Episode 1871 of the No Agenda podcast, titled 'Hatman,' released on May 24, 2026, finds co-hosts Adam Curry — broadcasting from the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville during the K-LOVE Music Awards — and John C. Dvorak in northern Silicon Valley deconstructing a packed Memorial Day weekend news cycle. The duo dig into President Trump's Truth Social claim of a 'largely negotiated' deal with Iran, the ongoing CENTCOM blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and what Curry frames as a financial-not-military war driven by Lloyd's of London insurance pricing.
Curry pushes back on BBC framing of the Iran talks, calling the Strait of Hormuz standoff 'theater of the highest order.' He adds, '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 cover reports that Iran is settling cargo-ship insurance payments in Bitcoin to dodge sanctions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's uranium enrichment slip, and Pakistan's army chief brokering talks in Tehran.
Listeners get sharp takes on the leaked DNC autopsy commissioned by Chair Ken Martin on Kamala Harris's 2024 loss, Rep. Thomas Massie's primary defeat analyzed through Victor Davis Hanson and Scott Jennings, NYC Mayor Mamdani's new Twitch livestream 'Talk with the People,' and a White House shooting involving Nasir Best. Dvorak weighs 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.'
Deeper segments include 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. The hosts also examine Tulsi Gabbard's June 30 resignation amid her husband Abraham's bone cancer diagnosis, Dr. Deborah Birx's surprising 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.
