Joe Rogan Experience #1494 - Bret Weinstein

Bret Weinstein was a biology professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. He is now hosting "Bret Weinstein's Dark Horse Podcast" available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube. @DarkHorsePod

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Jun 18, 20203h 6mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: June 18, 2020
Duration: 3h 6m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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Bret Weinstein was a biology professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. He is now hosting "Bret Weinstein's Dark Horse Podcast" available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube. @DarkHorsePod

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein, Joe Rogan Experience #1494 - Bret Weinstein explores bret Weinstein Warns Of Civil Unrest, Broken Science, And Corrupt Systems Bret Weinstein joins Joe Rogan to argue that current cultural turmoil, from campus politics to street protests, reflects deeper systemic failures in economics, politics, and science. He connects movements like Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and critical theory to a leaderless, incoherent push that risks Maoist-style excesses while ignoring root causes like economic despair and institutional corruption. They discuss police brutality, race, and historical inequities, emphasizing how opportunity has been structurally hoarded and how incarceration and policy design damage Black and Native communities. Weinstein also raises alarm about COVID-19’s likely lab-leak origins and a massive, ignored flaw in pharmaceutical safety testing using genetically distorted lab mice, framing both as symptoms of a broader collapse in scientific integrity.

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