No Agenda 1894: Fauci's Hidden Fears, Iran's Economic War, and AI Bubble

Episode 1894 of the No Agenda Show, titled Fever Concerns, published August 13, 2026, features fill-in co-hosts Darren O'Neill (broadcasting from just outside Chicago in FEMA Region 5) and Larry Bleidner (from the Connecticut shore), joined by Adam Curry from the Texas Hill Country. The episode leads with newly surfaced private messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledging that cytokine storms and fever from mRNA COVID injections could theoretically trigger first-trimester miscarriages, information Senator Ron Johnson says was withheld from the public to avoid fueling vaccine hesitancy.

The hosts deconstruct mainstream coverage of several converging stories, mining clips from CBS Evening News, CNBC, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and CNN. Threads include Senator Ron Johnson's reanalysis of a 2021 New England Journal of Medicine paper by Tom Shimabukuro, recalculating the first-trimester miscarriage rate at roughly 82%; President Trump's executive order reducing the childhood vaccine schedule from 18 to 11 and splitting the MMR into three separate shots; the DSA primary loss of Francesca Hong in Wisconsin and the media's framing of the Democratic 'civil war'; and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's 'Operation Economic Fury' against Iran and the UAE's fast-tracked Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, which bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Curry pulls no punches on the CBS interview with Dr. Serena Chen of CCRM Fertility of New Jersey, who defended the public health messaging despite Fauci's private doubts. Quoting Senator Johnson's math directly, Curry recaps: "So Anthony Fauci knew about potential cytokine storms impacting the first trimester in miscarriages, told no one about it because it would create vaccine hesitancy." The hosts contrast that with Naomi Wolf's observations about a 'zombie-like' vibe in post-injection New York, praising her for using the word 'injections' rather than 'vaccines.'

The Iran segment offers the episode's most contrarian analysis. Curry argues Bessent quietly launched an economic campaign a full year before kinetic strikes, driving Iranian food inflation to 150-180% while UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed accelerates the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline to double capacity by 2027, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz entirely. The hosts also examine Larry Fink's BlackRock raising $500 billion for NVIDIA-led AI data center financing, comparing it to the mortgage-backed securities buildup before 2008, while Mark Zuckerberg's 'Muse Glimmer' manifesto tries to reposition Meta in the open-source AI race. A tribute segment honoring the late John C. Dvorak, including meetup reports from Fort Lauderdale and Springfield, Missouri, closes out the show. 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 its sharp media deconstruction, humor, and value-for-value model, the show offers an irreverent alternative to conventional news analysis. Episode 1894 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.