The Daily Zeitgeist

‘Eyes’ Yourself A Very ‘Wide Shut’ Christmas 12.12.25

In episode 1979, Jack and guest co-host Blake Wexler [https://www.blakewexler.com/] are joined by comedian and host of Pod Yourself A Gun [https://redcircle.com/shows/pod-yourself-a-gun-a-sopranos-podcast] and Bad Hasbara [https://redcircle.com/shows/bad-hasbara], Matt Lieb [https://www.instagram.com/mattliebjokes/], to discuss… Time Magazine’s 2025 Person Of The Year Is… The “Architects Of AI”, Tim Pool Is Circling The Drain, Eyes Wide Shut Is The Weirdest Christmas Movie To Watch In 2025 and more! 1. Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-time-magazine-skewered-over-person-of-the-year-reveal//] 2. Time Magazine’s 2025 Person Of The Year Is… The “Architects Of AI” [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/time-person-of-the-year-ai-b2882608.html] 3. Time picked a rough day to announce its ‘Person of the Year’ [https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/media/time-person-of-the-year-ai] 4. Behind the Photo: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper [https://www.history.com/articles/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-photo-1932] 5. The Story Behind ‘Lunch Atop A Skyscraper,’ The Photo That Inspired Great Depression-Era America [https://allthatsinteresting.com/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper] 6. MAGA Star Refuses to Give Cops Footage of Alleged Shooting [https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-reject-maga-star-tim-pools-story-of-being-targeted-in-shooting/] 7. Eyes Wide Shut is the ultimate Christmas film [https://theconversation.com/eyes-wide-shut-is-the-ultimate-christmas-film-271158] 8. ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ DP Larry Smith on the New Criterion Transfer, Filming the Orgy, and Nicole Kidman’s Commitment to More Takes [https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/eyes-wide-shut-cinematographer-larry-smith-criterion-1235162004/] 9. How Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Predicted the Jeffrey Epstein Saga [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/stanley-kubrick-eyes-wide-shut-jeffrey-epstein-criterion-1236443672/] 10. Roger Avary: Warner Bros Changed Kubrick's Original Ending of ‘Eyes Wide Shut' [https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/12/11/roger-avery-warner-bros-changed-kubricks-original-ending-of-eyes-wide-shut] 11. Gen Z are obsessed with Eyes Wide Shut – and it’s got a lot to do with Jeffrey Epstein [https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/gen-z-conspiracy-epstein-eyes-wide-shut-b2855278.html] 12. Establishing the connection between Eyes Wide Shut and Epstein/Weinstein (REDDIT) [https://www.reddit.com/r/StanleyKubrick/comments/z29n01/establishing_the_connection_between_eyes_wide/] 13. Larry Celona [https://nypost.com/author/larry-celona/] 14. Jeffrey Epstein timeline: How the Palm Beach County case led to 15 more years of sex abuse [https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2024/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-case-timeline-why-early-case-failed-in-palm-beach/70351312007/] 15. Steve Martin Discusses Being Pitched ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ By Stanley Kubrick [https://theplaylist.net/steve-martin-discusses-pitched-eyes-wide-shut-stanley-kubrick-20180706/] 16. Kubrick Dreamed of Casting Bill Murray, Woody Allen for ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Before Tom Cruise [https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/kubrick-considered-bill-murray-woody-allen-eyes-wide-shut-tom-cruise-1234579228/] 17. Cinema: All Eyes On Them [https://time.com/archive/6735812/cinema-all-eyes-on-them/] 18. Scholars Discover Alternate Ending to Schnitzler's Dream Story [https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/scholars-discover-alternate-ending-schnitzlers-dream-story] 19. Research Was Key When It Came To Creating Eyes Wide Shut's Most Famous Scene [https://www.slashfilm.com/1161533/research-was-key-when-it-came-to-creating-eyes-wide-shuts-most-famous-scene/] 20. Matt Lieb's Piece of Media [https://x.com/jazzdispensary/status/1996685360768901403?s=20] LISTEN: Follow the Light by Dirty Loops, Cory Wong [https://open.spotify.com/track/1YPV3B1Ou3rarSL9jukfQL] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Trendos… The Freshmaker 12/11: Disney/OpenAI, Kilmar Garcia, 6-7, Measles, Variety/'Sinners'

In this edition of Trendos… The Freshmaker, Jack and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss the Disney/OpenAI deal that will kill us all, a judge ordering the release of Kilmar Garcia… again, something something 6-7, the return of Measles, Variety's top movies of the year (NOT featuring 'Sinners') and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Drunk Driving The Nuclear Arsenal, Chat GPT: Why Baby Drop Pizza? 12.11.25

In episode 1978, Jack and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan [https://www.pallavigunalan.com/] are joined by creator and writer of The RedDot Comics [https://thereddotcomics.com/], Kim Winder [https://www.instagram.com/the__reddot/?hl=en], to discuss… Let’s Check In With The New Pentagon Press Corps, Trump Says His Press Secretary’s Got a Beautiful Face And Those Lips That Don’t Stop, Trump’s Kennedy Center Hosting Gig Was As Unhinged As We All Expected, Don’t Take Parenting Advice From Sam Altman And Jimmy Fallon and more! 1. Let’s Check In With The New Pentagon Press Corps [https://x.com/KaivanShroff/status/1998135934232248583?s=20] 2. Trump Says His Press Secretary’s Got a Beautiful Face And Those Lips That Don’t Stop [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15369929/Trump-Karoline-Leavitt-face-lips-Pennsylvania.html] 3. Trump’s Kennedy Center Hosting Gig Was As Unhinged As We All Expected [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/trump-praises-kennedy-center-honorees-state-department-dinner/] 4. Trump on Hosting Kennedy Center Honors: “If I Can’t Beat Out Jimmy Kimmel in Terms of Talent, Then I Don’t Think I Should Be President” [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/trump-jimmy-kimmel-joke-host-kennedy-center-honors-president-1236444405/] 5. Speech: Donald Trump Addresses a Kennedy Center Honors Dinner in Washington - December 6, 2025 [https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-kennedy-center-awards-dinner-state-department-december-6-2025/] 6. “Ping!”: Trump Goes on Bizarre Tangent During Kennedy Center Speech [https://newrepublic.com/post/204096/donald-trump-bizarre-tangent-kennedy-center-speech] 7. FULL SPEECH: President Trump Speaks at Kennedy Center Honors Dinner in Washington, D.C. | AC1G [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BECeume_aRM] 8. Don’t Take Parenting Advice From Sam Altman And Jimmy Fallon [https://x.com/brndxix/status/1998417260470489396] 9. The CEO Of OpenAI Admitted That He “Cannot Imagine” Raising A Newborn Without ChatGPT, And Jimmy Fallon's Reaction Says It All [https://www.buzzfeed.com/leylamohammed/openai-ceo-sam-altman-relies-on-chatgpt-for-parenting] 10. Silicon Valley Is All About the Hard Sell These Days [https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-jimmy-fallon-silicon-valley-hard-sell/] 11. Pediatricians, Don’t Hang Up Your White Coats. ChatGPT Missed 80% Of Diagnoses [https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninashapiro/2024/01/10/pediatricians-dont-hang-up-your-white-coats-chatgpt-missed-80-of-diagnoses/] 12. More parents are turning to AI for advice. Here are common mistakes to avoid. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/10/01/parenting-ai-artificial-intelligence/86369463007/] 13. I co-parent with ChatGPT — I love turning off my brain and letting AI help raise my child [https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/lifestyle/i-co-parent-with-chatgpt-i-love-turning-off-my-brain-and-letting-ai-help-raise-my-child/] 14. Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children [https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/parents-chatgpt-rear-children] 15. OpenAI’s Sam Altman Shocked ‘People Have a High Degree of Trust in ChatGPT’ Because ‘It Should Be the Tech That You Don't Trust’ [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-sam-altman-shocked-people-120002679.html?guccounter=1] 16. Jimmy Fallon has a knack for embracing scams [https://x.com/CantEverDie/status/1998511420900880740] 17. Awkward Moment Between Paris Hilton And Jimmy Fallon Highlights The Absurdity Of NFTs [https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/01/25/awkward-moment-between-paris-hilton-and-jimmy-fallon-shows-the-absurdity-of-nfts/] 18. Celebrity Promoters Sued Over Bored Ape NFT Endorsements [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/celebrity-promoters-sued-over-bored-ape-nft-endorsements-1235279115/] 19. People Call Jimmy Fallon ‘Pathetic’ After He Interviewed A Fox News Star On His Show [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/people-call-jimmy-fallon-pathetic-230952117.html?guccounter=1] LISTEN: ICED TEA (feat. 21 Savage, Project Pat, & Coupe) by Young Nudy [https://open.spotify.com/track/0DoJqSEUSaubRuVxgKdqpQ] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Trendshakalaka! 12/10: Piers Morgan/Nick Fuentes, Donna Deegan, Trump's Totally Functioning Brain, FNAF

In this edition of Trendshakalaka!, Jack and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss a couple of nightmare blunt rotations (feat. Tim Poole, George Santos, Piers Morgan & Nick Fuentes), Miami electing their first female mayor, Trump's big beautiful brain, FNAF breaking the box office and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Private Equity Eats Vegas, Taking #2s On The Clock 12.10.25

In episode 1977, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti [https://bsky.app/profile/andrewti.bsky.social] are joined by comedian and host of I Said No Gifts! [https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/i-said-no-gifts], Bridger Winegar [https://www.instagram.com/bridgerwinegar/?hl=en], to discuss… Oh No Way... Katie Miller Is Also A Lying Piece of Sh*t? Las Vegas Getting Taken Over By Private Equity, Liam Neeson And Pam Anderson Are No More…, Capitalism Doesn’t Want You To Poop and more! 1. Katie Miller’s Excuse for Free Military House Falls Apart in Damning Police Report [https://www.thedailybeast.com/katie-stephen-millers-claims-about-threats-hit-by-damning-police-report/] 2. Las Vegas Getting Taken Over By Private Equity [https://web.archive.org/web/20251206235824/https://slate.com/business/2025/11/las-vegas-travel-sphere-hotel-donald-trump.html] 3. Las Vegas casinos see gaming revenue surge despite summer tourism slump [https://web.archive.org/web/20251009025342/https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-casinos-see-gaming-revenue-surge-despite-summer-tourism-slump] 4. How to make yourself poop regularly in the morning before going to work [https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/health/how-to-make-yourself-poop-regularly-in-the-morning-before-work/] 5. 1 in 3 Gen Z workers too scared to use office bathroom, study reveals [https://nypost.com/2024/11/08/lifestyle/1-in-3-gen-z-workers-scared-to-use-office-bathroom-study/] 6. ‘It’s okay to poo at work’: new health campaign highlights a common source of anxiety [https://theconversation.com/its-okay-to-poo-at-work-new-health-campaign-highlights-a-common-source-of-anxiety-238682] 7. The Corporate War on What Constitutes an Employee Poop Break [https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-corporate-war-on-what-constitutes-an-employee-poop-break#google_vignette] 8. Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to do it on your own time [https://halifax.citynews.ca/2024/10/09/bathroom-break-at-work-swiss-court-upholds-watchmakers-rule-to-do-it-on-your-own-time-2/] 9. Man claims he was fired from stone works job after sharing a meme of Elmo pooping on 'company time' - before later admitting that he quit because of 'bad blood' and offensive texts from his boss [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7636503/Man-claims-fired-stone-works-job-sharing-meme-Elmo-pooping-company-time.html] 10. New sloped toilet designed to reduce time workers spend in the bathroom [https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/toilet-design-sloped-angle-worker-time-bathroom-time-a9251261.html] 11. Managers Are Literally Obsessed With Their Employees’ Bathroom Breaks [https://www.vice.com/en/article/tilted-toilet-curtain-bathroom-break-work/] LISTEN: Yes I Do by Leon Knight & DE'WAYNE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On__TSjlpQ8] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.