Lessons of the Camino: The 296th 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

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast, live stream.
0:09.0	We typically give a number to these live streams consecutively speaking.
0:13.0	I couldn't tell you what that number is.
0:15.0	I know it's in the two 90s somewhere.
0:17.0	It is, it is, it is.
0:19.0	296.
0:20.0	It's 296 making me, Dr. Brett Weinstein and you, Dr. Heather Heying.
0:24.5	A note for those of you who are watching this at the end of, no, I should say, at the crescendo
0:31.6	of our recent adventure, I shaved off my beard for reasons unknown to any of us.
0:36.9	And I have the process of regrowing it. So be advised that I do not look grizzled. What I look is rugged. Now, for those of you who are just listening. For reasons unknown to any of us or just to the rest of us who aren't you? No, I'm pretty sure I don't know them either. But in any case, for those of you...
0:55.0	You didn't come out of the bathroom, shaven, and it was a surprise to me anyway.
0:58.8	It was a very surprising moment to all. For those of you who are simply listening and not watching,
1:05.0	please be aware that I am six foot two and devilishly handsome. Not toot my own horn,
1:10.1	but it isn't going toot itself.
1:11.5	So with that, oh, I mean, I think there are actually plenty of self-tooting horns now.
1:16.9	It seems like a low-hanging fruit with respect to technology.
1:20.9	Self-tooting horns could be easily constructed.
1:24.5	And speaking of technology, if you are watching this on a mobile device, people are larger than they appear.
1:31.3	Just be aware of that.
1:33.3	All right.
1:38.3	Shall we pay the rent?
1:41.3	Yeah, yeah, let's do that.
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