# Wendell Potter on The No Agenda Show Wendell Potter comes up in 4 chapters across 4 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from September 2012 to August 2025. - **Chapters:** 4 - **Episodes:** 4 - **Discussed:** September 2012 – August 2025 - **Related topics:** [Affordable Care Act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), [Cigna](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cigna.md), [Center For American Progress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/center-for-american-progress.md), [Eleanor Holmes Norton](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eleanor-holmes-norton.md), [Healthcare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/healthcare.md), [Medicare For All](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/medicare-for-all.md), [Obamacare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/obamacare.md), [Pharmaceutical Industry](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pharmaceutical-industry.md), [State Department](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/state-department.md), [Unitedhealthcare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/unitedhealthcare.md) ## Chapters 1–4 of 4 ### Eleanor Holmes Norton and Obamacare Anecdote - **Episode:** [1790: Florida Ounce](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1790-florida-ounce.md) - **Published:** 2025-08-14 - **Time:** 5:59–9:16 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1790-florida-ounce/chapter/eleanor-holmes-norton-and-obamacare-anecdote.md A personal anecdote describes a meeting with Washington, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton at a film screening hosted by Wendell Potter circa 2010. The event focused on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, though the storyteller expresses a negative impression of Norton and the legislative promises made at the time. The narrative highlights Norton's role as a non-voting representative of the district. Keywords: [eleanor holmes norton](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eleanor-holmes-norton.md), [wendell potter](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wendell-potter.md), [washington dc](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/washington-dc.md), [obamacare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/obamacare.md), [healthcare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/healthcare.md) ### Wendell Potter Critiques Health Insurance Industry Following Corporate Assassination - **Episode:** [1720: Psyop Season](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1720-psyop-season.md) - **Published:** 2024-12-12 - **Time:** 34:23–40:21 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1720-psyop-season/chapter/wendell-potter-critiques-health-insurance-industry-following-corporate-assassination.md Former Cigna executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter appeared on MSNBC to discuss how the "corporate assassination" of Brian Thompson coincided with UnitedHealthcare's investor day. Potter, author of *Deadly Spin*, argues that the industry's "slavish devotion to Wall Street" leads to deliberate delays and denials of care to meet profit expectations. While Potter has been a vocal advocate for Medicare-for-all since 2018, critics point to his organization's ties to ActBlue as evidence of a partisan agenda promoting socialized medicine. Keywords: [wendell potter](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wendell-potter.md), [cigna](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cigna.md), [unitedhealthcare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/unitedhealthcare.md), [affordable care act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), [medicare for all](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/medicare-for-all.md), deadly spin ### Escape Fire Documentary, Wendell Potter, Healthcare Propaganda - **Episode:** [450: LaGarde's List](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/450-lagarde-s-list.md) - **Published:** 2012-10-07 - **Time:** 49:40–1:04:14 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/450-lagarde-s-list/chapter/escape-fire-documentary-wendell-potter-healthcare-propaganda.md Adam Curry recounts attending a screening of the documentary "Escape Fire" with whistleblower Wendell Potter. He describes how the event was hosted by "Doctors for America," an organization linked to the Center for American Progress. Curry argues the film's message was hijacked to promote the Affordable Care Act and discourage voting for Mitt Romney. Keywords: escape fire, [wendell potter](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wendell-potter.md), [center for american progress](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/center-for-american-progress.md), [affordable care act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), weinstein ### Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin, State Department Comedy Tour - **Episode:** [445: Insider Attacks](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/445-insider-attacks.md) - **Published:** 2012-09-20 - **Time:** 5:00–6:47 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/445-insider-attacks/chapter/wendell-potter-deadly-spin-state-department-comedy-tour.md Adam Curry discusses meeting Wendell Potter, the former Cigna executive and author of "Deadly Spin," who spoke before him at the Cusp Conference. Potter's work regarding the "sickness industry" previously inspired Curry to investigate pharmaceutical company PowerPoint presentations and vaccine marketing strategies. 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