In the first episode since the passing of co-host John C. Dvorak, Adam Curry returned to the microphone on August 20, 2026, for a special edition of the No Agenda Show. Joined by guest Rob Dew of AlexJonesLive.com, Curry recorded from Fredericksburg, Texas, and immediately set the tone: every news item in the current cycle is shaped by the coming midterm elections.
The episode, titled “Just Dew It,” spanned over two hours and covered a wide array of topics, but the central focus was the USS Abraham Lincoln morale scandal. Reports of moldy showers, broken toilets, and a sailor going overboard after 250 days at sea in the war with Iran have dominated headlines. 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 he compared to actor Elliot Page, arguing that modern military culture has replaced grit with grievance procedures, and that family members, not sailors, are driving the media narrative.
The discussion also delved into President Trump’s strategic pivot from bombing Iran to an economic blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted that pipelines will render the strait irrelevant, a claim that Curry and Dew examined alongside the federal debt hitting $40 trillion and Bitcoin surging past $72,000. The Genius Act’s stablecoin rollout was another point of analysis, as was the Texas data center boom, ChatGPT for Teens, and Meta’s $1.4 trillion multistate addiction trial.
International developments were not overlooked. The episode covered the Keystone XL revival, Alberta’s October 19 independence referendum, Ukraine’s 800-drone assault on Russia, and UK-supplied weapons hitting Wildberries warehouses. Judge Napolitano’s interview with Max Blumenthal on the Ankara decoy flight was also discussed, with Dew connecting the newly unsealed indictment of former SPLC CFO Heidi Beirich to a 2013 FBI Boston field office assessment that labeled Alex Jones a racially motivated extremist, citing FOIA documents analyzed by former agent Kyle Seraphin. Curry added testimony from the Texas state Senate on 500 proposed gigawatts of data center power chasing stranded wind capacity in the Panhandle.
Throughout the episode, Curry and Dew emphasized that these stories are not isolated incidents but are intertwined with the political landscape leading into the midterms. The media’s focus on the USS Lincoln, for instance, serves a narrative that aligns with electoral interests. Similarly, economic and geopolitical shifts are being framed to influence voter perception.
The No Agenda Show, known for its skeptical, independent look at mainstream media, continues to offer an irreverent alternative to conventional news analysis. Episode 1896 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
