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 2111, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian, Django Gold, to discuss… Turns Out You Can Just Make Sh*t Up, Frat Trap House, Couple More Pitches for Proactive Platforms for the Emerging Leftwing Movement, Rot In Hell Columbia House Records and more!
In this edition of Trendatouille, Jack and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss Nancy Mace’s new tattoos, USS Lincoln sailors having a rough time, “AI” companies buying up rare books and destructively scanning them, baseball for ghosts, the passing of Hayden Panettiere and much more!
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In episode 2110, Jack and guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra are joined by filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian, and co-founder of Small Beans, Michael Swaim, to discuss… Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty To Federal Stalking Charges, PBS Is Missing 70 Years Worth Of Footage Due To Cloud Storage Dispute, Disney Pisses Off Bluey Fans And Announces New X-Men and more!
In this edition of Smarter Than Your Average Trend, Jack and special guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra discuss their respective weekends, Jon Ossoff’s takedown of Trump, Mamdani being summoned like Candyman, the KFC Bear mystery, Rebel Creamery filing for bankruptcy and much more!
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In this rewind episode of The Iconograph, Jack and Miles are joined by journalist/podcaster Molly Lambert to discuss Jada Pinkett Smith's true soulmate:
Tupac Shakur!
They'll explore his his Black Panther beginnings, his many run-ins with the law, just how much he could get done in a day and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 451(8/10/26-8/14/26)
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In episode 2109, Jack and Miles are joined by author of Love At First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy and host of There Are No Girls on the Internet, Bridget Todd, to discuss… David Ellison Does NOT Give a fuck about the film industry, Couple More Pitches for Proactive Platforms for the Emerging Leftwing Movement, McDonald’s Is Secretly Going Full Minority Report, Hollywood’s Hottest Trend Is&hell...
In this edition of Trendzel Washington, Jack and Miles discuss more details about Trump’s decoy plane fiasco, Maggie Haberman on Trump, Netflix’s ‘Untold’ episode about Raygun, an update on Greenland Energy, California banning paraquat, the incipient AI crash, Karoline Leavitt leaving the White House, gamers = ATC and much more!
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In episode 2108, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, comedian, bestselling author of Raw Dog, author of the upcoming novel The Tower, and host of 16th Minute of Fame, Jamie Loftus, to discuss… Luigi Update, David Lynch Got That Little Kid From Big Daddy To Quit Cigarettes, Why Isn’t Anyone Consistently Prosecuting the Case Against Law Enforcement As Currently Constituted?Is Baseball Ruining Field Of Dre...
In this edition of Seedless WaterTrendon, Jack and Miles discuss the midterm elections, ICE’s electric shock gloves, ‘The End Of Oak Street’ & their weird AI dog podcast and much more!
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In episode 2107, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and host of Who's With Me?, W Kamau Bell, to discuss… Establishment Taking A Victory Lap On WOKE 1, Weather Forecasts Have Become A Human Centipede Of AI Bullsh*t, Mark Zuckerberg’s Superyacht Bravely Ignores Distress Call, Also Pervert Glasses Are Being Banned In Bars And Other Popular Social Venues In The UK, AI Music Has Been Normalized and more!
Hair plugs, Vini, Salah, Bruno
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The ‘Patriot Games’ competition no one knew was happening, Trump’s plane swap & fent lean, Netflix’s commodification of ‘Squid Game’ and much more!
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In episode 2106, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian/musician/podcaster Chris Crofton, to discuss… desperate people dancing for petrol, the Right being obsessed with steak and much more!
LISTEN: Skate Wheels - Paul Stephan
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In this edition of Oralboros, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the Trump admin sucking their own hog, Dobby’s Welsh grave site, next war: Greenland? and much more!
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In this edition of The Iconograph, Jack and Miles are joined by writer/comedian Andrew Ti to talk about the only icon who can pick you out of a line-up by smell alone:
Helen Keller!
They’ll explore her upbringing, her politics, whether or not she was faking it (spoiler alert: she wasn’t faking it) and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ’s season 450 (8/3/26-8/7/26)
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In episode 2105, Miles and guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra are joined by comedian, writer, and co-host of Yo, Is This Racist? and Starter Trek, Andrew Ti, to discuss… Cue The Abdul El Sayed Islamophobia, Mr. Beast And James Patterson Wrote A Book About How Awesome Mr. Beast Is, The Sex-Purge Movie Wants Us All To Be Chill About Fascism and more!
In this edition of Trendber Is The Color Of Your Energy, Miles and special guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra discuss the US def still having lots of missiles frfr, BMW’s dashboard ads (feat. Spiderman), Trump something something, the trailer for that new Chris Hansen movie ‘Primetime’, Vivek having a rough go of it and much more!
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In episode 2104, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian and host of Spaced Out, Blair Socci, to discuss… Newsom About To F**k It Up For Himself? Confession: I Am A Bald Man With A Question - People Shampoo Twice? Good News: Missouri And Kansas Voters Weren’t Duped Into Giving Away Their Power, Yes Fellas... It IS GAY To Have Sex With Your Human Female Wifeoid and more!
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