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Washington state (along with 9 other, mostly Democrat-led states) declined to staff its already-built booth at the National Mall's state fair for the 250th anniversary.

Residents Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (self-described politically left) share their perspective on their state's absence.

Watch the full episode, "The American Experiment at 250" on Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/g4VQA05XgY0

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying review and discuss how both Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence provided self-evident truths that prompted the formation of a new nation in 1776.

As part of this discussion they cover patriotism, antifa, dual vs hierarchical loyalties, Trump, the World Cup, and taking advantage of breaks.

Find Episode 332 of The Evolutionary Lens, “The American Experiment at 250” on DarkHorse wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Watch on Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/g4VQA05XgY0

WEINSTEIN: We must not upend governance over minor or transient things.

HEYING: That is right.

WEINSTEIN: It's only something that you would do when things have truly failed.

The modern democratic left does not understand this. It sees nothing but grievances and sees nothing as an alternative to them, but burn it all down. And as no idea, apparently, either they say it cynically and they know what's coming and those who are really driving the policy believe they will benefit from chaos or they don't know. In many cases, the rank and file do not understand that what they are inviting as a replacement for the things they find galling is warlordism, right? Or despotism or some mixture of the two. And it's not something you would contemplate if you had a marvelous country with major flaws. You would, you would fix the flaws, but you wouldn't upend it.
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On this, our 332nd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss America’s 250th birthday. In 1776, both Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence provided self-evident truths that prompted the formation of a new nation. Built on optimism and an entrepreneurial spirit, the United States of America is fracturing along political lines, each side incapable of seeing the humanity of people who believe different things from themselves. In those 250 year old documents we see implicit recognition of trade-offs, game theory and emergence—all of which are just as fundamental now as they were then. As part of this discussion we cover patriotism, antifa, dual vs hierarchical loyalties, Trump, the World Cup, and taking advantage of breaks.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Common Sense: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/147/147-h/147-h.htm

Declaration of Independence: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Harper’s: https://harpers.org/archive/2026/07/happy-fucking-birthday-christopher-hooks-semiquincentennial/

Musings with Chloé Simone: https://substack.com/@chloesimmone/p-203727669

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Gratitude for Being an American
00:02:27 Sponsor: Timeline
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00:06:07 Sponsor: Helix
00:08:49 1776 Common Sense
00:31:46 1776 The Declaration of Independence
00:53:43 Patriotism
01:16:37 Washington State & the Great American State Fair
01:28:20 Happy Birthday America?
01:32:47 World Cup Enthusiasm for America
01:46:33 Know how to play on the breaks.
01:51:25 Do What Needs to Be Done & Create Joy!
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Bret Weinstein and New York attorney Bobbie Anne Cox discuss the SAVE America Act.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/Yd7rS4F72pI

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Evolutionary biologist Dr. Heather Heying shares that researchers found aluminum in every sunscreen product tested, even those that didn't list it as an ingredient.

Watch the Full Episode, "Is it Sunset for Sunscreen?" https://youtube.com/live/d6FyXloOMMA

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Nicholson & Exley, C 2007. Aluminum: a potential pro-oxidant in sunscreens/sunblocks? Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 43(8): 1216-1217: https://www.ovid.com/journals/frbm/abstract/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.07.010~aluminum-a-potential-pro-oxidant-in-sunscreenssunblocks

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Rupert Lowe explains how the fear of being called a racist has allowed the systematic rape of hundreds of thousands of girls to go unchallenged for decades. Bret Weinstein sat down with him to discuss Restore Britain just a day before the report was released.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/HeV5kRLyGgc

Find Rupert Lowe on X at https://x.com/RupertLowe10 and Restore Britain at https://www.restorebritain.org.uk.

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Mentioned on this episode:

The Rape Gang Inquiry Report https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6810978a41bbc42489eafa81/t/6a314bb1151e511944bd4421/1781615537601/The+Rape+Gang+Inquiry+Report.pdf

Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain announcement: https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2022394419685822647

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Rupert Lowe: "So these people who call me a neo-Nazi have allowed — this is a national newspaper — have allowed this evil to continue for, as I say, 30, 40, 50 years on an increasing scale.

And it's been allowed because people are frightened of being called racist, to your earlier point.

And not only that, you've ended up with the creation of Sharia courts. Now we have 85 Sharia courts, which is quite extraordinary.

Bret Weinstein: "How can you have Sharia courts?"

Rupert Lowe: "Well, you tell me, Bret, this is a country with our laws.

And as I say, I'm very happy for you to come here and integrate. These people aren't integrating. They're living their sort of almost tribal lives — they're like sort of probably we were a thousand years ago with sort of family loyalties and community loyalties, which trump every other race.

So in the end, you get all sorts of dishonesty. But again, our state has not been prepared to deal with this."

Bret Weinstein: "But how can you have a Sharia court in Great Britain?

How does that even work?"
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"The idea that the only thing you should be thinking about with regard to sunscreen—should I use it or not?—is your risk of skin cancer, is patently wrong.

So again, be thinking about the effects on your overall health and whether or not being exposed to the sun might be good for you.

And the answer has to be yes.

The answer has to be yes, because we evolved outdoors under the sun."

Should you slather yourself in sunscreen, stay indoors, or seek moderate exposure to the sun that grows in intensity that more your skin becomes acclimated to the season?

Heather and Dr. Bret Weinstein share how they, as evolutionary biologists, approach the subject of sun exposure in Episode 331 of The Evolutionary Lens.
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On this, our 331st Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss sunscreen and vegans. It’s Summer, and the sun is out! Should you slather yourself in sunscreen, stay indoors, or seek moderate exposure to the sun that grows in intensity that more your skin becomes acclimated to the season? The last, of course. Research has found that sunscreen use may be positively correlated with skin cancer, but a) “sunscreen” is not just one thing, and most but not all sunscreen is positively toxic, and b) all cause mortality is lower in people who get regular (non-sunscreened) sun exposure, so even if sunscreen does lower your risk of skin cancer—the sun is protecting your health in other ways. Also consider ditching the sunglasses, and donning a hat. Then: even the New York Times can’t figure out whose team they’re on, as a vegan in Portland tries to get Oregonians to outlaw hunting, fishing, animal research, conventional livestock production, and “lethal pest control.”

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Mentioned in this episode:

Hulscher’s substack: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/study-finds-sunscreen-use-linked

Jeremian et al 2023. Gene–Environment analyses in a UK biobank skin Cancer cohort identifies important SNPs in DNA repair genes that may help prognosticate disease risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 32(11): 1599-1607: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10840669/pdf/nihms-1929398.pdf

Nicholson & Exley, C 2007. Aluminum: a potential pro-oxidant in sunscreens/sunblocks? Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 43(8): 1216-1217: https://www.ovid.com/journals/frbm/abstract/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.07.010~aluminum-a-potential-pro-oxidant-in-sunscreenssunblocks

Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide: https://amzn.to/3AGANGg (commission earned)

NYT in Oregon: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/animal-rights-cruelty-oregon.html
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Bret Weinstein sits down with Rupert Lowe for a timely conversation about Britain, the West, institutional corruption, and the consequences of political cowardice.

Days after this interview was recorded, the UK Rape Gang Inquiry Report was released, bringing renewed attention to one of the most disturbing scandals in modern British history.

Find Rupert Lowe on X at https://x.com/RupertLowe10 and Restore Britain at https://www.restorebritain.org.uk.

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Mentioned on this episode:
The Rape Gang Inquiry Report https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6810978a41bbc42489eafa81/t/6a314bb1151e511944bd4421/1781615537601/The+Rape+Gang+Inquiry+Report.pdf
Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain announcement: https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2022394419685822647

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Breaking News This Week
00:01:06 Bret Welcomes Rupert Lowe
00:02:40 Why Britain Lost the Plot
00:09:07 Sponsor: Mars Men
00:11:31 Sponsor: Puori
00:12:55 Common Ground Beyond Left & Right
00:16:42 Sound Money and the Welfare Trap
00:24:02 Is Organized Crime Running the State?
00:25:44 Scandals That Expose State Failure
00:29:13 Grassroots Momentum in Norfolk
00:33:19 Sponsor: Helix
00:34:39 Schools Manufacture Helplessness
00:42:29 Elon Musk and the Free Speech Reset
00:46:12 We Need a Plan: Restore Britain
00:50:37 Why Postal Ballots Invite Fraud
00:57:57 Inside the Rape Gang Inquiry
01:01:23 Sharia Courts and Two-Tier Justice
01:04:07 Banning Teens From Social Media
01:08:14 A Guarded Answer from a London Cabbie
01:14:38 Bret’s Awakening in Portland
01:23:55 Was Covid About Money or Control?
01:31:15 Rupert Lowe’s Closing Word
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