In this 241st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.
In this week’s episode, we discuss food, science, and myth. Research out of Tufts University three years ago created the Food Compass—a new guide to what is healthy that rivals the Food Pyramid for sheer lunacy. Advising us that Froot Loops and Pringles are healthier choices than meat and eggs, the authors of that research are now promoting ESG + Nutrition, in which their Food Compass informs governments and private enterprise on how to get the population of the world to follow along. Then: What is history, what is myth, and when is it appropriate to stop talking and be quiet already? Real figures from history—Jesus, King David, Churchill—are also mythic; to what degree do the myths verge from the reality, and what are the conditions under which we are obliged to care? Also mentioned: the Censorship Industrial Complex, Pathological Noble Liars, and Dumbledore’s Army. Finally: a few words on the death of Paul Harrell, who advocated for the responsible use of firearms.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Mozaffarian et al 2021. Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods. Nature Food. 2(10):809–818: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00381-y
It’s An Upside-Down World, and You’re Living In It: Big Food, Hollywood, and the Democrats:https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/its-an-upside-down-world-and-youre
O’Hearn et al 2022. The time is ripe for ESG+ nutrition: evidence-based nutrition metrics for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. European journal of clinical nutrition, 76(8):1047-1052: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-022-01075-9.pdf
Rescue the Republic – September 29 on the National Mall: https://jointheresistance.org
Paul Harrell’s final video: https://youtu.be/M-gZuFcEu0E
Bret talks to Russell Brand in the wake of his Baptism.
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Forrest Maready is the author of “The Moth in the Iron Lung”, among other books. It tells a very different story of the Polio epidemic than the one you are likely familiar with, a story with radically different implications for health and medicine. Bret talks with Forest about his book and his interpretation of the evidence with an evolutionary bent to the conversation.
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In September of 2023, Bret issued a challenge to Vaccine proponents to explain why he was wrong about the danger from the Covid mRNA transfusions within this podcast: https://youtu.be/7C7Q9UF3PRE
Shortly thereafter, Dr. Dan Wilson gathered 3 experts to answer Bret’s challenge in this video: https://youtu.be/OUiM3sQuswE?si=ZFoLpyauXrtaFi7K
This podcast with Joomi Kim and Bret Swanson is the response to Dan’s video.
Bret Swanson put together an excellent slide deck to accompany this podcast, find 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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Nicole Shanahan had a great conversation with Senator Tuberville. Senator Tuberville is fully onboard with MAHA!
