One month and a day after the passing of co-host John C. Dvorak, Adam Curry returned to the microphone for Episode 1896 of the No Agenda Show, titled "Just Dew It." Broadcasting from Fredericksburg, Texas, Curry was joined by special guest Sir Deucifer, Rob Dew of AlexJonesLive.com, for a deconstruction of a news cycle Curry argues is entirely shaped by the coming midterm elections. Every clip, he warned listeners upfront, ties back to that single political throughline.
The two-plus-hour conversation moved aggressively across the week's flashpoints, including the USS Abraham Lincoln morale story, with reports of moldy showers, broken toilets, and a sailor going overboard after 250 days at sea in the war with Iran. President Trump's pivot from bombing Iran to an economic blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's prediction that pipelines will render the strait irrelevant, also came under scrutiny. The episode delved into the federal debt hitting $40 trillion, Bitcoin surging past $72,000, and the Genius Act's stablecoin rollout, as well as the Texas data center boom, ChatGPT for Teens, and Meta's $1.4 trillion multistate addiction trial.
Curry read a boots-on-the-ground dispatch from a Navy aviator disputing the Lincoln coverage, then delivered his father-in-law Earl's blunter verdict from Vietnam: "I was in Vietnam for 8 months, slept in a pup tent for 3 months during the rainy monsoon season, period. Sailors are sissies." Dew countered with a viral Marine drill instructor clip he compared to actor Elliot Page, arguing the modern services have swapped grit for grievance procedures while family members, not sailors, drive the media narrative.
The episode also dug into the Keystone XL revival, Alberta's October 19 independence referendum, Ukraine's 800-drone assault on Russia and UK-supplied weapons hitting Wildberries warehouses, and Judge Napolitano's interview with Max Blumenthal on the Ankara decoy flight. Dew connected the newly unsealed indictment of former SPLC CFO Heidi Beirich to a 2013 FBI Boston field office assessment labeling Alex Jones a racially motivated extremist, citing FOIA documents analyzed by former agent Kyle Seraphin. Curry added Texas state Senate testimony on 500 proposed gigawatts of data center power chasing stranded wind capacity in the Panhandle.
This episode matters because it offers an alternative perspective on how political motivations influence media narratives, particularly regarding military morale and economic policy. For listeners, it underscores the importance of questioning official reports and considering broader geopolitical and domestic factors shaping the news. The show's listener-supported model and independent approach provide a counterpoint to mainstream media analysis, making it relevant for those seeking unfiltered commentary on current events. As Curry and Dew demonstrate, the midterm elections are not just a political event but a lens through which all major stories are being filtered, affecting public perception and policy debates. The discussion also highlights emerging issues like stablecoin regulation, data center energy demands, and the shifting landscape of global trade, which could have lasting implications for technology, finance, and national security. By dissecting these stories, the episode encourages critical thinking about the information we consume and the forces behind it.
No Agenda is a long-running, listener-supported podcast hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak that takes a skeptical, independent look at mainstream media, politics, culture, and the forces shaping the daily news cycle. Known for sharp commentary, humor, and its media deconstruction approach, the show offers an irreverent alternative to conventional news analysis. Episode 1896 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
