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The Daily Zeitgeist

Icon #16 - The Easter Bunny: Our Forgotten May Queen

The Daily Zeitgeist

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Comedy, News

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jack and Miles are joined by writer/comedian Brandie Posey to talk about no one's favorite mammal with a cloaca:

The Easter Bunny!

They'll explore its Pagan origins and meaning, evolution throughout history and they reveal the Easter Bunny's true gender!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hello, the internet, and welcome to this spin-off episode of

0:10.5

Their Daily Zytheist!

0:12.3

Yes.

0:13.5

Which we're calling the iconograph.

0:15.5

Instead of looking at the Zykeyes through the current events on Monday mornings,

0:19.4

we're looking at the Zyyes through the powerful pop culture,

0:23.0

work cruxes that are our icons.

0:25.9

Icons.

0:26.6

We use these icons to create meaning to build identity,

0:30.0

to learn that some mammals do have a cloaca.

0:34.1

And that's not weird.

0:36.0

To learn the damage that can be done

0:38.2

when an icon gets their big shot at a Hollywood movie

0:41.0

and they're played by a fucking Russell brand

0:44.0

and most importantly

0:46.8

we use these icons to learn

0:48.6

that when you look back over the easters of your life

0:51.4

and you only see one set of prints in the sand.

0:54.7

That's not because Jesus abandoned you.

0:56.9

It's because a giant egg laying bunny

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