The Daily Zeitgeist
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 w…Social links:
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Olive Garden Voter Suppression, Real Eyes Realize CGI 07.24.26
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 mo…
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Devil’s Trendbone 7/23: Pete Kegseth, Hunter Biden, Kalshi
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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Dave Portnoy = Grok Odysseus, OpenAI Fake Judgement Day 07.23.26
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! OpenAI says …
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Pendin’ For A Trendin’ 7/22: Tesla Cybertruck, DSA FTW, Pete Kegseth, McDonald's Fries
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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Diarrhea Farms, AI Is For The Birds 07.22.26
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! Trump Admin Denies Colluding With Ta…
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Trending Hard or Hardly Trending? 7/21: Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Highway, Trump vs. Canada, China Snake Flood, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
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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Worst aRt Ever? Taco Bell Is Sorry! 07.21.26
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 T…
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Who Let The Trends Out? 7/20: World Cup Final, ‘The Odyssey’, Data Centers, The Tate Bros
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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Icon #30 - David Lynch: He's Magically De-Lynch-ious
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 m…
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Weekly Zeitgeist 439 (Best of 7/13/26-7/17/26)
The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 447 (Best of 7/13/26-7/17/26)
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