# Mountain View on The No Agenda Show

Mountain View comes up in 6 chapters across 6 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from November 2016 to April 2022.

- **Chapters:** 6
- **Episodes:** 6
- **Discussed:** November 2016 – April 2022
- **Related topics:** [Silicon Valley](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/silicon-valley.md), [Google](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google.md), [Adolf Hitler](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/adolf-hitler.md), [Birthdays](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/birthdays.md), [Do Not Call List](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/do-not-call-list.md), [Elizabeth Warren](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/elizabeth-warren.md), [Extortion](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/extortion.md), [Facebook](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/facebook.md), [Google Ads](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google-ads.md), [Google Voice](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google-voice.md)

## Chapters 1–6 of 6

### Google Ads Telemarketing and Extortion Claims

- **Episode:** [900: 900](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/900-900.md)
- **Published:** 2022-04-28
- **Time:** 1:40:55–1:43:08
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/900-900/chapter/google-ads-telemarketing-and-extortion-claims.md

A host describes a frustrating interaction with a telemarketer claiming to be an "official partner" of Google Ads. The caller allegedly suggested that the host would need to pay a fee and provide personal information to be removed from their calling list. The host characterizes this practice as illegal extortion and questions why consumer protection advocates are not addressing it.

Keywords: [google ads](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google-ads.md), [telemarketing](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/telemarketing.md), [extortion](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/extortion.md), [mountain view](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mountain-view.md), [do not call list](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/do-not-call-list.md), [elizabeth warren](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/elizabeth-warren.md)

### Twitter Password Issues, Silicon Valley Corporate Culture

- **Episode:** [1054: Without Evidence](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1054-without-evidence.md)
- **Published:** 2018-07-29
- **Time:** 1:00:54–1:05:42
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1054-without-evidence/chapter/twitter-password-issues-silicon-valley-corporate-culture.md

A host recounts a frustrating experience trying to recover a Twitter password, criticizing the lack of responsive PR and customer support at major tech firms. The discussion shifts to a new policy in Mountain View or San Francisco that may ban tech companies from providing free food in order to support local restaurants.

Keywords: [twitter](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/twitter.md), [google voice](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google-voice.md), [pr](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pr.md), [silicon valley](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/silicon-valley.md), [facebook](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/facebook.md), [mountain view](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mountain-view.md), free food

### Birthday Call-outs, Social Justice Warrior Rental Bias

- **Episode:** [931: Putin's Playbook](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/931-putin-s-playbook.md)
- **Published:** 2017-05-21
- **Time:** 2:30:47–2:33:20
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/931-putin-s-playbook/chapter/birthday-call-outs-social-justice-warrior-rental-bias.md

Birthday wishes are sent to various producers, including a 31st birthday for Brad. A listener story from Mountain View, California, describes a leasing agent who suggested a rental application would be fine "as long as they weren't Trump supporters." The hosts discuss the legality and prevalence of political bias in the Silicon Valley housing market.

Keywords: [birthdays](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/birthdays.md), [mountain view](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mountain-view.md), [silicon valley](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/silicon-valley.md), housing bias, [trump supporters](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/trump-supporters.md)

### Silicon Valley Housing Crisis and Google RV Living

- **Episode:** [926: GREP](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/926-grep.md)
- **Published:** 2017-05-04
- **Time:** 2:38:50–2:47:05
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/926-grep/chapter/silicon-valley-housing-crisis-and-google-rv-living.md

The housing market in Mountain View, California, has become so inflated that even tech workers earning six-figure salaries are living in RVs and vans parked on city streets. Google employees reportedly use the company's gym and cafeteria facilities while living in vehicles to avoid median rents of over $4,000. Google officials acknowledge that their high salaries contribute to the pressure on local infrastructure and housing availability.

Keywords: [google](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google.md), [mountain view](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mountain-view.md), [housing crisis](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/housing-crisis.md), [rv living](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rv-living.md), [silicon valley](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/silicon-valley.md)

### Google Self-Driving Car Accident and Mosul Dam Risk

- **Episode:** [889: The Christmas Special](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/889-the-christmas-special.md)
- **Published:** 2016-12-26
- **Time:** 54:55–55:47
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/889-the-christmas-special/chapter/google-self-driving-car-accident-and-mosul-dam-risk.md

A Google self-driving car was involved in a low-speed collision with a bus in Mountain View, California, which the hosts interpret as a failure of "skip logic" algorithms. Separately, U.S. officials warned of a catastrophic risk of failure at the Mosul Dam in Iraq, which could displace over a million people if it collapses.

Keywords: [google](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/google.md), self-driving car, [mountain view](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mountain-view.md), [iraq](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/iraq.md), [mosul dam](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/mosul-dam.md), [isil](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/isil.md)

### Teacher Placed on Leave for Hitler Comparison

- **Episode:** [877: The Angries](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/877-the-angries.md)
- **Published:** 2016-11-14
- **Time:** 1:42:26–1:43:59
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/877-the-angries/chapter/teacher-placed-on-leave-for-hitler-comparison.md

Frank Navarro, a history teacher and Holocaust expert at Mountain View High School, was placed on paid leave after comparing Donald Trump's rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler. Navarro defended his lesson as historically factual, citing parallels in the focus on foreigners and national greatness.

Keywords: mountain view high school, [adolf hitler](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/adolf-hitler.md), frank navarro, holocaust expert, [paid leave](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/paid-leave.md)

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