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DarkHorse Podcast

Hive Mind: The 324th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

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

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On this, our 324th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the 2028 presidential election, and bees, plants, and electrons. First: Kamala Harris is currently the front-runner for the Democratic nominee in 2028. Given her scant record of achievements, her capacity, and her campaign in 2024, how is this possible? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would be a better choice. On the Republican side, Vance is the front-runner, as expected, but there are far more other options than on the Democratic side (De...

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0:00.0

Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast live stream.

0:09.2

It's 324.

0:10.2

Can't be prime for at least several reasons.

0:15.0

I'm Dr. Brett Weinstein.

0:16.6

You are, of course, Dr. Heather Heying.

0:19.2

And we briefly had an amazing glimpse at what summer will bring, and it has receded,

0:26.7

and we're back in sort of...

0:28.9

Yeah, it's a little gloomy.

0:30.7

It's not so cold, but it's remarkable what the mood of a hairless ape will respond to.

0:38.6

You're talking about me?

0:39.7

I'm talking about all of us.

0:40.9

I'm talking about all of us.

0:42.4

That when the sun is out, it's just easy to be optimistic and to see a future that looks like the present, which is sunny.

0:49.5

Yeah, it's amazing.

0:50.8

What a powerful impact it has.

0:53.4

Yeah.

0:53.6

And even just the feeling of the sun on one skin,

0:57.0

just unignorable for reasons that we are increasingly finding out are deeply physiological.

1:02.0

Absolutely. Who would have thunk? Who would have thunk? And, you know, can we please stop

1:07.2

imagining that what we need to do is eradicate all the natural variation and then add back

1:12.4

it back in titrated drop by titrated drop and villainize those who would not accept the titrated drops

1:20.2

like for instance and I have not done a deep dive on this yet but the you know you need to give your

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