#166: Corruption, Capture, & Narrative Control (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)
Podcast: DarkHorse PodcastPublished On: Sat Mar 18 2023
Description: In this 166th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.This week we discuss ants and agriculture, coevolution and symbiosis, the mainstream media and SARS-CoV2 origins, raccoon dogs and Kristian Andersen. We talk corruption, capture, and narrative control. We finish with two heartening stories about resistance, and coming together, that remind us of how to be good and human to one another.*****Our sponsors:MUD\WTR: is a coffee alternative with mushrooms and herbs (and cacao!) and is delicious, with 1/7 the caffeine as coffee. Visit www.mudwtr.com/darkhorse and use DARKHORSEMUD at check out for 15% off. House of Macadamias: Delicious and nutritious macadamia nuts, in all sorts of configurations. Go to www.houseofmacadamias.com and use code DARKHORSE for a 20% discount on all orders, plus a gift with substantive purchase.MDHearingAid: Use promo code DARKHORSE to receive a significant discount off your order of already inexpensive, high-quality hearing aids, plus receive a free extra charging case. https://www.mdhearingaid.com*****Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3atCheck out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.orgHeather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.comFind more from us on Bret’s website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather’s website (http://heatherheying.com).Become a member of the DarkHorse LiveStreams, and get access to an additional Q&A livestream every month. Join at Heather's Patreon.Like this content? Subscribe to the channel, like this video, follow us on twitter (@BretWeinstein, @HeatherEHeying), and consider helping us out by contributing to either of our Patreons or Bret’s Paypal.Looking for clips from #DarkHorseLivestreams? Check out our other channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIATheme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.*****Q&A Link: https://youtube.com/live/9lqzjbyzQo8?feature=shareMentioned in this episode:Schultz et al 2005. Reciprocal illumination: a comparison of agriculture in humans. Insect-fungal associations: ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press, New York, pp.149-190. http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/Muelleru/pubs/SchultzEtAl2005RecipIllum.pdf New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market. The New York Times, March 16, 2023: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/science/covid-wuhan-market-raccoon-dogs-lab-leak.htmlThe Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic. The Atlantic Monthly, March 16, 2023: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/covid-origins-research-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak/673390/The Atlantic Monthly’s earlier “reporting” on Covid, discussed on DarkHorse Livestream #105: https://www.youtube.com/live/fRyEdcuHTH0The Big Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqG3ITMv1QSupport the show
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