The long-running media deconstruction podcast No Agenda has released Episode 1887, titled ‘The Stick Works,’ in which hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect a tumultuous news week centered on President Trump’s primetime address alleging Chinese interference in the 2020 election. The episode, published July 19, 2026, examines Trump’s specific claims against unclassified CIA documents that Curry analyzed in real time, offering listeners a detailed verification exercise.
Curry and Dvorak, broadcasting from the Texas Hill Country and Northern Silicon Valley, focused on the refusal of ABC, NBC, and CNN to carry Trump’s speech live, a decision the hosts argue has implications for media transparency. The core of the episode revolves around Trump’s assertion that China carried out ‘the largest compromise of election data in history,’ allegedly acquiring 220 million U.S. voter files. Curry walked listeners through a line-by-line comparison with the released documents, noting that while some claims held up, Trump’s rhetoric outran the evidence in several places. Dvorak expressed skepticism about the China framing, given Trump’s recent diplomatic overtures to Beijing.
Key threads included the Michigan Muskegon canvassing investigation and DHS findings on 278,000 non-citizen registrations, which the hosts linked to Trump’s push for the SAVE Act to end mail-in ballot vulnerabilities. The episode also featured analysis of rebuttals from former CIA Director John Brennan on MSNBC and former White House counsel Ty Cobb on PBS.
Beyond election interference, the podcast probed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department forum on political terrorism and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s disclosure of a February 2024 assassination attempt by Ryan English. Vice President JD Vance’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience targeting Brad Parscale and the Esther Project—a German PR operation allegedly funded by the Israeli government—was also discussed. Curry connected Parscale’s FARA filings to the Salem Radio Network.
The hosts tracked a House vote where 103 Democrats, including Whip Katherine Clark, backed Thomas Massie’s amendment to cut Israel aid, with notable figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Fetterman, and Governor Wes Moore weighing in. A long segment on AI chatbot failures featured viral creator Husk and commentary from Databricks CEO on GPU scarcity and the Kimi K3 model.
Throughout the nearly three-hour episode, Curry and Dvorak maintained their signature skeptical lens, arguing that the media’s refusal to air Trump’s speech and the selective release of documents underscore broader information control dynamics. The show’s listener-supported model allows it to offer an alternative to conventional news analysis, as noted on their website. Episode 1887 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
