In this 191st 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. In this episode we discuss climate science, models, and assumptions. How do urban heat, and assumptions of low vs high solar variability, affect climate models? Should apparent consensu ... Show More
Jan 21
Trump, One Year In: The 310th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
On this, our 310th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss Trump, his presidency, and the state of the country. Disappointments include military interventions and renamings, a failed and politicized DOGE, and the embrace of tech-utopianism and associated heuristics and algorithm ... Show More
1h 51m
Jan 17
The Washington State of Science: The 309th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
On this, our 309th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss science and scientism, experts and expertise. Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson objects to the reduction in the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, and promises to bring “science” back to the state. In fact, the new recomme ... Show More
1h 36m
Jan 11
Preventing Truth Decay: Michael Shermer on DarkHorse
Bret Weinstein speaks with Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the popular podcast The Michael Shermer Show on the subject of truth.Find Michael Shermer on X at https://x.com/MichaelShermer and “Truth ... Show More
2h 37m
Apr 2024
Dominic Boyer, "No More Fossils" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Our hosts, Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel, sat down with Dominic Boyer to talk about his new book, No More Fossils, which appeared just last year (2023) from the University of Minnesota's "Forerunners" series. We talked at length about his book, its gestation in basic questio ... Show More
59m 18s
May 2024
Is There Any Good News on Climate Change? with Bill McKibben
We’re in a massive climate crisis, but it’s hard to think about it, isn’t it? It’s a great temptation to shut our eyes to climate change. It’s overwhelming. This week on the show, climate activist and author Bill McKibben on facing the reality of the climate crisis, understanding ... Show More
51m 41s
Sep 2022
David Wallace-Wells on Empowering the Future
<p>Ryan talks to journalist David Wallace-Wells about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/LziM1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming</a>, seeking out information, challenging assumptions, and becoming empowered through better un ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2024
Theoretical & Creative Ecology (SCIENCE & ECOPOETRY) with Madhur Anand
<p>Environmental models! Poetry! Scientists who are poets! Novelists who are scientists! Art + science = an actual -ology. Creative Ecologist, climate scientist, theoretical ecologist, author and celebrated poet Dr. Madhur Anand sits on a porch with me on an island to chat about ... Show More
57m 3s