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In this week’s episode, we discuss 23andMe – what does its impending bankruptcy mean for data security, and why did people think their genetic data were secure before the company went into bankruptcy? As we protect existing rights laid out in the Constitution, we also need to innovate new protections in a world with new threats and possibilities. Going back to what was will not be sufficient. Then: Bobby Kennedy Jr. and anti-Semitism; and Columbia University’s response to the Trump administration as it tries to hang on to $400 million dollars in annual federal funding. Finally: it’s five years since our first Evolutionary Lens livestream—what did we say in that first episode? Were we right, or were we wrong?

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Mentioned in this episode:

23andMe initiates bankruptcy: https://investors.23andme.com/news-releases/news-release-details/23andme-initiates-voluntary-chapter-11-process-maximize

A midwestern Doctor considers 23andMe: https://x.com/midwesterndoc/status/1904446639537902014

RFK Jr tweet: https://x.com/seckennedy/status/1904259440544743427

Columbia University’s unsigned 4 page letter: https://president.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/03.21.2025%20Columbia%20-%20FINAL.pdf

DarkHorse Evolutionary Lens, episode 1, March 24, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym-WGOq96G0

Ralston College’s Sophia Lectures: https://www.ralston.ac/events/the-sophia-lectures-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying


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00:00:00 Welcome to The Evolutionary Lens 269
00:03:55 Sponsors: Brain.fm, Pique’s Nandaka, Caraway
00:17:31 23andMe in Chapter 11 and Data Security
00:24:57 Interesting 23andMe’s Family in Tech Connections
00:26:06 Bret & Heather’s Objections to 23andMe
00:30:13 Genomic Indicators are Not Interesting
00:43:59 Can you feel female?
00:48:35 Bret’s Message to Conservatives
00:50:30 Uses for Your Genome
00:55:08 Where Should Privacy Start and End?
01:08:45 iPhones: what should we be worrying about?
01:10:31 “The Real Pandemic:” RFK Jr. & Antisemitism
01:22:08 Columbia University’s Response to Trump’s Demands
01:34:40 Evolutionary Lens: Looking Back After 5 Years
01:46:56 Where to Find Bret & Heather IRL
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Why are mothers who are concerned for the health and well-being of their children rejecting the advice of experts? Heather Heying, who has a PhD in Biology, shares her response to the article, "Crunchy moms aren't scared of measles," published by Unherd on March 17th, 2025.

Watch the full Evolutionary Lens Episode #268, "Deportations, Doxxing, Measles Vaccine:" https://youtube.com/live/ZAQDDXOlUE4

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Crunchy moms aren’t scared of measles: https://unherd.com/2025/03/crunchy-moms-arent-scared-of-measles/
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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying discuss what we should make of the 80,000 pages of JFK files that were released on Tuesday.

View the full Episode #268 of The Evolutionary Lens "Deportations, Doxxing, Measles Vaccine": https://youtube.com/live/ZAQDDXOlUE4

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In this week’s episode, we discuss the JFK assassination, deportations, DOGE, Tesla, anarchists, flu, measles, vaccines, and crunchy Moms. What do we make of the 80,000 pages of JFK files that were released yesterday? Are immigrants who are in the U.S. legally protected by the Constitution? What are they allowed to say, or think? Does anger at Elon Musk and DOGE explain the left going after Teslas? Or maybe it’s not the left at all, but anarchists. What’s up with flu this year, and should you get a flu shot? How about a measles vaccine? Did the measles vaccine contribute to the drop in measles deaths in the U.S.? And why are mothers who are concerned for the health and well-being of their children rejecting the advice of experts?

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Mentioned in this episode:

"Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance" by Laura Delano https://amzn.to/4bWIKW9 (commission earned)

Prescription for Insanity: Laura Delano on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/18XtCdasn2Q

“From the river to the sea” is both hateful and protected: https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/1901691755378118969

Netanyahu's funding for Hamas via Qatar enabled October 7 invasion, Shin Bet reveals: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-844701
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-this-years-flu-season-is-the-worst-in-more-than-a-decade/

Died of, or died with? https://www.nmhealth.org/news/alert/2025/3/?view=2188

Rate of measles deaths in the U.S. from 1919 to 2021: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560955/measles-death-rate-in-the-us-since-1919/

Crunchy moms aren’t scared of measles: https://unherd.com/2025/03/crunchy-moms-arent-scared-of-measles/

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Welcome
00:05:19 Sponsors: Timeline, Helix Sleep, ARMRA Colostrum
00:17:09 JFK Files
00:28:50 Deporting Mahmoud Khalil
00:56:43 Attacking DOGE by Doxxing Tesla Owners
01:12:11 Flu Shots & Measles Vaccines Today
01:24:18 Why are “Crunchy Moms” Rejecting Expert Advice?
02:01:59 Youtube Monetization Status & Closing
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Bret Weinstein speaks with Laura Delano, the author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance” on the subject of today’s mental health treatment and psychotropic medications.

Find Laura Delano on X at https://x.com/LauraDelano and her book, “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance” at https://unshrunkthebook.com.

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Mentioned in this episode:

- The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-of-going-off-psychiatric-drugs

- A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century https://amzn.to/3AGANGg (commission earned)

- Milgram experiment: https://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2007_01/milgram.html

- Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker https://amzn.to/4hmqarw (commission earned)

- Drugs at FDA https://www.fda.gov/drugs

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Welcome Laura Delano to DarkHorse
00:01:47 Sponsor: Jolie Skin Co - The World's Best Shower Filter
00:03:39 The Impact of Diagnosis and Medication
00:09:50 Sponsor: VanMan - Organic skincare products and tooth powder!
00:11:59 The Evolutionary Perspective on the Need for Chemical Intervention
00:20:15 Informed Choice, Not Anti-psychiatry
00:26:14 Understanding Mental Distress in Society
00:36:56 The Impact of External Influences
00:40:26 Parents and Their Struggles
00:43:33 Laura’s Descent into Psychiatric Treatment
00:59:19 Facing the Reality of Mental Health Treatment
01:06:30 Systems of Control
01:14:17 Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
01:48:42 The Science of Tapering Off Psychiatric Medications
01:57:47 Navigating the Tapering Process
02:01:13 Understanding Drug Efficacy and Safety
02: 23:24 Building Healthy Relationships Post-Pharmaceuticals
02:34:37 Closing: Unshrunk & Laura’s Contacts
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