In episode 1872 of the No Agenda Show, hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct a week of high-volume media noise, focusing on NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's $20 billion pitch for a permanent moon base and the concept of a 'lunar economy.' The episode, titled 'Lunar Economy' and published May 28, 2026, finds the hosts skeptical of the grandiose vision, with Curry reacting to Isaacman's claims about helium-3 mining and quantum computing fuel sourced from the moon. 'Open the Straits, give me $3 gas, then we can talk about moon stuff,' Curry says. 'It's gonna be all the lunar economy.' Dvorak offers a meta-prediction that contradicts Curry's expectation of a spectacular Artemis failure: 'Nothing blows up, nothing happens. Yak yak yak. They're gonna talk talk talk. Send a couple of robots up there, and one of them will stop working.'
The episode threads together several running stories with the show's signature media deconstruction approach: NASA's Artemis timeline, helium-3 extraction claims, and the proposed 'orbital economy' under Isaacman. Beyond space policy, the hosts unpack Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's awkward turn at the White House podium and the new Trump Account savings app; the third Ebola media cycle in two years, with CDC acting director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya requesting airport screening volunteers ahead of the FIFA World Cup; teen takeover crackdowns in Polk County, Florida and Chicago, including proposals to charge parents; and Ferrari's all-electric Luce, co-designed with Jony Ive, and Mayor Mamdani's meetings with Jamie Dimon and David Solomon.
The episode also digs into Marco Rubio's report on 20 third-country deportation agreements, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's clawback of $29 billion in late-Biden disbursements including a contested $2 billion grant tied to Stacey Abrams, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's claim of $4 billion in new lease sale revenue from the Permian, Bakken, and Alaska's North Slope. Curry reviews 'Young Washington' by Wonder Network, analyzes the Texas Senate runoff, and notes a Sydney drone-show glitch as a potential attack vector.
According to the No Agenda Show, the podcast is a long-running, listener-supported show hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak that takes a skeptical, independent look at mainstream media, politics, culture, and the forces shaping the daily news cycle. Episode 1872 is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
