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
The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 405 (9/8/25-9/12/25)
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In episode 1930, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and host of Finding My Audience, Allen Strickland Williams, to discuss… Spot The Difference Between The Right’s Response To Charlie Kirk vs Melissa Hortman, It’s Been A Privilege And An Honor Podcasting With You... Now The AI Wave Will Consume Us, Kamala Harris Dunks On White House In New Memoir (Which Readers Will Likely Never Finish and more!
In this edition of Hot-Crossed Trends, Jack and Miles discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk, some Eurovision drama and much more!
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In episode 1929, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Blair Socci, to discuss… CLASS WAR! Cuomo Gathers Landlords And Developers To Plot Against Mamdani, Zohran Is Taking On FIFA’s Dynamic Pricing, Charlie Kirk Is Shot At Event, The Conjuring Franchise Continues Its Legacy Of Exploitation And Fraud and more!
In this edition of I Have A Very Particular Set of Trends, Jack and Miles discuss Trump's trip to Joe's Prime Seafood in DC, the initial reactions to Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another', CBS' new ombudsman, Lachlan Murdoch taking over for Fox Corp., Larry Ellison topping Elon Musk, Apple's latest uneventful keynote, Israel's latest war crime and much more!
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In episode 1928, Jack and Miles are joined by award-winning tv writer, comedian, and creator of Gone Native, Joey Clift, to discuss… Capitalism Popularity At A New All Time Low, Do NOT Say These WOKE WORDS If You Are A Democrat Running For Office…, AI Art Turning The Bible Into An Action Movie and more!
In this edition of Would A Spy Trend Himself?, Jack and Miles discuss the release of Trump's lewd birthday card to Epstein, the Supreme Court lifting the restraining order that restricts racial profiling by ICE, The Rock's new film "The Smashing Machine", Mariah Carey finally winning a VMA and much more!
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In episode 1927, Jack and Miles are joined by author of Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism and Beauty, Kaila Yu, to discuss… Mike Johnson Walks Back Claim That Trump Helped The FBI Take Down Epstein, Eric Adams To Stay In Mayor’s Race... Until He Loses And Becomes A Saudi Ambassador, Women Are Going To Turkey For Limb Shortening Procedures? And more!
In this edition of That's Gonna Brocc Up Real Zeit, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the oligarch dinner @ the White House, more on that Venezuelan "drug boat" full of "terrorists" that the U.S. military blew up, Trump @ the U.S. Open, RFK Jr. blaming Tylenol for autism now, Showrunner AI trying to recreate the destroyed 43 minutes of Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons" and much more!
The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 404 (8/18/25-8/22/25)
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In episode 1926, Jack and Miles are joined by actor, musician, and co-host of One of Us, Fin Argus, to discuss… Trump Tried To Drown Out The Epstein Survivor Presser With Jet Flyovers…, Smartphones Are Making Your Hemorrhoids Worse, The Growth of Executive Function Coaches to Fix Our Corporation Ruined Brains and more!
In this edition of That'sa Trendy Meatball, Jack and Miles discuss RFK Jr. getting grilled like a cheese, the TERRIBLE July jobs report (that no one is reporting on), Trump claiming the U.S. Military destroyed an alleged Venezuelan "drug boat" and killed 11 "terrorists", John Kennedy's horrifying radioactive shrimp presentation, Melania Trump's AI speech and much more!
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In episode 1925, Jack and Miles are joined by host of HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story and the upcoming podcast JennaWorld, Molly Lambert, to discuss… Congress Is Back From Summer Break…Did Epstein Go Away? F**K NO, Ahhh So They Are Out Of Their Minds With God Complexes…, A.I. Luigi Mangione Is Hawking Shirts For Shein, Oh No... Zohran Mamdani Is Working With Thirty-Year-Olds?? And More!
In this edition of Clear & Trending Danger, Jack and Miles discuss Kawhi Leonard's shady $28m endorsement deal, Florida ending vaccine requirements for children, the Burning Man homicide, the Dem's dumb dark money campaigns, TikTok's deadly "Door Kick" challenge and much more!
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In episode 1924, Jack and Miles are joined by creator and writer of The RedDot Comics, Kim Winder, to discuss… Whatever It Is Trump Definitely SOUNDS Like Sh*t, Israel Is Committing Genocide--World’s Leading Genocide Experts State, The Vegas Sphere’s Wizard of Oz Is Even Worse Than People Feared... Now Features A.I. David Zaslav and more!
In this edition of PresiTrendtial Medal of Zeitdom, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, Trump's domestic deployment of troops being ruled illegal af, the Internet being totally convinced that Trump has died, Rudy Giuliani getting rear ended and much more!
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A round-up of our favorite "Overrated/Underrated/Search History" segments from the last few months of TDZ!
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In this special holiday episode, Jack and special guest co-host Anna Hosnieh are LIVE at the U.S. Open to talks all things tennis! They discuss how tennis has taken over the zeitgeist, the best tennis follows on social media, tennis fashion, 'Challengers' and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 403 (8/18/25-8/22/25)
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In episode 1923, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by co-host of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know and Ridiculous History, Ben Bowlin, to discuss… R.I.P. CDC, Gwen Stefani And Blake Shelton Remaking The Wizard Of Oz Isn’t Going Over Well With Anyone and more!
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