The Daily Zeitgeist
The Daily Zeitgeist

The Daily Zeitgeist

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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.

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They Ate…MY Face? Grinch Cringe 12.18.25
DEC 18, 2025
They Ate…MY Face? Grinch Cringe 12.18.25
In episode 1982, Jack and Miles are joined by host of Go Home Bible, You're Drunk and White Homework, Tori Williams Douglass, to discuss… Vivek Ramaswamy - The Boy Who Thought The Racists Would Accept Him…, Trump Plays WMD Card In War On “Drugs", Okay...The Grinch Is Officially Ruined and More! Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team. What Is an American? Trump declares fentanyl a 'weapon of mass destruction' with executive order The US is already at war with Venezuela Jon Stewart Likens U.S. Aggression Toward Venezuela To Iraq In The 2000s: “Saddest Part … Is That Dick Cheney Won’t Be Around To See It” U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease Almost 27% in 2024 What’s behind the significant drop in opioid overdose deaths CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Federal Narcan Distribution Program Trump administration praised ‘life-saving’ naloxone, then proposed cuts Trump Signs Law to Unlock Billions for Drug Addiction Recovery Charted: Shifts in America's leading causes of death Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline NIH Funding Cuts Disrupt Clinical Trials, Affecting 74,000 Participants White House uses 'Grinch' poster and quote to criticize Democrats on healthcare policies Trump’s Education Goon Releases Ultra-Cringe ‘Christmas’ Video How Dr. Seuss Gave Us One of the Most Complex, Socially Important Heist Stories Ever Walmart Serves Walton Goggins as The Grinch To Warm Up Black Friday Welcome to the Grinchʼs Walmart The Grinch is more popular than ever. There's a new McDonald's meal and tons of Christmas merch. Here's why it happened. Why the 'dank, eerie, weird' Grinch movie became a millennial Christmas classic How How the Grinch Stole Christmas Stole Christmas LISTEN: Wandering by Oscar PetersonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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64 MIN
 Another HiProPatFu (High Profile Patel F#@%up), Death Is So Gross 12.17.25
DEC 17, 2025
Another HiProPatFu (High Profile Patel F#@%up), Death Is So Gross 12.17.25
In episode 1981, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Pod Yourself A Gun & Mad Yourself A Man, Vince Mancini, to discuss… FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation, A Brief History Of Donald Trump Not Giving A Fuck About People Dying, Erika Kirk to Bari Weiss - Everyone Is Tripping Amirite? Okay, McDonald’s Is Just Trying To Kill Us Now, The Trailer For Spielberg’s New Alien Movie Just Dropped and more! FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation WATCH: Trump defends reaction to Rob Reiner killing despite GOP criticism MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing MAGA Is Having a Hard Time Defending Trump Mocking Rob Reiner — But It Sure Is Trying You Won’t Believe How Trump Just Spun Charlie Kirk’s Death … Twice Donald Trump Once Boasted He Could Have 'Nailed' Princess Diana — But Only If She Passed an HIV Test On 9/11, Trump pointed out he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan. He didn’t. Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ Donald Trump Shared a Hilarious Story About Not Wanting to Help a Dying Man Like Father, Like Son: President Trump Lets Others Mourn Why A Former McDonald's Chef Thinks the Fast Food Chain Could Be Bringing Back 'Super Size' How Morgan Spurlock’s ‘gross-out’ ‘Super Size Me’ pushed McDonald’s to change its menu McDonald's has launched an XXL shareable version of their fries called "Fans Fries" in Malaysia McDonald’s XXL Fries Now Available in This Country The Trailer For Spielberg’s New Alien Movie Just Dropped Steven Spielberg’s UFO Movie Starring Emily Blunt & Josh O’Connor Unveils Trailer & Title LISTEN: Almost Like Being In Love by Red GarlandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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63 MIN