loved his columns when i was a kid. No agenda is obviously too much for non republicans but his other podcast can be pure gold. Especially on 2x speed

Why would a non-republican have an issue with No Agenda?

I think they mainly have an issue with idiots and hypocrites. They are fans of RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and lots of others; they also slam lots of republicans as well (for being hypocritical idiots).

He and Curry are rabidly anti-Democrat party.

To be fair, they're rabidly anti Uni-party.

Curry just seems to genuinely like Trump too much for my tastes.

He went that far? Because Trump is a noncomformist, I'm guessing?

The concepts of "Trump being a uniform piece of shit" and "Trump being the target of a weaponized judicial system" aren't mutually exclusive but he can't seem to reconcile that fact. I like to think it's because he has an appreciation for Trump's genuine skill at showmanship, but I tire of it.

There is inarguable value in the twice weekly media roundup that they do, so long as they stick with mainstream sources and stay away from silly medical blogs and Cuban ex-CIA guys. No one is perfect I suppose.

FWIW I don't think either of them are any sort of bigots, but sometimes old school chauvinists and maybe xenophobic in a way that makes you groan but not particularly offensive. I hear way worse daily on my university campus. It's the criticisms that they shy away from that make people irritated, I think.

> FWIW I don't think either of them are any sort of bigots

I just poked around at some recent transcripts and there was plenty of anti-trans stuff.

To be fair he's just gotten old and doesn't have his wits about him as even his writing sucks now. The NA podcast still merits the occasional listen, but Curry went evangelical and their community has become full of that particular breed of "patriot" that I don't like to associate with. I don't think they do either, but the irony (given their anti-advertising model) is that these types of folks pay their bills, so now they're stuck keeping them happy.

the show used to be good fun. general banter, silly conspiracy stuff. it started sucking well before Trump and then the election made it so much worse.

haven't listened in years but somehow i ended up with JCD as a connection on LinkedIn, so every time I log on there's some no agenda hot take in the feed somewhere.

Yeah I used to listen to them quite a bit back in the day but in the lead up to the 2016 election they became insufferable. There was one Clinton story in particular they kept bringing up so I went through their show notes to the source and sure enough they were mischaracterizing everything about it. I emailed John pointing this out and he emailed back with one of the most dismissive replies I've ever gotten.

"this is an excellent deep analysis that I credit the show for."

Wow, thanks John, I'm glad I have the show to credit for doing some basic analysis.

I called him out on having a chemistry degree but not understanding how the prospects of using hydrogen in steelmaking isn't some hippy-dippy, NWO bullshit, but actually a really awesome thing to work toward. Got the equivalent of a shrug and he told me to start my own podcast.