18 Jun 2017
Gestalt Prime
Show producer, Ignacio Salome just self-published his novel, Gestalt Prime. John Dvorak was impressed with the quality of the production of the publican, its cover and content. He further recommended that show listeners should go to Amazon to buy it and then review it. Description: Pre-sync Earth is no more. All that remains now is a
13 Jun 2017
HyperNormalisation
HyperNormalisation is the latest documentary from the brilliant Adam Curtis. Many of his past films have been mentioned in No Agenda. Now, the entire 2:15 length documentary is on YouTube. In HyperNormalisation, Curtis explains the connections that influenced the situations Lybia and Syria as well as filling in a lot of holes in the story.
13 Jun 2017
Dick
During a discussion on Watergate and what it really is all about, John Dvorak shared a movie pick, the 1999 movie, Dick, which gives a hilarious angle on how Watergate occurred. Dick is about two cheerleaders that visit the Whitehouse and get mixed up with Richard Nixon’s taping chicanery. Stars the delightful Kirsten Dunst and
25 May 2017
Get Me Roger Stone
Adam highly recommends the new Netflix documentary, Get Me Roger Stone. Dvorak has heard lots of buzz about it too and assumes it’s dynamite. Adam compared it to Adam Curtis’ Hypernormalizaiton. According to the Book of Knowledge (Wikipedia) Roger Jason Stone Jr. (born August 27, 1952) is an American political consultant,[2] lobbyist, and strategist, noted for
25 May 2017
Oxytocin
“Oxytocin promotes pro-social behavior”, “grooviest hormone on earth!” says an expert. John Dvorak described it, “Idea is you take a little nasal inhalant, you meetup with someone and you fall in love – at least your amenable, or at least you can put up with each other” Get it on Amazon! [931 :19]
09 May 2017
Arab Chicken
Dvorak is trying to remember the name of a chain of chicken restaurants in Saudi Arabia. Supposedly, even critics of the Kingdom rave about this chicken. Jokingly, Adam asked if it was called Hermanos Pollos in reference to the infamous chicken joint in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. We looked around and discovered Al Baik is
20 Apr 2017
The Great War
PBS is now showing The Great War as part of its American Experience series. John Dvorak mentioned it at the beginning of NA 920 because he just saw the third part, “one of the best things they’ve ever done!” he judged the series. Revealed in the series was the ministry of propaganda (CPI – Committee of Public
31 Mar 2017
Snowpiercer
While discussing geo-engineering schemes, Dvorak brought up Snowpiercer, a fantastic movie. He further described it as a dynamite sci-fi movie about a train that has to keep moving to keep the world from freezing over. Get it at Amazon. [NA 916 :22]
29 Mar 2017
La La Land
Dvorak is having trouble watching La La Land. Adam asked if he went to see it in the theater and Dvorak admitted he had a DVD screener. Dvorak doesn’t like it, can’t understand why it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread-it seems dull! [NA 898 2:44]
29 Mar 2017
Bilbao, Spain
Time for another Dvorak Food & Travel Tip! This time in Spain: You want to go the eat the food in Bilbao, they have some of the greatest restaurants in the world – in that area, San Sebastián to be honest about it; then you leave there and go down to Rioja which is a
29 Mar 2017
Mein Kampf
Headline: Germany sees overwhelming sales of Mein Kampf! Mein Kampf is now being printed in Germany. Boom! It’s now a best seller, So, Adam picked up a copy. Adam explained that in one version, with the translation by the ADL, all offensive material has been taken out, but it’s the whole point of reading the book. Dvorak says,
29 Mar 2017
Hankook Supermarket: Korean Energy Drinks
John Dvorak recommends checking out the crazy Korean energy drink available at Hankook market in Menlo Park (or Redwood City) in the San Francisco Bay Peninsula. FACT CHECK! We discovered Hankook is really 20 miles down the road in Sunnyvale. According to Dvorak, these Korean energy drinks are not like the ones we have domestically, loaded with taurine,
29 Mar 2017
No Agenda News Hottie: Helena Humphrey
You can now add Deutsche Welle’s Helena Humphrey to the pantheon of favorite No Agenda News presenters. During episode 913 Dvorak played a clip and he remarked at the beautiful German Helena with goth style makeup on Deutsche Welle. In one clip he remarked about her butt. After going through the website we figured out he
18 Mar 2017
The Producers
While discussing the censorship of the new version of Beauty and the Beast, Dvorak brought up The Producers with Mel Brooks. and wonders why it wasn’t banned since it contains of the funniest anti-gay stuff in it. [9:12 2:42]
18 Mar 2017
Beauty and the Beast
The new live action version of Beauty and the Beast is being banned in Russia and Malaysia – all due to a ‘gay moment’ in the film. A show producer tweeted, “I guess people are bent out of shape from the one gay scene but don’t seem to mind a woman falling in love with an
16 Mar 2017
The Leftovers
Dvorak seems confused or unsure of the title of his TV recommendation, “The Unborn , The Returns, The Returners, originally a French things call the Revenants. It’s a zombie style story without zombies!” We think he’s trying to describe HBO’s The Leftovers. From a New York Times review: The story is adapted from a novel of the same
16 Mar 2017
Santa Clarita Diet
Adam recommends Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix. He joked that it features Drew Barrymore as a cannibal zombie. [NA 911 2:51]
16 Mar 2017
NCAA March Madness
As the NCAA Championship, better known as March Madness heads to the final brackets, it gets real good according to John Dvorak. “Very entertaining basketball for two or three weeks – college hoops!” [NA 911 2:51]
13 Mar 2017
The Myth of the Machine
Dvorak enthusiastically recommended No Agenda listeners to read any book authored by Lewis Mumford. He was prolific writer in the 1930’s–1950’s who often wrote about The Machine (technology) in a societal context. Dvorak said you can find a great copy in a used bookstore for a buck or two. Get Lewis Mumford books at Amazon.
11 Mar 2017
Noodles & Company Closes Austin Restaurants
Oh no! Noodles and Company has shuttered some Austin area restaurants! Adam Curry thinks this restaurant must’ve been ground zero of the social justice movement thanks to Noodle Boy (No Agenda clip favorite) working there. Good luck for the rest of the workers in finding for new jobs. [NA 907 1:17]