The Daily Zeitgeist

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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episode 1: Brands Are Our New Movie Heroes, Elon's No Good Very Bad News Cycle 02.21.23

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In episode 1426, Jack and guest co-host Matt Lieb are joined by comedian and host of Blake's Takes for God Sakes, Blake Wexler, to discuss… Yet More Twitter F**kery, The Tetris Movie Is A Political Thriller, That Winnie-the-Pooh Horror Movie is Out And Sounds Just Awful and more!

  1. Yet More Twitter F**kery
  2. Tesla Workers Say Twitter Shadowbanned Their Union Account: NLRB Charge
  3. Tesla Fired Buffalo Workers Seeking to Organize, Union Says
  4. Tesla recalls...


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 February 21, 2023  1h1m
 
 

episode 2: Teens Too Realistic To Be Happy? Psychoanalyzing Bear Movies 02.22.23

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In episode 1427, Jack and guest co-host Caitlin Durante are joined by comedian, Amy Miller, to discuss… Famous Atlantic Writer Can’t Figure Out Why Teens Are Depressed / Anxious--Seems Certain It’s Not Climate Change, Putin Tears Up Nuclear Treaty No One Was Adhering To Anyway, Knock at the Cabin: A Movie Where Violent Conspiracy Theorists Aren’t So Bad? That Winnie-the-Pooh Horror Movie is Out And Sounds Just Awful (Again) and more!

  1. Famous Atlantic Writer Can’t Figure Out Why...


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 February 22, 2023  56m
 
 

episode 3: Take It Up With My Boss The Pope, Shroom Takeover 02.23.23

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In episode 1428, Jack and guest co-host Caitlin Durante are joined by co-host of Lady to Lady and Britney's Gram, Tess Barker, to discuss… Malcolm X’s Daughter Is Suing The FBI & CIA & NYPD, Starbucks’ New Secret Weapon: Olive Oil, Russell Crowe IS The Pope’s Exorcist, People Are Worrying About a Mushroom Apocalypse--Thanks To The Last of Us and more!

  1. Malcolm X’s Daughter Is Suing The FBI & CIA & NYPD
  2. Who Killed Malcolm X? Family to File...


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 February 23, 2023  58m
 
 

episode 4: Fox News VS. LEGOS, JK Rowlings Garbage Podcast 02.24.23

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In episode 1429, Jack and guest co-host Jacquis Neal are joined by hosts of Digital Folklore, Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, to discuss… Fox News is Mad About ‘Woke’ Lego … Again, Trump Uses Ohio Train Disaster To Hawk His Bottled Water Brand, JK Rowling’s Garbage Podcast Is Out and more!

  1. Fox News is Mad About ‘Woke’ Lego … Again
  2. Fox News Is Now Mad About ‘Woke’ One-Legged Legos
  3. Friendship re-imagined: The LEGO Group...


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 February 24, 2023  1h3m
 
 
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