The Daily Zeitgeist

Xenophobia Easier Than Policy! A.I. Is Now A Slur! 09.19.24

In episode 1745, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, writer, and co-host of <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/143-yo-is-this-racist-28528686/">Yo, Is This Racist?</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrewti/?hl=en">Andrew Ti</a>, to discuss… Easier To Make Up Racist Lies Than Offer Solutions, Overdose Deaths In The U.S. Are Plummeting, The Meaning of the Word AI Is Changing and more! <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/186097/jd-vance-proof-pet-eating-migrants-exposed-police-report">Easier To Make Up Racist Lies Than Offer Solutions</a> <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/372364/trumps-haitians-springfield-ohio-nazi">Why Trump’s lies about Haitians are different</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/health/drug-overdose-deaths.html">Overdose Deaths In The U.S. Are Plummeting</a> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm">Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5107417/overdose-fatal-fentanyl-death-opioid">NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives</a> <a href="https://opioiddatalab.ghost.io/are-overdoses-down-and-why/">Are overdoses down and why?</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-learned-how-to-treat-an-opioid-overdose-in-90-minutes/">I Learned How to Treat an Opioid Overdose in 90 Minutes</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/drug-overdose-data-cdc-2024/">US Overdose Deaths Declined for the First Time in Decades</a> <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/is-that-ai-or-does-it-just-suck.html">The Meaning of the Word AI Is Changing</a> LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0evBNdUOA8m8Cy3uVtQqlO?autoplay=true">Dream State by Kamasi Washington</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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.