A Conversation w Bret Weinstein, Craig Spencer, Rachael Bedard & Aaron Everitt: On Minneapolis, Covid, Tyranny & Shared Values

The deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has become a flashpoint in the national conversation. It feels like an inflection point. Today, we’re joined by evolutionary biologist and influential podcaster Bret Weinstein; MAHA supporter and writer Aaron Everitt; and doctors Rachael Beddard and Craig Spencer, both writers and prominent voices in public health. Together, we examine what Minneapolis tells us about where we are as a country today: How is it that people can watch the same video and reach radically different conclusions? Do we still share the same facts, or has our shared sense of truth fully collapsed? Should those who saw the government's response during COVID as overreach also see what's happening in Minneapolis as government overreach? And finally, could this tragedy actually reveal that we share more values with one another than we realize in these tense and combative days?

Hosts:

Brinda Adhikari

Tom Johnson

Maggie Bartlett

Dr. Mark Abdelmalek

Guests:

Dr. Bret Weinstein, evolutionary biologist, author, co host of DarkHorse podcast

Dr. Craig Spencer, ER physician, professor at Brown School of Public Health; writer

Dr. Rachael Bedard, palliative care and geriatics physician; worked as physician at Rikers Island; contributing writer The New York Times

Aaron Everitt, MAHA supporter, Kennedy campaign volunteer, video journalist and writer House In Habit and Besides the Revolution substacks

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro and Headlines: On Minneapolis and Governing
• 5:03 The Conversation Begins
• 6:15 Bret Weinstein
• 7:06 Rachael Bedard
• 8:20 Aaron Everitt
• 10:46 Craig Spencer
• 14:53 Bret On How He Sees The Events in Minneapolis
• 25:17 Rachael On Agents and Protestors Being "Set Up"
• 29:13 Bret On What the "Original Sin" Of this Moment Is
• 35:53 Isn't The Force of the State The Real Issue?
• 40:35 Craig: There Is One Singular Truth For Me
• 45:37 Bret: Let's Make A List of What Facts We Agree On
• 56:11 Aaron: Govt is Set Up To Use Force
• 1:00:37 Rachael: Pluralism and Managing Lack of Consensus
• 1:02:23 Bret: Values Vs Policy
• 1:05:52 Aaron on the Kennedy Campaign
• 1:10:08 Government As a Vision For Good
• 1:16:04 Rachael: What Values Do We Agree On?
• 1:20:58 Discussing Covid in the Context of Tyranny
• 1:38:40 MAHA Alliance with MAGA
• 1:41:39 Bret: We Can't Have a Cult of Personality Around Trump
• 1:47:21 Aaron: I Want Kennedy And All Of Us to Discuss Role of Govt
• 1:49:53 Bret: Final Thoughts
• 1:54:32 Thank you for listening!