The Daily Zeitgeist - Introducing: Uncle Chris

Episode Date: July 18, 2025

Hello, Daily Zeitgeist Fans! We want to share a new show you might like, Uncle Chris.  About the show: Guns, an ex-con, lots of beer and some stripping; Uncle Chris chronicles the craziest night of a young man’s life while visiting his uncle. The nephew is a recent college graduate about to embark on a cross-country bike trip. His uncle is an alcoholic garbage truck driver who lives in a trailer park. Part comedy, part tragedy and always absurd, Uncle Chris will examine both of their lives, the fascinating family lineage that they share and the reasons for why their lives are so completely different. Listen here and subscribe to Uncle Chris on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do machine guns, a cross-country bike trip, train-hopping hobos, and a civil war have in common? My Uncle Chris. My Uncle Chris was a real character, a garbage truck driver from South Carolina who is now buried in Panama City alongside the founding families of Panama. The Uncle Chris podcast is a wide-ranging collection of stories that intertwine as I share the tall tales and hard truths that have helped me understand how we see ourselves and our lives

as we're going through them and how others might see us after we're gone. Crazy stories about family. He's got a pistol to my dad's head. I'm like, oh my God, what is going on? I'm seeing machine guns everywhere, all kinds of stuff. Stories about adventure. I hitchhiked across the Northwest up into Saskatchewan once

and then hopped the trains hoping I'd get somewhere. They made us read Huck Finn in school. Running away from home and going out to experience the world, like, it's in there, man. First-hand accounts from actual war zones. And then all of a sudden, you just hear the pings of bullets hitting the armored vehicle and bouncing off. Do you hear the gunshots or just the pings? I just heard the pings of bullets hitting the armored vehicle and bouncing off. Do you hear the gunshots or just the pings?

I just heard the pings. And of course, stories about my Uncle Chris. What was interesting about dear little Christopher is he had a heart of gold, but because he was trying to be macho and be a man, that was something he threw to the side. Under all that bluster was a kind, gentle soul, but life had taught him to be tough and rough, which was sad because he was such a sweet little boy. Ah yes, and there's a bus driver who gets pretty upset. Dear God, who took a sh** on my bus?

This collection of stories will make you laugh, it'll make you cry, and if I do my job right, they'll let you see the world and your place in it in a whole new way. On July 8th, listen to the series premiere of Uncle Chris, on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.