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/
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In episode 366, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sofiya Alexandra to discuss how to banish telemarketers from calling you, Modern Monetary Theory, Trump picking Herman Cain to run the Federal Reserve, Kirstjen Nielsen resigning as Homeland Security Secretary, how the Dunning Kruger Effect is selective, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Banish telemarketers from your phone
2. Modern Monetary Theory Finds an Embrace in an Unexpected Place: Wall Street
3. MMT – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
4. Herman Cain drops out of presidential race
5. Why We Need the Fed
6. Trump Says Herman Cain, Ex-Pizza Executive, Is in ‘Good Shape’ for Fed Seat
7. Dimon: U.S. student loan debt is ‘now starting to affect the economy’
8. Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary
9. Trump is removing US Secret Service director
10. ‘It’s way too many’: As vacancies pile up in Trump administration, senators grow concerned
11. Not so above average after all: When people believe they are worse than average and its implications for theories of bias in social comparison
12. Pessimistic Bias in Comparative Evaluations: A Case of Perceived Vulnerability to the Effects of Negative Life Events
13. WATCH: Infinite Bisous - Sole Mate
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