DarkHorse Podcast 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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Original Syndrome: The 218th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
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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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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Unsettling Science – Rebutting the Experts
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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--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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The Question is Moot: The 217th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
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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Surgical Sophistry: The 216th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
In this 216th 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 WPATH files—internal documents from the World Professional Association on Transgender Health—which were released this month. In them, we find evidence that clinicians are encouraging hormonal and surgical interventions on young people who are too young to consent, have not been informed of the risks, and often have comorbidities. We also discuss an article by a trans-identified man who argues “the moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies.” Finally: the milk of amphibians.
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Mentioned in this episode:
The WPATH Files: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56a45d683b0be33df885def6/t/65e6d9bea9969715fba29e6f/1709627904275/U_WPATH+Report+and+Files.pdf
Andrea Long Chu in New York magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trans-rights-biological-sex-gender-judith-butler.html
Amphibian Milk at Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/amphibian-milk
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Contested Development: The 215th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
In this 215th 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 CDC’s new super simple recommendations on respiratory viruses, and learn from the CDC that treatment can be prevention. While the CDC never mentions vitamin D in these new guidelines, a new meta-analysis finds that vitamin D supplementation is protective against bad Covid outcomes, especially in people who were previously deficient. We also discuss how podcasts are stepping in for institutions, sparking intellectual connections that the academy used to provide—all of this in the context of genocide and perpetrator studies. Also: strictly mechanistic explanations are standing in for evolutionary ones in many fields—including ophthalmology, dentistry, and psychology—to the detriment of all. And: the shared teeth of mammals and crocodiles.
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Mentioned in this episode:
CDC Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/respiratory-virus-guidance.html
Sartini et al 2024. Preventive Vitamin D Supplementation and Risk for COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 16(5), p.679: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/5/679
Oregon Health Authority provides ways for Oregonians to get non mRNA shots: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORHA/bulletins/38c37fe
Drs. Jonny Hudson and Michael Bryant on DarkHorse, March 2024: https://rumble.com/v4ghlsk-no-title-jonny-michael-pod.html?mref=256aqg&mc=eh4u2
Mike Mew on DarkHorse, July 2020: https://youtu.be/JYpPu-NrYSI?si=LOVDF2nrV1NAxOPb
Weston A Price Foundation: https://www.westonaprice.org/
1491, by Charles Mann: https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059
Brains, Mammals, and the Brains of Mammals: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/brains-mammals-and-the-brains-of
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The Evolution of Rational Monsters
Dr. Michael Bryant is a professor of History and Legal Studies at Bryant University. Dr. Jonny Hudson has a Ph.D. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Bret talks with the two of them about Jonny’s recent dissertation which applies an evolutionary lens to the Holocaust.
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