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There’s more news and less comprehension today than any historical period that didn’t involve literal witch trials, and trying to stay on top of it all can feel like playing a game of telephone with 30 people, except everyone’s speaking at the same time and like a third of them are openly racist for some reason. From Cracked co-founder Jack O’Brien, THE DAILY ZEITGEIST features Jack and co-host Miles Gray spending up to an hour every weekday sorting through the events and stories driving the headlines, to help you find the signal in the noise, with a few laughs thrown in for free.
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- Yesterday1h 2m
Shapiro’s Pro-ICE Film Leaked, PropagandaLand 10.02.26
In episode 2135, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and actor, Johnny Pemberton, to discuss… Ben Shapiro’s New Movie Script Leaked…, Obsession Is Officially A Comedy (For The Purposes Of Awards Season), America’s Propaganda Theme Park Fell Apart For The Wildest Reason, Tombstone Celebrates Spooky Season With Worst Pizza Of All-Time and more! The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script. Golden Globes Surprise: ‘Obsession’ Submitted for Musical/Comedy Categories The Theme Park at the Heart of France’s Culture War French theme park firm won UK government support despite far-right ties New $2 billion Oklahoma theme park announced, and it's not part of the Magic Kingdom Everything to Know About American Heartland, the New $2B Theme Park and Resort A Brand New Theme Park Is Coming To Oklahoma, And It Looks Ambitious No One’s Talking About This WEIRD Coincidence With Former Disney Imagineers’ NEW Theme Park Inside Disney's America: The Most Controversial Never-Built Theme Park American Heartland Theme Park Off the rails? Company claims Vinita theme park developer owes $5.5 million for unpaid work An Entrepreneur Posed as God to Secure Funding. A Lawsuit Says the Scheme Cost an Investor $60 Million How One Pizza Man is Building a NEW $2B Theme Park to Rival Disney Gene Bicknell, longtime GOP activist, speaks out on $50 million Kansas tax dispute Investor alleges fraud in American Heartland theme park project ‘The Ballad of Rick and Larry’: Duo accused of $60 million RICO scam with American Heartland project Businessman Confesses to Posing as God and Sending Fake Religious Messages to Secure Millions for New Theme Park from 91-Year-Old Investor Maybe the entire American Heartland project was AI hallucination Candy Corn Pizza Was Not on Our Halloween Bingo Card, but Now It’s Here The Untold Truth Of Candy Corn Pizza LISTEN: Dream Another by Makaya McCravenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac
- 2 days ago31 min
Trend Here, Trend Now 10/1: Republicans, Mike Tomlin/Minecraft, Eric Schmitt, Crypto Prez
In this edition of Trend Here, Trend Now, Jack and Miles discuss the Republicans staying the course, Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft city, Eric Schmitt’s embarrassing moment with Jack Smith, Crypto fans feeling betrayed by Trump and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 days ago1h 12m
Don’t Bothc-a the GOTCHA! Racist Meemaw Rights 10.01.26
In episode 2134, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, writer, journalist, and host of The Bitchuation Room, Francesca Fiorentini, to discuss… Mama Mia! Don’t Bothc-a the GOTCHA! TSA Pulls Reverse-George Costanza--Bans Chairs, The Parental Estrangement “Epidemic” Is The Right’s Latest Obsession and more! Eric Schmitt beclowns himself during Jack Smith hearing Schmitt is like one of those knock-off cosplaying Batman guys Heath Ledger’s Joker slaps around. As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart Oh man the influencer instruction emails went out BEFORE the testimony George Feels The Plight Of The Security Guard | The Maestro | Seinfeld TSA officers now not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency What to know about TSA Gold+, the Trump administration's new push to privatize airport security An unhinged boomer breaks down and cries and screams that her “petty” daughter cut her off and won’t let her see her grandson. As insane as it sounds, this is very, very likely to be one of the next big hot-button culture wars the right focuses on: stopping children from estranging their parents. FOX NEWS: Cut off by your adult child? Psychology researcher reveals what parents should do next The Free Press: I Went No Contact with My Parents. I Regret It. WSJ: Why Are So Many Adults Cutting Off Their Parents? The Christian Post: Cutting off parents may sound therapeutic, but is it unbiblical? Going no-contact with MAGA parents: Crucial self-care or the “unraveling of America”? Psychologist Reveals the Real Reason So Many Adult Children Cut Off Their Parents The real reason many Americans are cutting ties with their parents and siblings LISTEN: Terrapin by BonoboSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 days ago27 min
She Got A Great Trend! 9/30: Muse Charm, MAHA Summit, Cornell Chi Phi Case, ‘Digger’, Caleb Flynn
In this edition of She Got A Great Trend!, Jack and Miles discuss Meta’s Muse Charm, the MAHA Summit, the Cornell Chi Phi rape case, the initial reviews for ‘Digger’, an update on the Caleb Flynn case and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 days ago1h 15m
Seed Oil < Snake Oil, Forced Millennial Retirement 09.30.26
In episode 2133, Miles and guest co-host Matt Lieb are joined by Pod Yourself A Gun & Mad Yourself A Man, Vince Mancini, to discuss… This Year’s “MAHA Summit” Is Full Of Celebrity Dirtbags, Zoomer on TikTok says that MILLENNIALS are preventing their generation from working, Gov Abbott DECLARES (makes empty gesture) DIESEL DISASTER! A Long-Dead Sci-Fi Writer Probably Shouldn’t Be In Charge Of AI Safety and more! Vance, RFK Jr. and 'Iron' Mike to headline MAHA Summit Dr. Oz to Appear On a Panel Moderated by Russell Brand — Who is Currently Facing Rape Charges in the UK The Benefits of Snake Oil - Dr.Berg Isaac Asimov Showed Us How to Avoid the AI Apocalypse One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about AI. Could his ideas help us avoid a dystopian future? Could revisiting Asimov’s laws help us avoid AI’s ‘Chernobyl moment’? Noted Brain Genius Tyler Winklevoss Thinks Isaac Asimov Already Solved the AI Apocalypse Google Taps Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics for Real Robot Safety Asimov's Laws Won't Stop Robots from Harming Humans, So We've Developed a Better Solution What Isaac Asimov Reveals About Living with A.I. “Runaround” In: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Runaround By Isaac Asimov Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction LISTEN: Blend by BrainstorySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 4 days ago32 min
Trend In Peace, Mr. Belding 9/29: Mr. Belding, Open AI, Mountain Dew X Bigfoot?, Billionaire Tax Exodus?
In this edition of Trend In Peace, Mr. Belding , Jack and Miles discuss the passing of Mr. Belding, BiBi's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day @ the UN, something something Open AI, Mountain Dew X Bigfoot?, the incipient “Wealth Tax” billionaire exodus and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 4 days ago1h 9m
Socialism Wave, Serial Killer "Monsters" 09.29.26
In episode 2132, Jack and Miles are joined by movement lawyer, political commentator, public defender, and host of Olurinatti, Olayemi Olurin, to discuss… Murder trial gets silly with AI song evidence, Socialism on the come up, Netflix’s Serial Killer MCU Is Somehow Getting Even Worse and more! Caleb Flynn’s Secret A.I. Love Songs for Mistress Put on Blast in Court Netflix is getting slammed for its ‘psychotic’ Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story promo Netflix is turning serial killers into heartthrobs ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Hits 12.1 Million Views in Four Days on Netflix Did Lizzie Borden and Her Maid Bridget Sullivan Actually Have a Romantic Relationship? Fact-Checking Monster Lizzie Borden’s Bizarrely a Girlboss in a Shallow, Silly Season of Monster: Review For 130 years, we’ve been rewriting Lizzie Borden’s motive Netflix’s Monster facing backlash over ‘disgraceful’ dance scene, but creators explain the female rage link Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story Has Nothing New to Say About Female Rage Jack's Piece of Media: Zach Fox describing British food is killing me. LISTEN: Blue World by ChenayderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 5 days ago50 min
The Big Bang Trendvolutionists 8/28: Super El Niño, Ed Sheeran, Star Wars, Noah’s Ark
In this edition of The Big Bang Trendvolutionists, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the wild weather we’ve been having, Ed Sheeran cancelling his Gillette Stadium shows anyway, new Star Wars movies made for everyone and no one, Christos trying to own the Darwinist libs and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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