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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.

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2 Cold 2 Breathe, Wokest Dude Awards 1.30.19 Jan 30, 2019

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In episode 319, Jack and Miles are joined by Smart Mouth podcast host Katherine Spiers to discuss the all time coldest temperatures hitting the country, the FaceTime bug allowing users to eavesdrop, the government shutdown slowing down the investigation into the Trump administration, Black Panther playing for free, Pepsi's new nitro version, Baby Shark, and more! Plus super producer Anna Hossnieh joins to discuss the UAE giving out gender equality awards to only men.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Special report: A 30-year alarm on the reality of climate change

2. More-Persistent Weak Stratospheric Polar Vortex States Linked to Cold Extremes

3. ARCTIC CHANGE AND POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON MID-LATITUDE CLIMATE AND WEATHER

4. 'Minimize talking' outside: Polar vortex bears down on North as Deep South braces for snow

5. Washington Park Apartment Building Residents Say Their Heat, Hot Water Have Been Out For Months

6. FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop, in a Stumble for Apple

7. UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men

8. UAE releases pictures of disappeared princess Sheikha Latifa

9. Dithering GOP Stalls House’s New Trump-Russia Probe

10. Here’s how to catch ‘Black Panther’ for free in theaters this week

11. Pepsi to launch nitro version for people who think soda is too dang carbonated

12. Gassed Up: Pepsi To Launch Nitro Soda

13. WATCH: Baby Shark Dance | Sing and Dance! | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children

14. Investors Are Singing Along to ‘Baby Shark’

15. Baby Shark (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) Billboard Chart (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo)

16. How Death, Dismemberment, and Jesus Helped ‘Baby Shark’ Become a Hit

17. The long, complicated history of Baby Shark — and the artist fighting for credit

18. How the Bermuda Triangle Works

19. WATCH: Sunken - Over The Days

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Jason Momoa = Universal Truth, Pretty Petty Presidential Petulance 1.29.19 Jan 29, 2019

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In episode 318, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Blake Wexler to discuss the DC film Aquaman surpassing The Dark Night in the box office, the 2020 vision that has Democrats shook, an inside look at White House tours with Trump as president, Trump's anger at the state run media and his low ratings in the polls, a coffee company roasting their beans with space technology, Pepsi's hundred million logo design, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. The Dark Knight

3. Box Office: 'Aquaman' Tops 'Dark Knight Rises' To Become DC Comics' Biggest Movie

4. Wall Street freaks out about 2020

5. Kamala Harris kicks off 2020 campaign with hometown Oakland rally

6. ‘Want to see the Lincoln bedroom?’: Trump relishes role as White House tour guide

7. 'Wrong track': Public sours on nation's direction after shutdown

8. Latest polling data point to major re-election challenges for Trump in Wisconsin

9. Trump labelled ‘wimp’ and ‘broken man’ by right-wing supporters over Mexico border wall capitulation

10. This company wants to use reentry heating to roast coffee beans

11. I just discovered the Pepsi rebranding slides from 2008 and it is truly breathtaking

12. Pepsi's New Logo A Bargain At Several Hundred Million Dollars

13. WATCH: Dr. My-Ho by New Optimism

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Roger Stone Is Totally Screwed, Kim Kardashian Runs These Dudes 1.28.19 Jan 28, 2019

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In episode 317, Jack and and special guest host Laci Mosley are joined by comedian Nick Turner to discuss The Game's new song about Kim Kardashian, Roger Stone's indictment, how the United States helped screw over Venezuela, Facebook connecting WhatsApp, FB Messaging, and Instagram, and more! Also super producer Anna Hossnieh joins for a quick second to explain how Saudi Arabia helped inadvertently hurt Venezuela's economy as well.

FOOTNOTES:

1. #PressPlay: #TheGamepreviews some new music!! #KimKardashian#KanyeWest

2. Stone Indictment 012419

3. Roger Stone’s story just changed on Russia — again

4. 5 staggering details from the Roger Stone indictment

5. Chad Johnson Says He Saw the FBI Arrest Trump Aide Roger Stone at 6 a.m.

6. Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall

7. Here's why you can't blame socialism for Venezuela's crisis

8. In Saudi Arabia’s quest to debilitate the Iranian economy, they destroyed Venezuela

9. Is socialism to blame for Venezuela's never-ending crisis?

10. The United States’ Hand in Undermining Democracy in Venezuela

11. Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

12. WATCH: Portishead - Mourning Air

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Weekly Zeitgeist 59 (Best of 1/22/19-1/25/19) Jan 27, 2019

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The weekly round up of the best moments from DZ's Season 66 (1/22/19-1/25/19.)

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Wilbur Ross Doesn’t Speak POOR, Zuckerberg Develops Taste For Blood 1.25.19 Jan 25, 2019

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In episode 316, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Brooke Van Poppelen to discuss the adjective "wild," Mark Zuckerberg's meat obsession, the State Of The Union being delayed, the situation in Venezuela, Wilbur Ross's lack of understanding of the human race, Costco's new streaming-video service, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. WATCH: s m o k e these m e a t s

2. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview

3. Editorial: Sen. Cory Gardner to break with Republicans on Trump’s wall — it’s the right thing to do

4. Top Venezuela military brass vow to back Maduro amid unrest

5. 5 Apocalyptic Realities In A Country That's Out Of Food

6. US recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader as interim president

7. Wilbur Ross: Trump cabinet member worth $700m ‘doesn’t understand’ why federal workers are using food banks during shutdown

8. Ross "doesn't understand why" federal workers are being forced to use food banks

9. Walmart abandons plans for video streaming service and will focus instead on Vudu

10. Can Costco Tap A Streaming-Video Niche That Netflix, Amazon Have Ignored?

11. WATCH: Hako Yamasaki - Help Me (Tsunawatari)

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Giuliani Drunk Driving The News Cycle? The Kids Are All White 1.24.19 Jan 24, 2019

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In episode 315, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Lydia Popovich to discuss McDonalds new bacon happy hour, the Sweetheart shortage, Trump abandoning a State Of The Union at the House for elsewhere, the Trump administrations annoyance at Rudy Giuliani, the support for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tax plan, a warning for our world and economy, and more! Plus the guys get a call in from Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch to discuss the Covington Catholic incident.

FOOTNOTES:

1. McDonald’s Bacon Hour lets you “put a bacon on it” for free

2. Nation braces for candy flirtation fail with Valentine’s Day Sweetheart shortage

3. MAGA Hats Are the Newest Form of Pre-Teen Rebellion

4. The Language of the Trump Administration Is the Language of Domestic Violence

5. ‘Trump, Trump, Trump!’ How a President’s Name Became a Racial Jeer

6. Trump abandons plans to give State of the Union in the House, says he will look for another site

7. AP sources: Trump, others agitated by Giuliani’s performance

8. MULTIPLE White House aides are 'handling Rudy's f*** ups' as Trump tires of 'cleanup on aisle Giuliani' – but doesn't plan to fire him even though allies fear he goes on TV after drinking

9. Poll finds broad support for Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% top-tax-rate proposal

10. The super rich at Davos are scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal to hike taxes on the wealthy

11. Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and Debt

12. WATCH: I Love Hot Nights - Jonathan Richman

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Fyre Festival Sociopaths, Trump’s Photoshopping Himself 1.23.19 Jan 23, 2019

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In episode 314, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Pat Sirois to discuss the Super Bowl, the Fyre Festival documentaries, Trump releasing photoshopped photos of himself, Supreme Court upholding Trump's military trans ban, the Fox News graphic declaring the incorrect death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump's continued pettiness, Oscar nominations and snubs, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Patriots and Tom Brady favored over Rams in Super Bowl rematch

2. Your guide to Hulu and Netflix’s dueling Fyre Festival documentaries

3. President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner

4. Supreme Court Accepts Trump’s Word That Trans Troops Are Threat to National Security

5. Fox News Begins Its Day by Declaring Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead

6. Pelosi Cancels Afghanistan Trip, Claiming Trump Administration Leaked Commercial Travel Plans

7. White House asks to do walk-through for State of the Union

8. Oscars: 'Roma,' 'Favourite' Top Nominations With 10 Apiece

9. Female Directors Shut Out of Oscar Nominations

10. Oscars 2019: Bradley Cooper and Spike Lee among shocking nominations snubs and surprises

11. Oscars 2019: 16 Major Nomination Snubs and Surprises

12. WATCH: El Michels Affair - Zaharila

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Trump Made Cohen Do Lies? THE Personality Test 1.22.19 Jan 22, 2019

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In episode 313, Jack and Miles are joined by Disgraceland host Jake Brennan to discuss FiveThirtyEight's personality quiz, Democrats' 2020 nominees, Trump directing Michael Cohen to lie to congress for him, William Barr's confirmation hearing, the speculation on what will end government shutdown, a study that links opioid overdoses and doctors who received gifts for their work, a police department in Pennsylvania asking for drunk people to train with, Netflix using real train crash footage, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk Science. Take One That Isn’t.

2. Could Dems’ 2020 nominee be someone you’ve never heard of?

3. Why Trump’s Directing Cohen, Others to Lie Would Be Far Worse Than Watergate

4. President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project

5. Klobuchar: "A president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction. Is that right?"

6. @LindseyGrahamSC: "If there was some reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or to testify falsely that could be obstruction of justice?"

7. Waiting for a Shutdown to End in Disaster

8. Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths

9. Police Seek Volunteers To Drink To Excess

10. Netflix Won't Remove Footage of Real-Life Train Crash From 'Bird Box'

11. lac megantic train crash

12. WATCH: UNKLE - Bloodstain

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Weekly Zeitgeist 58 (Best of 1/14/19-1/18/19) Jan 20, 2019

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The weekly round up of the best moments from DZ's Season 65 (1/14/19-1/18/19.)

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CNN’s Bias Against AOC, Ohhh RUSSIAN Collusion 1.17.19 Jan 18, 2019

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In episode 312, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Zainab Johnson to discuss Dick Run Claire, a new Trump-inspired Space Force comedy from The Office creators, Rudy Giuliani claiming he never said 'no collusion,' Michael Cohen paying an IT firm to appear likable, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's critique of fact-checking, a Girl Scout Cookie and beer festival, if aliens are finally among us, the return of the Motorola Razr, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Meet 'Dick Run Claire,' the Woman Who Draws Dicks with Running Apps

2. Netflix recruits Steve Carell for the Trump-inspired comedy ‘Space Force’

3. WATCH: Giuliani: I never said there was no collusion in the campaign

4. WATCH: Rudy Giuliani: Russian collusion is 'fake news'

5. Trump says he didn't say Mexico would write US a check for border wall. But he did

6. Michael Cohen: I Rigged Online Polls for Trump

7. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Critique of Fact-Checking Is Valid

8. Girl Scout Cookie And Beer Festival: We want to go to there

9. Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua

10. The Motorola Razr may return as a foldable phone — for $1,500

11. Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count

12. WATCH: Joomanji - Chasin Rhymes (Feat. Saara Maria)

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