DarkHorse Podcast
by Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
Is this your podcast?Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are both evolutionary biologists with PhDs and are known for their critical perspectives on contemporary issues, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they garnered attention for their controvers…
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- science and biology discussions
- societal and cultural analysis
Podcast Focus
- truth-seeking conversations
- exploration of diverse topics
Publishing Consistency
- weekly or more episodes
- active for six years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- growing listener base
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 44 chart positions in 44 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Natural Sciences#31M to 3M
- 🇨🇦CA · Natural Sciences#31M to 3M
- 🇦🇺AU · Natural Sciences#41M to 3M
- 🇬🇧GB · Natural Sciences#7300K to 1M
- 🇩🇪DE · Natural Sciences#17300K to 1M
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.7M to 5.2M🎙 Daily cadence·461 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
5.7M to 17M🇺🇸17%🇨🇦17%🇦🇺17%+41 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
2.3M to 7.0M568K real followers tracked across platforms
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Recent episodes
Why the West is on Fire: The 328th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
Jun 3, 2026
2h 02m 10s
Spencer Pratt in the Era of Degenerate Intellectual Communism: The 327th Evolutionary Lens
May 27, 2026
1h 52m 46s
The Paradigm That Runs the World: Michael Yon & Masako Ganaha on DarkHorse
May 24, 2026
1h 36m 57s
The Oligarchs Strike Back: The 326th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
May 20, 2026
1h 34m 33s
Up a Creek: Jakob Shockey on DarkHorse
May 13, 2026
1h 53m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/3/26 |  Why the West is on Fire: The 328th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 328th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss fires in the West, both literal and metaphorical. First: the mayoral race in LA, and race politics. Then: rioting in Paris after a soccer win—not mere hooliganism, but also due to race politics and immigration. The World Cup is coming to Seattle—but what to do about the homeless people? Build a “low barrier” tiny home community out of sight of the tourists, where drug addicts are encouraged to relocate. New public toilets in Seattle ... | 2h 02m 10s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 |  Spencer Pratt in the Era of Degenerate Intellectual Communism: The 327th Evolutionary Lens | On this, our 327th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss West coast politics, propaganda, and AI. First: the insurgent campaign of Spencer Pratt in the race for mayor of Los Angeles is going strong. He is by far the best hope for Los Angeles, given fires and filth, homelessness and crime, drugs and corruption. Then: propaganda from Iran is remarkably compelling. And: Bret proposes that the model of AI that we are living under is degenerate intellectual communism, and that we have been give... | 1h 52m 46s | ||||||
| 5/24/26 |  The Paradigm That Runs the World: Michael Yon & Masako Ganaha on DarkHorse | Panama Canal follow-up: Bret Weinstein and Michael Yon return to the subject two years later after major developments. Michael appears this time with his wife and partner, Masako Ganaha sharing their unique paradigm for understanding global patterns, historical lessons, and future predictions. Find Masako Ganaha at https://note.com/masakoganaha and on X at https://x.com/ganaha_masako Find Michael Yon on Substack at https://michaelyon.substack.com and on X at https://x.com/Michael_Yon *****... | 1h 36m 57s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 |  The Oligarchs Strike Back: The 326th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 326th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss government and tyranny, environmental toxins and the media, eminent domain, and memories of childhood. Former Washington state governor Christine Gregoire says the state doesn’t have an income problem, it’s got a spending problem—and that unpredictability from legislators is making it impossible for the business community to plan. Stochasticity is impossible to adapt to—for humans, and for other species too. In the most expensive Con... | 1h 34m 33s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  Up a Creek: Jakob Shockey on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Jakob Shockey on the subject of cancel culture in the nonprofit world, raising money, and beavers. Find Project Beaver at https://www.projectbeaver.org ***** Sponsors: Caraway: Non-toxic, highly functional & beautiful cookware and bakeware. Save with Caraway’s cookware set and visit http://Carawayhome.com/DHPOD to for an additional 10% off your next purchase. Puori: Amazingly clean and safe supplements and protein powders, lab tested and guaranteed. Go to h... | 1h 53m 38s | ||||||
| 5/9/26 |  Haunted by the Hanta Virus: The 325th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 325th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss Hanta virus and drought. First: what is the natural history of Hantavirus, do any Hantaviruses transmit directly from human to human, and what is going on with the M.V. Hondius, the cruise ship on which Hantavirus has made a stand? Given its mechanisms of action, Ivermectin is likely to treat Hantavirus (a negative sense single-stranded RNA virus), but the WHO dismisses the possibility. Moderna is working on a Hantavirus vaccine, eve... | 1h 49m 52s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 |  Hive Mind: The 324th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | 2028 presidential electionpolitics+4 | — | — | — | 2028 electionKamala Harris+4 | — | 1h 13m 15s | |
| 4/30/26 |  Vultures and the Public Health: The 323rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | vulturespublic health+3 | — | diclofenac | India | vulturespublic health+5 | — | 1h 33m 25s | |
| 4/26/26 |  Is God More Than a Story? Jonathan Pageau with Jordan Hall on DarkHorse✨ | sciencereligion+3 | Jonathan PageauJordan Hall | Redeemer Anglican ChurchThe Symbolic World | — | sciencereligion+6 | Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil ClubGetFreshDarkHorse | 1h 43m 27s | |
| 4/15/26 |  Jews with Heterodox Views: Joshua Stylman on DarkHorse✨ | societal manipulationsocial engineering+1 | Joshua Stylman | DarkHorseSubstack+2 | — | SubstackThe Enemy is Not Each Other | Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club | 1h 56m 47s | |
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| 4/11/26 |  Why Even Try? The 322nd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | Cartesian crisisvalue of going to the moon+3 | — | The GuardianEvolutionary Lens | — | sciencevalue of science+2 | — | 1h 32m 06s | |
| 4/8/26 |  The Games We Play: The 321st Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | AIIran+4 | — | ClaudeEvolutionary Lens+1 | IranWashington | AnthropicClaude+7 | — | 1h 50m 30s | |
| 4/4/26 |  Are we back in the stone age? The 320th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | genocidelineage selection+4 | — | Evolutionary Lens | IsraelU.S. | atrocitiessecular Jewish household+1 | — | 1h 46m 39s | |
| 4/1/26 |  This Reflects Badly: The 319th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | space mirrorsWashington state+2 | — | Reflect OrbitalEvolutionary Lens+1 | WashingtonEarth | Reflect Orbitallight delivery+1 | — | 1h 24m 10s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Israel: What It's Like on the Ground featuring Jessica Rose on DarkHorse✨ | Israelcurrent events+1 | Dr Jessica Rose | DHP storeSubstack+2 | Israel | Jessica RoseDarkHorse+3 | — | 2h 13m 05s | |
| 3/25/26 |  Careful Thinking in Reckless Times: The 318th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | logicintuition+4 | — | Evolutionary Lens | Washington | evolutionary lensCharlie Kirk+2 | — | 1h 39m 54s | |
| 3/18/26 |  Is Cell Phone Radiation Good For You? The 317th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying✨ | cell phone radiationrodent health+3 | — | cell phonesair pods+1 | — | radiationnon-ionizing radiation+2 | — | 2h 00m 10s | |
| 3/12/26 |  Unholy War: A Conversation with Tucker Carlson on DarkHorse✨ | Iran Warbigotry+2 | Tucker Carlson | ARMRA ColostrumDarkHorse+1 | — | waraccusations+1 | ARMRADARKHORSE | 2h 09m 39s | |
| 3/9/26 |  Who Hijacked Bitcoin? Steve Patterson and Aaron Day on DarkHorse✨ | Bitcoindigital currencies+1 | Steve PattersonAaron Day | Helix mattressesDarkHorse | — | cryptocurrencyfinance+1 | HelixDARKHORSE | 2h 42m 55s | |
| 3/7/26 |  Fog of War: The 316th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 316th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss health, science, and the Cartesian crisis as it relates to global events. First: a new paper finds that infection tends to lead to greater frailty in older people. This reverses the causality of Terrain Theory of Disease (frailty of the body leads to greater susceptibility of infection), and also provides support for a prediction made by Bret and his co-author Debbie Ciszek in the unpublished, longer version of their reserve capacity... | 2h 02m 25s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 |  Breach of Promise: The 315th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 315th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss war, breaches of promise, and manta rays. Why are we at war in Iran, when this president promised “no new wars”? Removing dictators and strongmen from the world is honorable—but will the Iranian people thrive after this move, or will this look more like Iraq? Can we reconcile what Secretary of State Rubio said about why we started the war, versus what Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said? Then: Kansas has reversed course on letting ... | 1h 28m 33s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 |  A Transfer of Health: Jan Jekielek on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Jan Jekielek, author of "Killed to Order" and Epoch Times senior editor on the subject of organ harvesting and communism in China. Find with Jan Jekielek on X at https://x.com/JanJekielek. To find out more about “Killed to Order” visit http://killedtoorder.com. ***** Sponsors: Masa Chips: Delicious chips made with corn, salt, and beef tallow—nothing else—in loads of great flavors. Go to http://masachips.com/DarkHorse, use code DarkHorse, for 25% off. Xlear: Xyl... | 2h 14m 00s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  The History of Vaccine Hesitancy: Jeffrey Tucker on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Brownstone Institute founder, Jeffrey Tucker about the complexities of public health. Find Jeffrey Tucker on X at https://x.com/jeffreyatucker and more on Brownstone Institute at https://brownstone.org. ***** Sponsors: Vanman: Go to https://vanman.shop/darkhorse26 and use code DARKHORSE26 for 15% off your first order. Puori: Amazingly clean and safe supplements and protein powders, lab tested and guaranteed. Go to http://Puori.com/DarkHorse for 32% off gr... | 2h 32m 40s | ||||||
| 2/14/26 |  Love in the Time of Robots: The 314th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 314th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss love, coffee, and AI. For Valentine’s Day, Bret shares his thoughts on myths, love, and soulmates, and we discuss how relationships form—both in the abstract and in our case—and how relationships cannot be antagonistic or about short time horizons. Then: new research finds that drinking moderate amounts of coffee or tea—but not if decaffeinated—slows cognitive decline. And: is AI coming for us, and if so, how soon? How fast are LLM’s... | 1h 40m 57s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  Is Epstein Alive? The 313th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 313th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the Orwellian landscape(s) we find ourselves in, beginning with a reading from 1984. Minneapolis has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; a male school shooter in a dress was referred to as female in several media outlets; and Wikipedia is lauded for its neutrality by (the science journal) Nature, with an example that demonstrates a lack of neutrality at either place. Orwell modernizes Ecclesiastes, then: Epstein: QAnon, Massacr... | 1h 34m 45s | ||||||
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50 placements across 44 markets.