Summary

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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Episodes
  • Kash Patel Crash Out, Portal To The 1970s at SMU 04.21.26

    Kash Patel Crash Out, Portal To The 1970s at SMU 04.21.26
    Apr 21 2026

    In episode 2044, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian, musician, author of The Advice King Anthology, and host of Cold Brew Got Me Like, Chris Crofton, to discuss… Kash Patel Is Somehow Even More Incompetent Than We Thought and more!

    1. The FBI Director Is MIA
    2. The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty
    3. Keystone Kash Unravels Over ‘Hit Piece Lies’ About Boozing
    4. Kash Patel says he is filing defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic Monday
    5. Bartiromo: “Tomorrow you will be dropping a lawsuit against The Atlantic ?” Patel: “Yes I will. For defamation.”
    6. Keystone Kash’s Attorney Outs Even More Devastating Claims
    7. FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

    LISTEN: Ganja Farmer by Marlon Asher

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Technological Trendpublic 4/20: US/Iran Blockade, Alex Karp, Tariff Refunds, Chinese Robot Marathon, Lee Cronin's The Mummy

    The Technological Trendpublic 4/20: US/Iran Blockade, Alex Karp, Tariff Refunds, Chinese Robot Marathon, Lee Cronin's The Mummy
    Apr 20 2026

    In this edition of The Technological Trendpublic, Jack and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss their respective weekends, the US seizing an Iranian ship, Alex Karp's weird manifesto, the whole tariff refund situ, China winning the robot wars… again, a quick box office update and much more!

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    56 mins
  • Icon #19 - Frida Kahlo: Proto-Influencer?

    Icon #19 - Frida Kahlo: Proto-Influencer?
    Apr 20 2026

    In this episode, Jack and Miles are joined by actor/writer/comedian Mo Fry Pasic to talk about, arguably, the most iconic artist of the 20th century:

    Frida Kahlo!

    They'll explore her life as art, her many relationshIps, her based politics and much more!

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    1 hr and 21 mins
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