Weekly Zeitgeist 431 (Best of 5/18/26-5/22/26)

The Daily Zeitgeist

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🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The weekly round-up of the best moments from season 439 (5/18/26-5/22/26)

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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 nonstop, infotainmentment laugh stravaganza.
0:22.6	Uh, yeah.
0:23.5	So without further ado, here is the weekly zeitgeist.
0:28.9	What is something from your search history that is revealing about who you are?
0:33.2	I very recently searched copyright law plus UK.
0:41.2	Mm. Because we're trying to get the copyright law changed in New Zealand.
0:42.2	So pretty much every other English speaking country in the world has a carve out in their
0:48.3	copyright laws to protect people for satire and parody.
0:52.4	Like you guys have got it as part of your First Amendment, I think.
0:55.0	UK's got it, Australia's got it.
0:56.3	The weird Al Carve out.
0:57.6	Yeah.
0:58.2	The reason we have Weird Al Yankovic.
0:59.8	And we don't have it in New Zealand.
1:02.0	So there currently is no, like, legal protection for comedians, satirists, commentators.
1:08.9	They can get our ass through the copyright law at the moment.
1:12.3	If for making a joke, jokes are illegal in New Zealand.
1:16.5	Yeah, they are currently.
1:18.3	Welcome to the club brother.
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