In episode 1908, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by comedian and producer of the monthly Facial Recognition Comedy show, Pallavi Gunalan, to discuss… Texas Democrats Leave The State To Deny Texas Republicans A Quorum For Their Gerrymandering Plan, Smithsonian Takes Down Trump Impeachment Exhibit... Then Says It Will Put It Back Up After Public Pressure, Elon Musk Continues To Be A Weird Freak About Women, Radioactive Wasps, Why Are There So Many Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theories? And more!
Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
Trump wants 5-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map
Smithsonian Takes Down Trump Impeachment Exhibit... Then Says It Will Put It Back Up After Public Pressure
Trump Administration: "RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY"
Top Trump Aide Shares Ominous Post About ‘Indefinite’ Presidential Terms
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
Elon Musk Continues To Be A Weird Freak About Women
Radioactive Wasps
‘Hot Wasps’ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina
Chilling claim Mountain Dew flavors predicted four deadly US disasters


The Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory That Has Us Second-Guessing Everything
Wild Theory Connects New Mountain Dew Flavor to Catastrophic Events
There's a mountain dew conspiracy every time they focus on a new flavor a big event happens.
A new conspiracy is born and already spreading over Facebook
Mountain Dew drink doesn’t prove Maui fires were ‘planned’
Conspiracy Theorists Think the Government Used Lasers to Start Maui Wildfires on Purpose
Mtn DEW conspiracy. What are elites doing? What do you think? Is this Predictive Programming?
It’s Time for a Mountain Dew Smackdown
Don't Believe This Mountain Dew Fertility Myth
Mountain Dew Shrinks Testicles
Tropical Fantasy Renders Blacks Sterile
Rumor Almost Ruins Small Soda Firm : Race relations: A flyer in Harlem said Tropical Fantasy was part of a Ku Klux Klan scheme to ‘make you sterile.’ The firm fought back with the truth--and won back most of its customers.
MTN DEW | Your Soul Needs DEW | Lizard
Mountain Dew reptilian commercial
Pallavi's Piece of Media (Video)

LISTEN: Big Bear by Mae Martin

In episode 1908, Jack and guest co-host <a href="https://andrewti.bsky.social/">Andrew Ti</a> are joined by comedian and producer of the monthly <a href="https://www.instagram.com/facialrecognitioncomedy/?hl=en">Facial Recognition Comedy</a> show,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pallavigunalan.com/">Pallavi Gunalan</a>, to discuss&hellip; Texas Democrats Leave The State To Deny Texas Republicans A Quorum For Their Gerrymandering Plan, Smithsonian Takes Down Trump Impeachment Exhibit... Then Says It Will Put It Back Up After Public Pressure, Elon Musk Continues To Be A Weird Freak About Women, Radioactive Wasps, Why Are There So Many Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theories? And more!
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<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna222743">Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/trump-five-seat-pickup-redraw-texas-congressional-map-00454301">Trump wants 5-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/smithsonian-trump-impeachment-exhibits">Smithsonian Takes Down Trump Impeachment Exhibit... Then Says It Will Put It Back Up After Public Pressure</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/">Trump Administration: "RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/08/01/top-trump-aide-shares-ominous-post-about-indefinite-presidential-terms/">Top Trump Aide Shares Ominous Post About &lsquo;Indefinite&rsquo; Presidential Terms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/08/02/trumps-domestic-use-of-military-set-to-get-worse-leaked-memo-shows/">Trump&rsquo;s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-women-built-to-be-traded_n_688bb945e4b0f5cda486f69e">Elon Musk Continues To Be A Weird Freak About Women</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wgal.com/article/radioactive-wasps-found-south-carolina-nuclear-facility/65552354">Radioactive Wasps</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/science/radioactive-wasps-nuclear-savannah-river.html">&lsquo;Hot Wasps&rsquo; Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/conspiracy-theorists-say-mountain-dew-flavors-predicted-9-11-and-other-deadly-us-disasters/ar-AA1EuEPT?ocid=weather-verthp-feeds&amp;amp;apiversion=v2&amp;amp;noservercache=1&amp;amp;domshim=1&amp;amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;amp;wcseo=1&amp;amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;amp;noservertelemetry=1">Chilling claim Mountain Dew flavors predicted four deadly US disasters</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.thetakeout.com/1921258/mountain-dew-conspiracy-theory-world-event-prediction/">The Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory That Has Us Second-Guessing Everything</a>
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<li><a href="https://thefw.com/new-mountain-dew-flavor-conspiracy-theory/">Wild Theory Connects New Mountain Dew Flavor to Catastrophic Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1jdfold/theres_a_mountain_dew_conspiracy_every_time_they/">There's a mountain dew conspiracy every time they focus on a new flavor a big event happens.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/15pci59/a_new_conspiracy_is_born_and_already_spreading/">A new conspiracy is born and already spreading over Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fullfact.org/online/mountain-dew-Maui-fires/">Mountain Dew drink doesn&rsquo;t prove Maui fires were &lsquo;planned&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/maui-fire-laser-beam-conspiracy-twitter/">Conspiracy Theorists Think the Government Used Lasers to Start Maui Wildfires on Purpose</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/15w4r5c/mtn_dew_conspiracy_what_are_elites_doing_what_do/">Mtn DEW conspiracy. What are elites doing? What do you think? Is this Predictive Programming?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/mountain-dew-original-vs-flavors/">It&rsquo;s Time for a Mountain Dew Smackdown</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mashed.com/717385/dont-believe-this-mountain-dew-fertility-myth/">Don't Believe This Mountain Dew Fertility Myth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dont-overdew-it/">Mountain Dew Shrinks Testicles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tropical-storm/">Tropical Fantasy Renders Blacks Sterile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-14-mn-3155-story.html">Rumor Almost Ruins Small Soda Firm : Race relations: A flyer in Harlem said Tropical Fantasy was part of a Ku Klux Klan scheme to &lsquo;make you sterile.&rsquo; The firm fought back with the truth--and won back most of its customers.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDJNoEspAVA">MTN DEW | Your Soul Needs DEW | Lizard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/184oj0a/mountain_dew_reptilian_commercial/">Mountain Dew reptilian commercial</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Roldier/status/1951316649501413484">Pallavi's Piece of Media (Video)</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4lwWEVLHQlV81RMPdIQLyq">Big Bear by Mae Martin</a>

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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Dew Conspiracies, Radioactive Wasps (The Insect Kind)  08.05.25

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