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The 261st Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

In this week’s episode, we discuss how it was to be in DC during Trump’s second Inauguration, and the MAHA ball. Then: a summary of Executive Orders: positive (e.g. freedom of speech, reality of biological sex, affirmative action, putting America first, securing our borders, establishing DOGE, J6 pardons, promoting beautiful architecture, and withdrawing from the WHO), negative (Gulf of America, the death penalty), and environmental (off-shore wind and natural gas, ANWR, fish and fires). Then: three reasons that Trump could become the best president we have had.


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Mentioned in this episode:

Executive Orders by Trump: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

Seed oil lobbyist becomes chief of staff at the USDA: https://x.com/repthomasmassie/status/1882459041089351735


Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:05:33 Welcome
00:06:48 Sponsors: CrowdHealth, Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club, ARMRA
00:18:26 Bret & Heather’s Inauguration & MAHA Ball Experience
00:39:18 Executive Orders: The Positive
01:28:45 Executive Orders: The Negative
01:42:33 Executive Orders: The Environmental
02:00:18 Executive Orders: MAHA?
02:02:43 Bret’s Argument for Why Trump COULD Be The GOAT
02:15:34 Closing

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Is Bret allergic to European wheat? Part II

Will European wheat have an effect on Bret Weinstein? This is Part II of his European experiment, the results.

Watch Part I: https://rumble.com/v6pns8o-is-bret-allergic-to-european-wheat.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Dr. Bret Weinstein is running an experiment on himself. After a decade of avoiding wheat he has tried eating it while in Spain. In this update video he explains how he has been feeling and answers common questions around glyphosate and dry fasting.

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It’s not Complicated: The 230th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v52it2i-the-230th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Think Fast: The 252nd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v5rcks8-the-252nd-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

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Is Bret allergic to European wheat?

No live stream today, instead Bret is running an experiment from Spain.

Do you have a wheat allergy? Have you been able to eat wheat in Europe without the symptoms you experience in America? After a decade without intentionally eating wheat, Bret Weinstein is running an experiment while visiting Spain - will the European wheat cause the same symptoms he experiences when stateside?

Watch more on the topic of allergies and vaccines from Bret and Heather:

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https://youtu.be/anC_au3HhdA?si=rNhk6_SUzF0lsgI1&t=1781

Bret and Heather 180th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: Allergies, Adjuvants, & Affirmative Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Ra_qW470w?si=G9BTq7Nv3WusHR2-&t=1968

Joe Rogan Experience #2198 - Bret Weinstein https://youtu.be/iOQdjgdRcfA?si=d-hVtgZ54MZ96Jdn&t=5664

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Bret talks to Russell Brand in the wake of his Baptism.

Find Russell on X: @rustyrockets (https://x.com/rustyrockets)
Find Russell on Rumble: https://rumble.com/russellbrand


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I keep thinking about the beggining of Episode 311 in which B&H talk about gendered differences in empathy. The results of the study didn't make sense to either of them, but they made sense to me.

I'm relatively new in thinking about things through the evolutionary lens--Dark Horse has been my guide since about 2020. I'm a therapist, a mother of four, and a life long over-empathizer. I have sensory reactions to other people's pain. Seeing a wound, watching violence of any real kind, actually makes my body hurt. (Yes, it often sucks). I also, strangely (as I was a competative athelete), have a difficult time rooting for any team to win--I am too often thinking/ feeling about what the losers are experiencing--even though I know losing is an important thing to experience, and good and right in its own way. I know there is justice in the better team winning--and I feel deeply for those whove worked their tails off only to lose.

When something arises like the recent shootings in Minnesotta, I am able ...

February 10, 2026

Genuine great guest recommendation for Bret: Michael Levin, developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University.

"His lab sits at the intersection of developmental biology, computer science, and cognitive science. His research interests include bioelectrical signals by which cells communicate to serve the dynamic anatomical needs of the organism during development, regeneration, and cancer suppression; basal cognition and intelligence in diverse unconventional substrates; and top-down control of form and function across scales in biology

In practical terms, he studies how cells use electrical voltage patterns (not just genes) to "know" what shape to build."

I think this would be an amazing discussion full of gems, Bret's evolutionary and complex system trade-off frameworks + Michael's research and his open minded nature.

Possibly diving into the missing evolutionary layer Bret has discussed, maybe some good insights come from this discussion.

@bretweinstein

February 08, 2026

The Hijacking of the American-Jewish Identity

In many ways, what I see happening across the country right now strongly resembles the dynamics of the BLM riots and activist movement. During the BLM era, white people were told they were inherently racist—that, categorically, they were either racist or anti-racist, leaving no room for the possibility that a white person might not be racist at all. To BLM activists, this was framed as a software problem: white people were said to be running faulty software that produced racism, and the solution was “re-programming”—through schools, institutions, media, and even everyday social interactions.

Those attempts at re-programming created enormous resentment, and eventually the entire BLM activist movement collapsed under its own weight. What went wrong? The movement was hyper-focused on the “software” running inside individual minds while largely ignoring the policies that actually produce socioeconomic hardship—policies like welfare expansion ...

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