No Agenda's Emotional Tribute to John C. Dvorak and Media Breakdown

Episode 1893 of the No Agenda Show, titled 'En Banc,' published August 9, 2026, opens on a deeply personal note as co-host Adam Curry phones in from a San Francisco hotel room the day after the private memorial for the late John C. Dvorak. With fill-in hosts Darren O'Neill (broadcasting from just outside Chicago) and Larry Bleidner (from the Connecticut shore) holding down the studio, Curry walks listeners through a weekend of closure, tribute, and community that stretched from Oakland to Tokyo to Fort Lauderdale.

Beyond the memorial, the episode delivers the media deconstruction the show is known for. Threads include: a D.C. Circuit Appeals Court 2-1 ruling blocking further construction on President Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, compared across Fox, ABC, and CBS in the signature 3x3 segment; a $567 million New Mexico judgment against Meta over child safety on Facebook and Instagram; the escalating WNBA controversy after Clay Travis offered $10 million for a game pitting the Las Vegas Aces against a high school boys' team; and Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed's Medicaid comments alongside reporting on his wife's Ann Arbor practice, MindWorks Psychiatry.

Curry describes the Oakland service attended by roughly 70 people, including Sir Mark and Dame Astrid flying in from Tokyo, Void Zero from the Netherlands, Eric the Shill from South Dakota, and eulogist Marty Higgins. Reflecting on Dvorak's legacy in tech journalism, Curry told listeners: 'He wrote about how these products sucked because he felt they could be better. That really was a big part of his role in the world. And I really came to appreciate that hearing that yesterday.' The hosts also unpack the appeals court's use of the term 'en banc' review in the ballroom case, with judges ruling that 'whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide.' Bleidner details the strange saga of British academic Jason Arday, whose Simon and Schuster book 'Great and Unfortunate Things' drops August 11 amid allegations of fabricated credentials. O'Neill highlights Staten Island activist Scott LoBaido, who chartered a banner plane over New York City targeting Zohran Mamdani from his hospital bed days after open-heart surgery. The episode closes with ten meetup reports from Albany, Austin, Perth, Hamilton, Wilmington, Sonoma, Denver, Snohomish, Memphis, and Central New Jersey.

About No Agenda 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 commentary, humor, and media deconstruction approach, the show offers an irreverent alternative to conventional news analysis. Episode 1893 is available now wherever podcasts are heard, and listeners are encouraged to use a Podcasting 2.0 app.