Today we discuss organ donation, and parenting in the animal world. Organ donation: how can we modify incentives so that people who need organs have a good chance of getting them, but people with healthy organs are never sent to an early death because their organs are valuable? Then: a natural history primer on parental care and feeding ecology of some local mammals and birds. What can be learned from observing the successful parenting of both barn swallows and red foxes?
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Mentioned in this episode:
NYT 2025: Push for more organ transplants puts donors at risk: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/organ-transplants-donors-alive.html
NYT 2003: Bret letter to the editor on organ donation and incentives: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/opinion/he-gave-of-himself-so-that-i-could-live-3-letters.html
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life on organ transplants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-pU8TFsg0
Cornell on barn swallows: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/overview
Avian Architecture: https://amzn.to/4f4Hxh5 (commission earned)
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Holding Screen
00:05:22 Connecting Organ Donation and Wild Animals Raising Their Offspring
00:16:06 NY Times: A Push for More Organ Transplants is Putting Donors at Risk
00:31:22 Federal Pressure for Transplant Procurement
00:32:25 55 Medical Professionals Reported Witnessing At Least One Disturbing Case?
00:36:14 People are Fallible
00:39:35 Manner of Death Matters
00:42:07 A Solution: Bret's Letter to the Editor from 2003
00:50:53 Hard-Headed Liberals
00:53:46 Bret's Pitch: A Proper Feedback Mechanism
01:02:49 Monty Python: Slapstick to Reality
01:06:07 Barn Swallows
01:16:49 How Did Barn Swallows Learn to Build a Nest?
01:28:22 Parenting Wisdom from Wild Animals
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.
Watch more on the topic of glyphosate and dry fasting from Bret and Heather:
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
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:
Mr. Jones and Me: Nathan Jones on DarkHorse
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
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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https://x.com/JimBreuer/status/1997017312571150396?s=20
this is one of the most fascinating stories I've ever heard, and, oh my goodness!!! does he describe evil well. I think this aligns well with Bret and Heathers definition of evil.. it's a controlled thing... you have to watch
The Room is not the Room
And the President is not the President
This isn’t about liking or disliking Trump. It’s about paying attention to what he’s saying in this clip, standing on stage at the Israeli American Council, speaking to some of the most influential donors in American politics, at a time when Gaza is being leveled, Iran is being pulled deeper into war, and the Middle East is being subjugated by American foreign policy
On the surface, it looks like Trump doing his usual routine: telling stories, joking with the crowd, name-dropping donors. But underneath all of that, he ends up telling a story, and that story is about how the Adelson’s have unlimited access to his office.
in Reference to Shelden Adelson (the multibillionaire casino megadonor whose money helped fuel Trump’s campaign)
“He’d call — ‘can I come over?’
I’d say, ‘Sheldon, I’m the President… it doesn’t work that ...
Are we living through a Color Revolution?
How would you even know if you were?
When I think of a color revolution, I’m reminded of the movie Inception, where an agent tries to plant the seed of an idea so the host acts in a way that benefits someone else. The entire scheme only works if the host is unwitting, if they never realize the idea wasn’t originally theirs.
A major feature of a color revolution is the ability to influence or control media narratives. For example, when it comes to Ukraine or Syria, organizations connected to the U.S. State Department, often through USAID funded NGOs such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), as well as well-funded networks associated with figures like George Soros, are frequently described as helping set up or support media outlets that shape public opinion and bolster opposition movements. The book Creative Chaos is great on this subject; it describes in detail how Facebook and other platforms were able to bypass Syrian government ...
