03 Apr 2012
Maphead
Maphead is a book by Ken Jennings. While discussing pipelines and northern European geography, Adam blurted out Maphead as a “great book!”. [NA 395]
02 Apr 2012
No Agenda Chicken
No Agenda Chicken
(Roasted Chicken Full Legs or Thighs)
This recipe is something I cook often, and it became a topic of conversation on a No Agenda show.
29 Mar 2012
Hot Pockets 2009?
Adam and Mickey are thinking of hitting the road again. Of course, they’ll need an RV, so if you can loan them one – send’em a note! They’re starting to think of locations to visit in the beautiful US of A, where they can camp out and meet No Agenda listeners. [NA 394]
27 Mar 2012
Enemies: A History of the F.B.I.
Adam is excited about reading the new book by Tim Weiner (Legacy of Ashes), about the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover. We're looking forward to Adam's book report!
25 Mar 2012
Adam’s Condemned Condo
While discussing the high speed rail fiasco in NA 392, Adam mentioned that his apartment building in San Francisco was leveled for the proposed High Speed Rail transit complex. His condo was condemned under imminent domain along with some historic buildings, restaurants and an art gallery. Currently, it’s a parking lot.
24 Mar 2012
Jason Russell Meltdown
Jason Russell, the leader of Invisible Children and producer of the infamous KONY 2012 video goes 5150 in front of cameras.
24 Mar 2012
US Passport Card
Another sign of DroneNation but Dvorak thinks these are cool cards and his family uses for them for their frequent travels to and from Canada.
24 Mar 2012
Doritos Pouch – Walking Taco
Adam went to a fundraiser in Austin recently and had a Texas style delicacy known as a Doritos Pouch. It's a snack sized bag of Doritos with chili and other taco style toppings dumped on top of the crunched chips
18 Mar 2012
Bluefoot Chicken
Adam went to the Austin Farmer's Market and was chatting with a French seller who was selling ducks and chickens. Adam ended up getting a duck and prepared it with baslamic vinegar and fig preserves. Adam said he was also selling heirloom Blue Foot chickens and wondered...
17 Mar 2012
J. Edgar
The Eastwood directed biography of the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover was mentioned during a conversation about the FBI's expansion of power is a 'fractal' of the TSA's current grab for power.
17 Mar 2012
Ghost Adventures
More horrible TV! John's been watching more bad cable TV "so you don't have to". This week he shared a clip featuring some young ghost hunters aboard the USS Hornet (now a floating museum in nearby Alameda, California).
12 Mar 2012
It Can’t Happen Here
As Adam was complaining about overweight, waddling TSA agents - Dvorak brought up Sinclair Lewis' book, It Can't Happen Here which describes our current police state.
11 Mar 2012
Doomsday Preppers
Dvorak revealed this interesting cable TVshow called Doomsday Preppers!
11 Mar 2012
Smash
When Dvorak started to discuss the new Spring TV shows, Adam declared his was Smash because it hits his "gay bone". Dvorak responded that it was the WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP!
10 Mar 2012
Countdown To Looking Glass
Adam played this clip submitted by Producer Art Larson during NA 387. The 1984 Candadian produced mockumentary portrays a nuclear crisis scenario between the USA and USSR. Newt Gingrich is featured in one segment which Adam played.
08 Mar 2012
Tell To Win
During NA 387, Adam was explaining the douchey Facebook press event in NYC and how they were promoting it's new ad strategy of Ads as Stories. Dvorak chimed in that it is all based on Peter Guber's Tell to Win book which came out recently.
04 Mar 2012
A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
Get it at Amazon In the beginning of this morning’s show, Adam brought up A Century of War and how it relates to the current oil market that is “just one disaster” away from even higher prices.
02 Mar 2012
Tim’s Cascade Potato Chips
An Outstanding potato chip! Near the end of NA 386, John Dvorak crunched on some Tim’s Cascade Potato Chips. He opined that you can’t find a crunchier chip.