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The Daily Zeitgeist

Weekly Zeitgeist 414 (Best of 1/12/26-1/16/26)

The Daily Zeitgeist

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, News, Comedy

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The weekly round-up of the best moments from DZ's season 421 (1/12/26-1/16/26)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of the weekly zeitgeist.

0:09.8

These are some of our favorite segments from this week, all edited together into one

0:16.2

non-stop infotainment laugh stravaganza.

0:22.6

Uh, yeah.

0:23.5

So without further ado, here is the weekly zeitgeist.

0:29.5

Miles, we're thrilled to be joined in our third seat by a journalist and historian from

0:33.9

Kuzzo Media, who, you know, from his reporting on it could happen here.

0:37.1

He's reported for Esquire, Nat Geo, the Nation, Slate, among many others.

0:41.3

And his new book is now available for pre-order.

0:44.2

It's called Against the State, Anarchists, and Comrades at Warren, Spam, Myanmar, and Rojava.

0:49.8

Please welcome James Stowell!

0:53.2

James!

0:55.0

Wow, that was a great intro, I really feel better about myself now.

0:57.0

Oh, no, you're, I mean, look, your reputation precedes you, man.

1:01.0

James, what a weird subject to cover in this American moment.

1:06.0

Yeah, no.

1:07.0

I want to be, I pitched his book in like 2022. So here we are, right?

1:12.6

Yeah, I know. Nearly four years later. But yeah.

1:15.0

Amazing buzz marketing by the trouble administration for viral marketing.

1:20.1

You got an in, a DHS or something, man?

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