Greetings from Podcastistan | DarkHorse #272

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying discuss a hostage situation in Podcastistan on Episode #272 of The Evolutionary Lens. They explore the strange about-face of some prominent free speech warriors.

Full Episode #272, “Rise of the Cosplaymanauts:” https://rumble.com/v6sb0gh-the-272nd-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html

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Mentioned in this segment:

Douglas Murray in the New York Post: https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/opinion/douglas-murray-so-called-israel-hamas-ukraine-war-experts-spew-false-info-on-joe-rogans-podcast-there-has-to-be-a-standard/

The Evolutionary Lens Episode #283 https://www.youtube.com/live/o2erhNaJ_2k

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Timestamps:
00:00 Douglas Murray on Bill Maher
03:15 Douglas Murray for NY Post
05:37 Standards for Podcasts?
06:29 Discussion: How We Reach Conclusions
11:05 Were We Duped?
13:07 You Can’t Just Get Rid of the Woke
14:48 Taking Bari Weiss to Task
16:24 Anti-Semitism on Twitter
18:53 The Only Path Forward