DarkHorse Podcast
The DarkHorse Podcast is hosted by Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying. Bret and Heather both have PhDs in biology, and they seek truth and explore a wide variety of topics with their evolutionary toolkit as society loses ...
AI overview.Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are both evolutionary biologists with PhDs and are known for their critical perspectives on contemporary issues, particularly …
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On the show
- Joshua Stylman1 ep
- Dr Jessica Rose1 ep
- Tucker Carlson1 ep
Also: Steve Patterson, Aaron Day, Jonathan Pageau, Jordan Hall, Michael Yon, Masako Ganaha, Jakob Shockey, Sonia Elijah, Rupert Lowe, Bobbie Anne Cox, Nathan Cofnas, Viva Frei, Jimmy Dore, Peter Boghossian
Audience Interest
- 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
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- 🇺🇸United States · Natural SciencesHOME#4562K to 3.0M
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Natural Sciences#722K to 117K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Natural Sciences#521K to 109K
- 🇫🇷France · Natural Sciences#420K to 104K
- 🇮🇹Italy · Natural Sciences#67.5K to 39K
- Per-Episode Audience
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690K to 3.7M🎙 Daily cadence·491 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
2.3M to 12M🇺🇸81%🇬🇧3%🇨🇦3%+7 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
1.3M to 6.7M26K real followers tracked across platforms
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/21/26 |  Is Racism Necessary? The 348th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 348th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss migration, race, and the West. First: the Mercator projection is unsatisfactory, and there’s a new map available, but no map of the globe can be perfect. Every home should have a globe. Then: what do we do with things in which the first step is neutral or good, but it seems inevitable that we end up in a dire situation once the first step has been accepted? Examples include abortion, lobbying, advertising, informed consent, EULAs, an... | 1h 38m 20s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 |  Who is Making War on the West? Anthony Rubin on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Anthony Rubin on the subject of mass migration into Europe and the United States: who facilitates it, who profits from it, and why the mainstream press has left two brothers with cameras to document it. Find Muckraker on X at https://x.com/realmuckraker and watch his documentary on Youtube at https://youtu.be/svJUbYFCRPc ***** Sponsors: Caraway: Reset your kitchen on a budget. Bundle and save up to $230 on the 12 piece cookware set vs buying the products i... | 1h 30m 45s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 |  Where Cheaters Prosper: The 347th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 347th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the ballot initiatives and voter id in the state of Washington. On this November’s ballot, WA has 3 measures: 645 (which would repeal the new income tax), 638 (which would keep girls’ sports single-sex), and 001 (which would return parental rights). We discuss—and support—all three. In every case, reading the arguments for and against, it is clear that one side must be lying—the “facts” are inconsistent. Cheaters will keep winning un... | 1h 55m 57s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 |  They’re Building the Prison Around Us: Josh Walkos on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Josh Walkos on the subject of Toka, a company that says it can alter surveillance video without a trace, and the wider network of surveillance and targeting tools being built with no public consent. Find Josh Walkos on X at https://x.com/JoshWalkos and on Substack at https://wethefree.substack.com ***** Sponsors: Sundays for Dogs: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to http://www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 50% off your... | 1h 28m 24s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 |  Ancient Crimes in Modern Times: The 346th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 346th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the Cornell 7, sex in modern times, and the plague. Civil charges have been brought against seven men and several institutions, including Cornell University, by a woman who claims to have been drugged and gang-raped in a fraternity house on campus in October 2024. We go through legal documents and journalism about what happened and discuss consent, drinking and drugs, the Greek system, and what sex has and has not become. Then: a wom... | 2h 13m 37s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 |  The Fix Is In: Jeffrey Tucker on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Jeffrey Tucker on the subject of the COVID story the establishment is willing to tell, and the much larger one it isn't. Find Jeffrey Tucker on X at https://x.com/jeffreytucker and Brownstone Institute at https://brownstone.org. ***** Sponsors: SaunaSpace: deep radiant heat from red and infrared incandescence—detox and decrease pain, reverse screen fatigue and improve your mood. http://Sauna.Space/DarkHorse for 10% off sitewide. VanMan: Go to https://vanman.sho... | 1h 38m 16s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 |  The Raw, Unprocessed Truth: The 345th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 345th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss immigration, AI, and rawness. First: a new Harper’s article chronicles the effects on local people of the mass migration across the Darién Gap in Panama between 2021 and 2025, and what has happened since the number of people coming up from Colombia has dropped to a trickle. The reporting on the ground is excellent—human and honest—while the political analysis is naïve at best. Then: what is it to be raw, how is it inherently human, a... | 1h 44m 10s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 |  The Drone Hypothesis: John Cullen on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with John Cullen on the subject of the unanswered questions surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Find John Cullen on X at https://x.com/I_Am_JohnCullen and on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/cw/IAMJOHNCULLEN. ***** Sponsors: Lovebird: Delicious, nutritious cereal made with real ingredients. Go to http://lovebirdfoods.com/darkhorse and use code DARKHORSE for 25% off your first order. Mars Men: Natural testosterone bo... | 2h 58m 51s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 |  Lions, New Tigers, and Bears, oh my: The 344th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 344th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss new cats, fat bears, and overwhelmed frogs. The tilcayo, a newly named species of cat from Bolivia, is part of a group of New World “tiger cats” that live on the outskirts of the Amazon basin. We discuss Carnivoran relationships, cats more specifically, and what is known about the history and ecology of the tilcayo in particular. Then: it’s fat bear week at Katmai National Park in Alaska, where grizzlies are fattening themselves on s... | 1h 53m 00s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  Just Asking Questions: The 343rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 343rd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss logic and scientific thinking, as it is done on politically hot topics (e.g. 9/11, Charlie Kirk), and on calmer topics like whether retrievers like to fetch (or just think that we like them to fetch), and whether domestic cats see people as big, clumsy cats. Putting all the hypotheses on the table, working hard to falsify even—especially—your favorite ones—and ending up with one left standing, is the scientific way, and how we arrive... | 1h 30m 23s | ||||||
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| 9/13/26 |  Organic Wisdom: Joel Salatin on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Joel Salatin, whom he calls “one of the wisest people” he’s ever met, on the subject of soil, stewardship, and the kind of knowledge you can only get by doing. Find Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm on X at https://x.com/JoelSalatin and https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com ***** Sponsors: Sundays For Dogs: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to http://www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 50% off your first order. Vanman: Go to htt... | 1h 23m 26s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 | feminismlegacy+5 | — | Ms. Magazine | — | feminismGloria Steinem+5 | Caraway | 1h 41m 31s | ||
| 9/2/26 | life storiesenvironmentalism+3 | — | — | Kentucky | MaddieWendell Berry+5 | — | 1h 18m 24s | ||
| 8/26/26 | climate scienceflooding+3 | — | — | TibetNepal+4 | Tibetflood+3 | — | 1h 38m 18s | ||
| 8/26/26 | race realismgenetic differences+3 | Nathan Cofnas | DarkHorseSubstack | — | racegenetics+3 | — | 2h 02m 44s | ||
| 8/23/26 | assassinationinvestigation+4 | Viva FreiJimmy Dore | — | — | Charlie Kirkassassination+6 | SaunaSpace | 2h 11m 24s | ||
| 8/19/26 | fanaticismplagiarism+4 | — | Cambridge | — | fanaticismJason Arday+5 | — | 1h 50m 19s | ||
| 8/12/26 | WNBAsurveillance state+3 | — | WNBAToka+1 | Israel | WNBAsurveillance+3 | — | 1h 25m 20s | ||
| 8/9/26 | DEImeritocracy+3 | Peter Boghossian | Youtube | Jason Arday | DEImeritocracy+5 | Sundays For DogsDARKHORSE | 1h 20m 43s | ||
| 8/5/26 | childrengender care+4 | — | Department of JusticeTexas+1 | — | childrengender care+4 | — | 1h 24m 46s | ||
| 7/29/26 | Covid EraSenate Hearing+4 | — | SenateHomeland Security and Government Affairs | — | CovidFauci+5 | — | 1h 14m 43s | ||
| 7/26/26 |  Idaho’s War Against Medical Tyranny: Leslie Manookian on DarkHorse | Bret Weinstein speaks with Leslie Manookian on the subject of medical freedom, vaccine mandates, constitutional rights, institutional power, and the possible mechanisms behind homeopathy. Find Leslie Manookian and Health Freedom Defense Fund at https://healthfreedomdefense.org and on X at https://x.com/theHFDF. ***** Sponsors: Vanman: Go to https://vanman.shop/darkhorse26 and use code DARKHORSE26 for 15% off your first order. Branch Basics: Get 15% off Branch Basics with the code d... | 2h 56m 14s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 |  He’s the Front Runner! The 335th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying | On this, our 335th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the time-traveling money printer in its newest instantiation: Trump’s monetization of Truth Social, wherein you pay to get a microsecond advantage in the market. Like so many before him, he’s becoming wealthy without generating wealth. But a president should be working to generate wealth for his country, and its citizens. Then: discussion of risk, exploration and frontiers in the context of Pa Ingalls and the Little House on the Prai... | 1h 15m 57s | ||||||
| 7/15/26 | data centerssurveillance+4 | — | NYTAlethea | — | data centerssurveillance cameras+4 | — | 1h 46m 48s | ||
| 7/12/26 | Covid pandemic3/11 Truth Movement+3 | Sonia Elijah | Sundries FarmAmazon+1 | — | Covidpandemic+3 | Sundays For DogsDARKHORSE | 1h 34m 22s | ||
| 7/8/26 | mosquito repellentGen Z+3 | — | WikipediaGen Z | — | mosquitoesDEET+4 | — | 1h 43m 24s | ||
| 7/1/26 | American historypolitical division+3 | — | Common Sensethe Declaration of Independence | United States of America | American Experiment250th birthday+3 | — | 1h 53m 32s | ||
| 6/23/26 | sunscreenskin cancer+4 | — | sunscreenskin cancer | — | sunscreenskin cancer+3 | — | 1h 22m 58s | ||
| 6/21/26 | politicsinstitutional corruption+3 | Rupert Lowe | Restore Britain | BritainUK | Britainpolitics+4 | — | 1h 35m 58s | ||
| 6/19/26 | LGBTQ rightsevolutionary psychology+3 | — | LGBTQ | California | LGBTQCalifornia+5 | — | 1h 23m 59s | ||
| 6/14/26 | election lawsvoter fraud+4 | Bobbie Anne Cox | Pfizer | — | election lawsvoter fraud+4 | Xlear | 2h 00m 11s | ||
| 6/9/26 | California electionsdemocracy+3 | — | StegnerChandler+1 | CaliforniaLA | Californiaelections+5 | — | 2h 05m 19s | ||
| 6/3/26 | fires in the Westrace politics+3 | — | — | LAParis+1 | firesrace politics+3 | — | 2h 02m 10s | ||
| 5/27/26 | West coast politicspropaganda+4 | — | Iran | Los Angeles | Spencer PrattLos Angeles+6 | — | 1h 52m 46s | ||
| 5/24/26 | global patternshistorical lessons+3 | Michael YonMasako Ganaha | Substacknote.com | — | Panama Canalglobal patterns+4 | — | 1h 36m 57s | ||
| 5/20/26 | governmenttyranny+4 | — | Washington state | — | governmenttyranny+4 | — | 1h 34m 33s | ||
| 5/13/26 | cancel culturenonprofit+3 | Jakob Shockey | Project Beaver | — | cancel culturenonprofit+6 | CarawayDHPOD | 1h 53m 38s | ||
| 5/9/26 | Hantavirusdrought+3 | — | IvermectinHantavirus vaccine+2 | M.V. Hondius | HantavirusIvermectin+5 | — | 1h 49m 52s | ||
| 5/6/26 | 2028 presidential electionpolitics+4 | — | — | — | 2028 electionKamala Harris+4 | — | 1h 13m 15s | ||
| 4/30/26 | vulturespublic health+3 | — | diclofenac | India | vulturespublic health+5 | — | 1h 33m 25s | ||
| 4/26/26 | sciencereligion+3 | Jonathan PageauJordan Hall | Redeemer Anglican ChurchThe Symbolic World | — | sciencereligion+6 | Fresh-Pressed Olive Oil ClubGetFreshDarkHorse | 1h 43m 27s | ||
| 4/15/26 | societal manipulationsocial engineering+1 | Joshua Stylman | DarkHorseSubstack+2 | — | SubstackThe Enemy is Not Each Other | Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club | 1h 56m 47s | ||
| 4/11/26 | Cartesian crisisvalue of going to the moon+3 | — | The GuardianEvolutionary Lens | — | sciencevalue of science+2 | — | 1h 32m 06s | ||
| 4/8/26 | AIIran+4 | — | ClaudeEvolutionary Lens+1 | IranWashington | AnthropicClaude+7 | — | 1h 50m 30s | ||
| 4/4/26 | genocidelineage selection+4 | — | Evolutionary Lens | IsraelU.S. | atrocitiessecular Jewish household+1 | — | 1h 46m 39s | ||
| 4/1/26 | space mirrorsWashington state+2 | — | Reflect OrbitalEvolutionary Lens+1 | WashingtonEarth | Reflect Orbitallight delivery+1 | — | 1h 24m 10s | ||
| 3/31/26 | Israelcurrent events+1 | Dr Jessica Rose | DHP storeSubstack+2 | Israel | Jessica RoseDarkHorse+3 | — | 2h 13m 05s | ||
| 3/25/26 | logicintuition+4 | — | Evolutionary Lens | Washington | evolutionary lensCharlie Kirk+2 | — | 1h 39m 54s | ||
| 3/18/26 | cell phone radiationrodent health+3 | — | cell phonesair pods+1 | — | radiationnon-ionizing radiation+2 | — | 2h 00m 10s | ||
| 3/12/26 | Iran Warbigotry+2 | Tucker Carlson | ARMRA ColostrumDarkHorse+1 | — | waraccusations+1 | ARMRADARKHORSE | 2h 09m 39s | ||
| 3/9/26 | Bitcoindigital currencies+1 | Steve PattersonAaron Day | Helix mattressesDarkHorse | — | cryptocurrencyfinance+1 | HelixDARKHORSE | 2h 42m 55s | ||
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Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
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 controversial views. As independent podcast creators, they combine their scientific expertise with a commitment to exploring truth in various societal contexts. The DarkHorse Podcast stands out for its interdisciplinary approach, covering a broad spectrum of topics including science, culture, politics, and current events. With 461 episodes over six years, the format often includes in-depth discussions, interviews, and analyses, all framed through an evolutionary lens that aims to make sense of societal complexities. Listeners, ranging from science enthusiasts to those interested in alternative viewpoints on current affairs, are drawn to the podcast for its intellectual rigor and willingness to challenge mainstream narratives. The value lies in its exploration of nuanced ideas, encouraging critical thinking and engagement with contentious subjects.
By the numbers
- Total followers: 568K
- Total plays: 65M
- Total reviews: 5.4K
Platforms
TuneIn
- Followers: 134
Castbox
- Followers: 15K
- Plays: 1.2M
- Reviews: 186
YouTube
- Subscribers: 542K
- Views: 63M
- Videos: 952
Podcast App
- Followers: 5.4K
- Reviews: 5.1K
Podcast Republic
- Followers: 5.8K
- Reviews: 28
Find them online
Audience
professionals, general
Key insights
What the show covers
- truth-seeking conversations
- exploration of diverse topics
- biological insights on society
- critical examination of information
Audience interests
- science and biology discussions
- societal and cultural analysis
- current news topics
- evolutionary perspectives on issues
Platform reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- growing listener base
- potential for broad distribution
- not specified on platforms yet
Publishing consistency
- weekly or more episodes
- active for six years
- consistent content delivery
- high episode count
Chart history for DarkHorse Podcast
Peaked at #3 in TH, top 10 in 15 of 50 tracked markets, currently #3 in TH.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| United States | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| France | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Canada | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| GR | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| ID | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| PE | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| Italy | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| IS | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| South Africa | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| RO | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PT | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PH | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Australia | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| BE | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| KE | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Ireland | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Norway | — | #13 | #13 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.