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 this edition of It's Nice To Have A Trend, Jack and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss the engagement announcement of Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce, an update on Trump's health, The Nat'l Guard picking up trash in D.C. (because there is nothing else to do), an update on the embarrassingly ineffectual Dems and much more!
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In episode 1921, Jack and guest co-host Mort Burke are joined by co-host of The Bechdel Cast, Caitlin Durante, to discuss… Mamdani Attacks Now Include References To Squid Game And Jurassic Park, Viral AI Kitten Videos Being Spammed to Social Media (And Having Success) and more!
In this edition of The Trendsons, Jack and special guest co-host Mort Burke discuss Snoop Dogg's biggest fear, an update on the Big Takeover in Washington D.C., Chat GPT always getting the last word, Trump vs. Flag Burners, Pomeranian vs. Bear, Amazon in trouble for "selling" movies that you don't get to own, Israel's latest war crimes and much more!
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In episode 1920, Jack and guest co-host Mort Burke are joined by the producer and host of Blank Check, Ben Hosley & Griffin Newman, to discuss… Movies As Cultural Unconscious Factories / Movies That Exist Vs. Don’t, War In Films: Vietnam vs. War On Terror, Where Did All The Sex In Movies Go? And more!
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Kpop DemTrend Hunter 8/25: Intel, Trump, Dean Cain, ICE, RFK Jr., Kilmar Garcia, 'Kpop Demon Hunter'
In this edition of Kpop DemTrend Hunter, Jack and special guest co-host Mort Burke discuss... their respective weekends, the U.S. taking 10% of Intel, pathetic cop-gobbler Dean Cain's ICE obstacle course performance, RFK Jr. trying to get rid of the COVID vaccine?, newly released Kilmar Garcia getting re-arrested and re-deported, 'Kpop Demon Hunter' taking the box office and much more!
The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 402 (8/18/25-8/22/25)
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In episode 1919, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and co-host of Yo, Is This Racist?, Andrew Ti, to discuss… Eric Adams Campaign Advisers LOVE Bribes, In Better News the Anti Mamdani Movement Is Fizzling, Cracker Barrel’s Logo Sparks Right Wing Freak Out For Some Reason and more!
In this edition of Trend & Stimpy, Jack and Miles discuss ICE asking for volunteers, Trump entering his Batman era?, Trump quipping about cancelling 2028 elections, Drake's new Amazon storefront, the passing of very influential evangelical weirdo James Dobson, Netflix's 'Zodiac Watch List' and much more!
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In episode 1918, Jack and Miles are joined by the comedian behind the new stand-up special The Landlord Special, Beth Stelling, to discuss… Gavin Newsom Is Breaking MAGA Brains Somehow…, Trump’s Smithsonian Takeover Is All Because Of One Florida Tourist’s Idiotic Complaints, Cassette Tapes Are A Thing Again and more!
In this edition of How I Trended Your Mother, Jack and Miles discuss The White House joining TikTok (to zero fanfare), JD Vance & friends getting booed at Shake Shack, prices going up for the nearly EoL PS5, an ICE Goon/U.S. Concentration Camp update and much more!
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In episode 1917, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, musician, host of Cold Brew Got Me Like, and subject of the documentary Nashville Famous, Chris Crofton, to discuss… Las Vegas Is Being Plagued By Mosquitos and more!
In this edition of The Big Trend Theory, Jack and Miles discuss that Justin Bieber impersonator in Vegas, Trump's new (totally not influenced by his meeting with Putin) attacks on voting, an update on Trump's declining health, Comcast getting rid of MSNBC, the (fictional) war for the soul of Washington D.C. and much more!
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In episode 1916, Jack and Miles are joined by the hosts of Debt Heads, Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster, to discuss… So Many Articles About The Gen Z/ Millennial DEBT CRISIS... No Explanation Tho, Oh DC Is Actually Safe Now…, The Time Has Never Been Better to Do White Collar Crime! The Ultrawealthy Trend of Trying to Live Forever by Tad Friend and more!
In this edition of That Wasn't Very Skibidi Trends Of You, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, the Trump/Putin meeting in Alaska, 'Skibidi' being entered into the Cambridge Dictionary, Sydney Sweeney's new movie a flop?, Tom Cruise turning down Trump's Kennedy Center offer and much more!
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 401 (8/11/25-8/15/25)
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In episode 1915, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating, Alex Schmidt, to discuss… DC Is So Unsafe! McDonald’s Latest Nostalgia Bait Meal Is A Rip Off In More Ways Than One and more!
In this edition of The D.C. Trendwich Guy, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss the D.C. Subway Sandwich Guy, the incipient Trump/Putin meeting, an update on the Infowars/The Onion deal, the mutant bunnies in Colorado, rich white man Ron Howard doing/saying rich white man things, Taco Bell bringing back some fan favorites and much more!
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In episode 1914, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian, Shanna Christmas, to discuss… SHUT UP ABOUT EPSTEIN! Trump Now Thinking of Reclassifying Weed…, JD Vance’s Vacation Is The Worst Thing To Happen To The U.K. Since Ellen, There’s A TRIANGLE OF DEATH On Your Face? And more!
In this edition of Trump Hosts The Trendedy Center Awards, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss Trump hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, DOGE's actual savings being a small fraction of what was reported, Ye's upcoming (and upsetting) documentary 'In Whose Name', 'War of the Worlds' finally achieving a 3% on RT, Bezos being "obsessed" with getting his new wife in the next James Bond movie, a LaBuBu-based ...
In episode 1913, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian behind the new comedy special From The Future, Fabrizio Copano, to discuss… Can’t Have A Sh*tty Economy If There’s No Data To Analyze!, NO... AI Jesus Chatbots Are Predatory?! JD Vance Continues To Be A Sh*tty Dad and more!
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