Episodes

Bernie Sanders confronts a major data breach within the Democratic National Committee voter database, alleging that NGP VAN CEO Stu Trevelyan and other former Clinton staffers orchestrated a dirty trick to sabotage his campaign. The controversy erupted during the ABC News Democratic primary debate, where Sanders apologized for his staff's actions while demanding an independent investigation into systemic security failures. Hillary Clinton countered by proposing a Manhattan-like project for encryption, calling for tech leaders to build government backdoors that FBI Director James Comey claims are technically impossible. Secondary stories include a $100 million FTC settlement against LifeLock for deceptive advertising and data insecurity, a story largely ignored by mainstream media due to the company's heavy ad spend. In international news, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde faces trial in France over a 400 million euro payment to Bernard Tapie, a move suspected to be retaliation for her support of the Chinese Yuan entering the SDR basket. Meanwhile, Juniper Networks discovered unauthorized source code in its systems that allowed hackers to monitor government VPN traffic for three years, and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) was quietly folded into the federal omnibus bill to grant corporations liability immunity for sharing private customer data with the Department of Homeland Security. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak engage in a heated ten-dollar wager over the ten-year viability of self-driving cars following reports that Google autonomous vehicles are being rear-ended for following traffic laws too strictly. The duo also breaks down the curious visibility of lighthouses in Flat Earth mathematics and the Dutch wartime shibboleth Scheveningen used to catch German spies. Staff member VoidZero celebrates the arrival of a new baby boy named Steven, adding a rare moment of domestic joy to the global chaos.

Donald Trump dominates the media landscape following a chaotic CNN Republican primary debate at the Venetian in Las Vegas. While Vladimir Putin praises the candidate as an intelligent leader, Trump continues to bypass traditional filters by accusing networks of using his presence to inflate broadcast ratings. The fallout from the stage includes Chris Christie’s aggressive stance on Russian no-fly zones and Ben Carson’s controversial metaphors regarding the necessity of civilian casualties in warfare. Senator Ted Cruz advocates for the carpet bombing of ISIS while criticizing the Department of Homeland Security for failing to monitor social media due to political correctness. Reports surface of a secret DHS policy that allegedly prevented officials from reviewing the public posts of the San Bernardino attackers to avoid negative public relations. Meanwhile, the second season of the Serial podcast featuring Bowe Bergdahl is scrutinized as a potential intelligence operation designed to sanitize the narrative of his disappearance and subsequent court-martial. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the technical failures of mainstream broadcasts and the hypnotic speaking style of Secretary of State John Kerry. The duo examines the Gunslinger’s Gait of Vladimir Putin, the rise of neurodiversity in school budgeting, and the German government's new agreement with Facebook to delete reported hate speech within twenty-four hours. The program concludes with a breakdown of the 2016 omnibus spending bill and its implications for corporate data sharing under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.

Democratic senators and the White House are rebranding firearm violence as a public health crisis, introducing the term gun disease to frame the issue as a medical epidemic. Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed the administration is exploring executive authority to expand background checks following record-breaking Black Friday sales. Meanwhile, FBI Director James Comey faced scrutiny during a Senate hearing for his lack of clarity regarding existing regulations for internet firearm transactions. In Paris, President Barack Obama celebrated the COP21 climate agreement as a historic victory, while activists from Friends of the Earth and Democracy Now! criticized the deal for lacking financial compensation for developing nations. The International Investors Group on Climate Change, including Blackrock and JP Morgan, is now proposing a three-trillion-dollar carbon pricing framework. In the United States, Dr. John Christy testified before a Ted Cruz-led hearing, alleging that federal funding is biased against contrarian climate research and calling for independent Red Teams to challenge EPA models. Cultural oddities and media friction round out the report, including a viral hoax involving a faked Stanley Kubrick confession about the moon landing and a runaway Boston commuter train that traveled five miles without an operator. Harrison Ford issued climate warnings while promoting the new Star Wars film, and Neil deGrasse Tyson dismissed the media's insistence on giving equal time to Flat Earth theorists. The program also acknowledges the induction of Sir Stephen van der Haaf as the Baron of Eastern North Carolina.

Donald Trump faces a global media firestorm and comparisons to Adolf Hitler following his proposal for a total shutdown of Muslim immigration. While NBC News and Tom Brokaw lead the rhetorical charge against the Republican frontrunner, a Bloomberg poll reveals that two-thirds of primary voters support the measure. Legal analysis of the Chinese Exclusion Act and Jimmy Carter’s 1979 Iranian ban suggests the executive branch maintains the constitutional authority to restrict entry for national security reasons despite claims of illegality from CNN and the New York Times. FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate this week, claiming that end-to-end encryption is a business model issue rather than a technical hurdle. Comey’s testimony regarding the San Bernardino investigation contradicted President Obama’s claims about the no-fly list, confirming the FBI is indeed notified of firearm purchases by persons on terror databases. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Ash Carter signaled a military expansion into Libya to combat the metastasis of ISIS, and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson expanded the See Something Say Something campaign to encourage citizens to monitor the internet behavior of their own family members. Katy Perry appeared in a bizarre UNICEF weather report to highlight climate change in Bangladesh, while Elon Musk used the COP21 summit in Paris to lobby for a global carbon tax that would benefit Tesla and SolarCity. The program also features a new audio jingle inspired by Stanislav Grof’s holotropic breathwork and a look at the technical failure of the Jeb Bush campaign to secure its own domain name. This episode was produced by Sir Black Ballz of Twit, Scott Brakel, and Robert Montoya.

The New York Times has published its first front-page editorial since 1920, labeling specific firearms as a moral outrage and demanding the outlawing of weapons of war. This coordinated media push, echoed by identical scripts across ABC, CBS, and NBC, coincides with President Barack Obama and Senator Dianne Feinstein advocating for a no-fly list gun ban. The administration’s pivot toward closing the so-called loophole raises significant due process concerns as the federal government targets the Second Amendment through secret, error-prone watchlists. In San Bernardino, an unprecedented media frenzy saw journalists from CNN and MSNBC swarm the apartment of shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik while it remained an active investigation site. Reporters were filmed handling shredded documents and personal passports, leading NYPD veteran Harry Houck to question the total breakdown of crime scene integrity. Meanwhile, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced sixteen new FIFA indictments and addressed the Muslim Advocates annual dinner, where she revealed over 1,000 DOJ investigations into anti-Muslim rhetoric. This shift toward monitoring political speech occurs alongside reports from SITE Intelligence Group regarding Malik’s Facebook pledge to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Adam Curry recounts a bizarre holotropic breathing workshop in San Antonio involving plastic bats and intense emotional releases, which he jokingly compares to an MK Ultra exercise. Former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell appeared on Charlie Rose using repetitive linguistic fillers while discussing the potential for nuclear threats to strip Americans of their remaining freedoms. The episode concludes with a look at the COP 21 climate draft in Paris and billionaire Manoj Bhargava’s pedal-powered electric bike for the global poor.

President Obama and Speaker Paul Ryan clash over the legislative response to the San Bernardino shooting as the White House pushes for federal gun safety laws. While Obama advocates for closing the no-fly list loophole on the CBS Morning Show, Ryan defends Second Amendment due process and shifts the focus toward mental health reform. The media deconstruction highlights a shift in terminology from rifles to long guns and the emergence of the terror mash-up narrative used by CNN criminologists to explain the motives of Saeed Farooq. International tensions escalate as the Russian Defense Ministry releases satellite imagery alleging that Turkish President Erdogan and his son Bilal are complicit in ISIS oil smuggling. In response, the State Department and spokesperson Mark Toner deny Turkish involvement while the British Parliament authorizes immediate airstrikes in Syria using Tornado jets. Domestically, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson faces scrutiny after reports reveal his family accepted $170,000 in luxury gifts from Qatari officials, including Rolex watches and Cartier jewelry, to avoid diplomatic embarrassment. Bill Nye The Science Guy claims climate change caused the Syrian civil war during the COP21 summit in Paris, a theory mocked alongside Obama's imagery of fish swimming in the streets of Miami. The episode features a breakdown of the daughter meme in news broadcasts and a knighting ceremony for Sir Trevor Baxter as the new Baron of Antarctica. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak define the official No Agenda dictionary source while analyzing the rise of cry bullies at Lewis & Clark College.

The Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting has triggered a wave of media speculation as the Obama administration leverages the event to renew gun control efforts. Robert Lewis Dear faces scrutiny over his motives while the press adopts a baby-parts narrative based on unnamed sources. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard appeared on CNN to denounce CIA-backed efforts to overthrow the Syrian government, warning that arming extremist rebels risks a direct military confrontation with Russia and the onset of World War III. Global tensions escalate as Russia imposes harsh economic sanctions on Turkey following the downing of a Russian warplane, banning charter flights and Turkish imports. At the COP21 climate summit in Paris, Prince Charles linked the Syrian conflict to climate-induced droughts while US Special Envoy Todd Stern pushed for non-binding agreements to bypass Senate oversight. Financial mechanisms like the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance and the Climate Investor One fund are emerging as tools for Western influence in Africa to counter Chinese expansion. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces backlash over the delayed release of the Laquan McDonald dashcam video, which critics claim was suppressed to protect his re-election campaign. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the absurdity of pharmaceutical side-effect warnings and the rise of millennial trypophobia. The broadcast features a detailed guide to cooking a ten-pound Narragansett heritage turkey at 500 degrees and a look at the Iraqi Rambo, Abu Azrael, as a Mossad-backed propaganda figure. The hosts also celebrate the 777 Club donors with a formal knighting ceremony for the show's executive producers.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar and the Al-Murabitun group claim responsibility for the Radisson Blu hotel attack in Bamako, Mali, as French and Libyan authorities investigate the resurgence of Al-Qaeda affiliates in the region. Author Nick Turse reports that US military involvement now spans 90 percent of African nations, despite US-trained officers leading recent coups in Mali and Burkina Faso. The episode analyzes the sophisticated media wing of the Islamic State, which FBI Director Jim Comey warns is successfully radicalizing Americans through high-production propaganda. King Abdullah II of Jordan describes the conflict as a Third World War by other means, while UN climate chief Christiana Figueres admits at Davos that climate policy aims to transform the global economic development model away from capitalism. In the United States, Princeton University students demand the removal of Woodrow Wilson's name from campus buildings, and Yale University replaces the title of Master for dormitory heads. Meanwhile, the Fethullah Gulen movement faces scrutiny over allegations of recycling US charter school salaries into political campaign donations for candidates like Senator Kelly Ayotte. John C. Dvorak shares a specialized Thanksgiving yam recipe involving bourbon, maple syrup, and heat-resistant gloves. The show deconstructs a Kraft Star Wars marketing campaign and examines the trend of entomophagy, specifically high-end grasshopper burgers. Adam Curry and Dvorak also review the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard and the extraordinary coincidence of a multi-site terror drill occurring in Paris on the morning of the November attacks.

Rita Katz and the Site Intelligence Group are marketing fear through the discovery of a 19-second ISIS video targeting New York City. While former CBS reporter and current NYPD official John Miller claims the group's Dabiq magazine features complex bomb diagrams, the publication actually displays a simple Schweppes soda can with a detonator. This discrepancy highlights a broader trend of intelligence agencies and media outlets like ABC News using dramatic B-roll and unverified claims to drive national security narratives. Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Navy to coordinate directly with the French naval battle group in Syria, effectively bypassing NATO structures. This shift occurs as the Russian Air Force deploys Tu-160 White Swan supersonic bombers and targets ISIS oil tanker convoys that the US-led coalition previously ignored. Meanwhile, State Department official Victoria Nuland is linked to regional strife in Montenegro, and CIA Director John Brennan faces scrutiny for a Freudian slip referring to the United States as a melting plot during a global security forum. Christiane Amanpour continues her advocacy for military intervention while TSA officers appear on no-fly lists and Whoopi Goldberg makes historically inaccurate claims about Adolf Hitler on The View. The program features a satirical ISIS theme song and a deep dive into the Marfa Lights of Texas, concluding with the Gitmo Nation national anthem.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak broadcast from a mobile Airstream trailer in Marfa, Texas, as news of the November 2015 Paris attacks breaks across the globe. Curry recounts receiving early reports of the massacre via an 80-meter band ham radio while descending from the McDonald Observatory, highlighting a stark contrast between analog information and the digital chaos of the unfolding crisis. The hosts analyze the immediate geopolitical shifts as France and the United States declare war on Daesh. Media pundits including Claire Lopez, Buck Sexton, and Philip Mudd flooded news networks to frame the Bataclan theater massacre as an existential threat, while the discovery of an intact Greek passport near a suicide bomber raised questions about recurring terrorist tropes. The discussion details the history of the Bataclan's Jewish ownership and its proximity to the former Charlie Hebdo offices. Further analysis explores the 'strategy of tension' reminiscent of Operation Gladio, the failure of passive electronic surveillance, and the suspicious timing of multi-site emergency response drills held in Paris on the morning of the attacks. Beyond the tragedy, the program deconstructs the Democratic primary debate where Bernie Sanders linked global warming to terrorism and Hillary Clinton faced scrutiny over her 1975 Marine Corps recruitment claim. Donald Trump’s 'morally deformed' critique of Ben Carson’s redemption narrative provides a moment of political theater, while the hosts launch SlaveSpeak.com to track the decline of precise communication. Sir Luke of London and the Baron of Melbourne join the show’s peerage as the broadcast concludes with a deep dive into the dark energy research at the Giant Magellan Telescope.

Donald Trump dominates the political landscape with a proposal for a national deportation force, drawing direct comparisons to Dwight Eisenhower’s 1954 Operation Wetback. The Republican primary field faces further disruption as Ben Carson navigates a coordinated media hit job involving CNN, PBS, and ABC, while John Kasich and Carly Fiorina struggle to maintain composure under the bright lights of the Fox Business debate in Milwaukee. Global tensions mount following the suspicious crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 in the Sinai Peninsula, where anomalies at the wreckage site suggest a potential staging of events. In Europe, Angela Merkel pressures Mark Zuckerberg for increased Facebook censorship as the migrant crisis reaches a tipping point in Piraeus and Sweden. Meanwhile, the U.S. military conducts a Trident II missile launch off the California coast, a move interpreted as a direct signal to Russian bombers operating near American airspace. Pastor Kevin Swanson provides the week's most bizarre audio with a graphic sermon on pussy sores, while Charlie Rose is caught in a cringeworthy moment flirting with supermodel Gisele Bündchen. Adam Curry prepares for a journey in his Airstream of Consciousness to the McDonald Observatory, and the show welcomes new knights Sir Big Pharma and Sir Caesar Caton to the No Agenda Peerage.

President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline this week, citing national interest while critics point to the financial benefits for major Democratic donors Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. The decision, timed alongside a positive jobs report, highlights a growing schism between the State Department’s domestic interference and the rail interests of Burlington Northern. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces scrutiny for his public posturing as the North American energy landscape shifts toward rail transport. In Europe, the migration crisis intensifies as Swedish authorities report 9,000 weekly arrivals and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher warns of a civilizational envelopment. A new Arctic route has emerged where refugees cycle from Russia into Norway to bypass Mediterranean dangers, while German officials struggle with social chaos in temporary housing. In the Middle East, Victoria Nuland testified that Russian airstrikes in Syria primarily target moderate opposition, fueling theories of a neoconservative plan for a three-state solution and the creation of a Greater Kurdistan. Domestic headlines are dominated by Dr. Ben Carson, whose claims regarding a West Point scholarship and Egyptian grain storage have triggered a media firestorm led by ABC News and Chuck Todd. Bill Nye frames climate change as a five-stage grieving process in a new National Geographic special, pushing carbon credits as the bargaining phase. The UK government unveiled the Snoopers Charter, granting Home Secretary Theresa May unprecedented surveillance powers despite the failure of intelligence to prevent the recent Metrojet crash in Sinai. The program concludes with a look at the Mexican Supreme Court's marijuana ruling and the strange light over Los Angeles that the military claims was a Trident II missile test.

Professor Jamie Pennebaker of the University of Texas at Austin joins the program to reveal how his Linguistic Inquiry Word Count software analyzes the 2016 presidential field. Using data developed for the CIA and FBI, Pennebaker identifies Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders as the most truthful candidates while labeling Donald Trump and Ben Carson as the least intelligent based on speech patterns. The analysis further predicts Marco Rubio will secure the Republican nomination due to specific linguistic markers found in his public addresses. Global tensions rise as Egyptian and British intelligence offer conflicting reports on the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 in the Sinai Peninsula. While official narratives focus on an ISIS-planted bomb, evidence suggests the Russian airliner may have been caught in the crossfire of the Blue Flag military exercise involving the United States and Israel. Simultaneously, UK Home Secretary Theresa May introduces the Investigatory Powers Bill, a sweeping piece of legislation requiring internet service providers to store the browsing history of all citizens for one year while legalizing government hacking of private devices. The cultural divide deepens as a dinner party debate over white privilege and climate change adaptation turns volatile. Amidst reports of rising mortality rates among middle-aged white Americans, Hillary Clinton commits a notable gaffe by suggesting former presidents should not have to disclose criminal records under Ban the Box legislation. The program concludes with a knighting ceremony for Sir Tim Abel and a warning regarding the Dutch Hunger Winter as a historical parallel for modern economic instability.

President Barack Obama authorized the deployment of US Special Operations forces to Syria this week, marking a definitive shift in military policy despite repeated promises of no boots on the ground. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest and CNN analyst Chad Williams defended the move using stylized rhetoric, with Williams describing the mission as a surgical strike by mighty men of valor. The administration maintains the role is restricted to training and advising Kurdish fighters, though Pentagon reports confirm personnel are already facing active combat risks in the region. In Europe, Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a coalition crisis as Bavarian leader Horst Seehofer threatens to break ties over Germany's open-door refugee policy. The European Union has proposed a multi-billion euro Joint Action Plan with Turkey, effectively paying President Erdogan to manage the migration stream while ignoring his recent crackdown on independent media and the firing of actor Levent Ozumcu. Meanwhile, a USA Today investigation revealed the Fethullah Gulen movement secretly funded over 200 trips for US lawmakers, including Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, to influence Turkish-American relations. In aviation news, investigators analyzing the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash in the Sinai Peninsula are focusing on structural failure and previous hard-landing repairs rather than the ISIS claim of responsibility. John C. Dvorak introduces the ISO of the Day featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson and Al Sharpton, while Adam Curry deconstructs the military-industrial-academic complex behind National College Application Month. The show acknowledges a new knight, Sir Stephen Schwartz, and explores the transition of climate change activism into a religious framework following Senator Ted Cruz's confrontation with the Sierra Club. The session concludes with a look at the bubonic plague in Oregon and the GOP's suspension of the NBC primary debates.

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump dominated the CNBC Republican primary debate, where moderators John Harwood and Becky Quick faced intense audience booing for perceived media bias. Cruz delivered a viral rebuke of the panel's questioning style, while Trump targeted John Kasich for his tenure at Lehman Brothers and credited Ohio’s economic growth to fracking rather than policy. The hosts analyze the fallout of the debate, including Ben Carson’s surge in Iowa evangelical polling and Hillary Clinton’s strategic ad buys during the broadcast. FBI Director James Comey and former Commissioner Ray Kelly have warned of a Ferguson effect, suggesting that increased scrutiny of law enforcement is leading to a rise in violent crime. This follows a South Carolina prosecutor’s decision to clear officer Mark Tiller in the fatal shooting of Zachary Hammond during a marijuana sting. Meanwhile, the Senate passed the Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA), raising concerns about the broad definition of cyber threat indicators and the potential for federal monitoring of VPN usage and server pings. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the eighth anniversary of the program with a deep dive into the World Health Organization’s classification of processed meat as a carcinogen. They identify vegan activism within the WHO panel and link the report to the upcoming Paris Climate Summit. The episode concludes with a look at Ted Koppel’s warnings regarding electrical grid vulnerability, the failure of the Steve Jobs biopic, and the mysterious death of Chelsea Ake-Salvacion in a Las Vegas cryotherapy chamber.

Hurricane Patricia is branded a media dud after CNN reporter Martin Savage and Slate writer Eric Holthaus fueled climate change alarmism that failed to materialize on the ground in Mexico. Discrepancies between Doppler radar data and clear-sky webcam footage from Puerto Vallarta suggest a coordinated manipulation of weather narratives, potentially linked to the Rothschild family's 70% acquisition of Weather Central. Secretary of State John Kerry furthered this agenda by telling Andrea Mitchell that any political candidate questioning anthropogenic warming should be disqualified from high office. Hillary Clinton faced an 11-hour marathon testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Chairman Trey Gowdy focused on her private email practices and the lack of a computer in her State Department office. Internal emails revealed Clinton acknowledged the attack was a planned terrorist strike to the Egyptian Prime Minister while the Obama administration publicly blamed a YouTube video. Meanwhile, former CIA analyst Mel Goodman criticized Director John Brennan for the paramilitary transformation of the agency, and Tony Blair issued a partial apology on CNN for the intelligence failures that led to the rise of ISIS in Iraq. Speculation regarding the physical stamina of Hillary Clinton during her testimony highlights her history of hypothyroidism and the potential use of binders for pre-written answers. In a lighter moment, the show celebrates its eighth anniversary by elevating Sir Mark Dytham to the Duke of Tokyo while noting that Lamar Odom may have inadvertently saved his marriage to Khloe Kardashian through a medical emergency at a brothel.

Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party have secured a majority victory in the Canadian federal election, ending the decade-long tenure of Stephen Harper. The new Prime Minister-designate immediately signaled a shift in foreign policy by confirming plans to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the coalition air campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. While Trudeau campaigned on a platform of legalizing marijuana and addressing climate change, his administration faces immediate scrutiny over the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act, known as Bill C-51, and his pledge to reset relations with First Nations peoples. In the United States, the Benghazi committee hearings featuring Hillary Clinton and the Thomas Pickering report continue to draw partisan fire. Democratic consultant James Carville attributed the investigation to the influence of the Koch brothers, while Representative Trey Gowdy defended the committee's focus on the 2012 Libya attacks. Simultaneously, a security breach involving CIA Director John Brennan and his personal AOL account has raised questions about intelligence oversight. Representative Mike McCaul, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, explicitly blamed China for the breach during a televised interview with Wolf Blitzer, despite reports suggesting a teenage hacker was responsible. Geopolitical tensions are rising as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces international backlash for claims regarding Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. In Europe, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, marking his first international trip since the civil war began in 2011. Amidst these shifts, the City of London is positioning itself as a hub for the Chinese renminbi, signaling a potential move away from the global dominance of the U.S. dollar as trade deals like the TPP and T-TIP loom on the horizon.

The German automotive watchdog KBA ordered Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million vehicles as the diesel emissions scandal intensifies. Italian police conducted simultaneous raids on the Verona headquarters of Volkswagen and the offices of Lamborghini, while Winfried Vahland resigned from his post leading North American operations. These enforcement actions signal a massive escalation in the global regulatory response to deceptive automotive software. President Barack Obama announced a significant delay in the Afghanistan troop drawdown, committing 9,800 soldiers through 2016 at bases in Kabul, Bagram, Jalalabad, and Kandahar. In the Golan Heights, Genie Energy reported a major oil discovery, drawing attention to a board of directors that includes Dick Cheney, Rupert Murdoch, and Larry Summers. Meanwhile, a suspected hacker from Kosovo was arrested in Malaysia for allegedly providing U.S. federal employee data to ISIS, potentially linking the suspect to the massive OPM data breach. In Europe, Hungary closed its southern border with Croatia, forcing thousands of migrants toward Slovenia as winter approaches the Calais Jungle camp. Secretary of State John Kerry attempted to bridge diplomatic gaps in Italy by critiquing American pizza, while Hillary Clinton faced questions about her health after a series of uncontrollable laughing fits during an interview with Jake Tapper. The show concludes with a rain stick ritual to combat the severe Alternaria mold season in Austin and a satirical audio remix featuring David Cameron.

The Dutch Safety Board and Peter van Vollenhove released a final report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, sparking a technical clash with Russian missile manufacturer Almaz-Antey. While Western media outlets rely on Dutch animations, the Russian firm conducted physical Buk missile tests to argue the weapon originated from Ukrainian-held territory. This geopolitical friction highlights the tension between open-source intelligence from Elliot Higgins and Bellingcat versus physical radar data and economic ties in Rotterdam. Hillary Clinton defended her interventionist Libya policy as smart power during the first Democratic primary debate, while facing scrutiny over her aide Huma Abedin and a perceived robotic speaking cadence. The media landscape remains fixated on Donald Trump's earned media dominance and the potential entry of Joe Biden to boost network ad revenue. Meanwhile, Vice Media CEO Shane Smith claims independence despite massive investments from 21st Century Fox and Disney, and Volkswagen faces new allegations of deceptive safety reporting that far exceeds the scope of its emissions scandal. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the session with a Sash of Valor and a critique of the national anthem's over-saturation at sporting events. The hosts examine the strange media blackout surrounding the word Viagra during the Lamar Odom hospitalization and the prophecy of a Chicago Cubs victory in Back to the Future II. The show concludes with a look at Operation Mockingbird and the CIA's historical influence on American journalism.

A double bombing in Ankara targeting a peace march has left 95 dead, sparking immediate allegations from Turkish protesters that President Tayyip Erdogan’s government orchestrated the massacre as a false flag. This tragedy coincides with a massive U.S. troop expansion at Incirlik Air Base and the strategic movement of the Suleyman Shah tomb near the Syrian border. The geopolitical tension escalates as Vladimir Putin celebrates his 63rd birthday by launching 26 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea, while the U.S. State Department quietly reverses sanctions on Russian jet manufacturer Sukhoi. Domestic security concerns dominate the headlines as FBI Director James Comey and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson admit to vetting deficits regarding Syrian refugees during Congressional testimony. In the Middle East, Israeli prospectors have discovered a massive oil deposit in the Golan Heights, complicating the ongoing conflict involving CIA-backed rebels and Russian airstrikes. Meanwhile, Volkswagen U.S. CEO Michael Horn faces scrutiny over emissions cheating software, and the FAA reports a surge in mid-air drone interference. In the tech sector, San Francisco 2.0 reveals a housing crisis where bunk beds command premium rents as tech giants face new regulatory pressures. Adam Curry shares the chaotic aftermath of a bathroom flood in his Austin apartment and his recent scouting trip to Vape Summit 4 in Houston. John C. Dvorak deconstructs the "juice" and "yum" soundbites sourced from Wolfgang Puck’s enthusiastic Home Shopping Network appearances. The duo also explores the "Cocks Not Glocks" protest at UT Austin and the humorous "Changlish" manuals accompanying unbranded smart scooters.