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 is stepping into that fray with some of the funniest and smartest comedic and journalistic minds around. Jack and co-host Miles Gray spend 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.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-daily-zeitgeist-28516718/
episode 5: Bad Day Sheriff’s Bad Day, New Comic Book Moral Panic 3.19.21
In episode 840, Jack and Miles are joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Captain Jay Baker comments about the Atlanta shooter, an armed man being arrested outside the vice president's residence, an uptick in Covid-19 infections, Autism Speaks, right-wing media freaking out over a gay super hero, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
- Hey Captain Jay Baker with Cherokee Country Sheriff's Office... this you?
- Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook
- DON’T DISCOUNT EVANGELICALISM AS A FACTOR IN RACIST MURDER OF ASIAN SPA WORKERS IN GEORGIA
- Man arrested near vice president's residence in D.C. had rifle and ammunition, police say
- Experts urge caution as 15 states see uptick in COVID-19 infections
- Before you donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts
- Marvel Comics’ Latest Captain America Is a Gay LGBTQ Activist
- Newsmax host has a meltdown over gay Captain America: "The country's going bananas...He is a gay Captain America, complete with a nose ring, tats. When he takes off his skull cap there he's got, like, a Mohawk thing. He's not very muscular. What is this world come to?"
- Marvel Reveals First Gay Teen Captain America
- Is Captain America in love with Bucky Barnes? Chris Evans talks about Steve Rogers’ sexuality
- Twitter Really Wants Captain America and Bucky Barnes to Be a Couple
- How the “Code Authority” Kept LGBT Characters Out of Comics
- The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History
- WATCH: Kim Cattrall Scatting
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