Subscribe to our Spotify channel to stay connected and get notified of new releases.*****Bret speaks with Dr. Julie Ponesse who saw her academic career of 20 years fall apart after she refused to comply with a Canadian university's COVID vaccine mandate.Dr. Julie Ponesse has a PhD in Philosophy with areas of specialization in ethics and ancient philosophy, a Masters in Philosophy with Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics from the University of Toronto, and a Diploma in Ethics from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Since then, Dr. Ponesse has joined The Democracy Fund as the Pandemic Ethics Scholar focussing on educating the public on civil liberties and has recently released her new book My Choice: The Ethics Case Against Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates.References:Julie’s short video on the ethics of vaccine mandates: https://youtu.be/8uVHeZg9oz0Website: https://www.thedemocracyfund.ca/julie_ponesseBook: https://www.mychoicebook.ca/Twitter: @DrJuliePonesseInstagram: @drjulieponesseFacebook: @DrJuliePonesseYouTube: The Democracy Fund channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGkldeQOAM6nX4hTlz_79A*****Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/bretweinsteinPlease subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIAAll removed videos can be found on Spotify Video and Odysee: https://open.spotify.com/show/57R7dOcs60jUfOnuNG0J1Rhttps://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:fCheck out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: http://www.store.darkhorsepodcast.orgTheme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.*****Timestamps:(00:00) Welcome(01:35) Julie’s background(06:12) Approach to teaching(09:03) Parallel to Evergreen(12:51) Lack of non-compliance against mandates in academia(17:30) The lack of public debate(22:30) Playing around with the fundamentals of civilization(26:08) Broken intimacy of healthcare mandates(28:20) Vaccine heuristics and trojan horse analogy(35:56) Age stratification risk(38:08) Pharma corruption and medical ethics ((49:36))(47:09) Experts and consensus(49:36) Living a tragedy(52:22) Lab leak(56:19) Fundamental western values being broken(59:24) Comparisons to Nazi Germany(01:12:31) Positives of being ostracized(01:17:20) Wrap upSupport the show

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