In episode 1873 of the No Agenda Show, titled 'Supercycle,' hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak broadcast from the Texas Hill Country and Refinery Row, delivering a media deconstruction that probes several high-impact stories. The episode, published May 31, 2026, opens with a provocative thesis about a nationwide audit of autism treatment billing. Curry highlights that North Carolina alone saw an 11,000% spike in Medicaid spending for autism treatment, while Minnesota's ABA therapy outlays surged roughly 51,000% since 2018. He argues the original autism epidemic narrative itself may have been a scam that primed the pump for these expenditures. Curry presses his central question: 'Perhaps the actual study of autism, of who, how many people have autism, was the scam to begin with, an inside job before it even got to the Medicare and all of this money that was going to autism treatment?'
The episode also covers the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral, which the hosts compare across ABC, CBS, and NBC in their signature 3x3 segment. Dvorak floats the idea of sabotage timed to the SpaceX S-1 filing, while Curry notes the launch pad itself was destroyed. The hosts flag a verbal tic in CBS coverage, observing that the word 'glitch' has been quietly replaced by the century-old farming term 'haywire.'
Other stories include the collapsing Freedom 250 concert led by Silicon Valley figure Keith Krach, with dropouts including Martina McBride, the Commodores, Bret Michaels, and Young MC. Joe Rogan's on-air apology after a Theo Von episode raised alarms about SSRIs and the discredited chemical imbalance theory. Texas AG Ken Paxton's push to classify Sharia law enforcement as a second-degree felony is also discussed. Jill Biden's CBS book tour draws a furious response from Pod Save America.
Curry and Dvorak dig into Treasury Secretary Bessent's remarks at the Reagan National Economic Forum about a proposed $250 bill featuring President Trump, complete with a primer on seigniorage. Curry shares hands-on frustration using Anthropic's Claude Code agent to automate show credits and clip cutting, concluding the AI 'supercycle' touted by Armada CEO Dan Wright is overvalued. A boots-on-the-ground note from an independent Washington State gas station operator details two-week fuel contracts and hidden carbon-credit fees pressuring July 4 prices.
No Agenda is a long-running, listener-supported podcast hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak that takes a skeptical, independent look at mainstream media, politics, culture, and the forces shaping the daily news cycle. Episode 1873 'Supercycle' is available now wherever podcasts are heard, and in any modern podcast app from podcastapps.com.
