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.
Episodes
In episode 1918, Jack and Miles are joined by the comedian behind the new stand-up special The Landlord Special, Beth Stelling, to discuss… Gavin Newsom Is Breaking MAGA Brains Somehow…, Trump’s Smithsonian Takeover Is All Because Of One Florida Tourist’s Idiotic Complaints, Cassette Tapes Are A Thing Again and more!
In this edition of How I Trended Your Mother, Jack and Miles discuss The White House joining TikTok (to zero fanfare), JD Vance & friends getting booed at Shake Shack, prices going up for the nearly EoL PS5, an ICE Goon/U.S. Concentration Camp update and much more!
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In episode 1917, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, musician, host of Cold Brew Got Me Like, and subject of the documentary Nashville Famous, Chris Crofton, to discuss… Las Vegas Is Being Plagued By Mosquitos and more!
In this edition of The Big Trend Theory, Jack and Miles discuss that Justin Bieber impersonator in Vegas, Trump's new (totally not influenced by his meeting with Putin) attacks on voting, an update on Trump's declining health, Comcast getting rid of MSNBC, the (fictional) war for the soul of Washington D.C. and much more!
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In episode 1916, Jack and Miles are joined by the hosts of Debt Heads, Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster, to discuss… So Many Articles About The Gen Z/ Millennial DEBT CRISIS... No Explanation Tho, Oh DC Is Actually Safe Now…, The Time Has Never Been Better to Do White Collar Crime! The Ultrawealthy Trend of Trying to Live Forever by Tad Friend and more!
In this edition of That Wasn't Very Skibidi Trends Of You, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the Trump/Putin meeting in Alaska, 'Skibidi' being entered into the Cambridge Dictionary, Sydney Sweeney's new movie a flop?, Tom Cruise turning down Trump's Kennedy Center offer and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 401 (8/11/25-8/15/25)
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In episode 1915, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating, Alex Schmidt, to discuss… DC Is So Unsafe! McDonald’s Latest Nostalgia Bait Meal Is A Rip Off In More Ways Than One and more!
In this edition of The D.C. Trendwich Guy, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss the D.C. Subway Sandwich Guy, the incipient Trump/Putin meeting, an update on the Infowars/The Onion deal, the mutant bunnies in Colorado, rich white man Ron Howard doing/saying rich white man things, Taco Bell bringing back some fan favorites and much more!
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In episode 1914, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian, Shanna Christmas, to discuss… SHUT UP ABOUT EPSTEIN! Trump Now Thinking of Reclassifying Weed…, JD Vance’s Vacation Is The Worst Thing To Happen To The U.K. Since Ellen, There’s A TRIANGLE OF DEATH On Your Face? And more!
In this edition of Trump Hosts The Trendedy Center Awards, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss Trump hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, DOGE's actual savings being a small fraction of what was reported, Ye's upcoming (and upsetting) documentary 'In Whose Name', 'War of the Worlds' finally achieving a 3% on RT, Bezos being "obsessed" with getting his new wife in the next James Bond movie, a LaBuBu-based ...
In episode 1913, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian behind the new comedy special From The Future, Fabrizio Copano, to discuss… Can’t Have A Sh*tty Economy If There’s No Data To Analyze!, NO... AI Jesus Chatbots Are Predatory?! JD Vance Continues To Be A Sh*tty Dad and more!
In this edition of StevTrend Miller Loves Mayonaise, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss SCOTUS possibly overturning same-sex marriage, GROK getting banned briefly… for being too based, Andrew Cuomo claiming Zohran looks tired and his apartment is too affordable?, Shrek 5 getting delayed, American Eagle and their good jeans getting curved and much more!
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In episode 1912, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and co-host of The Worst Idea of All Time, Tim Batt, to discuss… Fellas, It’s Time To Get Into Woodworking, The Sex and the City Universe and more!
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In this edition of RIP Dial-Up Trendernet, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, JD Vance & Co. on damage control, AOL ending their dial-up internet service, Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska, the FBI taking over the DC police?, and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 400 (8/4/25-8/8/25)
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In episode 1911, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by co-host of Go Home Bible, You're Drunk and White Homework, Tori Williams Douglass, to discuss… Trump's Tariffs Hit Almost Every Single Major U.S. Trading Partner, Why Is This Song/Performance Suddenly All Over Social Media? Real World Glass Onion and more!
In this edition of ICE Trendgent Dean Cain, Jack and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss, WWE coming to ESPN, a "descent into fascism' update (feat. Ex-DOGE staffer "Big Balls" and the L.A. Olympics), famed copgobbler Dean Cain joining ICE?, Chicago's extremely high water bills, United having trouble with their Unimatic flight tracking system, Dartmouth invesigating 'ape scrumping' and much more!
In episode 1910, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by host of Creature Feature and co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating, Katie Goldin, to discuss…Tourism Is On Fire (In A Bad Way) In The U.S.: Vegas Tourism Crash, The Grand Canyon Wildfires, Foreign Tourists Avoiding U.S., Wolves Scared By Marriage Story, RFK Jr. Cancels 500 Million In Vaccine Research, 21 Cases of E. Coli Infection Reported in Florida Lin...
In this edition of Big Boy Trend On The Roof, Jack and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss the 63 year old TV show Mr. Ed, the new 0% rated Amazon adaptation of 'War of the Worlds', microplastics in GLASS bottles?!?!, the singing camper that sparked a rescue mission, 'The Wizard Of Oz' coming to the Vegas Sphere (featuring yet another useless implementation of AI) and much more
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