In episode 1979, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian and host of Pod Yourself A Gun and Bad Hasbara, Matt Lieb, to discuss… Time Magazine’s 2025 Person Of The Year Is… The “Architects Of AI”, Tim Pool Is Circling The Drain, Eyes Wide Shut Is The Weirdest Christmas Movie To Watch In 2025 and more!
Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal
Time Magazine’s 2025 Person Of The Year Is… The “Architects Of AI”
Time picked a rough day to announce its ‘Person of the Year’
Behind the Photo: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper
The Story Behind ‘Lunch Atop A Skyscraper,’ The Photo That Inspired Great Depression-Era America
MAGA Star Refuses to Give Cops Footage of Alleged Shooting
Eyes Wide Shut is the ultimate Christmas film
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ DP Larry Smith on the New Criterion Transfer, Filming the Orgy, and Nicole Kidman’s Commitment to More Takes
How Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Predicted the Jeffrey Epstein Saga
Roger Avary: Warner Bros Changed Kubrick's Original Ending of ‘Eyes Wide Shut'
Gen Z are obsessed with Eyes Wide Shut – and it’s got a lot to do with Jeffrey Epstein
Establishing the connection between Eyes Wide Shut and Epstein/Weinstein (REDDIT)
Larry Celona
Jeffrey Epstein timeline: How the Palm Beach County case led to 15 more years of sex abuse
Steve Martin Discusses Being Pitched ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ By Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick Dreamed of Casting Bill Murray, Woody Allen for ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Before Tom Cruise
Cinema: All Eyes On Them
Scholars Discover Alternate Ending to Schnitzler's Dream Story


Research Was Key When It Came To Creating Eyes Wide Shut's Most Famous Scene
Matt Lieb's Piece of Media

LISTEN: Follow the Light by Dirty Loops, Cory Wong

In episode 1979, Jack and guest co-host <a href="https://www.blakewexler.com/">Blake Wexler</a>&nbsp;are joined by comedian and host of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/pod-yourself-a-gun-a-sopranos-podcast">Pod Yourself A Gun</a> and <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/bad-hasbara">Bad Hasbara</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mattliebjokes/">Matt Lieb</a>, to discuss&hellip; Time Magazine&rsquo;s 2025 Person Of The Year Is&hellip; The &ldquo;Architects Of AI&rdquo;, Tim Pool Is Circling The Drain, Eyes Wide Shut Is The Weirdest Christmas Movie To Watch In 2025 and more!
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<li><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-time-magazine-skewered-over-person-of-the-year-reveal//">Time Magazine Skewered Over &lsquo;Person of the Year&rsquo; Reveal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/time-person-of-the-year-ai-b2882608.html">Time Magazine&rsquo;s 2025 Person Of The Year Is&hellip; The &ldquo;Architects Of AI&rdquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/media/time-person-of-the-year-ai">Time picked a rough day to announce its &lsquo;Person of the Year&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.history.com/articles/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-photo-1932">Behind the Photo: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper">The Story Behind &lsquo;Lunch Atop A Skyscraper,&rsquo; The Photo That Inspired Great Depression-Era America</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-reject-maga-star-tim-pools-story-of-being-targeted-in-shooting/">MAGA Star Refuses to Give Cops Footage of Alleged Shooting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theconversation.com/eyes-wide-shut-is-the-ultimate-christmas-film-271158">Eyes Wide Shut is the ultimate Christmas film</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/eyes-wide-shut-cinematographer-larry-smith-criterion-1235162004/">&lsquo;Eyes Wide Shut&rsquo; DP Larry Smith on the New Criterion Transfer, Filming the Orgy, and Nicole Kidman&rsquo;s Commitment to More Takes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/stanley-kubrick-eyes-wide-shut-jeffrey-epstein-criterion-1236443672/">How Stanley Kubrick&rsquo;s &lsquo;Eyes Wide Shut&rsquo; Predicted the Jeffrey Epstein Saga</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/12/11/roger-avery-warner-bros-changed-kubricks-original-ending-of-eyes-wide-shut">Roger Avary: Warner Bros Changed Kubrick's Original Ending of &lsquo;Eyes Wide Shut'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/gen-z-conspiracy-epstein-eyes-wide-shut-b2855278.html">Gen Z are obsessed with Eyes Wide Shut &ndash; and it&rsquo;s got a lot to do with Jeffrey Epstein</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StanleyKubrick/comments/z29n01/establishing_the_connection_between_eyes_wide/">Establishing the connection between Eyes Wide Shut and Epstein/Weinstein (REDDIT)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nypost.com/author/larry-celona/">Larry Celona</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2024/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-case-timeline-why-early-case-failed-in-palm-beach/70351312007/">Jeffrey Epstein timeline: How the Palm Beach County case led to 15 more years of sex abuse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theplaylist.net/steve-martin-discusses-pitched-eyes-wide-shut-stanley-kubrick-20180706/">Steve Martin Discusses Being Pitched &lsquo;Eyes Wide Shut&rsquo; By Stanley Kubrick</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/kubrick-considered-bill-murray-woody-allen-eyes-wide-shut-tom-cruise-1234579228/">Kubrick Dreamed of Casting Bill Murray, Woody Allen for &lsquo;Eyes Wide Shut&rsquo; Before Tom Cruise</a></li>
<li><a href="https://time.com/archive/6735812/cinema-all-eyes-on-them/">Cinema: All Eyes On Them</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/scholars-discover-alternate-ending-schnitzlers-dream-story">Scholars Discover Alternate Ending to Schnitzler's Dream Story</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.slashfilm.com/1161533/research-was-key-when-it-came-to-creating-eyes-wide-shuts-most-famous-scene/">Research Was Key When It Came To Creating Eyes Wide Shut's Most Famous Scene</a>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/jazzdispensary/status/1996685360768901403?s=20">Matt Lieb's Piece of Media</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1YPV3B1Ou3rarSL9jukfQL">Follow the Light by Dirty Loops, Cory Wong</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.

The Daily Zeitgeist

‘Eyes’ Yourself A Very ‘Wide Shut’ Christmas 12.12.25

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