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
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In episode 1938, Miles and co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian and co-host of The Bechdel Cast, Caitlin Durante, to discuss… Loser Democrat Is Already Weaponising The Kirk Shooting In The Dumbest Way, Trump Just looks Guiltier Every Time He Talks About Epstein, 9-1-1 Continues To Be Pure Madness and more!
In this edition of Trendtal Decline, Jack and Miles discuss the Arizona Grindr outage, Zohran Mamdani leading the polls, details about the ICE facility shooting, the Gaza aid floatilla (and Israel's continued war crimes), GQ's guide for modern gentlemen and much more!
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In episode 1937, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian, musician, host of Cold Brew Got Me Like, and subject of the documentary Nashville Famous, Chris Crofton, to discuss… Please Cry For Theo Von, A.I. Stan Lee May Be The Worst Dead Celebrity Grift Yet and more!
In this edition of Atrendalita Grijalva, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss Adelita Grijalva winning the US House special election in Arizona, the Dallas ICE shooting, Jimmy Kimmel returning to the airwaves, Trump's visit to the UN, Dr. Oz breaking rank with Trump over Tylenol and much more!
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In episode 1936, Jack and Miles are joined by host of HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story and the upcoming podcast JennaWorld, Molly Lambert, to discuss… We Are One Vote Away From Congressional Action On The EPSTEIN FILES, Ezra Klein Should Actually Just Shut Up And Stop Talking, Disney Decides To Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Now That Everybody Hates Them, Okay... Maybe Flying Cars Are A Bad Idea and more!
In this edition of The Great DisappoinTrend, Jack and Miles discuss Dr. Trump making an unproven link between autism and Tylenol, Kamala Harris' "ringing endorsement" of Zohran Mamdani, western nations "recognizing" Palestine's statehood (to what end??) and much more!
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In episode 1935, Jack and Miles are joined by linguist and author of Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language, Adam Aleksic AKA Etymology Nerd, to discuss… Who Makes Our Language? America’s Kids Ain’t Able To Read Good Or Math Good, Words As Windows Into History, What Is Even Sincere Expression In The Age Of Algorithmic Language And Content? And more!
In this edition of Central Perk from Triends, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, Charlie Kirk's funeral, Tom Brady's strange commentary, the incipient Rapture, Trump pushing Pam Bondi to prosecute his political foes, the abandoned Tom Homan bribery investigation, NYC finally getting a 'Central Perk' cafe and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 406 (9/15/25-9/19/25)
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In episode 1934, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and producer of the monthly Facial Recognition Comedy show, Pallavi Gunalan, to discuss… Meta’s New AI Glasses Not Only LOOK Like Sh*t... They Also Functionally Suck Sh*t, Kash Patel Helping Keep The Epstein Story Alive and more!
In this edition of We Are But A SecTrend Rate Podcast, Jack and Miles discuss the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel, that weird moment when you are forced to agree with Tucker Carlson, the 'One Battle After Another' reviews rolling in and much more!
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In episode 1933, Jack and Miles are joined by Yo, Is This Racist?, Andrew Ti, to discuss… Trump’s UK Visit Is Full Of Pageantry And Massive Epstein Photos, TRUMP WAS OBSESSED WITH PRINCESS DIANA…, Slight cope: Jeanine Piro is TERRIBLE at prosecuting THE LEFT, “You May Already Be F**ked”: Publishers Clearing House Is Cutting Off Their Sweepstakes Winners and more!
In this edition of Indecent Trendposal, Jack and Miles discuss Kash Patel having some 'splaining to do in front of Congress, white supremacy and domestic terrorism STILL being America's biggest threat, Asteroid FA22 doing a close flyby (by astronomical standards), social media companies being fine hosting extremely violent content and much more!
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In episode 1932, Miles and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by host of Next We Have and co-host of The Dollop, Gareth Reynolds, to discuss… Trump Wants You To Think Fentanyl Will Make You A Spooky Blue Ghost, Jesus We Are In Dark Waters - Pam Bondi Just Making Up Laws Now, Google Is Being Sued Over Its Janky AI Overview, Social Media Companies Are Fine With Graphic Murder Videos... Apparently and more!
In this edition of RIP Robert Trendford, Miles and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss JD Vance hosting Charlie Kirk's show, Trump "knocking off" another Venezuelan boat, UN commission finding that Israel is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, a Florida woman punching an alligator, selling your soul with LaBuBus, the passing of Robert Redford and much more!
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In episode 1931, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Mary Houlihan, to discuss… Racist Policies Bad For Investment? Fox and Friends Host Apologizes For Suggesting That The Government Should Straight-Up Murder Unhoused People, Gov. Kathy Hochul Endorses Zohran Mamdani and more!
In this edition of Miles Of Gray Day, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the capture of Charlie Kirk's shooter, Trump's droopy 9/11 face, the Emmy Awards and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 405 (9/8/25-9/12/25)
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