In episode 1871 of the No Agenda podcast, titled 'Hatman,' co-hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect a busy Memorial Day weekend news cycle, focusing on President Donald Trump's claim of a 'largely negotiated' deal with Iran. The episode, published May 24, 2026, explores the ongoing CENTCOM blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and what Curry describes as a financial war driven by insurance pricing from Lloyd's of London.
Curry, broadcasting from Nashville's Gaylord Opryland during the K-LOVE Music Awards, pushed back on BBC framing of the Iran talks, calling the Strait of Hormuz standoff 'theater of the highest order.' He emphasized, 'It's a financial war. I've said this from the beginning. If Lloyd's of London won't insure, nobody — for whatever reason, no one wants to use the American reinsurers through DFC and Chubb.' The hosts also discussed reports that Iran is settling cargo-ship insurance payments in Bitcoin to evade sanctions, highlighting the evolving tactics in economic warfare.
The episode covered Secretary of State Marco Rubio's slip between 'enriched' and 'highly-enriched' uranium, Pakistan's army chief brokering talks in Tehran, and the leaked DNC autopsy commissioned by Chair Ken Martin on Kamala Harris's 2024 loss. Other topics included Rep. Thomas Massie's primary defeat, analyzed through commentators Victor Davis Hanson and Scott Jennings, and NYC Mayor Mamdani's new Twitch livestream 'Talk with the People.'
Dvorak weighed in on the viral 'Mask-Gate' clip of retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward on Fox News, concluding, 'This little anomaly here, it doesn't — it looks like bullcrap to me.' The hosts also examined declassified emails from former NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers to DNI James Clapper, CIA's John Brennan, and FBI's James Comey over the 2017 Russia attribution report, referred by AG Pam Bondi to a Fort Pierce grand jury overseen by Joe diGenova and Judge Aileen Cannon.
Additional segments covered Tulsi Gabbard's June 30 resignation amid her husband Abraham's bone cancer diagnosis, Dr. Deborah Birx's defense of U.S. Ebola funding in the DRC, a new USCIS green-card memo requiring applicants to return home, the SpaceX S-1 filing, and Jeff Bezos's optimistic AI-and-jobs forecast. The episode underscores the podcast's signature media deconstruction, offering a skeptical alternative to conventional news narratives.
