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.... Show More

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Old Pope, Old Takes; No, YOU’RE The Losers 4.12.19

April 12, 2019 • 69 min

In episode 369, Miles special guest host Laci Mosley are joined by comedian Caitlin Gill to discuss Pope Benedict blaming the LGBTQ community for Catholicism’s problems, Julian Assange being charged by the US, the GOP putting AOC and Ilhan Omar in danger, the new Governor of Florida actually caring about the environment, Lori Loughlin not wanting to go to jail, the 45 club, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse

2. Julian Assange Charged by U.S. With Conspiracy to Hack a Government Computer

3. GOP, Fox Just Concerned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Ilhan Omar Are Terrorists, Is All

4. The New Governor of Florida Is Not the Environmental Disaster Everyone Thought He’d Be

5. Aunt Becky Really, Really, Really, ReallyDoesn't Want to Go to Jail

6. Inside the (semi-)secret society for young Trump staffers

7. WATCH: Accordion by Abstract Orchestra

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