Icon #9 Tony Hawk: Pro Seller
The Daily Zeitgeist
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Miles and Jack are joined by comedian Mort Burke to talk about the Johnny Appleseed of skateboarding:
Tony Hawk!
They'll explore his rise (and many falls), his numerous endorsement deals, how he tragically lost the use of his eyebrows and so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.2 | Hello, the internet, and welcome to this spin-off episode of Dernelie Zeitgeist, which we're calling the iconograph. |
| 0:14.9 | Instead of looking at the Zykeyes through current events on Monday mornings, we're looking at the Zyke through the powerful, pop cultural whore cruxes that are our icons. |
| 0:24.9 | Icons. |
| 0:25.8 | We use these figures to create meaning. |
| 0:28.0 | Meaning. |
| 0:28.7 | To build identity. |
| 0:30.1 | To learn the coolest looking way to die while playing sports. |
| 0:33.7 | Oh, fuck yeah. |
| 0:34.8 | To learn how to get girls when you are built like a coat rack with an Adams apple. |
| 0:42.4 | To learn the valuable lesson that sometimes selling out is okay. |
| 0:47.4 | And sometimes it sucks shit. |
| 0:49.9 | That's right. |
| 0:51.1 | This week we're talking about Tony Hawk, a combination of Michael Jordan, |
| 0:55.8 | Evil Caneval, and Johnny Appleseed. I'm thrilled to be joined as always by my co-host, Mr. Miles Gray. |
| 1:02.6 | Wow. Johnny Appleseed, that's his fucking thrilled. Okay, I'm ready. I mean, yeah, I don't know. |
| 1:09.5 | I mean, I know, again, I know enough about Tony Hawk to know who Tony Hawk is, |
| 1:14.4 | but that's what I love about these episodes is I go, right, right. |
| 1:18.0 | There's a lot more going on. |
| 1:20.2 | I think we got to add Johnny Apple feed. |
| 1:22.0 | I just added that comparison right now on the top of my head because he was like a bit of an ambassador but I don't know why I pronounced it like that. He also asked. He wore a pan on his hat. Yeah, he wore a pan backwards on his head. I think we got to add Johnny Appleseed to the list of icons we're going to cover because that is such baffling. Isn't that so Christian though? Isn't |
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