Bret Weinstein on Odysee

Bret Weinstein speaks with independent journalist Brandi Kruse about Antifa, gun culture, gun rights in Washington State, socialism, and why Bret still refers to himself as a liberal in 2026.

Find Brandi Kruse on X at https://x.com/BrandiKruse and her show, UnDivided at https://www.undividedpod.com.

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Mentioned on this Episode:

Roundtable on Antifa at the WhiteHouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf6Em35gguU

Andy Ngo on DarkHorse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4u1zo6OpQ

Andy Ngo on X https://x.com/MrAndyNgo

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ81/PLAW-112publ81.pdf

Moms for Liberty https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist

The Turtle Island Liberation Front https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-defendants-arrested-alleged-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-plot-bomb-us-companies

Trump sending in Homan to Minneapolis https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/trump-border-czar-minneapolis-00746125

Maj Toure on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@MajToure

Wa. 3D Printed Guns: HB2320 https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?billnumber=2320&year=2025&initiative=False#documentSection

Wa.3D Printed Guns: HB2321 https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260201075249

Brandi Kruse interviews Socialist state lawmaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=894SIV7Dh5c

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome, Brandi Kruse
00:01:05 White House Antifa Roundtable Invite
00:02:39 Sponsor: Timeline
00:04:58 Sponsor: Helix
00:07:18 Antifa Violence Toward Journalists
00:13:27 TDS: Derangement Is Not Attractive
00:16:51 Political Violence from the Left in Seattle (2020)
00:20:23 Sponsor: Branch Basics
00:22:33 The Playbook Began at Evergreen
00:26:25 Who Are the People Involved in Left-Wing Protests?
00:36:51 Bret Reacts Strongly to Antifa Being Referred to as Terrorists
00:52:32 Minneapolis Protesters Are Different, but Playing the Same Game
01:08:25 Is Division the Goal?
01:17:34 Can the Younger Generation Save Us?
01:23:31 The Left Wants Guns, but Not the Culture That Comes with Them
01:43:56 Washington State Bills Eroding Gun Rights
01:53:37 Gun Regulation: We Must Address Mental Health Too
01:59:24 Why Does the Left Keep Voting Against Its Own Interests in Cities Like Seattle?
02:04:27 A Good Example of Socialism
02:10:15 How Does Bret Still Consider Himself a “Progressive Liberal”?
02:20:44 The Founding Fathers’ View of Today
02:22:59 Brandi Kruse’s Podcast Policy
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Bret Weinstein shares explains the legal, but reckless behavior of Alex Pretti on the day he was shot.

"There are numerous things here, which I would say he is legally entitled to do, but I would regard as reckless and I don't mean legally reckless, I mean reckless in the common parlance sense of the term."

Full Episode: https://youtube.com/live/7GWPEFIF5lc

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On this, our 311th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss what is happening in Minneapolis. First: research finds that on average, men and women experience empathy differently: men do not have empathy for people who have done wrong; women have empathy for people regardless of context. Then: Was the Alex Pretti shooting by ICE officers in Minneapolis a cold-blooded murder, or a justified homicide? How would we know? Few of us were actual eye-witnesses to the scene, but our modern media environment tricks us into believing, unconsciously, that we know more than we do. This feels like Portland in 2020. We are being manipulated into disjunct narratives, taught to distrust and fear one another, at ever greater distance from simply being good neighbors and fellow citizens. Finally: an invitation to submit Covid Era Stories.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Singer et al 2006. Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature, 439(7075): 466-469. Draft pdf: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2636868/pdf/ukmss-3669.pdf

Tucker Carlson and Tim Walz: https://x.com/tcnetwork/status/2016539262230184357

Fox on Pretti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9y3612Rlo

CNN on Pretti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FR-fz57PEU

Covid Era Stories: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/covid-era-stories
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Bret Weinstein speaks with Del Bigtree on the subject of medical freedom. Del Bigtree is the executive producer behind the new documentary An Inconvenient Study, which covers a study that compares the health of vaccinated vs unvaccinated children.

Watch An Inconvenient Study for free https://aninconvenientstudy.com

Find Del Bigtree at https://x.com/delbigtree and https://thehighwire.com

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Mentioned in this episode:

Unsafe at Any Speed: Dr. Toby Rogers on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/QQfIo75KHII

Toby Roger’s doctoral thesis, The Political Economy of Autism for links to studies mentioned https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/20198/Rogers_T_thesis.pdf


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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Del Bigtree in Studio
00:01:13 Sponsor: CrowdHealth
00:03:44 Sponsor: Puori
00:06:26 An Inconvenient Study
00:11:00 How This Began
00:13:44 Del Bigtree’s Vaccine Origins
00:20:53 Sponsor: Branch Basics
00:23:03 Vaccines Safety: Who Bears the Burden?
00:31:57 Vaxxed vs Unvaxxed Data
00:37:00 The Tragedy Behind the Film
00:44:44 Trust in Vaccines Is Broken
00:53:14 When Medicine Stops Serving Patients
00:57:30 Journalists Must Ask Hard Questions
01:05:09 Science Becomes a Religion
01:12:58 Medical Freedom as a Calling
01:14:20 Reaching People on Vaccines Topic
01:24:52 The Public Upgrades That Need to Happen
01:28:42 Parents of the Unvaccinated
01:36:59 The “Greater Good” Argument
01:39:43 Gain-of-Function Research Must End
01:42:13 Complex vs Complicated Systems
01:44:00 Del on MAHA 2026
02:01:52 Watch the Film (Free!)
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Two years ago, The Atlantic published an issue predicting what would happen if Trump won a second term; they get a few things right, a lot wrong, and blame Trump for their own personal neuroses.

"We have placed the neuroses of women who are interested in being vocal and active front and center and allowed those neuroses to triumph over reality." - Heather Heying

Watch the full episode: Trump, 1 Year In https://youtube.com/live/KjfUXa8Fk9U

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Mentioned in this segment:

The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2024/01/
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In this 310th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

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"...one of the most important and influential women from English history whose femaleness was utterly and completely endogenous to her role in history.

She couldn't have been any of the things that she was if she'd just been a dude."

- Heather Heying shares the news with the DarkHorse community on The Evolutionary Lens 309.
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On this, our 309th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss science and scientism, experts and expertise. Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson objects to the reduction in the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, and promises to bring “science” back to the state. In fact, the new recommendations are putting the U.S. more in line with what European countries recommend, and are quite conservative. Also, while Ferguson was the WA Attorney General, he imposed and enforced Covid vaccine mandates; many people lost their jobs and their livelihoods. Also in Washington: Brandi Kruse outs Democratic majority leader Jamie Pedersen as being unclear about the nature of male and female (or unwilling to say what he knows). On Broadway, Dylan Mulvaney, a male, will be playing Anne Boleyn, one of the most famous and influential women in history. Finally: words in honor and memory of Scott Adams.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Governor Ferguson: https://x.com/govbobferguson/status/2011482561206231340

HHS Immunization Assessment: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/assessment-of-the-us-childhood-and-adolescent-immunization-schedule-compared-to-other-countries.pdf

New vaccine guideline summary: https://www.hhs.gov/childhood-immunization-schedule/index.html

Hanson v Ferguson: https://www.silentmajorityfoundation.org/medicalfreedom

Kruse takes on Pedersen: https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2010068851858518456

Mulvaney to play Anne Boleyn: https://www.iheartradiobroadway.com/content/2026-01-16-six-welcomes-new-queens-on-february-16/

Scott Adams: https://x.com/dawnsmission/status/2011123367794118822
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