DarkHorse Podcast with Greg Ellis and Bret Weinstein

Greg Ellis is an actor, director, author, and host of podcast The Respondent. He discusses with Bret what makes the current political situation in the US so frightening, having himself grown up in the UK and moved to the US.TIMESTAMPS: 01:00 Greg's background 02:12 Trump and TDS 04:58 What do Americans not realize about the US? 06:48 America versus China for human rights 10:56 Biological reasons for the divide 14:30 "Grave Matters" poem 17:04 Why Greg and Bret are friends20:55 Freedom in the UK 22:24 Why Greg started The Respondent and toxic masculinity 30:27 Raising boys 33:09 Primary role of a father 34:56 How modern sexual behavior has impacted men 38:28 Imbalance in law between mothers and fathers 42:37 Children out of wedlock and two parent households 45:05 Decline in marriage rates and nuclear family 50:40 Suicide 53:00 The Big Short, markets, and commodifying everything 54:48 The three deaths and a "Prince's Prayer" poem 57:51 Who am I? Dialectical dives 59:17 "An emotion is a feeling with a memory attached" 01:00:24 Engaging with your own death 01:02:22 Crisis of meaning. "Everything happens for a reason…[that] we make up afterwards" 01:04:20 Poetry and free verse 01:06:11 "The Calamity of Conscious" poem 01:10:20 "The Memory Shelf" poem 01:13:02 Pocket Oracle by Greg 01:14:28 Andrew Yang, philosophers in the White House, and #Unity2020 01:21:27 Has corporate America gone woke? 01:28:26 The “how” gets answered after the “why” 01:32:17 Men 2.0, Greg's book "The Respondent", and "Voices in my Head"01:37:10 Spongebob Squarepants Like this content? Subscribe to the channel, like this video, follow me on twitter (@BretWeinstein), and consider supporting me on Patreon or Paypal. Find Greg on Youtube: Greg Ellis Find Greg on twitter: @EllisGreg Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. Support the show