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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

In episode 1961, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating, Alex Schmidt, to discuss… FAA To Start Canceling Flights On Friday, Nancy Pelosi Is Finally Retiring… In Two Years, Meta Is Really Taking Ad Industry Jobs Over With AI and It Looks Like Sh*t, Tom Brady Turns Dead Dog Into Sponsored Content and more!
 
 U.S. government shutdown to force flight reductions at 40 'high-traffic' airports Nation’s busiest airports face FAA’s cut in flights, initial list shows Which Times of Year are the Busiest for Air Travel in the US? Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress Pelosi is out. Expect heavy campaigning in CA — and cues for senior Dems in DC to follow suit. Meta Is Really Taking Ad Industry Jobs Over With AI and It Looks Like Sh*t Tom Brady Turns Dead Dog Into Sponsored Content We Can Clone Pet Dogs – But is that a Good Idea? The Real Reasons You Shouldn’t Clone Your Dog Tom Brady Says He Cloned His Dog. Cue the Critics. NFL great Tom Brady says his dog is a clone of family’s deceased pit bull mix Tom Brady Cloned His Dead Dog As A Brand Activation Tom Brady Cloned His Dog With a Company That Wants to Do a Jurassic Park Colossal Is The Real Life Blockbuster of ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ With Celebs Like Tom Brady Behind It ‘It won’t end like Jurassic Park!’ The man who wants to bring the mammoth and dodo back to life Colossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible Report: Colossal Biosciences A Genetic Dating App Is a Horrifying Thing That Shouldn’t Exist 
LISTEN: Radiohead Dub by Lockerz

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Tom Brady: Clone GOAT? Who Needs Air Traffic Controllers? 11.07.25

In this edition of GremTrends 3, Jack and Miles discuss the return of Gremlins, some new details about the Louvre heist, more news on the election results and much more!

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GremTrends 3 11/6: 'Gremlins 3', The Louvre Heist, Midterm Elections

In episode 1960, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, John Hastings, to discuss… Fash Tears Raining Down On Us, The Legal Sandwich RECKONING IS NIGH, Did Kim Kardashian Just Make The Worst TV Show Of All Time? And more!
 
 MAGA Coping Mechanism: Was It The "Weaponized" Food? Trump allies erupt over Mamdani win: ‘On your Marx, get set, Zo!’ Kim Kardashian Blames ChatGPT for Failing Law Exams NASA Issues Horrified Response to Kim Kardashian Fact Check: Buzz Aldrin interview about moon landing is not proof that it was faked Rotten Tomatoes: Kim Kardashian’s ‘All’s Fair’ Gets 0% Critics’ Score All’s Fair review – Kim Kardashian’s divorce drama is fascinatingly, existentially terrible Kim Kardashian’s new legal drama is a crime against television Kim Kardashian's "empty" divorce drama branded "unwatchable" as it lands 0% Rotten Tomatoes score The ‘worst TV show of all time’ with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes score Kim Kardashian's 'All's Fair' May Be the Worst New Streaming Show of 2025 All’s Fair greatest show of all time. Ryan Murphy Outdid Himself 
LISTEN: Palace by A$AP Rocky

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Footlong Felon, Kim K: CHATGPT SCREWED ME 11.06.25

In this edition of Zohran Trendani, Jack and Miles discuss the midterm elections (and MAGA's trip to the copium den in Cope-nhagen), Zohran Mamdani's big win in NYC and much more!

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Zohran Trendani 11/5: NYC Mayor: Zohran Mamdani, Midterm Elections

In episode 1959, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Blake Wexler, to discuss… Hellhole Cities Suffering From Precipitous DROP IN CRIME YOU F**KWITS, Coke Is Using AI To Ruin Christmas Yet Again, Cybertruck Cop Cars Are Here and more!
 
 Coke Is Using AI To Ruin Christmas Yet Again Coca-Cola Reimagined Its Iconic 1995 Christmas Ad With AI And The Internet Is Outraged: ‘Actual Abomination’ Coca-Cola Doubles Down on AI Holiday Ads Despite Backlash Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Coca-Cola’s new AI holiday ad is a sloppy eyesore Coca-Cola | Holidays Are Coming The company says they used even fewer people to make it — “We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope… The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in” Cybertruck Cop Cars Are Here A California police department spent $153,000 on a Cybertruck for school anti-drug events A police dept. bought a $153K Cybertruck. It won’t be used for patrols. Tesla Cybertruck Police Cars Are Here, And Of Course They're Going To Vegas First How a Silicon Valley billionaire’s gift brought Cybertruck police vehicles to Las Vegas A Tesla Cybertruck driver tried to find out just how bulletproof it is WATCH LIVE! Elon Musk presents the new Tesla Cybertruck Launch Tesla Cybertruck Isn’t Nearly as Bulletproof as Elon Musk Wants You to Think Is your car spying on you? Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have privacy concerns Metro’s ‘mystery’ Cybertruck donor revealed Ben Horowitz donates Cybertruck fleet to the Las Vegas police Ben Horowitz’s cozy relationship with the Las Vegas Police Department aided a16z portfolio company Skydio The Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund 
LISTEN: SUNSHINE BRIGHT ON ME(CUB) by KANGAROO

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Ketamine Cop Cars, Safest Hellholes 11.05.25

In this edition of Daylight Trending Time, Jack and Miles discuss the passing of world-class war criminal: Dick Cheney, Trump threatening to defy judges' orders on SNAP benefits, a check-in on Election Day and much more!

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Daylight Trending Time 11/14: Dick Cheney, Trump/SNAP, Midterm Elections

In episode 1958, Jack and Miles are joined by artist and musician, Janie Danger, to discuss… 9% of NYC Will Self Rapture If Mamdani Wins!!! What’s The Deal With Erika Kirk And JD Vance? Mariah Carey Announces Christmas Season By Union Busting Santa’s Elves, New Lorre Lore…Chuck Lorre (Big Bang Theory, Two And A Half Men) Wrote The TMNT Theme and more!
 
 Erika Kirk: “No one will ever replace my husband, but I do see some similarities of my husband in JD” J.D. Vance, Erika Kirk at University of Mississippi Mariah Carey Announces Christmas Season By Union Busting Santa’s Elves Mariah Carey Declares ‘It’s Time’ for the Holidays in True Diva Fashion with an Elf Showdown and a Festive New Collab: Watch Chuck Lorre on writing the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" themesong The Prolific Sitcom Producer Who Wrote the Theme to ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ 
LISTEN: Coming Home by Pachyman

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The Hug Heard Round The World, Mariah “Pinkerton” Carey 11.04.25

In this edition of I Left My Trends Back Home…, Jack and Miles discuss their respective weekends, Trump hosting a 'Great Gatsby' party hours before SNAP benefits lapse, Julia Fox's interesting Jackie O costume, Kash Patel thwarting a "Halloween terror spot" and using a gov't jet for date night, Prince Andrew getting kicked out of Windsor Castle and much more!

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I Left My Trends Back Home… 11/3: Trump, 'Great Gatsby' Party, SNAP Benefits, Julia Fox/Jackie O, Kash Patel, Prince Andrew

The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 412 (10/27/31 - 10/31/25)

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Weekly Zeitgeist 405 (Best of 10/27/31 - 10/31/25)

In episode 1957, Jack and Miles are joined by actor and screenwriter, Dani Fernandez, to discuss… Trump Decides To Bring Back Nuclear Weapon Testing, Nobody Wants To Live In Donald Trump’s “Haunted” Childhood Home, This Is Why People Will Never Stop Being Afraid Of Clowns and more!
 
 Trump Decides To Bring Back Nuclear Weapon Testing Russia Says It Didn’t Test Nuclear Weapons, but Would if the U.S. Did If the US resumes nuclear weapons testing, this would be extremely dangerous for humanity Nobody Wants To Live In Donald Trump’s “Haunted” Childhood Home President Trump’s childhood home in NYC sells at steep discount — after being overrun by feral cats Is the White House haunted? Spooky stories reveal a history of the supernatural Airbnb listing for Trump's childhood home boasts it's where the president was 'likely conceived' The Haunting of Donald J. Trump The Chilling History of Creepy Clowns This Is Why We’re Afraid of Clowns Fear of clowns: An investigation into the prevalence of coulrophobia in an international sample Creepy Clowns Appear in Cities Around the Globe to Promote HBO’s ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Stephen King’s ‘It’ Movie Producer Denies Creepy Clown Sightings Are Marketing Stunt New Spoiler Details for ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Revealed ‘Weapons’ Once Had a Whole Chapter About That Crucial, Mystery Character The great clown panic of 2016: ‘​a volatile mix of fear and contagion’ 
LISTEN: Words I Should've Said feat. ENNY by Mick Jenkins & EMIL

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SPOOKlear Weapon Testing, Why R U Scared Of CLOWNS?! 10.31.25

We are counting down the top 10 episodes of 2024, as voted by our listeners. Up next, #8: Sleeping In Socks = Jailable Offense 01.05.23
 
In episode 1602, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by co-host of The Bechdel Cast, Caitlin Durante, to discuss… Mickey Mouse Hits the Public Domain... Kind Of, There’s a Controversy Brewing: Socks or No Socks In Bed and more!
 
 Mickey Mouse Hits the Public Domain... Kind Of Mickey Mouse will be public domain soon—here’s what that means Welcome to the public domain, Mickey Mouse Mickey’s Public Domain Status Sparks MICKEY Crypto Surge Trailer for Mickey Mouse Slasher Film Drops on Same Day ‘Steamboat Willie’ Character Enters Public Domain ‘Steamboat Willie’ Horror Film Announced as Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain Mickey Mouse-Inspired Horror Game 'Infestation 88' Announced The Mickey Mouse Public Domain Horror Games And Movies Want You To Roast Them Director of Mickey Mouse slasher film fully expects you to hate-watch it Mickey’s Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Creation Will Soon Be Public Property Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle Did Disney Demand the Removal of Cartoon Murals from Daycare Center Walls? A Rare 1968 Anti-War Short "Mickey Mouse In Vietnam" Has Resurfaced Online There’s a Controversy Brewing: Socks or No Socks In Bed 
LISTEN: One Love (Nujabes Remix) by Nas

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Top 10 of 2024: #8 Sleeping In Socks = Jailable Offense 01.05.23

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