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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.
- News chart
- #135
- Episodes
- 4,357
- Releases
- Daily
- Typical length
- 1 hr 2 min
- On air since
- 2017
- Latest episode
- 6 hours ago
Episodes
4,357 episodes, newest first
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31 min
Trend the Vote 11/3: Midterm Election Day, Trump's Reflecting Pool Speech, Doh, Haley Stevens, and Roger Marshall
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On today's episode of Trend the Vote, Jack and Miles discuss midterm election day, Trump's reflecting pool speech, Don Jr. loses the plot, Prop 40 and the billionaire ad spend, Haley Stevens PsyOp, and Roger Marshall and the 18% vig.
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1 hr 11 min
Mariah “Alt Punk” Carey, Everyone Is Disaster Prepping? 11.03.26
Season 463, Episode 2
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In episode 2152, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Jacquis Neal, to discuss… Fox News’ Ratings Are Tanking Thanks To Pro-Data Center Propaganda, The Rest of The World - “Prepare FOR DISASTER”...The US “...”, Mariah Carey Announces Start Of Holiday Season/Death Of Rock Career, Star Trek Fans Roast Stephen Miller For His Patrick Stewart Tribute and more!
• “Viewer Fatigue” Hitting Fox News Ratings, Lachlan Murdoch Says
• Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage
• Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack
• You can go your own way: US diverges from world on emergency preparedness
• 72 Hour Kit Checklist
• Mariah Carey Announces Start Of Holiday Season/Death Of Rock Career
• Mariah Carey defrosts for this year’s ‘It’s time’ Christmas video
• Mariah Carey is finally revealing her secret scrapped ‘90s grunge album
• Mariah Carey Discusses Her Secret Nineties Alt-Rock Album on ‘Colbert’
• Patrick Stewart Dies: Revered ‘Star Trek’, ‘X-Men’ & Stage Actor Was 86
• ‘Star Trek’ Actor Wil Wheaton Tells Stephen Miller to Keep Patrick Stewart’s Name Out of His ‘Nazi Mouth’
• Patrick Stewart: 'People would never believe my father could be responsible for these things'
• Did Patrick Stewart say Trump put America on edge of 'very bad flu infection'?LISTEN: Sawtooth by Halogenix
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51 min
Trick or Trending 11/2: Ding Dong Ditch, Milk Duds, Martha Stewart Hobo Costume, and Haley Stevens
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In this edition of Trick or Trending, Jack and Miles discuss Ding Dong Ditching and Milk Duds, Martha Stewart's Hobo Costume, Haley Stevens flips, and Midterm Madness.
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1 hr 39 min
Icon #44 - Yoko Ono: Avant-Garde Bard
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In this editIon of 'The Iconograph', Jack and Miles are joined by podcaster/activist/journalist Francesca Fiorentini to talk about the most irrationally hated icon:
Yoko Ono!
They'll explore her wild upbringing, her relationship with the Beatles, her persecutIon in the media and much more!
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1 hr 2 min
Weekly Zeitgeist 454 (Best of 10/26/26-10/30/26)
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 462 (10/26/26-10/30/26)
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1 hr 5 min
The “Forever” Cruise, Gen Z Loves To “Cancel" 10.30.26
Season 462, Episode 5
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In episode 2151, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know and Ridiculous History, Ben Bowlin, to discuss… The Forever Cruise That Only Lasted 17 months, Good News: You Can Throw Dog Poop At People In GTA VI, No, Gen Z Isn’t Trying To “Cancel” Freddy Krueger and more!
• CEO says plan is to file for bankruptcy after ending luxury never-ending cruise that left hundreds stranded
• GTA 6 Dog Poop Gameplay Premieres in the Latest Episode of South Park
• Real GTA 6 gameplay shown in South Park episode reveals you can throw dog poo at NPCs
• Lmfao TikTok is trying to cancel Freddy Krueger and it’s trending. I knew this day would come.
• Why Is TikTok Trying To Cancel 'Freddy Krueger'? The Cancel Culture Discourse Surrounding The 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' Villain Explained
• Freddy Krueger Officially Unleashes a Deadly New Nightmare for Halloween
• ‘Freddy Krueger Is Being Canceled’? This Whole Debate Is Exhausting
• Producer Brad Fuller Talks ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
• ‘Freddy Krueger Is Being Canceled’? This Whole Debate Is Exhausting
• Commercial - 1-900-909-FRED Freddy Krueger Hotline
• 1989 Freddy Krueger yo-yoLISTEN: Queen (Dan Kye Remix) by Muzi
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33 min
Silly Rabbit... Trends Are For Kids 10/29: Halloween, Brewers, Trump, Dune 3 Popcorn Bucket, Dave Rubin
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In this edition of Silly Rabbit... Trends Are For Kids, Jack and Miles discuss Halloween inflation, the World Series champions, Trump being even MORE gay, Dune’s popcorn bucket, Dave Rubin stumbling and bumbling and much more!
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1 hr 13 min
USA’s Macho Men! Trump Blood Lab? 10.29.26
Season 462, Episode 4
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In episode 2150, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and actor starring in Christmas at the Kringles (in theaters nationwide tomorrow), and host of Will You Accept This Rose?, Arden Myrin, to discuss… Pete Hegseth Not Man Enough For America? The “Free Elizabeth Holmes” Guy Wants To Sue Nathan Fielder and more!
• Hegseth Needs More T—Poll Shows He’s No Male Role Model
• https://justblood.com/
• The guy behind those bizarre Elizabeth Holmes billboards threatens to sue Nathan FielderLISTEN: bedbug by JGrrey
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30 min
Full Size Trendybars 10/28: Jay-Z, Bolsonaro, Midterms, RFK Jr., Noah Wyle, Bluey vs. One Nation
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In this edition of Full Size Trendybars, Jack and Miles discuss Jay-Z… just Jay-Z, Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil, the very incipient midterms, RFK Jr.’s racist rant, Noah Wyle: Sexiest (old white) Man Alive, Bluey vs. One Nation and much more!
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1 hr 9 min
Cops vs Toddler Soccer Player? Tech Bro Fortune Cookies 10.28.26
Season 462, Episode 3
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In episode 2149, Miles and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian, Sofiya Alexandra, to discuss… RFK Jr. Goes On Racist Rant As CDC Continues To Implode, Black Kid TOO Good At Soccer So…They Called The Cops? Elvis Fans Are Suddenly Concerned About Song-Stealing, Fortune Cookies Have Quietly Been Turned Into Tech Bro Propaganda and more!
• Robert F Kennedy Jr. says Arabs don’t produce science or literature
• RFK Jr. Goes on Stunning Rant Against Arabs: ‘They Don’t Produce Literature,’ Only ‘Hatred’ and ‘War’
• Senior CDC official to quit amid turmoil over Trump's vaccine policies: report
• Police called on 3-year-old soccer player for being “too good”
• Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
• "Claude admitted: ‘These renders keep landing very close to the originals: same structure, same hooks reused with light rewording, and full sets of verses/choruses/bridges'”: AI firm Anthropic hit with $41 million lawsuit by owners of Elvis catalogue
• Fortune Cookies Have Quietly Been Turned Into Tech Bro Propaganda
• Man Cracks Open Fortune Cookie, Disgusted by What He Finds Inside
• Customer opens fortune cookie from takeout, finds pharmaceutical ad instead of fortune
• Fortune Cookie Firm OpenFortune Puts Branding —Literally—Into the Hands of Consumers
• Fortune Cookie Ad Scheme May Offer a Glance into OOH Future
• Why The Future Of Media Might Be Inspired By A Fortune Cookie
• AI Is Coming for Your Fortune Cookies
• This fortune cookie fortune
• ‘What Does The Future Hodl?’—Elon Musk Primes Bitcoin And Crypto For A Tesla Bombshell After Extreme Price Swings
• In the Wake of Collapse, FTX Fortune Cookies Are Still on the Menu
• The Surprising Origins of the Fortune CookieLISTEN: by Oakk
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30 min
The Trendren Of The Corn 10/27: Midterms, CA MillIonaire Tax, Trump’s Panic Tour, Israeli Elections
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In this edition of The Trendren Of The Corn, Jack and Miles discuss the midterms, California’s billionaire tax, Trump’s panic tour, the Israeli elections, AI in education and much more!
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1 hr 7 min
CHOPPED UNC MAXXING!!! The Odyssey (All Caucasian Version) 10.27.26
Season 462, Episode 2
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In episode 2148, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, director, and comedian, Mel Stephens, to discuss… Oh Elon Really Made That Sh*tty AI Odyssey ‘Movie’, Robert Reich Suggests We Nationalize Starlink and SpaceX And Elon Suggests Jailing Him, Dictionary.com Is Lame-Maxxing With 2026 Word Of The Year, Ebenezer Scrooge Is Giving Away Pennies On Venmo and more!
• Watch Episode 1 of Odyssey series made with Grok Imagine.
• Robert Reich: Democrats Should "Defund Musk," Start "Laying Groundwork To Nationalize Starlink And SpaceX"
• We Regret to Inform You That ‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year
• ‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year: ‘It’s cooler than saying you’re doing more’
• ‘Ebenezer’ Creates a Real Venmo Profile for Scrooge, Which Hands Out Money and Accepts It, Too
• The ‘EBENEZER’ account on Venmo crashed down yesterday due to overwhelming requests.LISTEN: PopUp Dubplate by BSEARL
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44 min
Trendy Minaj For Press Secretary? 10/26: Trump/Nicki Minaj, Brazilian Presidential Election, Vivek Ramaswami
Season 461, Episode 1
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In this edition of Trendy Minaj For Press Secretary?, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, Trump and Nicki Minaj in Michigan, the Brazilian presidential election, Vivek still doubling down on his BS ahead of the midterms and much more!
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1 hr 11 min
Fright-con #43 - Creepy Kids: Can't Work With Em, Can't Scare Without Em
Show notes
In this spooky edition of ‘The Fright-conigraph’, Jack and Miles are joined by author/TikTok influencer Jason Pargin to talk about the only icon we could easily punt 40 yards with decent hang-time:
Creepy Kids!
They’ll explore the history of creepy children, why we’re so scared of them, why they have terrible haircuts and much more!
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55 min
Weekly Zeitgeist 453 (Best of 10/19/26-10/23/26)
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The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 461 (10/19/26-10/23/26)
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57 min
Airbnb Indentured Servitude, GTA Flu 10.23.26
Season 461, Episode 5
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In episode 2147, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by comedian and host of The Faucet & Broccoli and Ice Cream, Myq Kaplan, to discuss… Airbnb Hosts Can’t Force You To Do Dishes And Laundry Anymore, Get Ready For An Outbreak Of The “GTA Flu”, “The Bachelorette” But It’s Casting James Bond, Where Aren’t They Now: The Woke Free Beer Guy Wait, “Woke-Free” Beer Was A Scam?? And more!
• Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore
• Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
• Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
• Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules
• Airbnb Hosts Shamed Over Outrageous ‘Chores’—But Short-Term Rentals Are Thriving
• 'GTA 6' could cause $1 billion sick day as 1.5 million estimated to skip work: reports
• GTA 6 release date has millions ready to book off sick with 'GTA flu'
• James Bond Screen Tests to Happen This Weekend: Finalists Emerge for Next 007 Movie
• Bud Light Boycotters Are Still Waiting for Their ‘Woke-Free’ Beer
• Fragile right-wing dad mocked for launching ‘woke-free’ beer amid Dylan Mulvaney backlash
• Ultra Right Beer Dips Back Into Culture Wars With the Launch of a Conservative Tequila-Alternative
• People Still Waiting for Ultra Right Fight Beer
• $300,000 of free beer, late shipments, “Karen” meltdowns, the return of Ultra Right Beer, and mistakes I’ve made along the way.LISTEN: Back Outside by BNXN, Sarz
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32 min
The Trend That Got Away 10/22: PHP Vulnerability, Jaime West, Video Gish Gallop
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In this edition of The Trend That Got Away, Jack and special guest co-host Andrew Ti discuss how PHP is completely borked, Jaime West (drunk) on Piers Morgan, the Right’s reality distortion field and much more!
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1 hr 10 min
Why France On Fire? Spouse Swappin’! 10.22.26
Season 461, Episode 4
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In episode 2146, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, founder of Burn This Records, and co-host of Lady To Lady, Brandie Posey, to discuss… French Protest Are The New Fox News October Surprise, What in the spousal swapping hell is this? Here Come The Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes Lookalike Contests and more!
• Click this link and watch a video to help Burn This Records' Youtube Channel reach monetization
• French riots are the new Hunter’s laptop which was the new migrant caravan which was the new Ebola
• The Unhinged Racist Response to France’s School Protests
• Mike Kekich Wikipedia
• Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes Are This Year’s Ultimate Deep-Cut Halloween Costume Duo
• Look like Nathan Fielder or Elizabeth Holmes? You can join a ‘You Can See Everything’ lookalike contest this weekend
• Find true love at the Nathan fielder lookalike contestLISTEN: Open Season by Rachel Rose
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28 min
Full Frontal Trendity 10/21: Trump, Omar Nunez, Star Wars/Super Bowl, Vivek Ramaswampy, The Great Pokemon Heist
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In this edition of Full Frontal Trendity, Jack and Bryan The Editor discuss Trump checking out more sexy dudes, the Omar Nunez bust in CA, the Star Wars/Super Bowl Funday tie-in, Vivek dropping another pedo-tinged stinker of a campaign ad, the Great Pokemon Heist of 2026 and much more!
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1 hr 12 min
Musk For The Children, Nathan Heals America? 10.21.26
Season 461, Episode 3
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In episode 2145, Jack and Miles are joined by artist and musician with a new album called Crisis Acting, Janie Danger, to discuss… Elon Musk Announces Plan To Gift SpaceX Shares To Every Child In America (That Will Almost Certainly Never Happen), Total Hot Dog Recall, Disney Will Turn The Super Bowl Into A Star Wars Cartoon, Can “You Can See Everything” Heal America? And more!
• Musk Vows to Give Each U.S. Child a SpaceX Share
• Elon Musk to give SpaceX shares to ‘every kid in America’
• If Musk Gives Every American Child A SpaceX Share His Charitable Giving Would Hit $11 Billion
• Elon Musk says he’ll give a SpaceX share to every American child
• Elon Musk cut ex Ashley St. Clair’s child support down by $80K after she spoke out about their son, doc claims
• Nearly 1.6 million pounds of meat voluntarily recalled nationwide
• Nearly 1.6M pounds of hot dogs, bacon and other meats recalled nationwide
• BEST OF The Simpsons Funday Football!
• ‘Star Wars’-Themed Super Bowl Altcast Joins Disney’s Big Game Lineup
• ‘You Can See Everything’ Sets Oscar Campaigns for Best Picture, Supporting Actress and More Categories
• ‘You Can See Everything’ perfectly captures what a decade of post-truth has done to us
• You Can See Everything’ exposes the delusion of Millennial idealism
• Janie's Piece of Media: Drunk PigLISTEN: AI GENERATED DEPICTION OF HELL by Janie Danger
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