Hep B or not Hep B: The 303rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

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

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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On this, our 303rd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the recommendation to stop vaccinating newborns against Hepatitis B, as just handed down by ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) for the CDC. Why were newborns whose mothers do not have Hep B, being vaccinated against a disease that is contracted through sexual activity and dirty needles? We discuss claims of “safe and effective,” risk stratification, the childhood vaccine schedule, and what “individual-based decision-...

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0:00.0	Hey, folks, welcome to the very next installment of the Dark Horse podcast live stream. What number is it?
0:10.3	303. 3303. I believe, unless my counting is off because I missed. You missed one? I missed one.
0:19.1	First one ever? I know. I think I've missed one before.
0:21.6	Oh, is that right?
0:22.6	Yeah.
0:23.6	Okay.
0:24.6	Well, in any case, it is the 303rd.
0:26.6	I'm Dr. Brett Weinstein.
0:27.6	You are Dr. Heather Heying, recovered from a prolonged excursion circling the drain at a substantial
0:36.6	distance, but...
0:38.3	Yeah, that was rough. This illness was quite rough. And so I apologize in advance for the coughing
0:45.1	that is likely to occasionally happen. But here we are. Yes, every time you cough an angel gets
0:51.8	their wings, I'm told. I don't know what that means, but that's something to be sure. Every time I cough, an angel gets their wings, I'm told. I don't know what that means, but that's something to be sure.
0:56.7	Every time I cough, an angel goes through the eye of a really large needle.
1:02.1	With a camel.
1:03.7	On its back.
1:05.1	Okay.
1:05.7	I mean, you know, religious myth is not always perfectly straightforward.
1:10.4	It takes some unpacking.
1:11.7	I mean, allegory is awesome.
1:13.1	Yes, allegory is awesome.
1:15.1	So join us on locals.
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