A Germ of Truth: The 263rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, News, Adaptation, Modernity, Culture, Politics, Science, Evolutionary Biology

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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In this week’s episode, we discuss the relationship between infectious and chronic disease, and between germ theory and terrain theory of disease. Pathogens are real, and exogenous treatments like antibiotics can kill them. The health of the body is affected by diet, exercise, stress, and the microbiome, all of which can affect how susceptible a person is to getting sick from pathogens. We discuss gastric ulcers, Covid-19, pneumococcal disease, and comorbidities. Also: how do traditional vs m...

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast live stream number 253.
0:11.2	You know who I?
0:12.0	63.
0:13.5	263.
0:14.5	You were about to impress me with how you knew that, yeah.
0:18.9	You can still be impressed even.
0:20.5	I mean, I was close.
0:21.8	Not really.
0:22.8	Within an order of magnitude.
0:25.6	Yes, I am Dr. Brett Weinstein.
0:27.5	You were Dr. Heather Heying.
0:28.8	It is not quite seven days since the last time we sat at this desk, but there's stuff
0:33.4	afoot that has forced a schedule realignment.
0:37.4	And anyway, here we go.
0:39.6	We're going to talk about chronic and infectious disease today, a bit in light of the
0:45.8	Senate confirmation hearings for Bobby Kennedy Jr., which we talked about last week after the
0:50.6	first day, and the vote is due to happen tomorrow.
0:58.1	So here we are hoping, along with the rest of the country, that is concerned, actually concerned about the health of the
1:02.6	American public, that Kennedy gets confirmed. And we're going to talk a bit about his statements
1:09.8	that have caused apparent alarm among many in the mainstream media
1:14.6	community that he would like to spend less money on infectious disease and more
1:20.8	on chronic disease we're going to talk about why that is not the terrible
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