Epstein, Trivers, and Gender: The 312th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Adaptation, Society & Culture, Science, Culture, Evolutionary Biology, News, Modernity, Natural Sciences, Politics

4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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On this, our 312th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the fact that the centre cannot hold. More Epstein files were released, which included an email from our friend and former mentor, Robert Trivers. We discuss his contributions, his life, and what the email does and does not imply. Also in the Epstein files: pizza, torture, Bitcoin, and the “goyim.” Was it all about blackmail; if not, what? And what is the CEO of TikTok on about, with regard to hate speech? Finally: a silver lining in...

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast live stream number three.
0:11.5	I should know.
0:12.5	Are we whispering today?
0:13.7	No, we're not whispering.
0:14.9	I'm struggling because we had a very good discussion about the last episode number,
0:18.9	but it doesn't actually come to mind.
0:21.3	312.
0:21.6	312.
0:22.6	Well, then that means I'm Dr. Brett Weinstein.
0:24.6	You are Dr. Heather Heying.
0:26.6	It means that such thing.
0:28.6	It follows that we would be those people in light of the fact that this is the Dark Horse
0:34.8	podcast livestream.
0:35.6	There it is.
0:36.6	There it is. And I will say, I'm reminded.
0:39.6	It is the evolutionary lens.
0:41.6	I'm reminded of a quote that I looked up and was slightly surprised to discover is attributed
0:47.2	to Vladimir Lennon, but nonetheless, it applies.
0:52.3	I see you backing away.
0:54.2	The quote is to the effect.
0:56.7	No doubt it was not in English originally, if it's really Lenin, but the quote is something
1:01.5	like some decades, nothing happens and some weeks a decade happens.
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