The No Agenda Show honored the life and legacy of co-host John C. Dvorak with a special listener-curated tribute episode released on July 26, 2026. Titled "Producer's Tribute to JCD," episode 1889 features nearly three hours of clips selected by the show's global producer community through the PodHerd (formerly ClipGenie) platform. Host Adam Curry devoted the Sunday broadcast to assembling the memorial, following a private family and friends remembrance on episode 1888.
Curry opened the episode by describing the overwhelming response to Dvorak's passing, noting that his name trended on X and that emails have flooded his inbox. "I spent about 8 hours yesterday putting this show together and it was amazing," Curry said. "These are your choices... I'd say 80% of what you guys sent in or selected on PodHerd Clip Genie, I completely forgotten about. Somewhere around 3 o'clock, I texted Tina. I said, I got to break open a bottle. I was laughing, crying, and I think you'll do the same."
The tribute spanned Dvorak's most memorable segments across nearly two decades of broadcasts. Highlights included the recurring "John C. Dvorak Tip of the Day," covering wine (2015 Cru Beaujolais, Fleur de Sel, Retsina), food (Youssef's hummus, muscadine wine, fleur de sel), and tech. Producers also selected deconstructions of Victoria Nuland's "F the EU" Ukraine call, Ticketmaster vaccine passports, and Washington Post fact-checking. Dvorak's theories on vasectomies, fractals, Marvin Minsky, and Seymour Rubinstein's shrink-wrap license origins were featured, along with signature bits including "Game, Set, Match, the Lizard People Win," fart-gate, and the "stay safe" retort.
The episode featured Dvorak riffing on topics from Algerian Saharan crude oil to gasifier trucks, from Beaujolais vintages to Michael Clayton, from Ban Ki-moon and Yatsenyuk to Amy Klobuchar's dropped consonants. Producers contributed clips of Dvorak calling out ProPublica's Lydia DePillis, dissecting the 2,000 ex-DOJ letter, mocking the Washington Post's 16,241-item lie database, and predicting Ticketmaster would never implement vaccine passports. Special credit goes to Sir Deenonymous and Void Zero for infrastructure support, Dame Jennifer for animated segments, and Sir Chris in Australia for a closing musical tribute performed by the Grumpy Old Dames.
Curry announced a two-week hiatus before returning, with Darren O'Neill and Larry Bleitner filling in. The No Agenda Show, known for its sharp media deconstruction, humor, and value-for-value model, remains one of podcasting's most influential independent productions. Episode 1889 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
