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

In our inaugural episode, Miles and Jack are joined by writer/comedian/podcaster Michael Swaim to talk about the Stein...

Burt Einstein. 

We’re starting with a big one... Genius, visionary, silly billy, rogue, sex maniac?

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 our inaugural episode, Miles and Jack are joined by writer/comedian/podcaster Michael Swaim to talk about the Stein...
Burt Einstein.&nbsp;
We&rsquo;re starting with a big one... Genius, visionary, silly billy, rogue, sex maniac?

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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Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts. 

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Icon #1: Albert Einstein  w/ Michael Swaim

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In episode 1982, Jack and Miles are joined by host of Go Home Bible, You're Drunk and White Homework, Tori Williams Douglass, to discuss… Vivek Ramaswamy - The Boy Who Thought The Racists Would Accept Him…, Trump Plays WMD Card In War On “Drugs", Okay...The Grinch Is Officially Ruined and More!
Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.
What Is an American?
Trump declares fentanyl a 'weapon of mass destruction' with executive order
The US is already at war with Venezuela
Jon Stewart Likens U.S. Aggression Toward Venezuela To Iraq In The 2000s: “Saddest Part … Is That Dick Cheney Won’t Be Around To See It”
U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease Almost 27% in 2024
What’s behind the significant drop in opioid overdose deaths
CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths
Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight
Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Federal Narcan Distribution Program
Trump administration praised ‘life-saving’ naloxone, then proposed cuts
Trump Signs Law to Unlock Billions for Drug Addiction Recovery
Charted: Shifts in America's leading causes of death
Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline
NIH Funding Cuts Disrupt Clinical Trials, Affecting 74,000 Participants
White House uses 'Grinch' poster and quote to criticize Democrats on healthcare policies
Trump’s Education Goon Releases Ultra-Cringe ‘Christmas’ Video
How Dr. Seuss Gave Us One of the Most Complex, Socially Important Heist Stories Ever
Walmart Serves Walton Goggins as The Grinch To Warm Up Black Friday
Welcome to the Grinchʼs Walmart
The Grinch is more popular than ever. There's a new McDonald's meal and tons of Christmas merch. Here's why it happened.
Why the 'dank, eerie, weird' Grinch movie became a millennial Christmas classic
How How the Grinch Stole Christmas Stole Christmas

LISTEN: Wandering by Oscar Peterson

In episode 1982, Jack and Miles are joined by host of <a href="https://www.irreverent.fm/show/go-home-bible-youre-drunk/">Go Home Bible, You're Drunk</a> and <a href="https://www.irreverent.fm/show/white-homework/">White Homework</a>, <a href="https://www.toriglass.com/">Tori Williams Douglass</a>, to discuss&hellip; Vivek Ramaswamy - The Boy Who Thought The Racists Would Accept Him&hellip;, Trump Plays WMD Card In War On &ldquo;Drugs", Okay...The Grinch Is Officially Ruined and More!
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<li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lagunabeachdems.bsky.social/post/3m2v6kqdu3k2t">Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/opinion/republican-identity-divide.html?partner=slack&amp;amp;smid=sl-share">What Is an American?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-fentanyl-mass-destruction-executive-order-9.7017131">Trump declares fentanyl a 'weapon of mass destruction' with executive order</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/12/the-us-is-already-at-war-with-venezuela">The US is already at war with Venezuela</a></li>
<li><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/12/jon-stewart-venezuela-boat-strikes-iraq-war-the-daily-show-1236643055/">Jon Stewart Likens U.S. Aggression Toward Venezuela To Iraq In The 2000s: &ldquo;Saddest Part &hellip; Is That Dick Cheney Won&rsquo;t Be Around To See It&rdquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250514.html">U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease Almost 27% in 2024</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-the-significant-drop-in-opioid-overdose-deaths">What&rsquo;s behind the significant drop in opioid overdose deaths</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2025/2025-cdc-reports-decline-in-us-drug-overdose-deaths.html">CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5468535/fentanyl-trump-addiction-funding">Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight</a></li>
<li><a href="https://americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/trump-administration-possibly-defunding-narcan-programs">Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Federal Narcan Distribution Program</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/02/trump-naloxone-overdose-funding-cuts/">Trump administration praised &lsquo;life-saving&rsquo; naloxone, then proposed cuts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/trump-signs-law-to-unlock-billions-for-drug-addiction-recovery?embedded-checkout=true">Trump Signs Law to Unlock Billions for Drug Addiction Recovery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/09/15/top-causes-of-death">Charted: Shifts in America's leading causes of death</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trump-shuts-down-lgbtq-youth-suicide-hotline-rcna219090">Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cancerhealth.com/article/nih-funding-cuts-disrupt-clinical-trials-affecting-74000-participants">NIH Funding Cuts Disrupt Clinical Trials, Affecting 74,000 Participants</a></li>
<li><a href="https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/white-house-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-movie-jim-carrey-hate-loathe-entirely-quote-administration-illegal-immigration-healthcare-policies-democrats">White House uses 'Grinch' poster and quote to criticize Democrats on healthcare policies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-education-goon-linda-mcmahon-releases-ultra-cringe-christmas-grinch-video/">Trump&rsquo;s Education Goon Releases Ultra-Cringe &lsquo;Christmas&rsquo; Video</a></li>
<li><a href="https://crimereads.com/grinch-heist-crime/">How Dr. Seuss Gave Us One of the Most Complex, Socially Important Heist Stories Ever</a></li>
<li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/walmart-walton-goggins-grinch-black-friday-commercial-1236583190/">Walmart Serves Walton Goggins as The Grinch To Warm Up Black Friday</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRQboPpefsY">Welcome to the Grinchʼs Walmart</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grinch-meal-mcdonalds-christmas-movie-show-memes-toys-2025-12">The Grinch is more popular than ever. There's a new McDonald's meal and tons of Christmas merch. Here's why it happened.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/grinch-jim-carrey-millennial-classic-154432280.html?guccounter=1">Why the 'dank, eerie, weird' Grinch movie became a millennial Christmas classic</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-oral-history.html">How&nbsp;How the Grinch Stole Christmas&nbsp;Stole Christmas</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1GLio05HOZ4XbQuWd5m6e0">Wandering by Oscar Peterson</a>

They Ate…MY Face? Grinch Cringe 12.18.25

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In this edition of Something Like A Trendnomenon, Jack and Miles discuss Dan Bongino's last day at the FBI, the Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk town hall being a complete flop, the 'Home Alone' house getting de-renovated, the trailer for the new Melania movie, Trump bing-binging it up and much more!

In this edition of Something Like A Trendnomenon, Jack and Miles discuss Dan Bongino's last day at the FBI, the Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk town hall being a complete flop, the 'Home Alone' house getting de-renovated, the trailer for the new Melania movie, Trump bing-binging it up and much more!

Something Like A Trendnomenon12/17: Dan Bongino, Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk, 'Home Alone', Melania Trump, Trump

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In episode 1981, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Pod Yourself A Gun & Mad Yourself A Man, Vince Mancini, to discuss… FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation, A Brief History Of Donald Trump Not Giving A Fuck About People Dying, Erika Kirk to Bari Weiss - Everyone Is Tripping Amirite? Okay, McDonald’s Is Just Trying To Kill Us Now, The Trailer For Spielberg’s New Alien Movie Just Dropped and more!
FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation
WATCH: Trump defends reaction to Rob Reiner killing despite GOP criticism
MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing
MAGA Is Having a Hard Time Defending Trump Mocking Rob Reiner — But It Sure Is Trying
You Won’t Believe How Trump Just Spun Charlie Kirk’s Death … Twice
Donald Trump Once Boasted He Could Have 'Nailed' Princess Diana — But Only If She Passed an HIV Test
On 9/11, Trump pointed out he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan. He didn’t.
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
Donald Trump Shared a Hilarious Story About Not Wanting to Help a Dying Man
Like Father, Like Son: President Trump Lets Others Mourn
Why A Former McDonald's Chef Thinks the Fast Food Chain Could Be Bringing Back 'Super Size'
How Morgan Spurlock’s ‘gross-out’ ‘Super Size Me’ pushed McDonald’s to change its menu
McDonald's has launched an XXL shareable version of their fries called "Fans Fries" in Malaysia
McDonald’s XXL Fries Now Available in This Country
The Trailer For Spielberg’s New Alien Movie Just Dropped
Steven Spielberg’s UFO Movie Starring Emily Blunt & Josh O’Connor Unveils Trailer & Title

LISTEN: Almost Like Being In Love by Red Garland

In episode 1981, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-yourself-a-gun-a-rewatch-podcast/id1449785792">Pod Yourself A Gun &amp; Mad Yourself A Man</a>, <a href="https://vincemancini.substack.com/">Vince Mancini</a>, to discuss&hellip; FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation, A Brief History Of Donald Trump Not Giving A Fuck About People Dying, Erika Kirk to Bari Weiss - Everyone Is Tripping Amirite? Okay, McDonald&rsquo;s Is Just Trying To Kill Us Now, The Trailer For Spielberg&rsquo;s New Alien Movie Just Dropped and more!
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<li><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15385113/Keystone-Kash-Patel-plunged-scandal-FBI-frees-soldier-24-named-shamed-Brown-shooting.html">FBI F**king Up The Brown Shooter Investigation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-defends-reaction-to-rob-reiner-killing-despite-gop-criticism">WATCH: Trump defends reaction to Rob Reiner killing despite GOP criticism</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-trump-charlie-kirk-maga">MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maga-tries-defend-trump-mocking-rob-reiner-1235484822/">MAGA Is Having a Hard Time Defending Trump Mocking Rob Reiner &mdash; But It Sure Is Trying</a></li>
<li><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/200403/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-death-ballroom">You Won&rsquo;t Believe How Trump Just Spun Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Death &hellip; Twice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-sex-princess-diana-hiv-test-howard-stern-interview/">Donald Trump Once Boasted He Could Have 'Nailed' Princess Diana &mdash; But Only If She Passed an HIV Test</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/11/trump-pointed-out-that-he-now-had-tallest-building-lower-manhattan-he-didnt/">On 9/11, Trump pointed out he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan. He didn&rsquo;t.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/">Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are &lsquo;Losers&rsquo; and &lsquo;Suckers&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-howard-stern-story">Donald Trump Shared a Hilarious Story About Not Wanting to Help a Dying Man</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/politics/donald-fred-trump.html">Like Father, Like Son: President Trump Lets Others Mourn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/news/former-mcdonalds-chef-super-size-coming-back">Why A Former McDonald's Chef Thinks the Fast Food Chain Could Be Bringing Back 'Super Size'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/24/entertainment/how-super-size-me-pushed-mcdonalds-to-change-its-menu/">How Morgan Spurlock&rsquo;s &lsquo;gross-out&rsquo; &lsquo;Super Size Me&rsquo; pushed McDonald&rsquo;s to change its menu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1945594978282942755">McDonald's has launched an XXL shareable version of their fries called "Fans Fries" in Malaysia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/mcdonald-xxl-fries-now-available-091053631.html">McDonald&rsquo;s XXL Fries Now Available in This Country</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFe6NRgoXCM">The Trailer For Spielberg&rsquo;s New Alien Movie Just Dropped</a></li>
<li><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/12/steven-spielberg-disclosure-day-trailer-ufo-movie-1236650057/">Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s UFO Movie Starring Emily Blunt &amp; Josh O&rsquo;Connor Unveils Trailer &amp; Title</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3teKm8ZyAsDJl8hUQr0ggV">Almost Like Being In Love by Red Garland</a>

 Another HiProPatFu (High Profile Patel F#@%up), Death Is So Gross 12.17.25

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