In the first episode since the passing of co-host John C. Dvorak, Adam Curry returned to the No Agenda show with guest Rob Dew, a correspondent for AlexJonesLive.com, to deconstruct the week's news cycle. Broadcasting from Fredericksburg, Texas, Curry set the tone early, warning listeners that every story covered would be tied to the upcoming midterm elections. The episode, titled “Just Dew It,” aired on August 20, 2026, and spanned a wide range of topics, from military morale to economic policy.
Central to the discussion was the controversy surrounding the USS Abraham Lincoln, where reports of moldy showers, broken toilets, and a sailor going overboard after 250 days at sea in the war with Iran dominated headlines. Curry read a dispatch from a Navy aviator disputing the coverage, then shared his father-in-law Earl's blunt perspective from Vietnam: “I was in Vietnam for 8 months, slept in a pup tent for 3 months during the rainy monsoon season, period. Sailors are sissies.” Dew countered with a viral Marine drill instructor clip he compared to actor Elliot Page, arguing that modern military culture has replaced grit with grievance procedures, and that family members, not sailors, are driving the media narrative.
The conversation then shifted to President Trump's strategic pivot from bombing Iran to an economic blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted that pipelines would render the strait irrelevant, a claim that aligns with the administration's broader economic strategy. Meanwhile, the federal debt hit $40 trillion, Bitcoin surged past $72,000, and the Genius Act's stablecoin rollout began, signaling significant shifts in financial markets. Curry and Dew also discussed the Texas data center boom, ChatGPT for Teens, and Meta's $1.4 trillion multistate addiction trial, connecting these stories to the midterm election narrative.
Dew highlighted the newly unsealed indictment of former SPLC CFO Heidi Beirich, linking it to a 2013 FBI Boston field office assessment that labeled Alex Jones a racially motivated extremist. Citing FOIA documents analyzed by former agent Kyle Seraphin, Dew argued that the indictment is part of a broader pattern of government targeting. Curry added testimony from the Texas state Senate on 500 proposed gigawatts of data center power chasing stranded wind capacity in the Panhandle, illustrating the complex interplay between energy policy and technology growth.
The episode also touched on the Keystone XL revival, Alberta's October 19 independence referendum, Ukraine's 800-drone assault on Russia, and UK-supplied weapons hitting Wildberries warehouses. Judge Napolitano's interview with Max Blumenthal on the Ankara decoy flight was also examined, with Dew connecting these events to the impending midterms. As Curry noted, every clip in the news cycle ultimately ties back to the political stakes of the election, making it essential for listeners to understand the underlying narratives.
This return episode underscores the show's commitment to skeptical, independent analysis, offering an alternative to conventional news coverage. For those seeking a deeper understanding of how media narratives are shaped, Episode 1896 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
