In the first episode of the No Agenda Show since the passing of co-host John C. Dvorak, Adam Curry returned to the microphone on August 20, 2026, joined by special guest Sir Deucifer, Rob Dew of AlexJonesLive.com. Broadcasting from Fredericksburg, Texas, Curry opened the episode, titled "Just Dew It," with a stark warning: every news clip in the upcoming cycle would be tied to the coming midterm elections. Over two hours, the conversation deconstructed a week of headlines, arguing that political motivations were driving coverage of everything from military morale to economic policy.
The episode's central focus was the USS Abraham Lincoln morale scandal, which has gripped coverage of the ongoing war with Iran. Reports detailed moldy showers, broken toilets, and a sailor going overboard after 250 days at sea. Curry read a dispatch from a Navy aviator disputing the coverage, then offered his father-in-law Earl's blunt Vietnam-era perspective: "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, arguing that modern military culture has swapped grit for grievance procedures, and that family members, not sailors, are driving the media narrative.
The conversation pivoted to President Trump's strategic shift from bombing Iran to an economic blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted that pipelines would eventually render the strait irrelevant, a claim Dew and Curry dissected with skepticism. They also examined the federal debt hitting $40 trillion, Bitcoin surging past $72,000, and the Genius Act's stablecoin rollout, linking these economic developments to the midterm political landscape.
Domestically, the episode delved into the Texas data center boom, ChatGPT for Teens, and Meta's $1.4 trillion multistate addiction trial. Curry highlighted Texas state Senate testimony on 500 proposed gigawatts of data center power chasing stranded wind capacity in the Panhandle, a sign of the state's energy and tech convergence.
The geopolitical segment covered the Keystone XL revival, Alberta's October 19 independence referendum, and Ukraine's 800-drone assault on Russia, with UK-supplied weapons hitting Wildberries warehouses. Curry and Dew also discussed Judge Napolitano's interview with Max Blumenthal on the Ankara decoy flight, adding layers to the Iran conflict narrative.
A significant portion of the show focused on the newly unsealed indictment of former SPLC CFO Heidi Beirich. Dew connected it to a 2013 FBI Boston field office assessment labeling Alex Jones a racially motivated extremist, citing FOIA documents analyzed by former agent Kyle Seraphin. This segment underscored the episode's theme of media manipulation and political agendas.
Throughout, Curry and Dew argued that the news cycle is not random but carefully curated to influence voters ahead of the midterms. From military scandals to economic policies, every story is a political tool. As Curry noted, understanding the throughline is essential for navigating the information landscape. The episode is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
