The No Agenda Show, a long-running podcast dedicated to media deconstruction, returned with Episode 1895, titled "XY You're Out," on August 16, 2026. With regular hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak absent, fill-in hosts Darren O'Neill and Larry Bleidner took the helm, broadcasting from just outside Chicago and the Connecticut shore. The episode maintained the show's signature irreverent tone while leaning heavily on source clips to dissect the week's news.
Among the stories covered was an alleged Iranian plot against President Trump. The hosts examined reports that Trump was smuggled off Air Force One in a catering truck after a NATO summit in Turkey, with the press left aboard as a decoy. O'Neill noted that PBS NewsHour reported President Bill Clinton had pulled the same maneuver in Islamabad in 2000, directly contradicting an MS NOW guest who insisted Clinton would never have done such a thing. The segment highlighted the show's focus on cross-referencing sources to expose inconsistencies in media narratives.
The episode also delved into a viral Blue's Clues political ad featuring Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who cosplayed as the children's show character to pitch Medicare for All. The hosts mocked the ad, calling it an appeal to "kidults," and used it as a springboard to discuss the state of political advertising.
On the cultural front, the show waded into the recent WNBA controversy involving Caitlyn Jenner, Sophie Cunningham, and Caitlin Clark. The hosts played Jenner's blunt take: "XX, you're in. XY, you're out. It's simple. That's the catchphrase. Let's remember that. I might get that tattooed on myself." They endorsed the statement, using it to frame a broader discussion about the league's handling of gender and popularity. Victor Davis Hanson's analysis also featured, where he argued that Clark and Cunningham have destabilized the league's "preferred obscurity and poverty."
Other segments included Chris Matthews warning moderate Democrats about the DSA, AOC walking back "woke one" positions on ABC, and New York Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher redefining shoplifting as "crimes of poverty." The hosts also covered H.R. McMaster's CBS analysis of IRGC "pattern of life" videos targeting Barron and Melania Trump, and Rahm Emanuel positioning himself as a moderate against Gavin Newsom.
The show also touched on international and defense stories, including a Grimerica clip breaking down new Canadian hate-speech guidance that treats social-media boycotts of 2SLGBTQI+ organizations as potential bias incidents, MS NOW's reporting on the USS Abraham Lincoln's 266-day deployment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pushback from Panama, and a boots-on-the-ground segment from Sir Darius Unity detailing data-center construction protocols, phone confiscation, and reported downtime losses.
As always, the No Agenda Show emphasized media deconstruction, using verbatim clips to let the sources speak for themselves while the hosts provided sharp analysis and humor. Episode 1895 is available now wherever podcasts are heard, with meetup information and producer credits at the episode page.
