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The Daily Zeitgeist

Movies That Built The Zeigeist With Griffin and Ben from Blank Check 08.26.25

The Daily Zeitgeist

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, News, Comedy

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In episode 1920, Jack and guest co-host Mort Burke are joined by the producer and host of Blank Check, Ben Hosley & Griffin Newman, to discuss… Movies As Cultural Unconscious Factories / Movies That Exist Vs. Don’t, War In Films: Vietnam vs. War On Terror, Where Did All The Sex In Movies Go? And more!

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0:00.0

I just showed my kids' jaws, which is a big, big moment for me.

0:09.1

My kid, I saw it when I was four and watched it 300 times before I was like five,

0:14.1

and it was like my personality.

0:15.7

Holder a kid's like.

0:16.6

And I, uh, seven and nine.

0:17.9

Oh, so you waited.

0:19.3

I waited way too long.

0:21.4

That's so funny.

0:22.3

And their cousins had just showed them the Meg and the Meg 2.

0:26.4

They were like, why is the sharks so small?

0:27.9

Yes.

0:28.7

They were like, I think they were sparing my feelings when they said this.

0:33.3

They were like, it's not as good as the Meg, too, but it is better than the Meg.

0:39.1

And I think they were lying.

0:40.1

I think they like both Megs better than Jaws, which fucking sucks.

0:43.8

I'm trying to remember what the specific was, but my 10-year-old little cousin has had a thing like that where I was trying to explain to him why a movie was good.

0:52.6

And he was citing, like, but I've seen movies that are

0:55.5

newer than what you're describing where the characters are bigger.

0:59.1

It wasn't Godzilla, but it was something like that where he was just like, that's not that

1:03.9

tall.

1:04.6

But I've seen this with the rock in it.

1:06.8

Right.

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