Bret Weinstein Biography
Bret Weinstein is an American podcaster, author, and former evolutionary biology lecturer. He was on the Evergreen State College faculty from 2002 until 2017, when he left following a series of campus protests against racial fairness at Evergreen that garnered Weinstein national attention.
How old is Bret Weinstein? – Age
He is 55 years old as of February 21, 2024. He was born in 1969 in Los Angeles, California, United States. His real name is Bret Samuel Weinstein.
Bret Weinstein Education
Weinstein, a Southern California native, began his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. As a freshman, he sent a letter to the school newspaper condemning sexual harassment of strippers at a Zeta Beta Tau fraternity event. After being harassed over the letter, he transferred to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he met his wife, Heather Heying, and earned his undergraduate degree in biology in 1993. Weinstein earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan in 2009.
Bret Weinstein Wife – Family
His wife Heather Heying is an American evolutionary scientist, former lecturer, and author. His brother is podcast host Eric Weinstein.
Bret Weinstein Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth $1.2 million.
Bret Weinstein Podcast
Following his resignation from Evergreen, he frequently appeared on Sam Harris’ and Joe Rogan’s podcasts. He moderated two discussions featuring Harris and Jordan Peterson. He appeared in No Safe Spaces, a documentary on the Evergreen episodes. Weinstein’s brother, Eric, created the term “intellectual dark web” and identified Bret as a member. The word refers to a group of academics and media figures who publish and debate outside of the mainstream media.
In June 2019, Weinstein launched the DarkHorse Podcast on his YouTube channel, which he generally co-hosts with his wife Heather. Andy Ngo was their first visitor, and other guests have included Glenn Loury, Douglas Murray, Sam Harris, John Wood Jr., Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Coleman Hughes.
The podcast frequently covers topics related to science, culture, and current affairs. Weinstein served as a Princeton University James Madison Program Visiting Fellow for the 2019–2020 academic year and the 2020–2021 academic year.
Bret Weinstein Book
The book A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century by Weinstein and Heying was released in 2021. On October 3, 2021, the book debuted at No. 3 in the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list and No. 4 in the Hardcover Nonfiction list of the New York Times Best Sellers. A dagger indicated that certain shops had reported receiving large orders on the hardcover listing. In his Guardian review, psychologist Stuart J. Ritchie claimed that the book’s writers “lazily repeat false information from other pop-science books” and that the work as a whole was dominated by an irritating, conceited attitude.
Bret Weinstein Evergreen State College
Weinstein taught biology at Evergreen State College in Washington State until 2017. He coauthored an article on “The Reserve-Capacity Hypothesis” in 2002, which put forth the theory that scientists have underestimated the risks of new drugs to humans, including heart disease, liver dysfunction, and related organ failure, due to telomeric differences between humans and laboratory mice.
In Walk 2017, Weinstein composed a letter to Evergreen staff in which he protested an idea relating to the school’s many years old custom of noticing a “Day of Nonappearance”, during which ethnic minority understudies and personnel would deliberately avoid grounds to feature their commitments to the school. A chairman had recommended that for that year white members stay off grounds, and were welcome to go to an off-grounds program on race issues.
The occasion coordinators answered that cooperation was intentional and that the occasion didn’t infer that all white individuals ought to leave. The Washington Post detailed that racial strains had been stewing at Evergreen all through 2017.
In May 2017, understudy fights disturbed the grounds and required various changes to the school. The fights included claims of prejudice, bigotry and dangers; carried public thoughtfulness regarding Evergreen; and ignited further discussion about free discourse on school grounds. During the fights, dissenters entered one of Weinstein’s classes (which he had held in a recreational area) and faced him, noisily blaming him for prejudice, requesting that he leave, and compelling the class to separate. Weinstein was instructed by the Head concerning Grounds Police to avoid grounds for his wellbeing for a brief time.
Weinstein and his significant other, Heather Heying, brought a claim against the school, charging that the school’s leader had not requested that grounds police suppress understudy dissenters. Weinstein additionally said that grounds police had let him know that they couldn’t safeguard him, and that they had urged him to remain off grounds. All things being equal, Weinstein held his science class that day in a recreational area. A settlement was arrived at in September 2017 in which Weinstein and Heying surrendered and got $250,000 each, in the wake of having looked for $3.8 million in punitive fees.
Bret Weinstein Podcast
In June 2019, Weinstein launched the DarkHorse Podcast on his YouTube channel, which he generally co-hosts with his wife Heather. Andy Ngo was their first visitor, and other guests have included Glenn Loury, Douglas Murray, Sam Harris, John Wood Jr., Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Coleman Hughes.
The podcast frequently covers topics related to science, culture, and current affairs. Weinstein served as a Princeton University James Madison Program Visiting Fellow for the 2019–2020 academic year and the 2020–2021 academic year.
