Bret Weinstein on Odysee

Today we discuss the experience of returning home after timeway—culture shock, social media, and seeing your home with fresh eyes. Then a difficult set of topics: anorexia, physician assisted suicide, “terminal” diagnoses, social contagions, and what people have a right to do with their own lives. Finally: AI has been used to predict potentially useful drug combinations to fight cancer. What does this mean for the future of medicine, and AI?

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Denver Post op-ed on Jane Allen: https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/02/assisted-suicide-was-offered-to-my-friend-jane-allen-she-had-an-eating-disorder-opinion/

Gaudiani et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosa: three cases and proposed clinical characteristics. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1): 23: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40337-022-00548-3.pdf

Guarda et al 2022. Terminal anorexia nervosa is a dangerous term: it cannot, and should not, be defined. Journal of eating disorders, 10(1): 79: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40337-022-00599-6.pd

Mia Hughes’ tweet thread on social contagions: https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/1491065839495544837

Laura Delano on DarkHorse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XtCdasn2Q&list=PLjQ2gC-5yHEuZwhHfjXu3KH8MomS2N3zq&index=13

Laura Delano’s book, Unshrunk, excerpted at Natural Selections: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/informed-consent-in-the-land-of-psychiatric

How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemma-ai-cancer-therapy-discovery/
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A lesson in the importance of reaching a state of equilibrium by Bret Weinstein:

"Equilibrium is I think one of the most powerful concepts you can understand if you, it's actually, I'm tempted to say it's one of the most important concepts in complex systems, but really it's equally important in simple systems, right? It's a very powerful lens with which to look at processes."

Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/xKvBNbLGm24?si=9DD3NR7bBmrMxxg6

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Today we discuss the Camino de Santiago de Compostela—the history, the experience of hiking two routes, the physical and mental revelations that emerge.

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Camino – Primitivo route: https://stingynomads.com/camino-primitivo-stages

Camino – Finisterre route: https://stingynomads.com/camino-finisterre-muxia-stages
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Nina Teicholz joins Bret Weinstein on The Inside Rail to share what she has learned from over a decade of experience in investigating seed oils.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/ikp36sjCfsg

Find Nina Teicholz on X at https://x.com/bigfatsurprise and on Substack at https://unsettledscience.substack.com. Her book is The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz https://amzn.to/3WzaSYh (commission earned)

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Mazola Oil Ad: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/4517046635/

Ancel Keys, a brief profile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOifkb4JlfY

1961 Announcement: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.23.1.133

Crisco can: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crisco_can_2007.128.jpg
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Bret speaks with Nina Teicholz on the subject of seed oils.

Find Nina Teicholz on X at https://x.com/bigfatsurprise and on Substack at https://unsettledscience.substack.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz https://amzn.to/3WzaSYh (commission earned)

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Welcome Nina Teicholz to DarkHorse
00:09:16 Defining Trans Fats
00:19:34 The History of Replacing Animal Fats in American Kitchens
00:29:35 Eat Mostly Plants?
00:34:26 The Nutrition Transition & Heart Disease
00:43:44 The American Heart Association
00:46:00 Why Did Americans Switch to Seed Oils?
00:54:57 Oxidation vs. Smoke point
01:02:00 Clinical Trials Associating Seed Oils with Cancer
01:05:58 Where is the Research on Seed Oils?
01:10:37 Big Food Companies’ Influence on Nutrition
01:16:40 The Problems with Nutrition Studies
01:22:03 Enormous Studies on Saturated Fats: “The Golden Age of Nutrition Research”
01:28:30 The Outcome of Going Against the Prevailing Wisdom
01:35:00 The Question Is: Who is Really Pulling the Strings Here?
01:36:45 Bret Weinstein Thinks You Should Start with This Question
01:39:17 The Low Carb & Ketogenic Diets
01:42:49 Public vs. Private Opinions & The Vegan Diet
01:54:59 Government Policy Has Created the Obesity Epidemic
01:57:26 Take Action: How to Restore Your Health
02:04:36 Closing with Nina Teicholz
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