Recapturing the Narrative: Bret Speaks with Mike Nayna on the Darkhorse Podcast
DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Bret Speaks with Mike Nayna in the wake of his release of the Reformers film series. They discuss the art of conveying meaning, narrative, and the current moment.
Find Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikenayna
Find Mike on Substack: https://michaelnayna.substack.com/
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introductions
(08:08) Sponsors
(10:25) Presenting the Reformers
(17:00) Authenticity and activism
(25:50) Cynical Theories and James Lindsay
(32:15) Full picture Vs cartoon
(47:15) Social media and Peter Boghossian
(54:30) Radical honesty
(01:00:15) Academic behaviors
(01:13:30) Digital pilgrims and hope
(01:28:35) Wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | It's kind of how I see the world. I see the mainstream media as a cartoonification of reality. |
| 0:06.1 | And a lot of... I find a lot of my work is just trying to complicate it. |
| 0:10.3 | You can just kill it by complicating it. |
| 0:12.6 | Because that's the way the world is. |
| 0:14.5 | And so I did think in the last episode when we released the project, |
| 0:21.2 | the goal was to use influential people just to get the maximum amount of information out there. |
| 0:30.2 | Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse Podcast. |
| 0:33.3 | I have the distinct pleasure of sitting this morning. |
| 0:36.1 | Well, it's this morning for me. It's this evening for Mike. |
| 0:39.3 | But with one of my favorite people, Mike Naina. |
| 0:42.3 | Mike Naina is a little bit hard to encapsulate. |
| 0:45.0 | I know him as a documentary filmmaker. |
| 0:48.6 | That's the capacity in which I met him. |
| 0:51.8 | I'm not sure that's exactly the right description, although it's accurate. |
| 0:56.0 | It just seems to me now somewhat incomplete. |
| 0:58.7 | Mike, welcome to Dark Horse and how would you describe your role in the universe? |
| 1:04.5 | Well, it's a big opening question. |
| 1:08.6 | Let's just say a few, Mike. It's not a Nate. |
| 1:11.0 | And then we can complicate it from there. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, I'm going to tell Mike. |
| 1:15.4 | I'm going to tell Mike. |
| 1:16.4 | Okay. |
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