• 1 hour 53 minutes
    The American Experiment at 250: The 332nd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 332nd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss America’s 250th birthday. In 1776, both Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence provided self-evident truths that prompted the formation of a new nation. Built on optimism and an entrepreneurial spirit, the United States of America is fracturing along political lines, each side incapable of seeing the humanity of people who believe different things from themselves. In those 250 year old documents we see implicit recognition of trade-offs, game theory and emergence—all of which are just as fundamental now as they were then. As part of this discussion we cover patriotism, antifa, dual vs hierarchical loyalties, Trump, the World Cup, and taking advantage of breaks.

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    Common Sense: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/147/147-h/147-h.htm

    Declaration of Independence: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

    Harper’s: https://harpers.org/archive/2026/07/happy-fucking-birthday-christopher-hooks-semiquincentennial/

    Musings with Chloé Simone: https://substack.com/@chloesimmone/p-203727669

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    1 July 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Is it Sunset for Sunscreen? The 331st Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 331st Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss sunscreen and vegans. It’s Summer, and the sun is out! Should you slather yourself in sunscreen, stay indoors, or seek moderate exposure to the sun that grows in intensity that more your skin becomes acclimated to the season? The last, of course. Research has found that sunscreen use may be positively correlated with skin cancer, but a) “sunscreen” is not just one thing, and most but not all sunscreen is positively toxic, and b) all cause mortality is lower in people who get regular (non-sunscreened) sun exposure, so even if sunscreen does lower your risk of skin cancer—the sun is protecting your health in other ways. Also consider ditching the sunglasses, and donning a hat. Then: even the New York Times can’t figure out whose team they’re on, as a vegan in Portland tries to get Oregonians to outlaw hunting, fishing, animal research, conventional livestock production, and “lethal pest control.”

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    Hulscher’s substack: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/study-finds-sunscreen-use-linked

    Jeremian et al 2023. Gene–Environment analyses in a UK biobank skin Cancer cohort identifies important SNPs in DNA repair genes that may help prognosticate disease risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 32(11): 1599-1607: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10840669/pdf/nihms-1929398.pdf

    Nicholson & Exley, C 2007. Aluminum: a potential pro-oxidant in sunscreens/sunblocks? Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 43(8): 1216-1217: https://www.ovid.com/journals/frbm/abstract/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.07.010~aluminum-a-potential-pro-oxidant-in-sunscreenssunblocks

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    NYT in Oregon: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/animal-rights-cruelty-oregon.html

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    23 June 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Turning Britain Around: Rupert Lowe on DarkHorse

    Bret Weinstein sits down with Rupert Lowe for a timely conversation about Britain, the West, institutional corruption, and the consequences of political cowardice.

    Days after this interview was recorded, the UK Rape Gang Inquiry Report was released, bringing renewed attention to one of the most disturbing scandals in modern British history.

    Find Rupert Lowe on X at https://x.com/RupertLowe10 and Restore Britain at https://www.restorebritain.org.uk. 

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    The Rape Gang Inquiry Report https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6810978a41bbc42489eafa81/t/6a314bb1151e511944bd4421/1781615537601/The+Rape+Gang+Inquiry+Report.pdf 
    Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain announcement: https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2022394419685822647

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    21 June 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    It Pays to Be Gay: The 330th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 330th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss pride and fascism. In California, companies get preferential consideration for utilities contracts if they can demonstrate that they belong to June’s most popular “oppressed” class—LGBTQ. Proof will be required, however. Evidence can take the form of “attempted parenting” with a same-sex partner, a therapist’s letter confirming transgender status, or a TikTok account, among other things. Meanwhile among the GenZ’s, 31% of young women identify as LGBTQ—and mostly it’s B. Young women claiming they’re bisexual is yet another social contagion—it’s safer than cutting or taking cross-sex hormones, and it puts you in good standing to get money from the state of California! Then: what is fascism? Umberto Eco proposed 14 features found in fascism; we review.

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    Rufo and Hufford in City Journal: https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-gay-business-contracts-utilities

    LGBTQ Status Qualifiers for Business Owners: https://nglcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LGBTQ-Status-Qualifiers-for-Business-Owners-1.pdf

    Randal Olson on genZ’s embrace of LGBTQ: https://www.randalolson.com/2026/06/09/lgbtq-identification-by-generation

    Umberto Eco on ur-fascism: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism

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    19 June 2026, 1:00 am
  • 2 hours 11 seconds
    Fraud, Tyranny & the Legal Battle to Save America: Bobbie Anne Cox on DarkHorse

    Bret Weinstein speaks with attorney, Bobbie Anne Cox on the subject of election laws, voter fraud, and the political landscape in blue states. But first they honor the legacy of their friend, Warner Mendenhall, in discussing the Brooke Jackson case and fraud in Pfizer Trials.

    Find Bobbie Anne Cox on X at https://x.com/Attorney_Cox and her Substack at https://attorneycox.substack.com. 

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    Mentioned in this Episode:

    Brownstone Institute https://brownstone.org/ 

    In Memory of Warner Mendenhall https://imahealth.org/in-memory-of-warner-mendenhall 

    Brook Jackson's fight against Pfizer https://www.covidlawcast.com/p/brook-jacksons-fight-against-pfizer

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICAex rel. BROOK JACKSON,Plaintiff,vs.VENTAVIA RESEARCH GROUP, LLC,et al.Defendants https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24362542-2023-12-19-jackson-opp2mtd-final-as-filed/

    H.R.5546 - National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/5546 

    National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation 

    HHS, CDC Announce New ACIP Members https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-cdc-announce-new-acip-members-sept-2025.html 

    CPPAC 2026: Bobbie Anne Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3YItoDArs 

    When Judges Go Rogue https://attorneycox.substack.com/p/when-judges-go-rogue 

    When Judges Go Rogue - Bobbie Anne Flower Cox - The Brownstone Show, Episode 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVZTHV-bZN8

    SAVE Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22

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    14 June 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 2 hours 5 minutes
    California’s Blue Coup: The 329th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 329th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we continue to discuss the West. We begin with readings of glorious California—from Stegner to Chandler to Didion—and reminisce about our own time growing up in LA. Then: the elections in California seem rigged, and if your elections are rigged, you don’t have a democracy. Paper polls worked; in-person voting worked; exit polls provided information. Why did our elections change? The system as it stands is an invitation to fraud. A democratic republic is the only viable alternative, and Democrats are destroying the goose that lays the golden eggs, which makes the marvelous life of most people—including the men singing about not taking it anymore--possible. Meanwhile in the state of Washington: the newest Executive Order demonstrates just how spineless, powerless, and in need of replacement, our leaders are. EO 26-01 purports to address menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms; instead, it is a pandering, bureaucratic, gameable, woke, anti-scientific mess. To everyone who still believes the blue team: Stop being foot-soldiers of Goliath.

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    Stegner 1971: Angle of Repose https://amzn.to/4olKo9U

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    KTLA: https://ktla.com/news/politics/los-angeles-mayor-primary-election/

    Men’s chorus: https://x.com/politibunny/status/2064083824393236818

    WA EO on menopause: https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/exe_order/26-01%20-%20Menopause%20%28tmp%29.pdf

    Women’s Commission: https://wswc.wa.gov

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    9 June 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 2 hours 2 minutes
    Why the West is on Fire: The 328th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 328th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss fires in the West, both literal and metaphorical. First: the mayoral race in LA, and race politics. Then: rioting in Paris after a soccer win—not mere hooliganism, but also due to race politics and immigration. The World Cup is coming to Seattle—but what to do about the homeless people? Build a “low barrier” tiny home community out of sight of the tourists, where drug addicts are encouraged to relocate. New public toilets in Seattle were destroyed within weeks, though—will tiny homes be sufficient to protect soccer fans? Also: it’s pride month! At UCSC’s “Gender Affirming Gear” closet, students can get free binders, packers, and tucking kits! Knitting it all together: What is the West, what are its tenets, and is it worth saving? Yes.

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    LA mayoral race results: https://ktla.com/news/politics/los-angeles-mayor-primary-election/

    Voting based on race: https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/2061571066707972540?s=20

    Rioting in Paris: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2060870418014118162?s=20

    Seattle toilets: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2061802513993490856

    Tiny homes in Seattle: https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-builds-tiny-home-village-for-citys-homeless-drug-users-displaced-by-fifa-world-cup-games

    UCSC Queer Center: https://queer.ucsc.edu

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    3 June 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    Spencer Pratt in the Era of Degenerate Intellectual Communism: The 327th Evolutionary Lens

    On this, our 327th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss West coast politics, propaganda, and AI. First: the insurgent campaign of Spencer Pratt in the race for mayor of Los Angeles is going strong. He is by far the best hope for Los Angeles, given fires and filth, homelessness and crime, drugs and corruption. Then: propaganda from Iran is remarkably compelling. And: Bret proposes that the model of AI that we are living under is degenerate intellectual communism, and that we have been given no choice. And: there is so much new under the sun—but AI may blind us to its discovery.

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    LA mayoral debate: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rI3A6alVHM)

    CBS fact-checks mayor Bass: https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2052588315828994148?s=20

    Pratt on JRE on fentanyl zombies: https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/2058477622439583827?s=20

    Pressure washing campaign slogans in LA: https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2058587656334803243?s=20

    Pilates moms ad: https://x.com/SnarkingIsLegal/status/2056336125732507799

    LA Times says crime is down: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-24/crime-rates-los-angeles-mayor-race-2026-candidates

    Iran Lego video: https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2042149309588590937?s=46

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    27 May 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    The Paradigm That Runs the World: Michael Yon & Masako Ganaha on DarkHorse

    Panama Canal follow-up: Bret Weinstein and Michael Yon return to the subject two years later after major developments. Michael appears this time with his wife and partner, Masako Ganaha sharing their unique paradigm for understanding global patterns, historical lessons, and future predictions.

    Find Masako Ganaha at https://note.com/masakoganaha and on X at https://x.com/ganaha_masako

    Find Michael Yon on Substack at https://michaelyon.substack.com and on X at https://x.com/Michael_Yon

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    Michael Yon Panama Canal on DarkHorse https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/5179074/bret-weinstein-with-michael-yon-in-the-panama-canal

    Catherine Austin Fitz on Michael Yon Substack https://michaelyon.substack.com/p/amazing-talk-masako-and-catherine

    Trojan Migration? The 210th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmwxo3iMAs 

    Zionist Forces may close Strait of Hormuz https://michaelyon.substack.com/p/zionist-forces-may-close-strait-of 

    Dutch Farmers Canaries in the Globalist Coal Mine  Michael Yon  Eva Vlaardingerbroek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHQN54XCL0 

    Screwworms over Texas https://michaelyon.substack.com/p/screwworms-over-texas

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    24 May 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    The Oligarchs Strike Back: The 326th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

    On this, our 326th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss government and tyranny, environmental toxins and the media, eminent domain, and memories of childhood. Former Washington state governor Christine Gregoire says the state doesn’t have an income problem, it’s got a spending problem—and that unpredictability from legislators is making it impossible for the business community to plan. Stochasticity is impossible to adapt to—for humans, and for other species too. In the most expensive Congressional primary race in U.S. history, incumbent Thomas Massie lost in Kentucky; his opponent was substantively funded by AIPAC. Young people supported Massie; old people did not. The Department of Fish & Wildlife has declared the widely used herbicide atrazine no big deal—but it very much is, beginning with the well-established fact that it turns the frogs…not gay, but aggressive and dysfunctionally hermaphroditic. In Georgia, eminent domain is being invoked to “liberate” people from their houses. And we end with memories of idyllic childhoods in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

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    Christine Gregoire: https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2054995043006681440

    AIPAC on Kentucky race: https://x.com/AIPAC/status/2056893663511257316

    NYT on atrazine, 2023: https://www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-conspiracy-theories-fact-check.html

    NYT on atrazine, 2026: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/climate/epa-atrazine-endangered-species-maha.html

    Hayes et al 2003. Atrazine-induced hermaphroditism at 0.1 ppb in American leopard frogs (Rana pipiens): laboratory and field evidence. Environmental health perspectives, 111(4): 568: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1241446/pdf/ehp0111-000568.pdf

    Gender Surrender – DarkHorse #182 on atrazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USF0A_fRlvk

    Eminent domain – Ansley Brown in Georgia: https://x.com/Ansleysgarden/status/2054036145328075104

    Shadow Thoughts: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/shadow-thoughts

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    20 May 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 53 minutes
    Up a Creek: Jakob Shockey on DarkHorse

    Bret Weinstein speaks with Jakob Shockey on the subject of cancel culture in the nonprofit world, raising money, and beavers.

    Find Project Beaver at https://www.projectbeaver.org

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    Beavers? Bret Weinstein Speaks with Jakob Shockey on the Darkhorse Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBmKwQ9SPt0

    Just How Busy Is the Beaver? https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/beaver

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