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 3: Apocalypse 2050, PUNK’D? Again? 6.5.19
In episode 406, Jack and Miles are joined by poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva to discuss Ivanka and John Bolton being booed in the UK, if internet shutdowns are safe, Nancy Pelosi playing 9-D chess, if town halls are helping the 2020 presidential candidates, MTV bringing back Singled Out and Punk'd, a new study about the end of civilization due to climate change, concerning YouTube algorithms, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. The most interesting moment of the Trump-May news conference happened before it began
2. Internet shutdowns don't make anyone safer
3. Nancy Pelosi Is Smart, Part 895
4. Are all of these town halls actually making any difference in 2020 polling?
5. MTV Is Rebooting Punk'd and Singled Out
6. Quibi: The next Go90, or streaming unicorn?
7. New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050
8. This graphic explains why 2 degrees of global warming will be way worse than 1.5
9. Framing Climate Change as a 'National Security Threat' Is Dangerous
10. On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles
11. WATCH: Shy Girls - Drain
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