and worrisome. Of all my podcasts this one I feel keeps me the most educated, and helps me see the world of science from a less pedestrian point of view.

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