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: Corporate Overlord Saviors? COVID Mascots! 3.26.21
In episode 845, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss Facebook testing an app to help people transition from prison back to society, corporations being boycotted over voting rights, the national guard transferring vaccines being held at gunpoint, the container ship stuck in the Suez Canal, Ja Rule selling a Fire Festival NFT, vaccine mascots, Justin Long moving to PC, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
- Facebook testing app to help people transition from prison back to society
- Coca-Cola threatened with boycott for not opposing Georgia voting bills
- The Georgia legislators pushing voter suppression bills are backed by millions in corporate cash
- Man held 11 National Guard Soldiers at Gunpoint near Idalou, police said
- Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck
- JA RULE SELLS FYRE FESTIVAL PAINTING FOR $122K ... Thanks to NFT Craze!!!
- Brazil wonders about whereabouts of vaccine mascot
- The weird and wacky mascots promoting coronavirus vaccines around the world
- Japan has a new anti-coronavirus mascot and it’s handing out free masks in Tokyo
- Cartoon dog pitches COVID vaccines to sceptical Japanese public
- Joe Camel Advertising Campaign Violates Federal Law, FTC Says
- Wellbee, the 'health educator's friend'
- Polling suggests vaccinating kids for COVID isn't very popular
- Why the "Can you hear me now?" guy sprinted to another brand
- Justin Long, Once the Face of Mac, Is Now a PC Guy in Intel’s New Ad Campaign
- WATCH: George Maple - Talk Talk - Ta-ku Remix
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