Books Archive

Shoe0nHead’s Take on Morning Glory Milking Farm

While Adam and John were talking about Producer David Brunetti, Adam mentioned he was trying to coax him into producing a movie based up the best-selling book, Morning Glory Milking Farm. This film has received a lot of attention, specifically the internet phenom, Shoe0nHead. [No Agenda #1081 2:17]

Dvorak’s Mac Book: Dvorak’s Inside Track To The Mac

While discussing fan art for the show using Alfred E. Neuman, a copyright-protected image, he mentioned he actually licensed the same likeness from Mad Magazine for the Mac book he wrote in the early 90s. Looks like you can find a copy on eBay for a whopping $54.00! [No Agenda #1808 2:10]

Adam’s Book Pick: Amusing Ourselves To Death

Adam mentioned a No Agenda Booklist Classic, Neil Postman’s, Amusing Ourselves to Death, while he was discussing No Agenda Show producers who spend too much time doomscrolling. Adam theorized that listening to podcasts is much healthier than watching short movies from people they don’t even know. Get it on Amazon. [No Agenda #1808 :47]

White Over Black

While attending Cal Berkeley, John Dvorak had a history professor, Winthrop P. Jordan, who won a National Book Award for authoring White Over Black. It’s about pre-civil war race relations. This professor told John, “if you’re going to study American history, you should read the bible, because you’re not going to get it otherwise”. Get

Tip of the Day: The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler

John Dvorak thinks that Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West is one of the greatest book ever written–that people have never read! John added that Decline of the West was written in 1918. But it’s very readable as it’s written in a modern style. John: Okay, so this is a screwball tip that came

Richard A. Viguerie: The Establishment vs the People – Is a New Populist Revolt on the Way?

While discussing the current rise of populism, John Dvorak mentioned that author Richard A. Viguerie predicted this years ago. Argues that the Populist movement is gaining strength in America, describes current government problems, and offers suggestions on how to make this nation great again Used copies of this book are available at Amazon. [No Agenda

Recommended Book: Wartime Snapshots: Unseen Views/Photography from OIF

Wartime Snapshots: Unseen Views/Photography from OIF is a revealing book from No Agenda Show Knight, Sir Darrius Unity; Knight of the Sandhill People. Both Adam and John have recommended this book on numerous occasions. Sir Darrius Unity also runs the website/project WarNTees.com featuring his photographic work on t-shirts and fundraising for verterans causes. About the

‘The True Believer’ by Eric Hoffer

While discussing Democrat politicians who are ‘dying on the hill’ on trans issues, John Dvorak recommended the book, The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. There’s a good book by Eric Hoffer called The True Believers, required reading for anyone with an actual education – or not… It’s just required reading. Get this book on Amazon.

Would You Eat a Groundhog? “Unmentionable Cuisine”

At the beginning of No Agenda #1735, Adam played a clip about Groundhog Day. John Dvorak then started discussing eating groundhogs and mentioned the book, Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W. Schwabe. This book has horrible recipes featuring rats and other vermin. Turns out, this book was also mentioned on No Agenda way back in 2010!

Too Many Eggs!

Recently John C. Dvorak pointed out that NoAgendaFun.com had a good collection of Tips, Books, Movies, etc., but it was missing Too Many Eggs, the book his wife, Mimi Smith-Dvorak authored. We were shocked as we thought we posted this useful tome on all things eggs. Well, we found we made a note for it,

Delay Deny Defend: Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it

With the shocking assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the focus is now on health insurance companies and how they can destroy lives and families by denying insurance claims. Delay, Deny and Defend was written on the assassin’s bullet casings found at the scene of the shooting. These words are referring to the book, Delay

Listen to Monica Perez Read Mass Control by Jim Keith

A recommended Tip of the Day comes from show Producer Zachary Burien. Read Mass Control by Jim Keith, tip of the day for John. The Monica Perez show host is reading it on her pod for free! [No Agenda #1711 2:19]

Wireless Wars

While discussing Bill Gates recent meetup with China’s Xi Jinping, Dvorak played a clip featuring an analysts view on the Chinese leaders hierarchy of relationships with American tech leaders. The analyst was Wireless Wars author, Jon Nelson. Check out the book on Amazon. [NA1565 1:04]

The Coddling of the American Mind

While discussing the over-socialized and under-informed, author Jonathan Haidt and his commentary on Gen Z was mentioned. His book is The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.

Are We “Amusing Ourselves to Death?”

Tristan Harris recently appeared on the Joe Rogan show and read the opening from the Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death.

Snowcrash

While discussing how Chris Hardwick’s past relationships with companies is now being erased (very Stalinist says John C!) Adam drew comparisons to the novel Black Mirror and the sci-fi novel Snowcrash. Snowcrash is the famous sci-fi novel that came out in the late 80s. Adam mentioned it because so much of it has become true!

Smear

Dvorak shared a clip featuring Sheryl Attkisson, a journalist that  was interviewed about her new book Smear on BookTV.  She disclosed that CBS shaped her stories and told you what the facts show and what the interviewees will say. She also claims to be hacked by our own govt. Get it at Amazon [NA 950 :35]

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

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,

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.