Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Great Taking
David Webb
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David Webb
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This book by David Webb has come up 2 times on Joe Rogan. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Bret Weinstein. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-06-27 and the most recent from 2025-12-17. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Great Taking is a very good, very scary short book. David Webb is the author.”— Bret Weinstein
The guest here is Bret Weinstein: Evolutionary biologist, former Evergreen State College professor, and podcaster (DarkHorse). Co-author with Heather Heying of 'A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century' and a prominent COVID-era critic of mRNA vaccines and ivermectin suppression. Bret Weinstein pitches a hidden layer of evolution, then he and Rogan unload on COVID vaccines, ivermectin suppression, and Sam Harris.
“there's a book called The Great taking written by a uh an elite Wall Street Insider who reveals certain changes that have um been introduced into the law”— Bret Weinstein
The guest here is Bret Weinstein: Evolutionary biologist and host of the DarkHorse Podcast, known for COVID-era heterodox views on vaccines, ivermectin, and institutional capture. Bret Weinstein and Joe Rogan argue rent-seeking elites are using money, media censorship, mRNA platforms, and migration to consolidate power.
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