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!

In this edition of Devil&rsquo;s Trendbone, Jack, Miles and Anna discuss Pete Kegseth&rsquo;s workout vids, Hunter Biden won&rsquo;t give up any names in Washington&rsquo;s &lsquo;Gay Mafia&rsquo;, Kalshi&rsquo;s election coverage and much more!

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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Devil’s Trendbone 7/23: Pete Kegseth, Hunter Biden, Kalshi

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In episode 2128, Jack and Miles are joined by journalist, host of Natural Causes, co-host of It Could Happen Here, and author of Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava, Dr. James Stout, to discuss… Antichrist Continues To Give Lectures Warning People About Himself…, Speaking of Weird Culty Sh*t,  Resident Evil Is Officially The Best-Reviewed Video Game Movie Ever, Could Paramount Turn Texas Into The New Hollywood? And more!
Why Is a Man Unsure About Humanity’s Worth Helping Design Its Digital Future?
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel bringing Antichrist lectures to Nashville
Rotten Tomatoes: Resident Evil
‘Resident Evil’ Sets A Huge Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Record
Video Game Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer
‘Resident Evil’ Breaks Rotten Tomatoes Record With First Critic Reviews
Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States & Stymied $111B WBD Merger
Texas Courts David Ellison as the Paramount Relocation Race Heats Up
Is Dan Patrick trying to make Texas a 'conservative Hollywood'?
True To Texas - Let's Bring Productions Home
Why are A-list Hollywood stars trying to lure film productions to Texas?
Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives
Texas is poised to become a film haven — but not without a fight
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Machete’s’ Danny Trejo Knocks Texas Film Commission Funding Decision
Rick Perry despises Machete? Anti-immigration nuts prompted pulling of movie tax credits, lawsuit alleges
Texas Wants to Become Hollywood (Without All That Liberal Hollywood Crap)

LISTEN: The Wolf by half•alive

In episode 2128, Jack and Miles are joined by journalist, host of <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-natural-causes-340763248/">Natural Causes</a>, co-host of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/">It Could Happen Here</a>, and&nbsp;author of <a href="https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html">Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava</a>, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout">Dr. James Stout</a>, to discuss&hellip; Antichrist Continues To Give Lectures Warning People About Himself&hellip;, Speaking of Weird Culty Sh*t, &nbsp;Resident Evil Is Officially The Best-Reviewed Video Game Movie Ever, Could Paramount Turn Texas Into The New Hollywood? And more!
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LXpc1YiXDoQ">Why Is a Man Unsure About Humanity&rsquo;s Worth Helping Design Its Digital Future?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.ph/QMdIX#selection-307.0-307.70">Tech billionaire Peter Thiel bringing Antichrist lectures to Nashville</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_2026">Rotten Tomatoes: Resident Evil</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/09/16/resident-evil-sets-a-huge-rotten-tomatoes-review-score-record/">&lsquo;Resident Evil&rsquo; Sets A Huge Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Record</a></li>
<li><a href="https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/video-game-movies/">Video Game Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3967905/resident-evil-rotten-tomatoes-score-reviews-video-game-record/">&lsquo;Resident Evil&rsquo; Breaks Rotten Tomatoes Record With First Critic Reviews</a></li>
<li><a href="https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/">Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States &amp; Stymied $111B WBD Merger</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/texas-david-ellison-paramount-relocation-1236703864/">Texas Courts David Ellison as the Paramount Relocation Race Heats Up</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/texas-film-incentive-dan-patrick-20221390.php">Is Dan Patrick trying to make Texas a 'conservative Hollywood'?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgrUK9EGjI">True To Texas - Let's Bring Productions Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-07-13/the-lone-star-state-takes-on-hollywood-bigger-better-and-with-texas-style-values">Why are A-list Hollywood stars trying to lure film productions to Texas?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/31/texas-film-television-incentive-fund/">Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kswo.com/2025/02/15/texas-is-poised-become-film-haven-not-without-fight/">Texas is poised to become a film haven &mdash; but not without a fight</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/machete-s-danny-trejo-knocks-59099/">EXCLUSIVE: &lsquo;Machete&rsquo;s&rsquo; Danny Trejo Knocks Texas Film Commission Funding Decision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://austin.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/atx-07-17-13-rick-perry-despies-imachetei-anti-immigration-nuts-prompted-pulling-of-movie-tax-credits-lawsuit-alleges">Rick Perry despises Machete? Anti-immigration nuts prompted pulling of movie tax credits, lawsuit alleges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/dan-patrick-texas-film-incentives-crusade/">Texas Wants to Become Hollywood (Without All That Liberal Hollywood Crap)</a></li>
</ol>
LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6IMMPyK6XV6J93URGopN3e">The Wolf by half&bull;alive</a>

Wait! I’M The Antichrist? Hollywood > Texas 09.18.26

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In this edition of The Trendford Prison Experiment, Jack and Miles discuss Mitch McConnell AKA the mummified remains of Yertle the Turtle returning to work, Ed Sheeran’s poorly timed ‘Open for Legends’ contest, the US screwing up gas prices for everyone and much more!

In this edition of The Trendford Prison Experiment, Jack and Miles discuss Mitch McConnell AKA the mummified remains of Yertle the Turtle returning to work, Ed Sheeran&rsquo;s poorly timed &lsquo;Open for Legends&rsquo; contest, the US screwing up gas prices for everyone and much more!

The Trendford Prison Experiment 9/17: Mitch McConnell, Ed Sheeran, Gas Prices

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In episode 2127, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, actor, writer, and host of Worse Than You, Mo Fry Pasic, to discuss… Even Ed Sheeran’s Band Has Quit The Ed Sheeran Tour, FBI - Federal Bestiality Investigations? Netflix Is Rebooting The Stanford Prison Experiment??! And more!
Ed Sheeran’s Openers, Backing Band Depart Tour in Show of Support for Macklemore
Support acts and backing band pull out of Ed Sheeran’s tour following Macklemore’s removal
Is Ed Sheeran still playing Philadelphia? Openers drop from tour
What Is Ticketmaster’s Refund Policy? Ed Sheeran Support Acts Quit
Watch: Kennedy grills Patel in tense exchange on bestiality and FBI hiring rules
At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired
Netflix Sets ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Unscripted Series for October Release
Netflix faces criticism over ethics of new Stanford Prison Experiment reality series
Netflix’s Stanford Prison Experiment series sparks MrBeast comparisons and condemnation
The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?
The Stanford Prison Experiment was massively influential. We just learned it was a fraud.
The Right-Wing Story About Human Nature Is False
The Cruel Social Experiment of Reality TV
BBC's 'reality' show may be cruel and unusual television / Program based on Stanford Prison Experiment
How BBC recreated a highly controversial 1974 psychology prison experiment to test human obedience
BBC halts 'prison experiment'
"Kid Nation" Debuts Amid Criticism
Lost Lessons from America’s Wildest Reality TV Show
Most iconic moments from kid nation
‘It’s like the Stanford Prison Experiment’: The British studio turning Squid Game into reality
What a widely attacked experiment got right on the harmful effects of prisons
The Right-Wing Story About Human Nature Is False

LISTEN: Laymelli by Agnes Obel

In episode 2127, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, actor, writer, and host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worse-than-you-with-mo-fry-pasic/id1755829660">Worse Than You</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/meauxpas/?hl=en">Mo Fry Pasic</a>, to discuss&hellip; Even Ed Sheeran&rsquo;s Band Has Quit The Ed Sheeran Tour, FBI - Federal Bestiality Investigations? Netflix Is Rebooting The Stanford Prison Experiment??! And more!
<ol>
<li><a href="https://consequence.net/2026/09/ed-sheeran-tour-openers-drop-out/#google_vignette">Ed Sheeran&rsquo;s Openers, Backing Band Depart Tour in Show of Support for Macklemore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/ed-sheeran/support-acts-and-backing-band-pull-out-of-ed-sheerans-tour-following-macklemores-removal">Support acts and backing band pull out of Ed Sheeran&rsquo;s tour following Macklemore&rsquo;s removal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/pennsylvania/philadelphia/2026/09/16/openers-band-drop-from-ed-sheeran-tour-days-before-philly-stop/91788295007/">Is Ed Sheeran still playing Philadelphia? Openers drop from tour</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/music/ed-sheeran-ticketmaster-refund-policy-support-acts-quit-12448804">What Is Ticketmaster&rsquo;s Refund Policy? Ed Sheeran Support Acts Quit</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYwXECdBNv4">Watch: Kennedy grills Patel in tense exchange on bestiality and FBI hiring rules</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/">At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired</a></li>
<li><a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-stanford-prison-experiment-series-release-date-1236863011/">Netflix Sets &lsquo;New Stanford Prison Experiment&rsquo; Unscripted Series for October Release</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/netflix-faces-criticism-over-ethics-105331652.html">Netflix faces criticism over ethics of new Stanford Prison Experiment reality series</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.indy100.com/tv/netflix-stanford-prison-experiment-mrbeast">Netflix&rsquo;s Stanford Prison Experiment series sparks MrBeast comparisons and condemnation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/98029-the-infamous-stanford-prison-experiment-was-flawed-%E2%80%93-so-why-is-it-still-so-influential-today%3F">The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed &ndash; so why is it still so influential today?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication">The Stanford Prison Experiment was massively influential. We just learned it was a fraud.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/11/the-right-wing-story-about-human-nature-is-false">The Right-Wing Story About Human Nature Is False</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/05/contestant-hulu-review-allen-funt-candid-camera-reality-tv-history/678393/">The Cruel Social Experiment of Reality TV</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BBC-s-reality-show-may-be-cruel-and-unusual-2879491.php">BBC's 'reality' show may be cruel and unusual television / Program based on Stanford Prison Experiment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/how-bbc-recreated-a-highly-controversial-1974-psychology-prison-experiment-to-test-human-obedience/articleshow/130174025.cms">How BBC recreated a highly controversial 1974 psychology prison experiment to test human obedience</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/24/bbc.socialsciences">BBC halts 'prison experiment'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kid-nation-debuts-amid-criticism/">"Kid Nation" Debuts Amid Criticism</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lost-lessons-of-americas-wildest-reality-tv-show">Lost Lessons from America&rsquo;s Wildest Reality TV Show</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHa2Hd3FHc">Most iconic moments from kid nation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/studio-lambert-squid-game-netflix-bbc-license-fee/">&lsquo;It&rsquo;s like the Stanford Prison Experiment&rsquo;: The British studio turning Squid Game into reality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.utoronto.ca/news/what-widely-attacked-experiment-got-right-harmful-effects-prisons">What a widely attacked experiment got right on the harmful effects of prisons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/11/the-right-wing-story-about-human-nature-is-false">The Right-Wing Story About Human Nature Is False</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs49eRHFD9c"></a></li>
</ol>
LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0VzMHjWcs2P24LHLekZ8Qa">Laymelli by Agnes Obel</a>

The NEW Stanford Prison Experiment, Ed Sheeran Going Solo 09.17.26

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Devil’s Trendbone 7/23: Pete Kegseth, Hunter Biden, Kalshi

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