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 1: Laura Loomer Is a Hero, Make Masculinity Fragile Again 12.3.18
In episode 285, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Culture King Edgar Momplaisir to discuss Laura Loomer and her alt-right activism, how Airbnb is moving on to building houses, the MBS and Putin handshake, an ethnics agency coming down on federal workers over saying anything negative about the current administration, Trump and Michael Cohen's matching recollections of the Moscow deal, Amber Guyger finally being charged with murder for shooting Botham Jean, a study on whether Trump supporters have insecurities over their genitals, a 7.0 earthquake that hit Alaska, strange waves felt throughout the world, and more!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Laura Loomer: Alt-right commentator chains herself to Twitter HQ after being banned but gives up after two hours
2. Is Airbnb’s next move building houses?
3. Moxy Hotels, Marriott's Millennial-Friendly Answer to Airbnb, Opens in Times Square
4. The astounding Putin-MBS high five
5. Ethics Agency Warns Federal Workers Not To Discuss Impeachment Or 'Resistance'
6. Trump’s Recall of Moscow Deal Matches Cohen’s, President’s Lawyers Say
7. How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller
8. Grand jury charges former Dallas cop with murder in death of Botham Jean
9. Does Donald Trump Appeal To Men With Peener Insecurity? NYU Did Science To It!
10. 7.0 earthquake, aftershocks strike Southcentral Alaska; damage reported across region
11. Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why
12. WATCH: “Casio” by Jungle
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