Report from the Foxhole: The 276th 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

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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What happens when we commodify nature? The natural world is not doing well, and is not put here to do with as we want. How can we learn to appreciate nature, and environment, without jumping to conclusions about what is happening, or picking sides in an ideological battle that has nothing to do with actual wild nature? Also: how are DOGE cuts affecting scientists? Four people profiled in Science magazine reveal that some good science is being hit with chaos and uncertainty—but also that a lot...

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0:00.0	Hey, folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast live stream evolutionary lens number 276, I think.
0:13.2	You're right.
0:13.9	I'm Dr. Brett Weinstein.
0:15.2	You are Dr. Heather Heying.
0:16.6	It is almost exactly halfway through spring.
0:20.0	Am I correct about that?
0:20.9	You are not correct.
0:21.8	I am not correct about that.
0:23.1	Nope.
0:24.4	Which direction am I wrong?
0:26.3	We're closer to the solstice than we are to the equinox.
0:28.6	But how much closer?
0:30.3	Oh, you know, by a week or so.
0:32.9	So, you know, we're...
0:33.7	Shouldn't it be May 10th-ish?
0:35.6	I guess we are a little bit beyond. It should be May 7th-ish.
0:39.3	All right.
0:41.3	Well, we are where we are, and it's very beautiful here.
0:44.3	I'll tell you that much.
0:45.3	It sure is.
0:46.3	Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:47.3	Let's see.
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