SIO454: Bret Weinstein's Incredibly Curious PhD Thesis

SIO454: Bret Weinstein's Incredibly Curious PhD Thesis

Author: seriouspod.com August 11, 2024 Duration: 1:21:24

(Well, I spaced on posting part 2 of this, so I'm posting the patron cut of parts 2-3 together to make it up to yous. Sorry about the delay!)

Dr. Eric Jaffe was so appalled by Bret Weinstein's idiotic takes on matters of basic biology surrounding COVID and the vaccines, that he wondered how Bret could possibly have the PhD that he does. Well, what Eric found was... weird.

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