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 2101, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Jordan, Jesse, Go! and author of Youth Group, Jordan Morris, to discuss… Fascist Babysitter Club Not Having A Good Time With Iran War, Elon Musk Sues Minnesota To Defend Grok’s Sex Crimes, Forget “Shark Week,” It’s “Crappy Shark Movie Year” and more!
In this edition of Rockets and Trenders, Jack and Miles discuss Dr. Fauci’s diary, the blood supply crisis, Jared Leto’s “dark secret”, Meta and Newsmax… together at last (feat. AI!), Savannah Cannon taking the right my storm, Nazi space mirrors and much more!
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In episode 2100, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and co-host of Action Boyz, Jon Gabrus, to discuss… Trump Administration Confused By Own Propaganda, Why Do People Have Such A Hard Time Accepting That They F**king Suck And Everyone Hates Them? Macaulay Culkin Pitched A Seventh Home Alone Movie To Disney and more!
In this edition of Low Trendstosterone, Jack and Miles discuss ‘The Odyssey’, Lindsay Graham’s funeral (feat. Trump, JD Vance, & Sean Hannity), the new Spiderman movie, Dr. Fauci’s kangaroo court and much more!
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In episode 2099, Jack and Miles are joined by co-hosts of Good Science, Gil Ozeri and Anthony Atamanuik, to discuss… As RFK Catches Sh*t From Trump--America Breaks New Health Record (For Measles), Are The Thousands Of 9/11 Families Who Want Mamdani Banned From The 25th Anniversary In The Room With Us Right Now? White House COKErespondents Dinner? And more!
Wins, chins, tuxedos and more. The final installment of World Cup 2026 coverage…a week late.
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In this edition of This Aggression Will Not Trend, Man, Jack and Miles discuss the upcoming documentary Lindsey Graham: Fun with Warmongering, what the rising cost of living really looks like, and investigate Venezuela and the Case of the Missing $12 billion.
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In episode 2098, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Katie Compa, to discuss… Embracing Trump Bad For The Jesus Brand? Here’s A More Natural Sounding Version…, School District Halts Plan To Put Sex Doll-Like Robot In Classroom, Comic-Con Tries To Un-Cancel Johnny Depp and more!
In this edition of LeBron @ Trendadelphia 76ers, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the White House Correspondents Dinner Pt. 2, ‘The Odyssey’ still making trojan horse loads of money and much more!
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In this edition of The Iconograph, Jack and Miles are joined by writer/film critic Vince Mancini to talk about the Marlboro Man of marijuana:
The Dude!
They’ll explore how Joel & Ethan Cohen created the character, the real-life The Dude, how the character changed Jeff Bridges’ entire personality and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ’s season 448 (7/20/26-7/24/26)
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In episode 2097, Jack and Miles are joined by super producer, Anna Hossnieh, to discuss… Zuck - What If We Tried NOT Freaking People The F**k Out About Sh*tty AI? Zoran Speech Is Very Popular? Republicans Are Using Olive Garden To Justify Vote-Stealing, Are Society’s “Eyes Adjusting” To CGI? And more!
In this edition of Devil’s Trendbone, Jack, Miles and Anna discuss Pete Kegseth’s workout vids, Hunter Biden won’t give up any names in Washington’s ‘Gay Mafia’, Kalshi’s election coverage and much more!
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In episode 2096, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, writer, and co-host of Yo, Is This Racist?, Andrew Ti, to discuss… OpenAI Is Going Full Skynet, Robocop Being Rebooted By Omnicorps– I Mean... Amazon, Elon Musk Promises That Grok Will Make The Best Odyssey Movie Of 2026 and more!
In this edition of Pendin’ For A Trendin’, Jack, Miles and Anna discuss the failure of the Cybertruck (it’s worse than the Edsel & the Pinto), another DSA candidate FTW, Pete Kegseth being out of money, the latest McDonald's scalding incident and much more!
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In episode 2095, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and producer of the monthly Facial Recognition Comedy show, Pallavi Gunalan, to discuss… Taco Bell’s Foot Traffic Is Down Following Diarrhea News, Flock Cameras, AI Is Even Ruining Birdwatching Now and more!
In this edition of Trending Hard or Hardly Trending?, Jack and Miles are joined by super producer Anna Hossnieh to discuss the death of Charlie Kirk’s memorial highway, Trump’s Canada wildfire tariffs, China’s snake flood, the trailer for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and much more!
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In episode 2094, Jack and Miles are joined by super producer, Anna Hossnieh, to discuss… Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Canadian Wildfire Smoke,Taco Bell’s Explosive Diarrhea Scandal Is More Confusing Than Ever, Spain Scrubs Trump From World Cup Win, Idiot Sculptor Tried To Make Charlie Kirk Figure To Make Money, WE LOVE JIMOTHY!!! And more!
In this edition of Who Let The Trends Out?, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the World Cup Final, ‘The Odyssey’ going boffo at the BO, data centers being unpopular?, the Tate Bros getting got and much more!
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In this edition of The Iconograph, Jack and Miles are joined by artist/musician Janie Danger to discuss the man who taught Americans that this whole world is wild at heart and weird on top:
David Lynch!
They’ll explore his baffling rise to fame, his inspirations, his introduction to poppers and much more!
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