The Daily Zeitgeist

The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ’s season 448 (7/20/26-7/24/26)
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In episode 2097, Jack and Miles are joined by super producer, Anna Hossnieh, to discuss… Zuck - What If We Tried NOT Freaking People The F**k Out About Sh*tty AI? Zoran Speech Is Very Popular? Republicans Are Using Olive Garden To Justify Vote-Stealing, Are Society’s “Eyes Adjusting” To CGI? And more!
I’m a Mom of Two, and Olive Garden’s Returning $100 Pasta Pass Is My Ultimate Dinner Hack
Olive Garden: "The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass."
How the G.O.P. Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point
Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant's policy goes viral
FOXX on Voter ID: Heck, you even need to present a photo ID to utilize the Olive Garden’s never ending pasta pass.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "...that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security."
Top Republican rages at needing a photo ID for Olive Garden pasta but not on voting day
Scalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff."
The SAVE Act: An attempt to restrict voting rights
What Does Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Have to Do With Voting Rights?
Diners furious at Olive Garden after ‘Never-Ending Pasta Pass’ sale went off the rails
Secrets That Olive Garden Doesn't Want You To Know

Olive Garden’s ‘pasta passes’ for sale on eBay for as much as $4,500
Olive Garden says no way to $500 unlimited pasta passes on EBay
LISTEN: Cafe by Tusabe
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In this edition of Devil’s Trendbone, Jack, Miles and Anna discuss Pete Kegseth’s workout vids, Hunter Biden won’t give up any names in Washington’s ‘Gay Mafia’, Kalshi’s election coverage and much more!
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In episode 2096, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, writer, and co-host of Yo, Is This Racist?, Andrew Ti, to discuss… OpenAI Is Going Full Skynet, Robocop Being Rebooted By Omnicorps– I Mean... Amazon, Elon Musk Promises That Grok Will Make The Best Odyssey Movie Of 2026 and more!
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
‘Robocop’ Reboot Series Set at Prime Video
Amazon Promises "Unwavering" Commitment to Police, Military Clients Using AI Technology
Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI Surveillance
As Israel Bombed Gaza, Amazon Did Business With Its Bomb-Makers
Elon: Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer
Elon Musk is promising to make The Odyssey 'historically accurate' with AI slop
A tale of two Odysseys: Nolan's blockbuster gets AI-generated competition
AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs
LISTEN: Runnin' by OMA
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In this edition of Pendin’ For A Trendin’, Jack, Miles and Anna discuss the failure of the Cybertruck (it’s worse than the Edsel & the Pinto), another DSA candidate FTW, Pete Kegseth being out of money, the latest McDonald's scalding incident and much more!
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