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Bret Weinstein (Bret Samuel Weinstein) was born on 21 February, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American podcaster and author. Discover Bret Weinstein's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

Popular As Bret Samuel Weinstein
Occupation Author, podcaster
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February 1969
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1969

Bret Samuel Weinstein (born February 21, 1969) is an American podcaster, author, and former professor of evolutionary biology.

1993

After experiencing harassment for the letter, he transferred to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he met his wife, Heather Heying, and completed an undergraduate degree in biology in 1993.

2002

He served on the faculty of Evergreen State College from 2002 until 2017, when he resigned in the aftermath of a series of campus protests about racial equity at Evergreen, which brought Weinstein to national attention.

Like his brother Eric Weinstein, he is considered part of the intellectual dark web.

Weinstein has been criticized for making false statements about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, and for spreading misinformation about HIV/AIDS.

Weinstein, a native of Southern California, began his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

As a freshman, he wrote a letter to the school newspaper that condemned sexual harassment of strippers at a Zeta Beta Tau fraternity party.

In 2002, he coauthored an article on "The Reserve-Capacity Hypothesis", which proposed that the telomeric differences between humans and laboratory mice have led scientists to underestimate the risks that new drugs pose to humans in the form of heart disease, liver dysfunction, and related organ failure.

2009

Weinstein went on to earn a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan in 2009.

2017

Until 2017, Weinstein was a professor of biology at Evergreen State College in Washington State.

In March 2017, Weinstein wrote a letter to Evergreen faculty in which he objected to a suggestion pertaining to the college's decades-old tradition of observing a "Day of Absence", during which ethnic minority students and faculty would voluntarily stay away from campus to highlight their contributions to the college.

An administrator had suggested that for that year white participants stay off campus, and were invited to attend an off-campus program on race issues.

Weinstein wrote that the change established a dangerous precedent:

There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space to highlight their vital and underappreciated roles ... and a group encouraging another group to go away.

The first is a forceful call to consciousness, which is, of course, crippling to the logic of oppression.

The second is a show of force, and an act of oppression in and of itself.

The event organizers responded that participation was voluntary and that the event did not imply that all white people should leave.

The Washington Post reported that racial tensions had been simmering at Evergreen throughout 2017.

In May 2017, student protests disrupted the campus and called for a number of changes to the college.

The protests involved allegations of racism, intolerance and threats; brought national attention to Evergreen; and sparked further debate about free speech on college campuses.

During the protests, protesters entered one of Weinstein's classes (which he had held in a public park) and confronted him, loudly accusing him of racism, demanding that he resign, and forcing the class to break up.

Weinstein was advised by the Chief of Campus Police to temporarily stay away from campus for his safety.

Weinstein and his wife, Heather Heying, brought a lawsuit against the school, alleging that the college's president had not asked campus police to quell student protesters.

Weinstein also said that campus police had told him that they could not protect him, and that they had encouraged him to stay off campus.

Instead, Weinstein held his biology class that day in a public park.

A settlement was reached in September 2017 in which Weinstein and Heying resigned and received $250,000 each, after having sought $3.8 million in damages.

Following his resignation from Evergreen, he appeared on the podcasts of Sam Harris and Joe Rogan on many occasions.

He moderated two debates between Harris and Jordan Peterson.

He appeared in the documentary No Safe Spaces, which documents the Evergreen incidents.

Weinstein's brother Eric coined the term "intellectual dark web" and described Bret as a member.

The term refers to a group of academics and media personalities who publish and debate outside the mainstream media.

2019

In June 2019, Weinstein began the DarkHorse Podcast on his YouTube channel, which is usually co-hosted with his wife Heather.

Their first guest was Andy Ngo, and guests have also included Glenn Loury, Douglas Murray, Sam Harris, John Wood Jr., Thomas Chatterton Williams and Coleman Hughes.

Topics for the podcast often center on current events, science, and culture.

Weinstein was a 2019–2020 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, which continued for the 2020–2021 year.

In 2021, Weinstein and Heying's book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, was published.

The book reached the New York Times Best Seller list for October 3, 2021, at No. 3 for Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction and No. 4 for Hardcover Nonfiction.

The hardcover listing was marked with a dagger, indicating that some retailers had reported receiving bulk orders.

Reviewing the book for The Guardian, psychologist Stuart J. Ritchie wrote that the authors "lazily repeat false information from other pop-science books", and that overall the book was characterized by an annoying, know-it-all attitude.

Weinstein is married to Heather Heying, an evolutionary biologist who also worked at Evergreen.