Hello, The Internet!™, and welcome to this spinoff episode of The Daily Zeitgeist we’re calling The Iconograph: a show about icons.

In this episode, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to talk about the only man in history that people actually WANT to invade their homes in the middle of the night:

Santa Claus!

They'll explore his origins and evolution, where he got his iconic fit, and the true existential terror of being Santa Claus!

Hello, The Internet!&trade;, and welcome to this spinoff episode of The Daily Zeitgeist we&rsquo;re calling The Iconograph: a show about icons.
In this episode, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to talk about the only man in history that people actually WANT to invade their homes in the middle of the night:
Santa Claus!
They'll explore his origins and evolution, where he got his iconic fit, and the true existential terror of being Santa Claus!

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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Icon #5 Santa Claus: Ho Ho Home Invasion

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In episode 2121, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, actor, and host of Podcast But Outside, Andrew Michaan, to discuss… Another Great Use For AI - Getting Totally Fucking Lost On A Mountain ‘Hike’, Are Brands Faking Heists To Score Free Publicity? New Worst Gal Gadot Performance Just Dropped, Mr. Beast Is Bribing Fans To Buy His Stupid Book and more!
Hikers’ AI-Planned Mountain Climb Goes Horribly Wrong
Southern California’s great beer heist was almost completely ignored
Pabst Blue Ribbon Sets a Deadline After 40,000 Pounds of Beer Stolen
Pabst Blue Ribbon Issues 18-Day Ultimatum To Thieves After 40,000 Pounds Of Beer Is Stolen
Pabst Blue Ribbon offers $20,000 reward to help find its missing beer
The Great KitKat Heist—Truckload Of Formula 1 KitKats Hijacked
Pabst Blue Ribbon pulls a KitKat: Why brands are turning cargo theft into marketing stunts
From Crisis to Viral: How KitKat Turned a 12-Ton Heist into Marketing Gold
How hair-care brand Jupiter turned product theft into a marketing campaign
Turning Crisis into Creativity: How Böcker Used the Louver Heist to Elevate Its Brand
Plotting a Heist? This German Company Wants to Give You a Lift.
Stunt or no stunt, KitKat’s heist comms alerted my PR Spidey senses
Southern California’s great beer heist was almost completely ignored
Know Your Meme: 'Enough champagne to fill the Nile...'
Snow White viewers share withering verdict on Gal Gadot’s performance
Former DC Star’s New Movie Earns Disastrous Rotten Tomatoes Score That Is Almost Impressive
Read my book, you could win a $1,000,000!
Is MrBeast and James Patterson’s Novel Collaboration Headed for a Disastrous Debut?

LISTEN: Sleep Rules Everything Around Me by WUGAZI

In episode 2121, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, actor, and host of <a href="https://www.podcastbutoutside.com/">Podcast But Outside</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrewmichaan/">Andrew Michaan</a>, to discuss&hellip; Another Great Use For AI - Getting Totally Fucking Lost On A Mountain &lsquo;Hike&rsquo;, Are Brands Faking Heists To Score Free Publicity? New Worst Gal Gadot Performance Just Dropped, Mr. Beast Is Bribing Fans To Buy His Stupid Book and more!
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<li><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hikers-ai-planned-mountain-climb-goes-horribly-wrong/">Hikers&rsquo; AI-Planned Mountain Climb Goes Horribly Wrong</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-08-30/southern-californias-great-beer-heist-was-almost-completely-ignored">Southern California&rsquo;s great beer heist was almost completely ignored</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/pabst-blue-ribbon-40000-pound-beer-theft-deadline-cargo-12385200">Pabst Blue Ribbon Sets a Deadline After 40,000 Pounds of Beer Stolen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2026/08/28/pabst-blue-ribbon-issues-18-day-ultimatum-to-beer-thieves-after-40000-pounds-of-pbr-is-stolen/">Pabst Blue Ribbon Issues 18-Day Ultimatum To Thieves After 40,000 Pounds Of Beer Is Stolen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/pabst-blue-ribbon-offers-20000-reward-find-missing-136150122">Pabst Blue Ribbon offers $20,000 reward to help find its missing beer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2026/03/30/chocolate-grand-theft-auto-italys-missing-f1-kitkat-shipment/">The Great KitKat Heist&mdash;Truckload Of Formula 1 KitKats Hijacked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91599424/pabst-blue-ribbon-cargo-theft-kitkat-style-marketing-stunt">Pabst Blue Ribbon pulls a KitKat: Why brands are turning cargo theft into marketing stunts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bostoninstituteofanalytics.org/blog/from-crisis-to-viral-how-kitkat-turned-a-12-ton-heist-into-marketing-gold/">From Crisis to Viral: How KitKat Turned a 12-Ton Heist into Marketing Gold</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/how-hair-care-brand-jupiter-turned-product-theft-into-a-marketing-campaign/">How hair-care brand Jupiter turned product theft into a marketing campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raffles.edu.my/turning-crisis-into-creativity-how-bocker-used-the-louver-heist-to-elevate-its-brand/">Turning Crisis into Creativity: How B&ouml;cker Used the Louver Heist to Elevate Its Brand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/world/europe/louvre-robbery-german-campaign-bocker.html">Plotting a Heist? This German Company Wants to Give You a Lift.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/kitkat-heist">Stunt or no stunt, KitKat&rsquo;s heist comms alerted my PR Spidey senses</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-08-30/southern-californias-great-beer-heist-was-almost-completely-ignored">Southern California&rsquo;s great beer heist was almost completely ignored</a></li>
<li><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enough-champagne-to-fill-the-nile">Know Your Meme: 'Enough champagne to fill the Nile...'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/snow-white-gal-gadot-singing-acting-reviews-b2720015.html">Snow White viewers share withering verdict on Gal Gadot&rsquo;s performance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://comicbook.com/movies/news/former-dc-stars-new-movie-earns-disastrous-rotten-tomatoes-score-that-is-almost-impressive/">Former DC Star&rsquo;s New Movie Earns Disastrous Rotten Tomatoes Score That Is Almost Impressive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Df5Y-2ndQyU">Read my book, you could win a $1,000,000!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/mrbeast-james-pattersons-novel-low-presale-orders-1236686421/">Is MrBeast and James Patterson&rsquo;s Novel Collaboration Headed for a Disastrous Debut?</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wugazi/01-sleep-rules-everything">Sleep Rules Everything Around Me by WUGAZI</a>

Running From Gadot, Fake Heists = New PR Grift? 09.04.26

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In this edition of Coulda Been A ConTrender, Jack and Miles discuss the whole Kawhi Leonard/Clippers situ, the passing of Gloria Steinem, JD Vance going “Will Smith” on Al-Sayed (in the least convincing way possible) and much more!

In this edition of Coulda Been A ConTrender, Jack and Miles discuss the whole Kawhi Leonard/Clippers situ, the passing of Gloria Steinem, JD Vance going &ldquo;Will Smith&rdquo; on Al-Sayed (in the least convincing way possible) and much more!

Coulda Been A ConTrender 9/3: Kawhi Leonard/Clippers, Gloria Steinem, JD Vance

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In episode 2120, Jack and Miles are joined by actor and screenwriter, Dani Fernandez, to discuss… Joe Rogan of The Left Might Just Be Joe Rogan’s Name Like Jesus of Nazareth, “What If Ebenezer Scrooge Had A Point?” Is The Premise Of That Johnny Depp Movie, No... Pheromone-Maxxing Isn’t A Thing, A Fake NFL Player/Scammer Has Taken Over The Sports World and more!
Joe Rogan: "What if there’s no more poverty?"
‘Imagine how much less crime there would be’: Joe Rogan does not hold back on ‘rich people controlling the country’
How Ebenezer star Johnny Depp makes Scrooge ‘an unlikable guy’ with ‘humor and charm’
Pheromone-maxxing Is The Latest Internet Dating Hack For Men
Gen Z men are skipping showers before dates: Here's why
Some Gen Z men are 'pheromone-maxxing.' What does that mean?
Men are skipping showers before dates for a reason that may surprise women
Introducing Pheromone Maxxing, TikTok’s Latest Disgusting Dating Trend
What Is Pheromone-Maxxing? Sex Experts Explain the Science of Body Scent and Attraction
How an alleged fake 49ers wideout wooed women and took $1.3 million: ‘That’s Google, not me’
Who would fall in love with a fake NFL player? Plenty of sensible people
Daejon Love Will Go Down As A Scammer For The Ages
Fake 49ers player Daejon Love posted practice drills at the beach and always made sure to carry a 49ers helmet with him everywhere.
Part 2 on Daejon Love
Woman who went on date with alleged 49ers fraudster says she saw through his claims: "Too good to be true"
Daejon Love Accused of Posing as 49ers Player in $1.3M Dating App Scam
FBI arrests fake 49er accused of scamming women out of $1.3 million via dating apps
Current, former 49ers weigh in with hilarious reactions to Daejon Love scandal
Believe it or not I’m in the NFL
49ers, Chargers top sports world poking fun at man who posed as 49ers player
49ers rookie trolled for jersey number amid Daejon Love scandal
49ers rookie De’Zhaun Stribling explains number change, reveals goal for Australia trip
NY Mets: 'running like daejon love'
Fake Daejon Love rookie cards on eBay
Fake Daejon Love jersey on eBay

LISTEN: Leg Day by Surprise Chef

In episode 2120, Jack and Miles are joined by actor and screenwriter, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/msdanifernandez/">Dani Fernandez</a>, to discuss&hellip; Joe Rogan of The Left Might Just Be Joe Rogan&rsquo;s Name Like Jesus of Nazareth, &ldquo;What If Ebenezer Scrooge Had A Point?&rdquo; Is The Premise Of That Johnny Depp Movie, No... Pheromone-Maxxing Isn&rsquo;t A Thing, A Fake NFL Player/Scammer Has Taken Over The Sports World and more!
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<li><a href="https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/2094859195585601922?s=20">Joe Rogan: "What if there&rsquo;s no more poverty?"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/imagine-much-less-crime-joe-143214486.html">&lsquo;Imagine how much less crime there would be&rsquo;: Joe Rogan does not hold back on &lsquo;rich people controlling the country&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ew.com/ebenezer-ian-mckellen-tramell-tillman-first-look-johnny-depp-scrooge-charm-12071037">How&nbsp;Ebenezer&nbsp;star Johnny Depp makes Scrooge &lsquo;an unlikable guy&rsquo; with &lsquo;humor and charm&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.esquireindia.co.in/lifestyle/sex-and-relationships/pheromone-maxxing-why-men-are-skipping-showers-for-a-viral-dating-hack">Pheromone-maxxing Is The Latest Internet Dating Hack For Men</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/lifestyle/pheromone-maxxing-why-gen-z-men-are-skipping-showers-before-dates-14042018.html">Gen Z men are skipping showers before dates: Here's why</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/08/31/gen-z-men-pheromone-maxxing-skipping-showers-women/91464620007/">Some Gen Z men are 'pheromone-maxxing.' What does that mean?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/men-skipping-showers-before-dates-reason-may-surprise-women">Men are skipping showers before dates for a reason that may surprise women</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/introducing-pheromone-maxxing-tiktoks-latest-disgusting-dating-trend/">Introducing Pheromone Maxxing, TikTok&rsquo;s Latest Disgusting Dating Trend</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/sex-relationships/what-is-pheromone-maxxing">What Is Pheromone-Maxxing? Sex Experts Explain the Science of Body Scent and Attraction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2026-08-27/fake-49ers-player-charged-defrauding-women-1-million-dollars">How an alleged fake 49ers wideout wooed women and took $1.3 million: &lsquo;That&rsquo;s Google, not me&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/31/nfl-alleged-scam-daejon-love">Who would fall in love with a fake NFL player? Plenty of sensible people</a></li>
<li><a href="https://defector.com/daejon-love-will-go-down-as-a-scammer-for-the-ages">Daejon Love Will Go Down As A Scammer For The Ages</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/FearedBuck/status/2093383051493404985">Fake 49ers player Daejon Love posted practice drills at the beach and always made sure to carry a 49ers helmet with him everywhere.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/tallyman2023/status/2093467537954713930">Part 2 on Daejon Love</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-date-alleged-49ers-fraudster-daejon-love/">Woman who went on date with alleged 49ers fraudster says she saw through his claims: "Too good to be true"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/daejon-love-49ers-dating-app-scam">Daejon Love Accused of Posing as 49ers Player in $1.3M Dating App Scam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7546868/2026/08/28/49ers-fake-player-arrested-scamming-women/">FBI arrests fake 49er accused of scamming women out of $1.3 million via dating apps</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/daejon-love-scandal-player-coach-reaction/1960110/">Current, former 49ers weigh in with hilarious reactions to Daejon Love scandal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/daiyan_henley11/status/2093802129354039446">Believe it or not I&rsquo;m in the NFL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49779308/san-francisco-49ers-sports-teams-poke-fun-daejon-love-federal-charges">49ers, Chargers top sports world poking fun at man who posed as 49ers player</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/sports/49ers-rookie-trolled-for-jersey-number-amid-daejon-love-scandal/">49ers rookie trolled for jersey number amid Daejon Love scandal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/202904-rookie-dezhaun-stribling-explains-australia/">49ers rookie De&rsquo;Zhaun Stribling explains number change, reveals goal for Australia trip</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Mets/status/2094163400913809699">NY Mets: 'running like daejon love'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=daejon+love+rookie+card&amp;amp;_sacat=0&amp;amp;_from=R40&amp;amp;_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1313">Fake Daejon Love rookie cards on eBay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=daejon+love+jersey&amp;amp;_sacat=0&amp;amp;_from=R40&amp;amp;_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&amp;amp;_odkw=daejon+love&amp;amp;_osacat=0">Fake Daejon Love jersey on eBay</a></li>
</ol>
LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7LUrEz5Va5UZ0ZTu1fRWnM">Leg Day by Surprise Chef</a>

  NFL’s GOAT? Joe Rogan Of Nazareth 09.03.26

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Icon #5 Santa Claus: Ho Ho Home Invasion

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