No Agenda is a podcast hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak that is recorded twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. Pacific Time.[1] The show is primarily focused on mainstream media deconstruction.
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak |
| Genre | Comedy, Political Talk |
| Updates | Sunday and Thursday |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 1,718 (as of December 7, 2024) |
| Publication | |
| Original release | October 26, 2007 |
| License | CC-BY 3.0 |
The show has no advertisers and instead subsists entirely on donations. There are no guidelines for the amount and frequency of contributions; instead, these are left to the discretion of the listener, a model called "value for value" by the show's hosts. The show also relies on its listeners—dubbed "producers"—to provide artwork and audio clips.[2]
In July 2016, the show won the Podcast Award for Best Podcast in the category "News & Politics."[3] In September 2013, the show was nominated for Podcast Awards in two categories, "People's Choice" and "Politics / News".[4] Talkers Magazine featured the podcast in their "Frontier Fifty", an alphabetically sorted list containing a "Selection of Outstanding Talk Media Webcasters".[5]
In December 2009, the show announced they had reached 450,000 listeners.[6] During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience in July 2021, Curry stated that No Agenda has 1–1.4 million listeners per episode.[7]
A primer has been produced for newer listeners, both as an introduction and a discussion of the show.[8]
History
editNo Agenda debuted in October 2007.[9][10] Its premise was that the co-founder (Curry) and then vice-president (Dvorak) of mevio (until Oct. 2012) would have an unfiltered dialogue. The impetus for starting the show, according to Curry, was a 4-minute phone call made to Dvorak saying that they "should do a show together." Little thought was given to what the show would be about, in fact only the name was agreed upon before the first show was recorded.[citation needed] The show discusses news, current events and conspiracy theories.[11]
The podcast does not accept advertising and is supported by the listeners to prevent conflicts of interest. Through this direct listener-supported model, those that contribute amounts above a predetermined level are referred to as executive producers.[2]
No Agenda was named to Talkers Magazine's Frontier Fifty list for 2011, a list of 'Outstanding Media Webcasters.'[5]
The show received five out of five microphones in review published by Podcast Magazine.[11]
No Agenda Social
editNo Agenda Social served as the flagship social media platform for the show until early 2024 when it was closed down.[12] A goal of this platform was to avoid the censorship, restrictions, and rules found on many "Big Tech" social media platforms.[13] It ran Mastodon software and was connected to a network of distributed social media platforms known as the Fediverse.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "No Agenda: The Show". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ a b Turn Up the Volume: A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting. p. 146-147.
- ^ LLC, One Technologies. "PodCastAwards.com". www.podcastawards.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ 2013 Winners and Nominees Archived May 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Podcast Awards
- ^ a b "Frontier Fifty". Talkers Magazine. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Presenter: Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak, Executive Producer: Steven Pelsmaekers (2009-12-16). "Audio: No Agenda 157 – The Democratic Industrial Complex". No Agenda. San Francisco. 97:00 minutes in. Mevio.
- ^ "#1679 - Adam Curry". The Joe Rogan Experience. Austin. 2021-07-06. 166:50 minutes in. Spotify.
- ^ "Audio: No Agenda 200.6 – Understanding No Agenda". 12 Jul 2012. Retrieved 27 Nov 2015.
- ^ "NA-001-2007-10-26 @SpokenWord.org". 26 Oct 2007. Retrieved 29 Nov 2009.
- ^ "Audio: No Agenda 1". 26 Oct 2007. Retrieved 27 Nov 2015.
- ^ a b Patzer, Tami (February 2020). Olsher, Steve (ed.). "Under the Radar: No Agenda" (PDF). Podcast Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 1. San Diego, CA. p. 91. ISSN 2690-4608. OCLC 1140254648. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Network - No Agenda". www.noagendashow.net. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "No Agenda Social". gitmolist.org. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ "Secret to Mastodon's Success..." Business2Community.
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