Episodes

A massive power outage at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas left the tech world in the dark, fueling speculation of union sabotage by Nevada Energy or Teamster labor disputes. While the convention center equipment was blamed for the two-hour blackout, the incident highlighted the fragility of the global technology showcase. Meanwhile, South Korean President Moon Jae-in credited Donald Trump for forcing North Korea to the negotiating table through aggressive rhetoric, leading to a surprise diplomatic breakthrough for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In the wake of the Golden Globes, media speculation regarding an Oprah Winfrey presidential run has reached a fever pitch following her speech in Montecito. This political theater coincides with the release of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, a book Wolff admits relies on personal judgment rather than verifiable evidence. In the legal sphere, Senator Dianne Feinstein unilaterally released the Fusion GPS transcripts, while Attorney Alan Dershowitz warned against the psychiatrization of politics via the Goldwater Rule. On the infrastructure front, the town of Leonia, New Jersey, has taken the unprecedented step of banning non-resident commuters from using Waze shortcuts to reach the George Washington Bridge. Jane the therapy donkey made headlines in Northland this week, sparking a debate over the validity of service animal certifications for emotional support. The segment highlights the absurdity of modern certification culture, contrasting the donkey’s school visits with the serious labor shortages facing New York City crane operators who now command $400,000 salaries. The show concludes with a look at the IKEA pregnancy test advertisement and the tragic evacuation fatigue in Montecito.

Intel and other major chip manufacturers face a critical security crisis following the discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. These flaws in speculative execution allow potential attackers to access sensitive memory across nearly all modern processors, with software patches expected to degrade performance by up to 30 percent on cloud services like Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai canceled his CES 2018 appearance following reported death threats, while the CDC scheduled a January briefing on nuclear detonation preparedness. In San Francisco, the FBI faces entrapment allegations regarding a thwarted Christmas Day plot at Pier 39. Meanwhile, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury fuels media speculation about Donald Trump’s mental fitness as Steve Bannon targets Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for ouster. Economic analysis from Eric Weinstein suggests the STEM labor shortage is a manufactured myth designed to suppress wages through H1B visa expansion. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the de-cheesing of America and the rise of competitive victimhood on college campuses. The duo explores the potential for psilocybin to regulate the amygdala and considers the marketing potential of scent-based stress relief shirts for the No Agenda shop.

A massive security flaw in Intel and AMD processors has sent the tech world into a tailspin as software patches threaten to degrade system performance by up to thirty percent. While Silicon Valley engineers scramble to address the vulnerability, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake centered near the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley has rattled Northern California, prompting a surge in crowdsourced reporting through the USGS. These technical and geological tremors coincide with a record-breaking cold snap across the United States, where meteorologists are deploying the term bomb cyclone to describe a storm system freezing the East Coast from Florida to New England. In Washington, the political landscape has fractured following the release of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, which features Steve Bannon characterizing a 2016 meeting with Russians as treasonous. President Trump responded by claiming Bannon lost his mind, while Attorney General Jeff Sessions simultaneously rescinded Obama-era protections for state-legalized marijuana. Overseas, protests in Iran over rising egg prices are being framed by neoconservative pundits like Bill Kristol as a grassroots revolution, despite evidence of strategic coordination from the CIA Iran Mission Center and the MEK resistance group. Meanwhile, Amazon has secured a patent for the Echo to identify statements of interest during ambient listening without a wake word, and mobile games like Pool 3D are reportedly using smartphone microphones to track television advertising signatures. Human moments punctuate the chaos as an Alaska Airlines flight in Oakland is grounded by a rat boarding the aircraft via the jetway. In Oregon, the legalization of self-serve gas stations has triggered a public outcry from residents mourning the loss of full-service attendants. The episode wraps with a look at the de-institutionalization policies of the 1970s that fueled the modern homelessness crisis, all set to the musical stylings of the Drone Again Naturally mix featuring Sir JW and the No Agenda producers.

Adam Curry receives the Marconi Oeuvre Award for his lifetime contributions to Dutch radio and the evolution of social broadcasting. This milestone comes as Apple issues a formal apology for throttling older iPhone batteries, a move that has triggered a wave of class action lawsuits and accusations of planned obsolescence. Meanwhile, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley presented missile fragments in New York as evidence of Iranian treaty violations, though critics suggest the hardware resembles modified Russian Scud-B technology. Economic instability in Iran has sparked spontaneous protests in Tehran following a forty percent spike in food prices, while reports from Syria suggest U.S. forces may have permitted ISIS fighters to evacuate Raqqa. In Berlin, authorities established dedicated women's safety zones for New Year's Eve to prevent a repeat of previous mass assaults. Domestically, President Donald Trump challenged the U.S. Postal Service over its shipping rates for Amazon, and CNN reporters faced a literal blockade when a white box truck obstructed their view of the President's golf course. Technical studio updates ensure higher audio fidelity as the show approaches its one thousandth episode. The broadcast features a satirical Mueller-themed love song by David Ippolito and a look at the Origami Project's cardboard tents for the homeless. Sir Nils Bonnaker and Sir Adam Dill join the knighting ceremony as the value-for-value model closes out the 2017 broadcast year.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley fell victim to a prank call by Russian duo Vovan and Lexus, who posed as the Prime Minister of Poland to discuss the fictional island of Binomo. Haley claimed awareness of Russian interference in the non-existent nation's elections, highlighting a significant lapse in diplomatic vetting. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin received a gift-wrapped package of horse manure at his Bel Air home, delivered by psychologist Robert Strong as a protest against the federal tax overhaul. Economic indicators show a growing divide as official government reports of low unemployment contrast with Shadow Stats metrics suggesting a 22% actual unemployment rate. This disparity is visible in the massive homeless encampments growing across Los Angeles and Oakland. In the corporate sector, OZY Media faces scrutiny from Procter & Gamble and Unilever over allegations of bot traffic and fraudulent video views. Additionally, Bill Gates admitted the Common Core education experiment failed, while the World Health Organization officially classified Gaming Disorder as a mental health condition in the ICD-11. Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel AJ Van Steenbergen was officially dubbed the Baron of Southern California following a significant contribution to the No Agenda roundtable. The segment featured a correction on the pronunciation of Oviedo, Florida, and a look at the FBI's historical investigation into the film It's a Wonderful Life as potential communist propaganda. The episode concludes with a report on the ANA Flight 175 boomerang mystery involving supermodel Chrissy Teigen.

President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans finalized a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul this week, slashing the corporate rate to 21% and repealing the individual mandate. Major corporations including AT&T, Comcast, and Wells Fargo immediately responded by announcing employee bonuses and wage hikes. While the GOP celebrates a unified legislative victory, critics in high-tax states like New York and California face new limitations on state and local tax deductions. In international and domestic fallout, UK First Secretary Damian Green resigned following a pornography scandal, while Senator Joe Manchin defended Al Franken against a forced resignation. The Department of Education scrapped Obama-era Title IX guidelines, and Olympic medalist Mikayla Maroney filed suit against USA Gymnastics over a non-disclosure agreement regarding Larry Nassar. Meanwhile, Bitcoin prices plummeted 23% as Coinbase suspended trading of Bitcoin Cash amid insider trading allegations. Apple also admitted to slowing down older iPhone processors to manage battery degradation, sparking claims of planned obsolescence. Disney World unveiled a widely mocked animatronic Donald Trump that observers suggest looks like a modified Hillary Clinton model. The holiday season brings reports of porch pirates using shotgun shells to protect packages and a controversy over the racial history of Jingle Bells. One host plans a strategic Boxing Day turkey run while the other prepares for a massive family gathering in Chicago.

Norman Dodd and the 1954 Reese Committee investigation reveal a coordinated effort by the Carnegie Endowment and Rockefeller Foundation to reshape American education toward collectivism. Archival records from 1908 suggest these organizations viewed war as a primary tool for social engineering, eventually recruiting a stable of historians to rewrite national history. This institutional shift is linked to the disappearance of pre-1914 textbooks and the rise of modern internationalist ideologies. Former Facebook executives Chamath Palihapitiya and Sean Parker admit the platform was designed to exploit human psychology through dopamine-driven feedback loops. Internal research now attempts to distinguish between passive scrolling and active well-being while the company recruits social psychologists to study user behavior. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee faces internal scrutiny as Nomiki Konst alleges $800 million was funneled to consultants while state parties lost over 1,200 seats. In the media, the race to erase Kevin Spacey from Hollywood continues with Christopher Plummer reshooting scenes for Ridley Scott. Oxford Dictionaries crowns youthquake and Milkshake Duck as the defining terms of 2017, reflecting a year of rapid viral rise and fall. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the latest FBI textgate involving Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, questioning the integrity of the FISA court. The episode concludes with a look at spontaneous human combustion in London and California's new radiation guidelines for cell phones.

President Donald Trump and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are locked in a public feud following the president's claim that the New York Democrat would do anything for campaign contributions. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the remarks as a critique of a broken political system, while Gillibrand and the USA Today editorial board characterized the language as a sexual smear. The conflict intensifies as Gillibrand calls for the president's resignation amid a new documentary from Brave Films featuring sixteen accusers. Secondary stories include the Alabama special election victory of Doug Jones over Roy Moore, fueled by high turnout among African-American voters and 23,000 write-in ballots. In the media sector, PBS suspended Tavis Smiley following misconduct investigations, while documentarian Morgan Spurlock and actress Salma Hayek released statements regarding Harvey Weinstein and workplace harassment. Bill O'Reilly claimed the existence of a tape showing a $200,000 bribe offered to a Trump accuser. Meanwhile, the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality rules despite an open letter from internet pioneers Vinton Cerf and Steve Wozniak. Former CIA Director Mike Morell also admitted that intelligence community opposition to Trump may have validated the president's narrative of a deep state bias. Sarah Silverman expressed a visceral fear of the American flag during an HBO monologue, sparking a debate on the decline of civics education. Psychological warfare expert Steve Pieczenik claimed credit for the downfall of Al Franken, citing a dispute over Florida water rights. The program concludes with a live demonstration of the telemarketing harassment triggered by entering a phone number into Healthcare.gov.

Accidental THC intoxication and technical hardware transitions lead the news as a host recovers from a lavender CBD salve overdose before a broadcast. The production suite shifts from Mac to Windows, a move described as driving a race car without traction control, while a new dedicated touchscreen monitor is integrated to fire audio jingles. Senator Al Franken and Representative Trent Franks resign from Congress amid misconduct allegations, while the Alabama special election between Roy Moore and Doug Jones faces national scrutiny. Media bias surfaces in reports from Mary Bruce and Gayle King, as Cokie Roberts suggests working-class skepticism toward white-collar harassment claims. Meanwhile, the New York Times exposes the Harvey Weinstein complicity machine involving Jeff Bezos and David Pecker, and North Nottinghamshire Police begin recording wolf-whistling as a hate crime. Bitcoin futures debut on the CBOE as Ethereum faces congestion from the CryptoKitties craze. Former President Barack Obama draws Nazi Germany analogies in Chicago, and German pilots refuse to man 222 deportation flights for Afghan refugees. The episode features a molecular biologist explaining CRISPR technology and a formal knighting ceremony for executive producers Sir Jason Green and Sir Achilles.

President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and ordered the U.S. Embassy move from Tel Aviv, sparking immediate condemnation from King Abdullah of Jordan and Egypt's President Sisi. During the historic announcement, Trump’s slurred pronunciation ignited viral health speculation, though physical analysis suggests the mechanical failure of loose dentures rather than a medical emergency. Meanwhile, Senator Al Franken announced his resignation following a coordinated push by over 30 Democratic colleagues after allegations of misconduct from Leanne Tweeden and Tina Dupuy. Southern California faces a state of emergency as Santa Ana winds reaching 70 miles per hour fuel devastating wildfires in Ventura County, where power outages have disabled electric water pumps and left firefighters without hydrant pressure. In the tech sector, Google blocked YouTube from Amazon Fire TV devices in a retaliatory strike against the retailer, while Bitcoin futures launched on the CBOE amidst a $62 million hack of the NiceHash exchange. The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the third version of the travel ban to take effect as Ambassador Nikki Haley withdraws the United States from the UN Global Compact on Migration. Additionally, medical exams of diplomats in Havana revealed white matter brain damage following mysterious sonic attacks, and researchers at Edinburgh University proposed releasing CRISPR-edited rats to cull London’s rodent population. KISS frontman Gene Simmons offers a defense of his lifestyle against the court of public opinion while Time Magazine crowns The Silence Breakers as Person of the Year. The 60th Grammy nominations make history by excluding white men from the Album of the Year category for the first time. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the Trump Rotation media cycle and the irony of net neutrality advocates blocking competitor content.

ABC News suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay following a false report regarding General Michael Flynn. The erroneous broadcast claimed Donald Trump directed Flynn to contact Russian officials during the 2016 campaign, a report that triggered a significant drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ABC later clarified the directive occurred during the presidential transition, a standard diplomatic practice that contradicts the media narrative of illegal collusion. Special Counsel Robert Mueller continues his investigation as Flynn enters a plea deal for lying to the FBI about conversations with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. In the European Union, diplomats approved a five-year license extension for the herbicide glyphosate, while the Health Committee considers a ban on phosphate additives in frozen kebab meat. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate passed a major tax reform bill in a 51-48 vote, and NBC News management faces scrutiny over the firing of Matt Lauer following reports that executives were aware of his behavior for years. In Hawaii, the Honolulu Police Department has begun ordering medical marijuana users to surrender their firearms, marking a significant Second Amendment conflict. Adam Curry transitions the show's production to Windows 10 after years of Apple hardware issues, praising the speed of the MOTU audio interface. Former FBI Director James Comey sparked media frenzy with a cryptic biblical tweet from the Book of Amos following the Flynn indictment. The episode concludes with reports of cockroach and ant infestations at the White House, fueling rumors of the building's deteriorating condition.

CNN host Erin Burnett faces sharp criticism for asserting a direct causal link between violent video games and mass shootings during a contentious interview with psychologist William Pollack. While Burnett claims titles like Grand Theft Auto transform players into killers, Pollack maintains there is no scientific evidence to support such a narrative. The fallout from this segment highlights a growing media trend of ignoring expert testimony to favor sensationalist headlines regarding youth culture and violence. In a series of investigative reports, the Naval Research Laboratory confirms the creation of artificial ionospheric plasma clouds using HAARP technology, fueling theories of a covert space war involving classified asteroid observations. Meanwhile, sexual assault allegations against Al Gore from a 2006 police file resurface, illustrating how high-profile scandals often vanish from the news cycle. Additional reports detail corruption within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where anonymous whistleblowers allege government credit card abuse for private parties. The legacy of IBM is also scrutinized following the company's lobbying for the CISPA bill, drawing parallels to its historical involvement in tracking populations during the Holocaust. John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry reflect on the early days of the podcast, including a near-cancellation around episode 100. The duo explores the etymology of the Taser, named after the fictional Tom Swift, and mocks the absurdity of Dr. Oz’s televised health advice. The show concludes with a cult-classic movie quiz featuring the 1990 film Frankenhooker.

Abraham Lincoln formally established Thanksgiving during the Civil War to honor fallen soldiers, a far cry from the modern mythology of the 1621 Plymouth feast. This special retrospective features the origins of the No Agenda podcast, tracing its 2007 beginnings in Guilford, England, and the first 1990s meeting of the hosts during a CNET roundtable pilot. The narrative deconstructs how a simple 40-minute phone call between friends evolved into a twice-weekly media deconstruction powerhouse. Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller admitted that corporate underwriting functions as advertising, a revelation that fueled the show's transition to a Value for Value model. The broadcast details the 2009 wildcat strikes against Gordon Brown, the Lois Lerner IRS email scandal, and the development of the M5M terminology. Technical milestones include the shift from 3G dongles to Universal Audio hardware, the use of the Audio Rack Suite for real-time MIDI clip triggering, and the infrastructure support provided by Mark at Void Zero and OVH servers. Studio rituals like singing Ride of the Valkyries and shouting Cinco de Mayo prepare the hosts for their three-hour live execution. The segment features the origins of the hitting people in the mouth catchphrase from Mike Singletary and the Spike Jones influence of physical noisemakers like slide whistles and kazoos. Listeners are introduced to the Peerage system, where Knighthoods and Executive Producer titles replace traditional subscription models to maintain creative independence.

Senator Al Franken and the legacy of Bill Clinton face a coordinated media reassessment as the Democratic Party maneuvers to distance itself from past scandals. Kirsten Gillibrand and pundits on CNN and MSNBC lead a sudden pivot, framing the 1990s defense of Clinton as a historical error while addressing new allegations against Franken from Melanie Morgan. This strategic weaponization of harassment claims serves to clear the political stage for new leadership while navigating the complexities of the Me Too movement. Global tensions rise as Robert Mugabe faces impeachment in Zimbabwe and China’s One Belt One Road initiative encounters resistance in Spain and Myanmar. In the United Kingdom, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson navigates a controversial £400 million debt transfer to Iran linked to the release of aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Meanwhile, the tech sector faces its own reckoning as Apple fires Diversity VP Denise Young Smith over inclusion comments, and Facebook faces a massive EU privacy lawsuit led by Max Schrems in a Vienna court. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the "story blending" techniques at CBS News and the suspicious timing of digital media layoffs at BuzzFeed and Vice. The duo performs a formal knighting ceremony for Sir Fox Bat the Crypto Knight and Sir Tarheel while mocking a Canadian pot dealer’s demand for government compensation. The session concludes with a look at Vladimir Putin’s $3 billion bridge to Crimea and the decline of the luxury diamond market at Sotheby’s.

Senator Al Franken faces immediate calls for resignation after Los Angeles radio host Leanne Tweeden released a photograph of the lawmaker groping her during a 2006 USO tour. The scandal erupts as Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Senator Claire McCaskill expose a culture of systemic harassment on Capitol Hill, where $16 million in taxpayer funds has quietly settled 260 misconduct claims over the last decade. In Zimbabwe, the 37-year rule of 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe ends abruptly as the military initiates a coup and places the leader under house arrest. Back in the United States, the FDA approves the first digital pill featuring an ingestible sensor to track patient compliance, while the NSA faces a catastrophic security breach as the Shadow Brokers group leaks sensitive source code. Meanwhile, entrepreneur Mark Cuban advocates for rapid AI adoption despite predicted job displacement, and Nigel Farage demands an investigation into George Soros and his alleged influence over 226 members of the European Parliament. President Donald Trump draws mockery for his squirrel-like grip on a water bottle during a national address, sparking a debate on his known germaphobia. In Florida, a resident fights property managers to keep a designated emotional support squirrel, highlighting the bizarre evolution of service animal regulations and the rise of the fur children phenomenon.

Senate candidate Roy Moore faces national scrutiny following allegations of pursuing sexual relationships with teenagers, a scandal that has reignited debates over historical age of consent laws and political hypocrisy. Figures like Mitt Romney and Sean Hannity have weighed in on the Alabama race as the Republican Party grapples with its moral authority. The fallout coincides with a massive wave of misconduct claims hitting Hollywood and Westminster, involving high-profile figures such as Louis C.K., George Takei, and former British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon. In the technology sector, Apple acknowledged hardware defects in the iPhone X causing screens to freeze in cold weather, while Facebook co-founder Sean Parker admitted the platform was engineered to exploit human psychological vulnerabilities. Security concerns mount as a Department of Homeland Security report claims a Boeing 757 was remotely hacked, and a sophisticated phishing scam targets 110 million Netflix subscribers. Internationally, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s resignation from Saudi Arabia has triggered a regional crisis involving Hezbollah and Iran, while a radioactive Ruthenium-106 cloud detected over Europe remains traced to the Ural Mountains. Cultural tensions peak as Harvard University hosts an Anal 101 workshop during its annual Sex Week, and the Rhodes Must Fall movement continues to target historical monuments globally. The segment Finish the Sentence highlights Roy Moore’s past rhetoric regarding divine punishment, while the hosts recount a literal ant invasion in the studio. Sir Marshall Scarpulla is elevated to the rank of Baron of Henderson, Nevada, as the show celebrates its latest knightings through the Value for Value model.

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and Steve Pchanik lead a news cycle dominated by claims of government malfeasance and the impending release of the JFK assassination files. Pchanik alleges the Las Vegas shooting served as a false flag operation to protect Saudi interests from 9-11 litigation, while new theories suggest John F. Kennedy’s Addison’s disease triggered a CIA-led removal during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Harvey Weinstein faces a wave of allegations from Lupita Nyong'o and Heather Kerr, sparking a broader Me Too movement that now ensnares tech evangelist Robert Scoble and Disney’s corporate culture. In Sacramento, 150 California legislators signed a letter denouncing systemic harassment, while the Shitty Media Men list circulates as a digital blacklist. Meanwhile, Tom Steyer launched a ten-million-dollar impeachment campaign against Donald Trump, and Tom Perez initiated a purge of progressive Bernie Sanders allies from the Democratic National Committee. In Florida, the raid on Randall Drake’s arsenal prompted media calls for increased surveillance as Congress debates bump stock bans. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate ten years of independent broadcasting with a massive knighting ceremony for international producers from Austria to South Africa. The duo deconstructs the Senseo burp experiment and mocks Nielsen’s suggestion to advertise baby food. Between Yoko Ono art defenses and Appalachia pronunciation debates, the show remains a definitive media anchor for the value-for-value era.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has initiated a sweeping anti-corruption purge in Saudi Arabia, arresting billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal and centralizing power ahead of the Saudi Aramco IPO. The sudden resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a Houthi missile launch at Riyadh have escalated regional tensions with Iran, fueling theories that the Las Vegas massacre was a failed assassination attempt on the Crown Prince involving the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay. In domestic politics, Donna Brazile is backpedaling on claims that the Democratic National Committee was rigged for Hillary Clinton, while Representative Tulsi Gabbard calls for an end to superdelegates. Former news anchor Chris Hurst secured a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates following the on-air shooting of Alison Parker, as Representative Al Green pushes for a pre-Christmas impeachment vote against Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the ACLU is defending blogger Megan Herning against legal threats from Taylor Swift’s lawyers over alleged alt-right symbolism, and actress Kathy Griffin faces career fallout following a controversial BBC interview regarding her severed-head photo. Adam Curry and John Dvorak explore the aesthetic of vintage California Zephyr rail cars and the technical frustrations of the latest Skype interface update. The hosts mock the CDC for its millennial-targeted nuclear radiation emergency guidelines and critique the media's obsession with Donald Trump’s cheeseburger etiquette in Japan. The segment concludes with a look at the UCLA basketball players arrested for shoplifting in China and a harmonica performance by Dvorak.

Donna Brazile has ignited a political firestorm with her new book alleging the Hillary Clinton campaign exerted unethical control over the Democratic National Committee's finances and strategy. The revelations, dubbed Donna-Gate, suggest Senator Elizabeth Warren and other party leaders were aware of a rigged primary system while Brazile herself considered replacing Clinton with Joe Biden following the 9/11 memorial fainting incident. This internal fracture signals a coordinated effort within the DNC to curtail the Clinton family's future influence. In international developments, Saudi Arabia intercepted a Houthi-fired missile over Riyadh, an event President Trump utilized to push for a $15 billion THAAD missile defense sale and the American listing of Saudi Aramco. Simultaneously, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a massive anti-corruption purge, arresting billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal and Bakr bin Laden. In Sweden, National Police Chief Dan Eliasson admitted to 60 vulnerable areas facing a wave of bombings and grenade attacks, prompting calls from the Moderate Party to deploy the military to migrant-heavy suburbs like Malmo. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo sat down with George Knapp to address theories that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was a federal asset, while Apple released a controversial iPhone X advertisement featuring a talking poop emoji. The broadcast also captures the absurdity of the New York City stripper strike and a record-breaking five-thousand-dollar donation from a listener known as Big D. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak break down the media's scripted nature through Walter Isaacson’s latest biography and Stephen Colbert’s pre-written interview questions.

Saifullo Saipov faces federal charges following the Manhattan bike path attack as President Trump labels the U.S. justice system a laughingstock. The 29-year-old Uzbekistan native allegedly radicalized via ISIS propaganda found on his phone, prompting the White House to demand the immediate termination of the Diversity Visa Lottery Program. While Senator Chuck Schumer faces criticism for the 1990 law, the Department of State reports a technical glitch has already invalidated thousands of 2019 entries. NPR placed Senior Vice President Michael Oreskes on leave following sexual harassment allegations from his time at the New York Times, while actor Kevin Spacey faces professional fallout after Anthony Rapp detailed misconduct occurring when Rapp was 14. In Washington, Facebook, Twitter, and Google executives testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding a $46,000 Russian ad spend. Meanwhile, President Trump nominated Jerome Powell to replace Janet Yellen at the Federal Reserve, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reaffirmed a policy of irreversible denuclearization during a visit to the Korean DMZ. Jeff Glor debuted as the CBS Evening News anchor with a staccato cadence that left viewers questioning his teleprompter skills. At Schiphol Airport, new scanners may finally end the ban on liquids in carry-on luggage, though terminal water vendors remain wary of the change. The 10th-anniversary celebration of the No Agenda Roundtable concludes with a massive knighting ceremony for producers like Dr. Ben Hewelsbergen and Sir Vygote LeFou.