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Scam, this whole thing. Life is a scam. This thing
is a scam. Life is a scam. in on this
game, this whole thing. Death and destruction. Life is a
scam. This whole thing is a scam. This whole thing.
This thing is a scam. Adam Curry, John C. Devorah.
It's Thursday, July 23rd, 2026. This is your award-winning Get
More Nation Media assassination episode 1888. This is no agenda.
Well, with the passing of John C. Dvorak, I think
it's only fitting that I declare July 20th a national
holiday in the honor of John, the co-creator of the
best podcast in the universe. Welcome to episode 1,888 of
the best podcast in the universe. Your No Agenda Show.
Family. Today I have a hole in my heart you
could turn a 747 around in. John C. Dvorak, my
friend, my business partner, my comedic counterpart, my all-time favorite
broadcaster, is no longer here to share the joy of
what we love to do twice a week on Thursdays.
Almost 19 years ago, we decided to hit record on
conversations we were having when I was living in London
and John in San Francisco. We discuss the news, me
on my side looking through the Financial Times or the
British tabloids, John on his side looking through the New
York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. We talked about
technology, we talked about cooking, we talked about our lives.
We didn't know if anyone really found it interesting, but
we didn't care. We were just recording it because, well,
hey, maybe someone out there would enjoy listening. From the
very first show, we promised that this podcast would never
have jingles, commercials, bips and boops, sound effects, anything basically
standard broadcast. And boy, were we wrong. We also never
had listeners. From the early episodes, we decided that in
order to make this work financially without staff, everybody would
have to be a producer, contributing their time, talent, and
treasure. We called ourselves media deconstructionists, but really we were
just trying to impress each other, make each other laugh
with the things we found or the punchlines we had
delivered to each other. Since John passed, I've been listening
to older shows, trying to pick clips, which is just
virtually impossible. Because every single show had something magic in
it. Even our notorious arguments were beauty in itself. We
always felt that when people were uncomfortable listening to us
argue or kvetch, that it was like mom and dad
having a fight. And to us as broadcasters, that was
a success because we touched people emotionally the same way
as if we'd made them laugh. Now don't get me
wrong. We always wanted to make people laugh. And without
even ever having discussed it, we both felt that looking
at the world around us, the news that shoved in
our face, most of it not true, or merely to
promote some other entertainment product, having the ability to look
through it all and laugh at it would make the
world a better place for our family, our no-agenda family,
no-agenda nation. John was the most unique man I'd ever
met. The first time I ever spoke with him was
on an episode of Twit, audio only. We were both
remote, I think, and at the end, there was a
little bit of chatter off air, and John said, Hey,
Curry, what's your deal? Are you rich or what's going
on with that? I said, why don't we have lunch?
I'll tell you all about it. That was the beginning
of a long friendship and partnership. The most beautiful thing
about John is that we had complete trust in each
other. The division of work, the consistency, even in business,
the entire operation was based on a handshake. Even though
the IRS later made us form an LLC because they
couldn't understand what all these $3.33 checks and cashabouts coming
in every single week. We rarely spoke outside of the
show. Maybe if a server was down or something had
happened that would affect business process, we might have a
short text, email, or a phone call. We never discussed
what we were going to do on the show. Everything
was completely unscripted. And this is the point I really
want to make. This wasn't just a show. It was
a performance. It was not Adam and John just bringing
clips in with their opinion. It was like a dance.
Imagine that, having the privilege to dance with John for
six hours a week. We stepped on each other's toes
sometimes, but we always kept dancing until the band was
done playing. John may be a better broadcaster too. His
timing was impeccable. He even compensated for network delay in
the early days of Skype. And we got into a
rhythm where I would start the clip when his leading
was done. It was smooth most of the time. Like
thousands of others, he taught me how to question everything,
even the absurd, which would often require a theremin. Above
all, he made me a better man. I once tried
to tell him how he was kind of like a
father figure to me in many ways, which he immediately
shunned and said, don't ever say that again. Okay, then
maybe uncle, grandfather, brother, whatever it was, I am privileged
to have had him in my life for the past
two decades. Many people came to know no agenda during
COVID, which we had quickly figured out to be some
epic scam. As we worked through it with our humor,
it gave a lot of people rest and a feeling
that they were not alone. And while I know many
of you came for the media deconstruction, pretty much everybody
stayed for the stories and the wealth of history that
John had and the jokes we would make together. After
each show, the end of show, ISO would run. We'd
probably say something like, hey, that was a good show.
And John would always say, yeah, solid B plus. I
would look for the opening clips, which is always funny
to do, listen to whatever nonsense John had spouted out.
Then we'd select the art, which we argued about often,
but that wasn't too bad. We'd check the credits together,
and we'd come up with a title. And he didn't
have to, but John always stayed there for my final
post-production, uploading to the servers, getting the show notes in
order. So at 20, 25 minutes, he's just basically waiting,
only hearing me clacking on the keyboard. When everything was
up and good to go, we always said the same
thing. Okay. Talk to you Thursday. Adios. And that's exactly
how last Sunday ended. Here's the good part for me.
Oftentimes when someone is removed from life, you think of
the things you could have said to that person, the
things you wanted to say to that person. I am
so fortunate because not only did I get to say
it, I did. And he said everything he wanted and
needed to say to me as well. It was all
on the show. Never behind the scenes. What you heard
was the real deal. We both loved how No Agenda
Nation grew. The community, the lingo, the different websites, the
numerology, the inside jokes, the code words, the small family
businesses that supported the show with their funny notes and
their crazy promo codes. The meetups, oh man, the meetups.
We loved this so much because it showed us that
the show was bigger than just Adam and John. John
took care of the business side of things, backed by
his wonderful family, Mimi, Jay, Eric, JC. Everyone contributed. The
newsletter, which we have often told other podcasters, is probably
the most important business part of the show because we
depend on your support. And whenever John said donations are
low or threw a sad puppy, it was never a
lie. It was always the honest truth. And he was
never ashamed to tell you and ask you to help
for us. And you did. These past few days have
been quite overwhelming. The social media posts, the thousands of
emails, stories, and yes, many prayers. And not just people
saying thoughts and prayers, real prayer. reading through as many
as I could, replying to as many as I possibly
could. I kept seeing one theme. People would never say,
hey, remember when you deconstructed that story or you poked
through that narrative? No. It was always about the humor
and the stories. I was blown away when just a
few shows ago I learned about yet another job that
John had had in the past. He was a never-ending,
deep well of beautiful, hilarious, and informative life stories. But
there's more in these messages from our producers. There's a
feeling of community, a sense of family, coming together with
love for each other. Ask yourself, did you even think
about the war in Iran during these past 24 hours?
I sure haven't. It wasn't that kind of the point
of what John brought us, a way to look at
things from a different perspective, a somewhat laissez-faire attitude because
it made you feel that he had seen it all
before and nothing was new under the sun. And he's
right. It's clear that no agenda will never be the
same without John. This family, this community that we built
with him is too big and too vast to end.
And while I'm not exactly sure how we will move
forward from here without him, today and on Sunday's show,
just like any family, we will honor the man who
we loved, who we cherished, who we laugh with, and
all valued as being part of our lives. My only
prayer now for today is that John is in heaven
saying, Crap, Adam was right. See you on the other
side, John. Love you. Mean it. Singing undue songs This
chain move It's never gonna be Gonna miss you ♪
Tell me ♪ And on today's episode, we have a
lot of John's friends and family. We also have a
lot of donation notes, which you will be reading. I'd
like to say first in the morning to Mimi, who
is standing by right now. Mimi? I'm right here. You
just destroyed me with your beautiful words. It destroyed my
whole system. John's up there going, Curry, can't you get
anything right? Can't you get that stuff to fire off
right? No, he's screwing with stuff. I'm sure of it.
Yes. So the first thing I just want to say
is that one of the most polarizing things... of the
announcement of John's passing. is a secret that I've had
to keep for almost 20 years. And I would like
you to explain it to everybody because, you know, I
got people saying, Wikipedia is fake news. What's going on?
They were like very, very disturbed by this. Well, John,
when he was starting to feel his age 20 years
ago, 30 years ago, it had to be 30 years
ago, he decided he was doing some interview for some,
maybe it was Wired, maybe it was something else. And
they said, oh, how old are you? And he goes,
well, I was born in. And he told me he
was, you know, so he came up with a date.
Except when he first told me this, he was going
to be two years younger than me and I had
a fit. to be younger than me so he changed
it to what in 52 and uh So he told
this, you know, this interviewer that year. And then something
happened and he was in the New York Times, I'd
say about six months later. And the New York Times
didn't fact check and just picked up that day. Exactly.
And we went. The New York Times says it. Who
are we to argue with the New York Times who
always checks facts? I don't know how I found out.
But he said, no, no, no, you got to keep
that a secret. And he literally would tell me, if
I die before you, you have to tell everybody the
New York Times sucks. They don't fact check. And they
were wrong. And so every year when his birthday would
come around, and we did a special birthday number donation
for both of us, I would always say, hey, man,
if only you weren't lying, we'd make more money out
of this. It was our running joke. It got really
awkward. I mean, there was that thing where I actually
mentioned... When I was doing the show, that it was...
You know, his high school, and I said, oh, we've
got to take that out because someone can look up
the yearbook and see. We guarded it carefully. Oh, I
remember that. Yeah. Oh, no, the yearbook. Got to get
rid of that. I can't have that published anywhere. It
was one of the oddest things. It was just so,
so strange. Well, the other things that the New York
Times picked up is that he was born in L.A.
because he thought that was funnier because he was actually
born in Fresno. Love that. We can hear a couple
people laughing on the clean feed, and we have a
number of John's friends with us. I'm just going to
kind of go around the horn and see what people
have to say. I'd like to bring in Will Hurst,
who has often been discussed on the show, usually in
the form of, well, I was with my friend Hurst,
and we were on his yacht. There was always something
going on. Oink! He was the best man at our
wedding. Yes. We'll in the morning to you. Hi, good
morning, Adam. Good to see you. Hi, Mimi. So I
didn't know that you were best man at their wedding.
And I, I knew that you hung out with John
a lot. I actually don't think I knew that the
friendship was.
was that deep and so tight. Well, I think we
met, I came out to work on the newspaper in
the 1970s and by the mid-1980s, I was in a
more senior position there and I was looking to hire
somebody to write about technology and I forget how John
and I met. But he didn't want to do that,
but he did introduce me to John Markoff, who was
a writer for Byte Magazine. And Markoff became our technology
writer, and then he left us to go to work
for the New York Times, and he became the lead
technology writer there. So John had a very good eye
for talent. And I remember going to his house over
in Albany, and there was a whole bunch of computer
stuff all over the place, kind of like a warehouse.
I'm not making a critical comment because my house is
like that too. But John had people sending him stuff
all the time because they wanted him to review the
technology and write it up. He was kind of like
a combination of Herb Cain and Walt Mossberg and Kara
Swisher all in one. If John thought you had an
interesting product, the sales took off. And if you thought
it was a dud, you might as well forget about
it. And he could be very snarky. I remember there
was a guy that had... Wait, wait, wait. Snarky? Are
you kidding me? Dvorak? Snarky? What? Well, he was straight...
You know, he was honest and blunt and did not
worry too much about your feelings if he thought the
product was no good. I remember there was a guy
that had a board that you could put in a
PC. And this was pretty early days, so this... He
used to have a separate board for a parallel interface
and a serial interface and a sound card and a
memory card. super card that had all the interfaces on
it and everything and you could tell John wasn't terribly
impressed and John said, well what are you going to
name this product? And the guy said, well I think
I was going to call it the Blue Whale. And
John said, I think you should call it the White
Elephant because it's never going to sell. you And I
remember he told me when we were talking about all
this stuff in his house, he said, well, I'm going
to write about something called the agony of owning junk.
And I said, what does that mean? He said, well,
you just can't get rid of stuff because you think
you might use it or maybe somebody gave it to
you that you still haven't gotten around to it. And
when I look at my own house, I think of
John every time and his phrase, the agony of owning
junk, because that's what happens to you when you get
to be our age. That is so good. And I
have a closet from hell as well. I've only been
to John's house once. I was only invited once was
for Thanksgiving dinner. And I remember saying, Hey man, can
I see your studio? No. What do you mean? I
can't, I can't. No, no. I have never seen his
studio ever. And Mimi, you're sitting in it right now.
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. You don't want to see this.
It'll, it'll. Scar you for life. You will never see
it. Hey, JC, how you doing? Good morning to you.
It might be surprising, but not great. Wow. Chip off
the old block. Yes, yes, I hear you. Wow. I
want to bring in Dana Brunetti as well, who is
a mere associate executive producer of the No Agenda show.
We pester him about this endlessly. But of course, we
love having Dana in the No Agenda nation. And he
and John became vast friends. associate producer. For calling you
an associate? Yeah, he would. Dana, can you just check
and make sure you're on your... I had to jump
over to the phone because the mic died, so I'm
letting it charge. No problem. I'll try it again in
a little bit if you want to come back to
me. No, no, no, it's fine. I got you good,
man. I got you good. So how did you meet
John? I mean, how did you hear about the show
even? So it started during COVID when I was starting
to build my ranch and move from L.A. to get
the hell out of there. And I'd known John from
Tech TV and CNET and all of his writing in
the past and Cranky Geeks. And as I was constantly
going around listening to podcasts and running out of things
to listen to or things that were just super woke
at the time that were just driving me insane, I
decided to check to see if Cranky Geeks was still
around. was planning on listening to over at Riding on
the Tractor or whatever and couldn't find it. And so
I started searching on John C. Dvorak and No Agenda
came up and I was like, Adam Curry and John
Dvorak, that can't be the same one. Adam Curry is
from MTV. This is, what is this? And I put
it on and I was like, oh, holy crap. These
guys are not woke at all, which was completely opposite
of what I thought from just knowing him from Twit
and Leo Lepore. And I was like, it was so
refreshing. I just got addicted to the show and started
listening to it. And then I finally donated and wrote
in. He sent me a note shortly after that, and
we just started conversing back and forth, and he had
just such a witty sense of humor. Are you still
there? Uh-oh, he fell off the tractor. Yeah. I don't
know what happened. Oh, no, Dana, get back on the
tractor. Let's bring in Marty for a second. Now, Marty,
I don't think I've ever even spoken to Marty. Right.
Marty was one of my friends that John took over.
I knew him from the comedy days in the city.
And the second they met, they were just thick as
thieves. And I hardly got a word in edgewise. Marty,
welcome to this special episode. I only knew you as
John's joke writer, which I always, I'd always like, oh,
what? Did Marty give you that gag? Oh, man, back
to the drawing board. It's a pleasure to be with
all of you folks right now. John's been on my
mind for the last couple of days here. Last night
was rough. A lot of memories, a lot of videos
that we've got here and audio tapes and things that
we created together. John had a personality that just tickled
me because he would take a wild idea and figure
out how we could do it. And he was forever
inserting me into positions where I could be. I could
be very wealthy and I'd screw it up because I'd
have fun doing it. And I think I told them
five times I could have been, you know, somebody big.
And it wasn't in me, you know. I did the
pilot show for CNET and coordinated with John and got
Leo and the other people around the table and cut
that video and then had a falling out with Halsey
Minor, who was the... That wasn't hard to do. No,
it wasn't. It wasn't. And in fact, I... We had
lunch down south the market. He goes, we're thinking maybe
we'll have the main show right here in the Castro.
And I said, well, that'll definitely send a message. And
he cocked his eye and I knew I was done.
That was it. And John appreciated that. And at the
same time, he goes, I went to their house where
they were living out there in Pacific Heights, I believe.
The only problem with the place is they didn't have
enough statues of themselves. Such a delicious way of putting
it. John had an incredible sense of humor, a great
sense of timing. I went through all kinds of changes,
directed theater, had a film company, made kid films, worked
at an ad agency, went up to Microsoft, and I
used to steal everything from the development teams and send
it down to John so he could get a first
look at it. okay with John because when we talk,
we talk about Oswald Spengler, we talk about modern art,
talk about where music is going, what the hell's wrong
with Vegas, and some of the best things I ever
created or wrote were things that I batted back and
forth with John. He had a remarkable talent. In that
way, he was a polymath. He knew a little bit
about everything, and he was an expert it just by
knowing a little about it. I used to say he's
grumpy, but he's like my uncle. He's avuncular. So maybe
he's grumpyvuncular. I think everybody had that vibe with John.
Hey, Mimi, I hate to do this, Mimi, but... Well,
I'm used to do it. I need earphones. Yes, I
appreciate earphones. One of the one things we never agreed
upon was please. I know. So if you can turn
them down just a little bit, that would be great.
We're trying. We're trying. Dana, are you back on? Am
I here? I don't know. Oh, yeah, you're coming in
five by five. Okay, this clean feed on the iPhone
as I keep hitting on my ear. If John was
using this, he'd be complaining about it up and down.
It's got to be the interface is a little wonky.
Now, from what I understand is, I mean, you and
John would talk, you and your wife, Alex, and John,
and probably Mimi as well, would talk regularly. Yeah, well,
I mean, every day I'd wake up. It would either
be a text message or a Twitter message or X
message or Instagram. Not much Instagram. But he would either
send me something on Twitter, a text, or email. Usually
email. And then if I tried to text back, it
would never work because he wouldn't get it for some
reason. His phone was in the drawer. Of course he
wouldn't get your text. Transmit all of it. We spoke
like probably minimum once a week, probably two, three times
a week sometimes on the busier times. But he would,
and he would always, I realized he was like a
night owl. He was never up in the mornings whenever
I tried to call him, but always late at night.
And usually I'd be in bed and the phone would
ring and it would say John C. Dvorak and I'd
say to Alex, it's John. And she would always say,
answer it. Because she was always mesmerized about what he
had to say. And he was. Alex always said he
would be her phone-a-friend if she was ever on Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire? Because he knew everything and
had a story about everything. And we would always, whenever
her and I would get into disagreements or arguments, we'd
be like, let's call John. Rather than Google it or
whatever, he was our ass jeeps. It's let's call John.
And so we'd call John, and no matter what he
was doing, he would stop if he answered the phone.
And he pretty much always answered the phone. It was
always, hello. And just straight to it, it rang like
once. And sometimes it didn't even ring. And I'm like,
how did you even know? It was like a quarter
of a ring. And he was like, oh, I don't
know. And he was always on a cordless phone that
had horrible static that he always denied and would say,
I don't know, it sounds fine on my end. I'm
like, I'm going to record this so you can hear
what I'm talking about. Welcome to my life. He always
said, I didn't change anything. I didn't do anything. I
have nothing to do with it. But yeah, so it
was, I mean, we spoke constantly and then we started
having some very expensive dinners that I paid for, of
course. Absolutely. Whenever I was in the Bay Area and
usually when I was there for a horse show with
Alex or just happened to be in the area, I'd
always stop by. And then I remember on a show
one time, I think you asked him, said, how do
you consider a friend? And he's like, somebody you've had
dinner with and dinner at their house. Yeah. And I
remember telling him, I go, hey, I thought we were
friends. He's like, we are friends. What do you mean?
I'm like, I've never had dinner at your house. He's
like, well, then come over. And eventually I went over
with Alex and we had dinner with Brennan and Jay
at his house. And the same thing happened to me.
I'm like, all right, at the end of the dinner,
things are winding down. I'm like, all right, can I
see the studio? And he was like, no way. I'm
like, I'm here, right here. It's just right. It's somewhere
within feet from me. Can I see the studio? And
he absolutely refused. I thought he was joking initially, but
then I realized, no, he's not joking. He's not going
to let me see the studio. Mimi, why was that?
Why was that? Not allowed to see John's studio. Wait,
before that, as a child, I couldn't see the studio.
Jason, his own flesh and blood? Yeah, so up until
I was like 10, it was like, oh, you can't
come in here. The door was closed. Wow. And I
tried, as a very young child, I tried all sorts
of tactics, such as, oh, I can't sleep. And they
would be working at night, because he works at night.
And so the door would be closed. I'd sit at
the stairs and be like, hey, you know, I'm a...
six-year-old who won't listen to anybody. And the door would
open, and then I would go towards it, and then
it stopped immediately. So the office was sort of like
this sacred internal, the inner sanctum of a wizard. And
yeah, the secrets are in there. You are definitely keeping
the myth and the legend alive, JC. I love that.
I love that. Hey, Will, could you... If you have
it in you, could you give me one of your
favorite JCD stories? Oh, I do remember one time we
had an editor at the paper who was... was kind
of famous for maybe being Hold on, I lost you
there, Will. There's a lot about technology and we don't
really have a good... technology writer Markoff had left. We
had some people that were good, but they weren't as
good. And John said, okay, I'll go and talk to
the guy. And I called him. I saw him the
next day at the newspaper, and I said... Oh, how
did the meeting go? And he said, oh yeah, the
meeting was... scheduled for 11 o'clock and he didn't show.
And I said, oh, that's just, what do you think
happened? He said, oh, you know, I know who the
guy is. So he's probably still throwing up at 11.
And so John was very nonplussed. He never did meet
the editor I wanted him to meet. He never did
get the job, and he didn't care. He could be
quite a wit. So typical.
Oh, my. Marty, you got one for us? Well, you
know, I wanted to crack up John, and it was
tough to do because a lot of times he'd just
smirk and give me another variation of whatever wisecracker joke
I was saying. But there was one time he had
a problem with his water heater on the second floor,
and he says, you got to take a look at
it. It's leaking. I don't know what's wrong with it.
I said, okay, hang on. I go up and I
look, and there's a pan under it to catch the
water. The bottom was rusted out. I said, yeah, it's
shot. You need a new water heater. And he goes,
what would cause something like that? And I got real
close to his ear and I whispered the plural of
the N word. And he just started laughing his ass
off. He couldn't believe I said that. But I caught
him unaware just for a minute. Just for a minute.
Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead. No, please go ahead,
Marty. Go ahead. No, you know what? We talk about
comedy and comedy in the 50s and the 60s. And
he knew everyone. He knew all the routines and everything.
And he had internalized a lot of it with the
identity of the characters like Jackie Vernon and Bill Dana
and all those early comics. And he knew their routines
inside out. And what he'd do is he'd wait for
you to say something. just pick the right punchline and
throw it out and that's all he had to do
he could tell jokes just by telling the punchlines he
didn't need the setups he really did yeah he did
it with joy yeah that really you know it's i
love hearing these stories because yeah that john was very
able to keep it uh within my lifetime of uh
of knowledge of culture and entertainment and once in a
while he out there and be like, what is that
a reference to? What is that called? Oh, everybody knows
that. I don't know, John. I'm not so sure about
that one. Mimi. Yep. What's on your heart, girl? You
know, I do have Jay next to me and Brendan
as well. So you can always call on them and
I'll share the mic. I would love for them to
say whatever they want to say right now. That'd be
fantastic. Yeah, I think that would be lovely. I'm going
to swivel the mic to them. Oh, God. Hello, Jay.
Hello. I met you when you were 15 years old.
You were a very, I think. Timid. 15 year old
Didn't say much. And I'm a timid 32-year-old. Yeah. Nothing's
changed. Well, I don't know about that. But, I mean,
you have been such an important part of the show
in the past few years doing, I mean, really, you
shaped us up to such a degree with the back
office stuff. I know that you and Mimi have done
a lot together. But, you know, doing all the rings,
doing the websites for the special promotions, it's just been
so amazing. I'm so thankful for what you've done all
these years. Peace. Well, thank you. It's been a pleasure.
Sorry, I woke up at 5 a.m. to do the
notes and the spreadsheet for the show and the amount
of love and support that... we received was crazy and
I was working up until 11. Yeah, I have a
feeling. So it's all six hours of just tears and
typing it up. Yeah, we'll be doing the show for
a while today just to get through all of them.
But we really want to make sure that everybody had
a chance to say what they feel they want to
say. Because as I said in my intro, we really
are one big family. And I think people also see
you as part of that. You know, I know that
people email you and because they'll tell me like, talk
to Jay. Everything's all cool. Everything's all safe. You must
have ongoing correspondence with a lot of our... No agenda
family. I do, yeah. I have back and forths with
them all the time. They're all wonderful. Eli the coffee
guy is really sweet. He sent a little care package
to me and Brennan. Decaf coffee. Oh, yes. Since I
have to live in caffeine. And, yeah, it's... And actually,
Brennan, the deadbeat, is here. My husband, the deadbeat, is
here. Hello, Brennan. I think I've already apologized profusely. I
did think it was really cool when I... I was
joking, of course, like, hey, how's your deadbeat son-in-law? And
John, the next show, he's like, this is actionable. This
is actionable. Actionable? Are you going to sue me over
this? This is actionable. You have to do something about
this. How are you doing, Brennan? I'm doing great, and
I love the nickname Deadbeat. To get a nickname is
a badge of honor. This is true. But you really
had a great connection with John, because when he was
staying at your house after the surgery, after the show,
it was a very different dynamic, because you and Jay
would come in, and I would hear him talking to
you. I'm like, wow, he really loves this guy. You
had a great relationship with him. I could tell. Oh,
yeah. From the very start. When I first started C&J,
you've got to meet him. He wants to have dinner
with you. That's his litmus, right? And he sat me
down, and the very first question he asked me was,
how do you feel about Bordeaux? And then he poured
half a bottle of cognac down my throat, basically. Yeah,
I held you, I believe. - I held you back
so you would open. - It's an interrogation technique. -
Yeah, it's an interrogation technique. And he kept me interrogated
for a long time. - I don't think we stopped
actually. - No, never did. - And we did a
background search on him. - Yes, I'm sure you did.
- I came up mostly clean except for that weird
stuff. He and I really, really got to bond quite
a lot in the last 20 weeks, especially. But I
mean, I had dinner with him every week. And, you
know, I was his gopher. I was his driver. Let's
explain. John insisted that we have family dinners every Friday.
Well, first it was every Friday. Move a little closer,
Mimi. Yeah, no, we're sharing a mic. Yeah, yeah. So
we're putting our heads together like we're the, what do
you call it? Three stooges, yes. There you go. So...
John was big about family. So for as long as
I've known him, it's always been, we had to have
family, you know, sit down dinners. So, um, So anybody
that unfortunately Jay dated or JC dated or even Eric
dated would have to come and get the John Dvorak.
treatment. Yes. Or as Marty called it, the Dvorak syndrome.
Thank you. And John would grill you, you know, and
he'd mostly never talk. And then he'd get like a
wild hair and just, you know, I think he needed
at least two glasses of wine. And then he would
really open up during dinner. And I got to drive
him around everywhere for, you know, when you got a
cracked sternum, they don't let you drive anything. Right. And
I got to drive him around everywhere and talk to
him and chat. The amount of times he told me
that I should start a podcast so maybe that I'd
shut up in the car. John was, you know, I
love so much working with him because, as I said,
nothing, in fact, when we ever scripted something, if we
ever said, hey, you do this and I'll deliver the
punchline, guaranteed failure. It would always fail. I'd screw up
the setup. He'd forget the punchline. Oh, we were doing
that? Oh, yeah, no, I forgot about that. But when
we were just on the fly doing stuff, and this
as a broadcaster, I loved working with him so much
because I could bring in sound effects. I could bring
in, you know, we both enjoyed the art of the
theater of the mind, which is why we also never
did video. We said, no, no, no, we're not going
to do any of this. We want people to, well,
of course I did, but we want people to imagine
what John's office is like. We want people to just,
you know, have their mind's eye, to what's going on.
And I just wanted to play, I have a couple,
but one of my favorite bits, and I'm not even
sure how it started, probably because people, you know, the
number 33 was very important to the show because we
didn't know what it meant. 33 would show up everywhere
and be like, what is this? We, you know, had
many people explain it to us over the years, but
we always felt it was some operation, either Operation Go
or Operation Stop, some kind of military or PSYOP. And
then people started saying, hey, you know, there's this Club
33 at Disneyland, which everyone is quite aware of. We
knew that that wasn't quite the Club 33 that the
No Agenda show would like. But John had an idea,
and we came up with our very own Club 33.
Everybody give me a hand. You already did Amber. We
need another. Raven. How do you know these things? Straight
from Reseda. Here she is. Raven. Give it up. Next,
Bambi. Bambi to the stage. Bambi to the stage. Wow.
You do know it. Okay, I'll do Raven, and then
we'll come back to you. Ravens, give it up! Very
strong. All right, John, go. Thank you. lesbian act on
stage two. Bring 'em up, bring 'em up. Joey and
Donna, these two hotties can be seen at the club
on Wednesday Mud Wrestling. Get a lap dance today and
the girls will give you a voucher for free entrance.
Is that it? Yeah. That is John C. Dvorak. He
could do that off the cuff. He just threw that
out there. But sometimes he would have punchlines and things
that just became show staples, such as this one about
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. And I have two
clips. Oh. If you don't mind. What was your original
position? That the CIA or somebody came up to him
and said, hey, look at this picture. Yeah. What's that
in your mouth, you think? Oh, John, stop now. It's
a family show. It's just a family show. It could
be eating succotash. Succotash, sure. You take the hole deeper.
I'm thinking. I'm thinking. I'm rethinking my – I'm completely
– no. Wait. Is this a Johnson pivot? It's a
John. I have done a John. Yes. He's got the
right last name for what I was talking about. It
was such a joy when he came up with these
things. And then this is another one. So What's That
in Your Mouth was a show title. It became a
thing whenever a politician did something. Be like, hey, man,
what's that in your mouth? We know why you're changing
your vote. We know what you're doing. And then there
was this one. Then, of course, we have a classic,
a favorite, the pansexual. You know what that is, the
pansexual. course yeah yeah you'll have sex with an animal
anything anything now hey what are you gonna do anyone
gonna eat this meatloaf *crying* That's the pansexual. I literally
was on the floor. It was just, that was the
kind of stuff that he did. But he was also...
He loves giving advice. We talked a lot about young
people, what should they do? The sock hop is legendary.
Hey, you want to meet somebody? We'd rather bring sock
hops back. And here he is with some career and
management advice for young people, which I think is something
we need to listen to again. Well, here's my piece
of advice. All right. I've given this advice before. I'm
going to give it again. Most people that will supervise
you throughout your careers full of crap. And that's the
advice. The more you know. And they tend to, they
can be played, and I don't like to say that
you want to play people, but they can be played
by just going along with whatever they have to say.
Do not be argumentative. And I'll give two examples. I'll
give one example, a good one. Well, actually, I'll give
a number. I'll generalize. Somebody will say, hey, hey, I
don't like the way you're doing this. and you're doing
it whatever way you're doing it. And you, instead of
saying, well, I'm doing it for this reason or that
reason or whatever, you say... Oh, okay, what do you
want me to do? What do you think I should
do better? I'm all ears. Be very attentive. And then
they'll tell you the way they want you to do
something. And then just keep doing it the way you
were doing it because it's the way you do things.
Don't pay any attention to their advice. And within, I
don't know, a few months, they come back to you
and say, well, so how's that new way of doing
things? And you say, it's great. You were right. And
the guy will say, yep, I've noticed it. You've changed.
You're much better than you were. And that happens all
the time because everybody thinks they're so important. Interesting. That's
not the kind of advice I give. I give different
advice. Because I give the same advice. Is that the
same advice you hand out to young people all the
time? No, I have a lot of different advices. Oh.
But that one particular piece of advice, which is these
supervisors are full of crap. And just to go along
with it.
program, don't argue. That's my... But keep doing things the
way you're doing them. They're not going to notice. They
don't know what they're talking about. I guess my advice
is kind of dovetails into that where my advice is
always the same. Find out what you really like doing.
What you really like doing. Just something you like doing.
You could be skateboarding for all I care. Find something
you really, really... No, not like what you really love
doing. And then find someone to pay you to do
it. That's it. That's the secret to life. That's the
ideal advice for everybody. But many times to get to
that point. Bull crap. Anybody can do that. Anybody can
do that. Yeah, anybody can do that. You have a
place in life. But what if you get a job
tomorrow and you have to go work at Taco Bell?
What are you going to do? Screw you, Taco Bell?
Well, that's part of the finding someone to pay you
to do it part. Yeah, well, maybe you can do
that from the taco back in the – try to
get in the front counter. Hey, it's taken me 54
years to finally be able to podcast. knock it and
that was so true i have my entire second half
of life career to thank to this man um i
the way we set up value for value uh the
way we made it all work which a lot of
that was him a lot of these ideas a lot
of the hey we got to keep hammering people that
otherwise it won't work i remember when we maybe it
was around the second year I was in a hotel
room in New York and we were just doing the
podcast and we're asking for value for value. And he
called me and he said, Hey, Hey. We got 900
bucks for this show. I'm like, wow, that's a lot.
He said, this is gonna work. Quit your job. This
is gonna work. We're gonna do this. And we did.
And we just never looked back. And I'm so thankful,
so thankful for him for giving me something to do
as a patently unhirable person. So Adam, his job advice,
he would give that to me and I listened to
him. So he'd tell me to do things a certain
way and I'd go, uh-huh. I just want to talk
about wine for a second. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. This
is, you know, John introduced an entire generation to the
Kirkland crate of six bottles of Bordeaux for about three
bucks a piece. Everybody, you know, Costco was like, oh,
wow, man, these things are going fast. So let's start
with Will. I'm sure you and John enjoyed a lot
of... exquisite and different bottles of wine together. Oh, yeah.
That was one of the things that we both helped
each other with our addiction problem. But he introduced me
to Kermit Lynch. I didn't know about that place over
in Berkeley. And one of the last times I saw
John was I got an invitation to go to the
La Pole, which is a big burgundy fest in San
Francisco. And my wife said, I don't want to go.
It's terrible. So I ended up with two tickets. And
I figured, well, maybe Dvorak is willing to go, particularly
if I'm paying and I already have the tickets. So
we went to that thing together. And it wasn't all
evening stuff. It was like half the people were very
wealthy sort of technology people that knew nothing about wine.
Then there were a bunch of other people that knew
a lot about wine. Then there were a bunch of
other people that were sponsors. It was a very weird
collection of people. So John had a lot of fun
kind of introducing me to one or two people that
he knew. making some comments, but we really enjoyed ourselves
and And he was always pointing out to me bargain
basement wines. I guess I'm a bit of a snob
relative to John, so I would never follow up on
all of his suggestions. But he had a very good
palate and could very quickly make comments about wine that
were quite accurate. I miss that. I miss that. He
was a good buddy to have a glass of wine
with. He was also the guy you could text him
a wine label or a wine menu, and within three
minutes he would text you back. At the time of
the day, because, you know, John, you know, I could,
there's emails in his inbox, hundreds of mine he's never
read because I didn't see that. It didn't come in.
I didn't see it. But if you texted him something
like, hey, man, what wine should I choose? Boom. And
it was always like this. You say. okay, no wine
should be more than 40 bucks. I'm like, okay, no,
that's just ridiculous. And then he'd find one and he'd
point one out. Even when, back in the early days,
I'd come into San Francisco, we'd have lunch at Fringal,
I would say, probably, his favorite haunt. And I'd say,
hey, man, I got the company credit card. Let's just
go crazy. He wouldn't do it. Like, no, this is
always on the price. That's too expensive. They're charging too
much. We're not going to drink that. Dana, How about
you? That is a complete opposite. Really? He never once.
I remember getting the bill on a few dinners and
was shocked because he always had the wine list. And
so I was like, get whatever because you know wine
better than I do. And that was not the case
on our dinners. Maybe he adopted. Maybe he was just
one of those, oh, adapt to this guy's budget. Oh,
that's so cool. No, he was just trying to. introduced
Dana to better wines. He was trying to up his
palate. That's what John did. I mean, he did send
me notes, order a case of this. This is good
stuff. It's cheap. Order this. So I had boxes and
boxes. And then eventually I couldn't keep up with it.
But we did go to a wine tasting once. We
went to a vineyard. It was actually somebody from No
Agenda was like the PR person at this winery. And
John, he's like, Let's go. So we went and they
had the winemaker there and they had a whole set
up, a tent set up for us and did a
whole dinner. And it was really it was beautiful and
lovely. But one of the funniest things that was he
was there with the winemaker, this French guy. baiting the
wines with the guy who made the wine. It's no
good. John, I think this guy knows what he's talking
about. He made it. No, no, no. The tannins on
this, this one is... Why are the winemakers right there
next to him? Oh, that's phenomenal. John was a taster
for Bon Appetit. I mean, he was invited to events
all the time to be one of the... He was
really a student of wine. I mean, you could throw
out a year in a and he would just tell
you, "Well, you know what that tasted like?" And he
could describe it. And it was really interesting. I mean,
you know. You know, it's a wonder I'm not a
full-blown alcoholic. Can I sneak one thing in here? Yeah,
please. The Consumer Electronics Show in 2000, John and I
went down there because he was on a kick about
going global. Everything's going global. So he wanted to go
from booth to booth and get people to talk about
what they thought going global meant. And we wound up
getting a bunch of silly answers and a little crowd
of people who followed him around like deep pocket money
or investors. And one of them said, we should have
dinner. John said, yeah, we'll have dinner. We'll go to
the Bellagio. And we all went to the Bellagio. And
John got the wine list. And those poor guys, I
have to tell you, I think it was about $8,500
worth of wine. And each one that came out, another
bottle would give out like $300, $400 bottle of wine.
He'd go, oh, this one's great. You're going to love
this. And he'd pour it for them. He got them
drunk. He had them pay for dinner. It was hilarious.
What a great dinner. And it was John in his
prime just rolling out the details about the wine and
the taste. This one has a big nose. They said,
does it have a fright wig and big shoes? It
might be a clown wine. You know, joking around with
them. And we're realizing we're skinning these guys alive. It
was, I will never forget that in my entire life.
What a joy. But later, John didn't really travel much,
Mimi. He kind of liked to stay home. I know
that sometimes he would have, he always talked about having
some speaking engagement. He's on his way to the airport,
realizes he's forgot his belt, went back and just wouldn't
get on the plane. Well, you know, being self-employed forever,
you know, we had to sometimes scramble because... You know,
our income could, you know, dive unexpectedly. significantly. So at
one point when all the magazines started going out of
business, I started putting them on a speaking tour. And
I, at one point I was having him do like
four keynotes a month and then another 12 other speaking
things. You're like the momager. What's going on here? He
wasn't pleased, I can say that. So, you know, he
kind of got, he did travel. He traveled all over
the world. I mean, he went on junkets everywhere. He
was... You know, he did travel extensively. At a certain
point, he said, eh, there's nowhere else I really want
to see. So, um... I've seen it all. I'm done.
Yeah. Yeah, that was... And I never liked to travel,
so, you know, that was fine with me. Um... I'm
not a good traveler. So, John, um... You know, he
would wear people ragged when he would go on these
trips with them because he'd have PR people just like,
well, I want to do this. I'm going to Finland.
I want to ride a reindeer. That makes so much
sense. Yeah. I mean, yeah. So, I mean, it's, he
was definitely. someone to try to keep up with. I
mean, even when we would go on a trip, family
trip, you know, we Like we went to, our longest
trip was to South Africa. And I've got two kids
in tow. I'm in coach. John's first class because South
Africa is paying for the trip. The nation of South
Africa? Huh? The nation of South Africa was paying for
the trip? Yeah. Okay. Nice. Nice. Yeah. And it was
like, you know, I was always afraid of getting lost
at the airport because he would just walk like he
was by himself. So he'd be like a mile ahead
of me. And I'd be, you know, with the bags
and the kids. Slow down. One of the wonderful things.
John would talk about is the many, many jobs he
had. And it never, never ceased to amaze what job
he had had, right down to can inspector. That was
another one of my favorites. But I all, and I
egged him on all the time to tell this story
because it's about his job as an air pollution inspector
and a famous politician. From now on, she's Barbara Boxter.
She's the one, as you recall, that used to try
to pick up the air pollution inspectors. Oh, do tell
the story again, John. You really want me to tell
it again? Yes, yes, because I, yes, yes. We had
two people, a member of the board, the Regional Air
Pollution Board. One of them was Boxer and one was
Feinstein. And I have these two anecdotes about both of
them. But the Boxer one is the most interesting because...
After one of the meetings, she would always try to
solicit one of the air pollution inspectors. We all had
cars. And you were an air inspection. Yeah, I was.
I'm an expert on air pollution, believe it or not.
I believe it. So we had these cars and she
would find some, okay, can I get a ride home?
And the guys, all the guys would bitch about this
because she'd make a pass at everybody trying to get
them in the sack. Now, she's not, certainly back in
the day, I think she's doable. She still wears kind
of whorish makeup. Yeah, but that's what's so great about
it. Yes, but imagine this being 25 or longer years
ago, a long time ago. She would look pretty good.
That's what I'm saying. Yeah, no, I think she probably
was. But it was very annoying. Nobody wanted to take
her driver. It was like everyone was scattered when she
came out of these meetings. She looks kind of like
a news anchor. She's sexy. How was her body? Was
it okay back then? I don't know. I never fucked
her. Whatever the case, it would be the funniest thing
to watch everyone scatter. Jump in their car, sit in
the driveway. Hey, man, I've got to pick up the
kids. Soon, everyone took off. It looks like she had
dark hair back in the day. She still does. No,
no, no, no, no. No, she's like, she's like blondish,
darkest blonde. Anyway, so she is a super duper Obama
bot. And here's her contribution. She's dumb, by the way.
That's a real problem. Wait a minute. How about Feinstein?
Was she whorish, too? No, not at all. But she
was just the opposite. She was very prudish. But she
was also, I would say, she was even dumber. Well,
listen, you can't fix stupid. We all know that. That's
what we say here in Texas. It was a rare
F-bomb from John C. Dvorak. And we would always catch
each other on stuff. You know, if we were constantly
saying something like fact of the matter or anyway or
whatever it was, we would always be checking each other
on the show. Oh, you said it. Oh, we're going
to. Oh, no, you got to stop saying that. It
was just a wonderful, wonderful experience. to be in conversation
with him for almost six, seven hours a week. Some
of his... Yes, ma'am. So actually, you know, him being
an air pollution inspector is why I picked the... the
funeral home because he used to inspect it because it's
also a crematorium. No. No. Hey, you know, if he
gave it a clean bill of health, I was going
to go for it. So there is going to be
a friends and family memorial, I believe. You want to
tell us what's happening? Well, we need to plan it.
So we'll figure it out by Sunday when I speak
to you again. So, yeah, we're going to have a
friends and family memorial that we're sending out invitations to.
And then we're going to have a public one for
everyone. But we have to put it together. And I'm,
you know, I've been a little distracted. Yes. It also
seems like a lot of people are already organizing meetups
in his honor.
which I think is a great way to do it.
I love that people are doing that. I think we
lost Will. I'm not sure if he's coming back or
not. I do want to share. Is JC still there?
Yeah. JC's here. Hello. Yes, JC's here. Some of the
talk, JC. I, I, I, I, I, I was just
going to go back to the wine thing, but the
conversation has moved on. So at the, at the table,
which I think was mentioned in the past in the
show, which is that we do a, we've been, we
have been doing a dinner every Friday. And he would
bring out these wines and it would be able to
explain the whole background of the wine And we but
he wouldn't he would hold back one important fact So
we would try it, and he'd go like, what do
you think? And we'd go, oh, it's really good. He's
like, okay, now this one. And we'd try it. And
we're like, this is even better. And he's like, how
much better? And then he would tap his finger on
one of the bottles and say, $10. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly
right. He loved that. He loved finding those bargains. He
did. He did. With the wine, I started having reactions
to California wine. And he didn't trust that I was
having, I'd get really bad headaches because of whatever they
do with the yeast. Who knows? He had a theory
on it. So what he'd do is, just to test
me, every once in a while he'd pour wine and
he'd be staring at me and I'd be like, oh
yeah, he's trying to slip a California wine to see
what happens. Oh wow, no way. Always. One of the
long-running jokes on the show... I just have a short
mini cut of it, which needs to be discussed. Wait,
we have the egg book, the vinegar book, the salt
book. Now there's a vinegar book? Oh, yeah, the vinegar
book. Oh, this will come out after the vinegar book?
Oh, yes, right after the vinegar book. And the depression
book. Don't forget that one. I got to finish these
books. Yeah. Are you ever going to finish one, you
think? Yes. After the vinegar book and the cycles book.
Here's the vinegar book, which is almost done. Well, the
vinegar book, I guess, is never going to happen. Oh,
no. The vinegar book's on its way. Okay. So the
vinegar book is going to be you sour, sour writing.
Sour Dvorak. Sour Dvorak about douchebags you've known. The vinegar
book has now become a chapter in the Dvorak family
cookbook coming out later this year. Pop out. So where
are we with the vinegar book, Mimi? Oh, it's done.
It's done. It is done. It's done. We have to
edit it and get it laid out. It's done. And
will it be a standalone or indeed part of the
Dvorak family cookbook? A pamphlet, maybe. No kidding. A giblet,
as we call it. A giblet. Well... Well, Brennan actually
is the one who John taught everything about his vinegar.
Really? Yeah, and then he tried to get me to
write the chapter for him. And then he edited it.
So he didn't even do that himself. It's called delegation.
It's delegation, yeah. But the family cookbook is going to
be out hopefully soon. And, you know, I learned something
when I was talking to Mimi and Jay and Brennan
the other night that I don't know if you, Adam,
know this, but John has a vinegar collection. Yes, I
did. Yes. Mothers and all kinds of stuff in jars,
I'm sure. That he's been raising for like, you know.
60 years uh that i didn't know i figured he
was gonna kill somebody with it eventually yeah he's got
cultures and you know basically you know because he'd open
wine and go yeah this would be good vinegar so
then he'd open a different bottle of wine so yeah
it's a very weird i always found it to be
the biggest annoyance of my life but you know Being
his wife was not the easiest. But it's being understated.
This is being understated a bit. There is basically a
system of large, like, gallon, what's the, like, those big
brew jugs. They're not bigger than magnums. They're the big
glass, it's like what you make, like, beer with. Cider
mugs, yeah. And there's a whole system of them, and
they have, like, different lineages, and, like, there's a whole,
like, breeding line. There's, like, pure breads of vinegar. There's
a whole system by which they get mixed or not
mixed. It's not like you can imagine just a series
of bottles or like mason jars in a cabinet. That's
not what it is. It's a region of the house
that is full of jugs. And then it slowly expands
when he opens a bottle of wine. He would be
like, oh, it's fine. And then he puts a paper
towel in it, put it with the rest of the
collection, and over months it would grow, and then I'd
be like, Dad. This is getting out of control. We
have to go through it. And me and Brennan would
help him just like... drink it, spit it out, and
be like, oh, that's terrible. And by about ten bottles,
you have completely burned the inside of your mouth. And
no food or flavor means anything. And then he'll pull
out a wine and have you try it. And he
could still taste it. He was remarkable. He could still
get the notes. He still had the nose. And my
whole sinuses were fried. Also, there was a fun little
gag he had, which is he would take one of
the bottles out from the vinegar collection, which he had
had for like 10 years. And he points at the
age and the year and he's like, try this. And
I'm like, oh boy. And it's just normal wine because
it was like it had like an it was like
an antibacterial or had some sort of weird preservative in
it. And so it was just like exactly the same
as when it was first opened. And he was just
like, see, that was the whole point of it. Just
no further argument. Love that. Yeah. Some of John's stories
turned into jingles that people just wanted to hear over
and over and over again. I've got ants. Ants is
without a doubt a fan favorite. So actually I'll play
the ants jingle and then I want to play another
one in the original, the original version. This was done
by Sir Saturday Night Bill who passed away I think
earlier, Christmas last year. This without a doubt is one
of the most requested jingles that we played in the
donation segment. It's a classic. I got ants. We got
ants. you I don't know if we had ants, we
had ant invasion. I was thinking if you desiccated a
big pile of ants and then ground them to a
powder like a fine... black pepper. We were having dinner
and yeah! I got an ant somehow in the meal
and I ate it. These things are peppery. I got
ants. you I got ants. They don't need a lot.
And then you see, you find all the ones that
are roaming around. I backed him off by doing the
burning trick. leave it there the only any derogational moments
where there's an ant that you do not torch and
that's an ant that's carrying one of the dead ants
back i got ants I got ants. We got ants.
I got ants. It's... John was such a complete, just
a wealth of... material that people love to mix and
remix and do things with and so yeah was that
jc no no that's me that the ants thing we
live on an ant hill yes we're very well aware
and the first the first couple days we were in
the house i woke up to the bed engulfed with
ants i never heard this part of the story And
I was like, I hate this house. I hate this
house. And, you know, you'd see one, you'd go, uh-oh.
Yeah. Watch out. When you see one, that means, and
they would only swarm, they wouldn't swarm at any normal
time. Like, there wasn't a season. It was just like,
whenever they felt like they built up, because I would
vacuum them up, you know. That was part of his
tip. Yes, vacuum them up. Yeah, that was part of
the tip. But it was like a constant battle. And,
you know, it was like the Chinese army attacking. You
know, they would build up for a while and they'd
just swarm. He said he had ants. You know, it
wasn't like most people go, "Ew, I've got ants in
the house." No, it'd be like... The floor is moving.
Oh, no. I mean, John was always truthful. He never
exaggerated about anything, particularly his disdain of a certain habit
people have on airplanes. Just go for it, John. Tell
us your peeve about the fisting method of eating snacks
on an airplane. I see this on the airplane, and
it's very annoying, and I think it will result in
fights breaking out because it's just so annoying to watch.
Guy takes his bag of peanuts, and he throws a
pile of them into his, of his hand and then
he makes a fist. around the nuts and then he
shakes his fist to try to bring a nut to
the little hole. Stop! And then he throws a nut
in his mouth from his fist. Then he does it
again. He shakes and throws and shakes and throws. It
is annoying as hell to watch. Oh, my gosh. They
just needed porn music. Your description is fabulous. I got
to produce that. There is that part of it. You
can look at all these things as obscene, but that's
exactly what you see. This guy shaking his fist and
popping a peanut. It's nasty. It's nasty. It's very nasty.
I agree. It's nasty. are flying we look at each
other i'm like i'm gonna do it i'm gonna fist
them I'm fisting. I'm fisting. So I know that John
actually never really liked this mix that came in of
fisting nuts, but it was another fan favorite. Just go
for it, John. Tell us your peeve about the fisting
method of eating snacks on an airplane. I see this
on the airplane, and it's very annoying, and I think
it will result in fights breaking out because it's just
so annoying to watch. Guy takes his bag of peanuts.
throws a pile of them into his palm of his
hand Thanks for watching. I'm trying to bring a nut
to the little horn. There's a nut in his mouth
from his fist. Then he does it again. He shakes
and throws and shakes and throws. Oh, Mimi, tell me
he hated that one. Oh, no, John and I had
a very similar sense of strange humor. I thought it
was very funny. Oh, good. Oh, good. Because whenever someone
asks, we're like, oh, yeah, fisting nuts. He always groused
about that one. Um... One more story. This is my
absolute all-time favorite John T. Dvorak story. And we haven't
referred to it in many, many years. And this is
young Dvorak. And this is just so John. And maybe
you'll be able to give us some back story. You
probably didn't even know John at the time, Mimi. But
this is the famous motorcycle story. Here we go. I
took my motorcycle up to Tahoe. To see BB King.
To see BB King, and I figured I'd gamble on
it. How old were you? I don't remember. 24? Something
like that. Did you have long, flowing hair? No, I
have very thin hair. I still have pretty much the
hair I always have. What was the motorcycle? What kind
of motorcycle? It was a Kawasaki Triple. Rice burner. Okay.
Oh, it was fast. Anyway, if I got too long,
I'd get these split ends and make my face itch.
So I never could grow really long hair because it
would drive me nuts. So I go up there, and
I go to the tables before the concert, and I
win, I don't know, $200, $300. And I decide that
instead of spending the night, I'm going to come back
after the B.B. King concert. I go watch it, and
I had a great seat. It was right in front.
It was like a lounge act, B.B. King. And you
were doing blow or just drinking scotch? No, I wasn't
doing anything, no. No. Even weed. I'm on a motorcycle.
Some dudes. Bad enough with the big gouges in Highway
80 that you could get killed just driving back. So
I say, the concert's always around midnight. I say, hell
with it. I'm driving home. I'll save the hotel. costs
and i'll just drive home so it's it's not quite
snowing but it's below zero so it's freezing and i
got all this gear on you're aware that it's snowing
and it's but i'm gonna get there once i get
down the hill it's not going to be snowing for
long wow and so i i start to get uh
what do you call when you get too cold it's
called um hypothermia hypothermia i start getting hypothermia and so
i'm driving and so and so i go into a
gas and make the mistake of warming up, which is,
you know, because if you're going to be cold, you
don't want to go warm, cold, warm, cold. So I
started shivering like a maniac after I left the gas
station, after I warmed up. So I started driving. On
the entrance. There is a beautiful woman hitchhiking. I mean,
dynamite. She was dressed up in a lot of gear.
You could just see her face. She's fantastic. And so
she's hitchhiking. And I pull over to ask her if
she wants to go, but I'm so... I'm so cold
and freezing I say to her, "Are you going to
come back to me?" And she takes a look at
me like I'm a crazy guy. She pulls out her
gun. No, she slowly walks backwards like Homer Simpson. Says,
"No thanks." And I realize, like, "But look how crazy
he is." And so I said,
I said, fuck it. And I just drove off. No,
you said, yeah, that's right. I couldn't talk. How to
Pick Up Chicks by John C. Dvorak. One of my
favorite stories. So, Adam, do we have a thing? Did
Andrew Horowitz record something, too? Yes, we did. And I'm
glad you said that because I was going to suggest
the following. I talked to him for about 20 minutes.
And, you know, the DH Unplugged started not long after
No Agenda. Right. Like maybe less than a year, I
think. It was pretty quick. And Andrew... He had a
meniscus operation today, and he was under general anesthesia, and
so he really wanted to be a part of this.
And he's been a big part of John's life, too.
So I recorded about 20 minutes with him. I suggest
everybody who's on the clean feed, you can... Sit back,
relax for a second, and then maybe after that, just
looking at the time, we come back and we start
seeing what Gitmo Nation has to say for John. I
think that's a lovely idea. Let's go to my conversation
with Andrew Horowitz, who for many, many years, at least
17. 18 years on Tuesday nights. did the DH on
plug show with John C. Dvorak. All right, Andrew, we're
sorry that you are not able to be here with
us live on Thursday, but this is the next best
thing. Yeah, I am possibly right now either recovering or
still sleeping. I don't know. I was like, what's wrong
with you? Just bring, just bring a rig into the
hospital. This is the problem. Come on, man. Don't be
a pussy about it. Fortunately, it's outpatients. Just don't get
anybody crazy because they get all nervous now that we're
all going to leave them. You know? Oh, man. Just
a little meniscus repair. Yes. So that's happening tomorrow. I
love the video you put on X. That was just,
I could not, I mean, you could not have said
it better. It was just so, so perfect. You know
what? He was such an influence and such... Listen, he
was so kooky, but such... at the same time so
brilliant. Did you ever have a disagreement with him on
the show? Or like anger type stuff ever? That carried
over until the end? Because I was just telling Tina.
Like, we would get into, let's call them disagreements. But,
you know, certainly in the earlier years, I was pretty
hot-headed. And then after the show, we'd be arguing loudly.
But it always ended like this. Okay, so we do
the art. Yeah, let's do the art. All right. We
never, ever, ever left the show angry at each other.
It's like that rule that I have in my house
is never go to bed angry. Well, that's in the
Bible, my brother. Yeah, well, sometimes I stay awake all
night because I'm so pissed off I just won't go
to bed. But it's all worn out. But never, never.
There was not a lot of controversial stuff that we
talked about, I guess. Well, I guess there was. always,
he was kind of on one side of the discussion,
I was kind of on the other, but it was
never at a point that it got so heated that
I recall that I was worried like, am I ever
going to do another show with this guy? This rat
scoundrel? No, it never got like that. I never had
that either. We never ever had that. We always ended
and then, I'll see you Thursday. By the way, that's
how the last show ended. Alright man, see you Thursday.
Adios. That was it. Click, that was it. Although, to
be honest about it, Uh, he sent me a text
message. And let me see if I can find this
now. Um... He sent me a text message. after the
show. And... He says. All uppercase. The title is fucked
up, by the way, on the site. One quote mark
with the word copy. Also, down below, it says copy
on the show number page. And I said, I will
fix. And they said, but why are you yelling? One
thing I got to say, of all John's brilliance and
his eloquence and his ability to kind of rev it
up and back it off and all the beautiful things
he did, he was a horrible texter. Horrible! Not just
that, but I mean, I developed an entire new interpretation
of John C. Dvorak language and spelling. Because he's like,
oh yeah, there's this clip. I'm like, uh. He would
have different spelling or he would have one clip would
be number one, number two would be T-W-O. I mean,
he definitely, and this is not something new. This went
on from the beginning. He was amazing. By the way,
I did a little research on something. Just I want
to kind of make sure I say this note. So...
No agenda. first episode october 26 2007 right that's i
think it's i think it was 2008 actually really i
think so no no i look no you're right it's
2007 because before obama became president you're right 2007 yes
right um The Discipline Investor, by the way. March 7th,
2007. So a few months before that. I want to
go to the genesis of that. I don't mean to
interrupt because how you met was, I guess, through Podshow
or Mevio? Is that how it happened? I think either
that or Leo Laporte. There was something between Mevio, Podshow,
and I think I went out to Leo Laporte. I
was doing something in California. Leo invited me on his
show. It was that time when the whole world was
about to implode with technology somewhere along the lines there.
somewhere between March 7, 2007, and November 2008. That's when
DH and Plug started. Wow. Because if I recall... um
you came in you wanted to talk to ron bloom
oh yes uh because you were like hey these mevio
guys it wasn't maybe it was pod show then i
don't remember we had changed the mevio and uh i
remember meeting you know like oh that's interesting and then
i remember devorek immediately going yeah this horowitz guy we
should do something with him i'm like i don't know
you know what what are we going to do with
the whole system we didn't know what we were doing
at all with mevio and pod show and and all
i know is that that he kept in touch with
you and then suddenly you were doing a show together.
That's how I kind of recall it. Yeah, that was
what happened. And he and I started talking literally once
a week. This is a true story. Once a week.
I remember this very distinctly because I was having a
basic panic attack meltdown in late 2007. And I remember
we started talking and talking finance. And we talked for
like an hour. And I remember so distinctly me walking
around my pool in my backyard like circle, circle, circle.
Is this because you saw the collapse coming of 2008?
Wow. Yeah. I was freaking out. I was totally freaking
out. And he's talking to me and he's like, everybody
else is like, shut up. And John's like, let's do
a show. Actually, he said to me, after many, many
weeks of us just talking, he goes, you know what?
I'm like, what? He goes, people would love to hear
this. I'm like, what are you talking about? Who wants
to hear this? That is exactly the same way we
started. Because I was in London and I'd come out
to San Francisco every couple of weeks and then be
back in London. And then we just talk on Skype
at the time. And we'd be talking and he said,
you know. We should record this. I'm like, okay. And
that was literally how we started. Like, okay. So that
was the same with you guys. That's interesting. I love
that. You were in London for a while after, because
the first time I ever met you in person was
in London. When you brought your son to London. I
brought my son and you showed me that you were
carrying like a piece of gold on you or something
like that. I was like, what's with this dude? Hey
man, I got an ounce of gold on me just
in case, just in case it all goes to crap,
man. I got my gold. Well, so, So John is
really kind of the common denominator, the connector between us
two. Yep, exactly. And of course, we attended your wedding
with your pretty. Yes. And we spent other times together.
I never really spent a lot of time with John
personally because we spent all this time weekly. I think
the same thing with you. I mean, we got together
here and there, maybe literally in our lifetimes, maybe if
it was four times, it was a lot. You know,
just about the wedding. remember this so I said John
you got to come you know you named her the
keeper you got to come to the wedding then you
and Mimi both got to come so the first of
all they came on separate flights like okay whatever and
then you know we had a like a for friends
and family kind of come by the house hang out
a little bit and it was from I don't know
from six to eight and like at five minutes to
eight John shows up in a rental car he comes
in hey hey hey how you doing oh I thought
it was starting at Oh, yeah. Hey, you got a
TV? I got to watch the game. Yeah. I remember.
And he starts watching the game. And he wasn't quite
in party clothes, if I remember correctly. No, no, no,
not at all. And that was John, you know. That
was John. That was John. It's just, man, I don't
know about you, because we're in a unique situation. We
both. I did a very long running podcast with him.
And... For me, it's like... People have to understand, and
I'm sure it was the same with you. It wasn't
like Adam and John sat down and played some clips
and did a show. It was... I mean, honestly, my
whole mission most of the time was... I want to
either make him laugh or I want to say something
that he thinks is really cool or good. That was
really most of the show to me. And, you know,
and I love arguing or pushing back or, you know,
any of that stuff. But it. And I was like,
I'm at a loss now. It's like, I am so
at a loss as to what to do. I don't
know how you feel, but I'm like, you can't just
plug someone in and say, oh, this is DH unplugged
or this is no agenda. You just can't do that.
Nope. Nope. For the audience, by the way, we're going
to figure out something. I'm not sure what that's going
to be, and we just put on on dhmplugs.com, we
put a new link right on the front page, actually,
to get on the mailing list, the newsletter, in case
somebody wants to not be lost about this. We'll have
updates of what's happening on that. Next week, I think
we're going to have JC on the show. Welcome back.
Oh, that's nice. And I think Mimi wants to come
on and say a few things too. But definitely, JC,
the audience liked him. So we'll see what goes on
with that. And I know, I think I know that...
John would like something to continue. I don't know what
it is. I don't know what it looks like. I
don't know how it's going to play, but I know
that he wants the show to go on, right? You
know, I was thinking about, John, all the different things
that... I loved about him. And one of the things
that annoyed the crap out of me, but which was
great. Always, always. We're talking on the show and I
would talk about something and I'd stop trying to get
any response from him and I'd be... This pregnant pause.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The long pause. Do I get
in there? Do I get in there? Do I say
something? Did you ever get this in the early days
of Bluetooth headsets? People would email me and say, you
know, when you guys have that long pause, my Bluetooth
headset disconnects. Oh, God. And I started to find that
to be a feature. I'm like, oh, this is kind
of cool. And we have a pause, which is very,
you don't hear many pauses in podcasts. or radio, you
know, people always trying to fill the gaps. I started
to really enjoy it. Like, oh yeah, I want people
to be like, did my phone just stop? They looked
out and then all of a sudden a voice would
come. I love that. We both, John and I both,
we discussed it many times. I love the silence. Silence
is so powerful. Good job. Very good, Andrew. Very good.
Good job. I love you, man. No, but he would
do that. And I would be, I was, I'm always
off-sided when he does that. Like, do I go to
the next story? Should I, should I say something to
say, John? So I ended up going, so what do
you think? You know, I'd have to wait. John, what's
your take on that? I mean, you know, what do
you, or, or, or the best, which is usually what
would happen is I'd go to the next story and
all of a sudden, chirp up. He's talking about the
other story. I'm like, oh, okay. We'll go back to
that. Yeah. So there's the one thing that I feel
that you and I have in common. a lot of
things in common. We understood. John for who he was
and what he was. And I think in general that
the mass audiences didn't understand him does that make any
sense yeah i mean i i think a lot of
people saw him as a or maybe i should say
not the mass audiences but the the the big broadcasters
no they definitely not understand him they did not get
the humor they did not see the uniqueness right that's
clear and john was a broadcaster man we we talked
about levels and compression and And we talked about this
stuff all the time. He really, really understood broadcasting extremely
well. He was... dead again. He would be on the
show and he's like, I think I have to reboot.
My computer's not working. My mic's not on. There's that.
You know, there was always something going on with that.
The mic doesn't work. Get closer. He's over-modulating. My show,
I don't know what the story was, but every time
we'd come on through the opening. Yeah, the opening of
the show. He'd come on and he'd say, I'm John
C. Dvorak. The opening would come and all of a
sudden he'd just chime in out of nowhere. I said,
what's going on? He goes, I didn't hear the opening.
I'm like, what do you mean?
And I guess there was a setting that was not
right on my system or something. I'm like, how long
is that going on? And he would just guess, oh,
I'll start here. He goes, I don't know if the
last month or so. I'm like, what? And this is
something I can only discuss with you. What drove me
crazy. is he never wore headphones. I know, I know.
You and I are crazy audiophiles, right? Yes, yes. The
sound's got to be just right, our setting, we have
to have the big bass, the aural exciter, the whole
thing, the compression. Right, we have all of that stuff.
And John's got his, you know, Heil PR-40 that he
loves, which I'm looking at one that I bought. I
bought that one because he had it, and I got
the voice, electro voice, because you got it, that I'm
talking about right now. But he would talk on that,
but he would come on. And it would be like
this. What happened? Where is that? If it would come
out, the rest of the show would be fine. Between
your show and our show, he'd come on Thursday's show
after the Tuesday's show, and it would be like, and
then invariably, it would be completely digitized. He'd sound like,
but it's always the same answer. I didn't change anything.
Nothing. Nothing's changed. Turn down your speakers! It's a goddamn
Windows show. The Windows machine. This window machine. Oh, how
about this? It must have done an update. Yeah. It
was always something. It was always something. I just love
seeing the outpouring of people. How many people just... you
know, they're shocked. I mean, you and I are shocked.
Everybody's shocked, but the degree of people just going, wait
a minute. No, no, no, no. This guy was a
part of my life. He's a part of my, of
my week. Like, no, no, no. This can't be. It's,
it's really. Heartwarming to see. Because, you know, John was
polarizing. And people email me about Dvorak and people email
him, hey, Curry. But those same people are like, oh,
wow, what just happened here? I think my hope with
this is always... Now, this is, by the way, the
second friend that I've lost in the last month or
so. The last friend had cancer. He was 65 years
old. And I hope... Seriously, I know that these things
could be those moments that are just like you have
that inner thought and you have that ability to start
to do some introspection and looking at your life. But
I hope that it lasts, that people recognize that not
only how great John was, that we know that, but
how short life is. He was 74 years old. Well,
OK. So you probably don't know the story, so I
should probably let you know. And this will be discussed,
may have already been discussed in our... in our live
show here. When we started doing birthdays, I can't remember
exactly how I found out, but I found out that
John was... really six years older than he claimed to
be. And he told me, he said, no, no, you
have to understand that Wired Magazine once wrote down my
birth date incorrectly and the New York Times just copied
that without fact checking. And he said several times, so
if I die before you, you need to call out
the New York Times as bull crap. And so every
year when his birthday came around. And we do a
donation for the number. I would always say after the
show, you know, if you weren't a liar about your
age, we'd be making more money. Oh, God. So, yeah,
he was 80. He was 80. And I've told some
close friends over the years, like, what? I said, oh,
yeah, you have no idea. This guy is spry. And
I think our shows kept him, you know, kept him
that way, too. Kept him active and busy and doing
stuff. But, yeah, he was 80. Shocked to hear that?
You didn't know, right? I know. I'm trying to look
up his... I actually have his age right here, but
I can't seem to get into my system to do
this right now. Oh, because you have some financial documents?
Yes. Yeah, it was from 46. Oh, here we go.
Here we go. I should go in. Oh, now I
got to... Now you're going to fact check me? Authenticator,
I got to do that. Trust me, trust me, trust
me. And it was still young, no matter how well
you slice it. Of course, of course it is. The
point I'm making here is that life is really short.
It's short. Really short. And if you don't think it
is, trust me, it starts speeding up. It's freaking July
already. Yeah, no kidding. It's speeding up like crazy. Things
are happening. The sitting on the couch and just, you
know, doing nothing during the day and not making a
mark on this earth. I mean, John made a mark.
whether it's his theoretical vinegar book that he's going to
put out or his other cycle books that maybe will
come out one day or whatever it is. But he
made a mark. Was it the depression book? Yeah, a
lot of books. A lot of books that are in
the works. You know, there's so many things I appreciated
about him. He got me into ham radio. I love
that, that he got me into ham radio. But his
incessant, no, I got the phone in a drawer. And
now when I drive around town, I use a map,
you know, or I drive from memory. That was just
one of those things that made him so, so unique.
And I always took that to heart. You know, he
taught me a lot. I think he taught me a
lot more than I ever taught him. And it's, you
know, he was definitely, he definitely. I could say. definitively
that he left his mark on that's why you're getting
this outpouring right it wasn't just a guy oh so
sad that's not the point people are genuinely upset that
have never met him that spent time because they taught
he taught uh how to how to think, how to
question, how to, how to, you know, be a mensch,
a person of class, a, a, a good family man.
And just, you know, the whole, the whole, his whole
way of being, listen, he has flaws. We know that.
Okay. We can talk about those too, but his way
of being and how he gave back his whole education
of others, passing it along and creating, leaving things in
a better way than he found them. Yes. I think,
I think was, was great. And it's an incredible lesson
for all of us. And it's a time, if you
are touched by this, if you are moved by this,
this is coming from Rabbi Horowitz now. If you are.
Oi, I'm sitting shiver with the rabbi. You should only
know the shonda of all this. The shonda. So the
thing is that if we take this moment and absorb
it as a learning moment and a recognition of the
fragility of life, I think it's extraordinarily important to, what
am I doing all this for? I'm screwing around with,
I don't know, whatever you're doing, right? Well, I'm screwing
around with this, wasting my time doing that. Who am
I helping? What am I doing? Where is it going?
Is it just, you know, is it mental masturbation or
is it something that can actually help? I know that
for me, there was a few things I've done in
my life that I'm like, okay, say that that is
something that can be passed on that, you know. future
generations I can educate, help, and impart some information. Be
a part of that. I think people should recognize that
from John and take that as his parting gift. Oh,
that's really good. That's rich. I love that. For me,
it's also along those lines. The guy you think is
the kook or the weirdo or the oddball is the
guy you're going to learn the most from. Then the
guy or gal you should pay attention to because these
are the people that often, you know, they don't toe
the line. They don't maybe fit in. They might wear
Crocs. I'm sorry, Speedos, whatever brand it was. It was
Crocs as far as I'm concerned. You guys invested in
Crocs, too. That was crazy. Yeah, we had our issues.
By the way. You want to know something interesting? I'll
tell you something interesting. Usually I'm kind of like, I
don't talk a lot about my stuff, my things. He
brought that all out of me. I was very comfortable
talking about how all these issues that I had, and
he knew them all, right? We would talk about something.
Oh, you're going to the airport. People are going to
take off their shoes and walk through the line, and
you're going to freak out. You know, he's... I'm like,
yes, that is true. You know? Oh, we'd have, we'd
talk about recipes. Like we'd have this financial show and
all of a sudden I'm like, can I tell you
about this turkey that I made last night? Yeah. Yeah.
So it was great. It was very comfortable. And he
was that way. It was like, you know, he would
tell you like, like, I'd be like, what do you
think of that? He'd be like, not so good. Yeah.
Okay. No thanks. Okay. But move on. You know, he
was just a loving person, wonderful person. It's devastating. rest
of the world that listened to the thousands, the hundreds
of thousands of people, millions of people that listened to
his cranky geeks and going back to tech TV and
Wired and the time he was on Leo Laporte and
all the stuff that he did. I mean, it's just
incredible. I have so much to thank for, you know,
when he was on Twit. And then, you know, and
we started like, let's do the show. And let's do
it right after Twit on Sundays. Okay, we'll do it
after Twit. And we would always talk about it, like,
do you think we've taken all of Leo's audience yet?
He says, no, I got to go on a couple
more times. Yeah, yeah. I think that's where most people
say, oh, no, I heard about No Agenda on Twitter.
Oh, you heard about Twitter. He just got it. He
understood that so well. Listen, I got people that are
client stuff, and all of a sudden they're like, you
know, they'll write me out of nowhere, and they'll be
like, ITM. I'm like, hey. intersected and also how John
was compartmentalized like now I don't want to talk about
we talked about that in Horowitz and I'm sure he
did similar stuff with or the little pick the fights
that he oh you didn't listen this week Adam talked
a lot about you I'm like oh yeah well John
and I were usually in cahoots about that yeah do
that do that do that say that say that you
didn't listen what do you mean I'm listening to like
12 hours on a Sunday I'm like I don't hear
them talking about me I don't know where is this
so anyway great stuff He was with me through Three
Wives. Well, you got me beat on that. Yes. I
remember how sad he was when... Tina and I got
together. He was like, oh, oh, I thought I could
have lived through you vicariously with your bachelorhood. Oh, oh,
oh. He was mad about it. Yeah, yeah. So, anyway.
Great guy. Loved wine. Loved wine. Yes, he did. He
had quite the palate. I sent him a case of
wine one year, a really fine case of wine. And
then like three years later, I sent him another case
of wine. I literally don't think he's ever drank any
of it. He was waiting. He was waiting. I'm not
sure what he was waiting for, but he was waiting.
Yeah, he had a lot of wine. And we had
that one. Let me just bring this other thing up.
We had this. Do you remember? You remember. I know
you remember. I think we should talk about this. We
had a really creepy moment with John and his family.
Oh, thanksgiving! Yeah, I'll set the stage. Hey, we're going
to do a Thanksgiving. It'll be the Horowitz and the
Currys and the Dvoraks. And we're like, okay, all right.
And they set up a Zoom call. And it was
the most uncomfortable, weirdest thing. And I think, was Mimi,
was she there? Was she in Washington? It was like
John set the people up around the table and had
guns pointed at him and said, don't move. And they
were just sitting there. It was the weirdest thing ever.
Well, we appreciate the family vibe, but this is like,
what was this? Yeah, this is weird, man. Should we
all eat turkey now on the Zoom together? It's like,
what are we doing? It was well-meant. I know it
was well-meant. I know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great stuff. Great
stuff. Anyway. Well, you'll go on. You'll get something going.
People should make sure. Listen, I'm going to just do
a promo for you and for me. People should, if
you haven't done so already, you need to get on.
the no agenda newsletter because you'll find out a lot
of information about that of course follow Adam curry on
Twitter and also Seriously, if you're listening and you're not
doing that because we the next generation of whatever's gonna
be is you're gonna miss there through those sources You
don't want to miss it. That's right. Whatever. Whatever. Whatever
plug - yes do the same thing You are always
so good at promoting no agenda Thursdays and Sundays 2
p.m. Eastern Time so good. Yeah. Hey brother. Well, we
we've become friends throughout the years So, you know, we
will not lose contact with each other. Yeah. I mean,
I'm not going to go on any of those cruises
with you guys. That's pretty much a no-go. I don't
want norovirus. I can't believe you never had it. Not
yet. But I really appreciate you coming on to just
share a little bit of our experience with John. And
we'll miss him. Well, big fan and first-time caller, of
course. Yes. Long-time listener, first-time caller. I'd like to deduce
you, Andrew. You've been deduced. Finally. I don't think you
were ever properly deduced. I was never. You know what?
I feel like the lightness of the weight off my
shoulders is gone. Thank you. All right, brother. We'll talk
soon. All right. I'll see you. Okay. Thanks. There you
go. Andrew Horowitz. Appreciate him coming on. You had to
remind me of the Thanksgiving. Thank you. Oh, yeah. Andrew
brought it up, not me. I had nothing to do
with it. I want to give Marty and Dana the
opportunity to give us their parting thoughts as we're about
to go thank 750 people. because that is the number
of people who have sent in notes and donations. So
Marty, you want to kick it off here? Yeah, I'd
like to just wrap it up with this. After John
had his heart surgery, we started talking a lot on
the phone because I was set up to go into
it too. And one month ago, I had a pretty
complex open heart. And John went step by step through
everything and kept my spirits up. And he was a
shining light in my life when things were pretty low.
ever forget that he's a wonderful part of my life
god bless him Thank you, Marty. That's beautiful. Thank you.
Dana? Yeah. John, I mean, it's funny because, and Adam,
I told you this the other day, I believe, when
I was speaking with Mimi and her family the other
night and with Alex. Alex brought up... And this is
my wife saying this. She's like, I don't understand why
he took such a liking to you. I said it
was because we're both assholes. And Mimi chimed in and
said, well, you're both very opinionated. And it made me
really think, John was very opinionated, but everybody's opinionated, but
John, his opinion mattered. And you didn't have to agree
with it, but he always followed it with a why
or a history or a story or experience he had.
And so he backed up his opinion with... with data
and with details. And it wasn't just like, he told
you why he thought a certain way. And everything he
always said to me, it always resonated. And I didn't
necessarily agree with it all. I mean, a lot of
it, most of it, but even when I didn't, it
still resonated. And he always made me think and made
everybody think about. what he said, no matter if it
was, you know, like I said, if they agreed with
it or not. But, yeah, it's... I didn't think it
would hit me as hard as it has. Yeah. But
yeah, I'm... I understand. I think we all feel that
way and it comes in waves and it's just the
oddest thing. Yeah. So, yeah, and I'll just leave it
on the funny thing. The last call I had with
him before... I called with him and Mimi. was a
butt dial. He kept butt dialing me. And so finally
I was like, I gotta call him back and let
him know what he's doing. And uh... So I called
him and he answered it. Clearly he was busy doing
something. He's like, yeah, yeah, what's up? I'm like, John,
you keep butt-dialing me. He's like, oh, sorry about that.
And then just hung up. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So,
sorry, I didn't realize I'd get so emotional, but... Well,
you know, his butt had something to say to you.
It's very understandable, Dana. And thank you for being such
a good friend to him. Marty as well. And we'll
be seeing you out in Oakland, I think, on August
8th. Yes, indeed. And look forward to raising a glass.
That will be quite a pleasure to do that all
together. Yes. Indeed. Thank you, Adam. No, thank you. Thank
you, Dana. Thanks, Adam. And yeah, we'll all be talking
somehow, somewhere. Yeah. Okay. by donating to No Agenda. I
just want to do a little troll count here. I
think we had 3,629 people listening simultaneously. Yeah, but you
know what John didn't say. Yeah, he says, it used
to be 4,000. It's low. We're down. We're down. We're
down. Absolutely. And I want to encourage everybody to send
me your favorite clips, anything that you like. We have
BingIt.io, which Sir Deenonymous has put together. He's actually just
like Void Zero. Void Zero has been adding servers during
the show. Everything was just so smoking hot. And Sir
Deenonymous also had to beef up his servers in order
to handle the amount of clips that people were selecting.
You can email those to me, adam.currie.com. You can email
a link or email the actual file. And we'll be
playing some of those on Sunday because, you know, one
show is just not enough for John. And not enough
for the amount of people who he touched and who
sent in donations. And we said we would thank everybody
who sent in 88 or above. We would read their
notes. And wow. I mean, I'm just blown away by.
uh the amount of people and it is quite interesting
that john planned this i think to be for show
one eight eight eight yes it's him and his numbers
it's beyond interesting well it also seems to have been
808 utc The time of death. Yeah. You would know
that, JC, wouldn't you? Yeah. He was with me. Yeah.
Yeah. I don't know if it's too painful to talk
about, but you put it in the newsletter. Would you
mind just describing those last moments because it is so
John. Well, Eric, with me, yeah. Eric wrote that entry
to the newsletter in the obits, and it was lovely.
Well, John, you know, we had a normal dinner. He
insisted I drink up some cognac. Why not? Oh, I've
got to finish this bottle. And we, you know, he
lectured me, you know, normal thing. We had deep conversation
like we always do, you know, all kinds of crazy
stuff. And, uh... And then I, you know, he was
going to just watch TV like you like to do.
And I went up to do some things, you know,
upstairs. And then he calls me and he goes, hey,
come on down here. So I came down and he
said, I think my blood sugar is low. And I
go, do you want me to call 911? Is this
like, he goes, no, no, no. He goes, you know,
hey, let me try some of that Mantuca honey. Oh,
the Manuka gold? The Manuka gold, because we just finally
opened the box. And I went, yeah. So he tries
it. And then we're watching. I don't know, an NCIS,
which I am not a huge fan of. And I
went, yeah, you know, that guy Tim, he's been on
it forever. And he's like, yeah, you know, you think
his acting would get better. And then, so I'm watching
TV. I'm not paying a whole lot of attention. I'm
kind of just waiting to see when he's going to
want to go to bed because it's close to midnight.
And he got really quiet, like really quiet. And I
looked over. And he checked out. You know, he was
just gone. So I, of course, panicked. You know, I
tried to wake him up. It was just clear he
wasn't there. So, um... You know, it was just, it
was very peaceful. That's the thing that got me, you
know, and it was also just impulsive. Like, like John
just does stuff when he felt like doing it. So
he just didn't clue me in. Typical. Yeah. And it
was an interesting, you know. I mean, I'm missing... you
know. usually don't tear up so much, but no, it's
just like the center of my world has just disappeared.
Well, you have a very, very big family to support
you. Yeah, well, we have, we, and John and I
had a very unique relationship. I mean, you know, one
reason we didn't live in the same house is because
he didn't like living with anybody and because he drove
me crazy. And it was much better than a murder
conviction. So... And, you know, the house here is rocky.
There's no way I could have dug a hole big
enough. So we talked like, you know, 10 times a
day. He was always having me do projects. I mean,
we really were kind of a unit. It's just that,
you know, we needed the distance. I understand. No one
understands what we did. So it was, yeah, I miss
him. I know. We all do. And the notes and
the Facebook posts and the things I've been hearing, people
are so lovely. And I really would like to thank
all of them. So I think we can thank the
ones that this, you know, we'll be probably talking until,
what, 6 p.m. tonight? Might be going for a little
bit. I will start us off with Dame Catherine Crypto
Granny of Bangkok. And she sent us $5,000. Wow. Which
is... helpful and very grateful for your generosity. She says,
I love John's stories and identified with many of the
early computer stories. He often said something that inspired me
to write him about one of many life experiences. He
told me I should title them Random Tales from a
Hippie Chick. I am doing that now. I'll miss him,
yet all he gave me is in my soul. I
will smile whenever I think of John. I donated $5,000
in Bitcoin. Thank you to everyone who has been part
of NOAA GENZA, to John's family. We all love you.
You are never alone. To Adam, you had many years
as John's partner. Please stay strong. We need you. My
heart is weeping. May his soul fly free. Dame Catherine,
Crypto Granny of Bangkok. And she ends with, Being rich
is having enough to share with others. Sulaiman Saeed Mohammed.
Thank you, Dame Catherine. So, Sir Pursuit of Peace and
Tranquility, $3,333. Oh, hold on. That's a verbalizer. India. Oh,
it is. It is the rub-a-lizer. Standby. 33, 33, 33.
Gotta do the Rub-A-Lizer. Okay, well, let me get to
the note. Let me read that note. I'm not used
to John's machines, so you have to understand them. No
worries. In the morning, John and Adam. He dates this
July 13th, 2026. Please find and close my ketchup donation
to make me current through July 2026, accounting below. I
apologize for falling behind on my value for value, but
I've been incredibly busy, complicated with travel since last October,
since I haven't missed an episode. Please hit me with
a de-douching. You've been de-douched. Hopefully. gets me back on
track. John, I'm glad you're back to full strength. I
do need you guys to call out some folks as
douchebags that listen to the show but have not donated
for too long. Number one, Sir Son of the Fort.
I think that's the word. It may be fart. Douchebag!
He should know better. But he also has been too
busy and needs a prompt. Two, my good friend across
the river. She knows who she is. Douchebag. And three,
my oldest human resource, currently living in Mondami land and
needs the show to keep his amygdala right-sized. Douchebag. No
jingles, no karma, just four more years. I wish. Please
keep the best podcast in the universe going. Thank you
sincerely, Sir Pursuit of Peace and Tranquility in the lands
of the red clay and the cherry trees. Lovely. Thank
you, Sir Pursuit of Peace and Tranquility. Sir Dave Goose.
Also a Rub-A-Lizer donation, 3,333.33 cents. India, hang on. He
says, JCD, I never met you, but after 15 years
of listening slash producing, you felt like family. You will
be dearly missed, friend. ITM forever. Sir Dame Goose. The
next is Byron McCool, Trustville, Alabama. $1,988. Long-time listener, first-time
caller. I am, John hated that. I am heartbroken. My
first donation comes after John C. Dvorak has left the
building. Godspeed, JCD. Byron McCool, Trustville, Alabama. Yes, and now
I'm looking for the note. Let me see, because this
is Julian Swan. 1888, show number donation. Please see emails
from Julian Swan at proton.me sent to Adam Curry. Let
me just check Julian Swan. Okay. Yes, I have it
here. Thank you so much for everything you guys have
done. You have changed the world immeasurably, teaching a perspective
shift which leads to less stress, more joy, and greater
discernment. There's so much wisdom I've gotten from John, I
still find myself repeating things he said over 10 to
15 years ago. Ideas just as sagely as they were
when he first spoke them. You guys are my original
mentors. You gave me the courage to speak about a
truth I had always kept in my heart that I
didn't know how to express. You gave me the opportunity
to impart that courage to others, a resolve to dig
deeper into events and get the real truth behind the
story. Now my wife and I lead a ministry which
has changed thousands of lives. This would not have been
possible with all the years I spent at Noah Jenna
University under tenured professors Curry and Dvorak. Lovely. Thank you.
I'm sorry, I'm... having trouble with the spreadsheet. What am
I supposed to do, Jay? Because it's probably snapping all
over the place. It is. Actually, I'm going to let
Brennan read this one. I'm going to let Brennan read
this one. All right. Alright, from... Allison Ostrander with 1-888.
She writes, In the morning, John and Adam. Can't help
but keep John's name in there, as I know he's
here in spirit. My keeper. Sir Tony of Dimples was
an early listener to No Agenda show pre-episode 100 and
hit me in the mouth very early on when we
were in college. Those that know Agenda together stay together,
and year after year, y'all have been a constant in
our lives. We have never missed an episode. We have
inside family jokes around the show, and our kids even
sing along with all the jingles and little girl yas.
Along the way, I've hit people in the mouth, including
my dad. Night.
of the Kusaw River. pronounced "coo" like "coo-coo-clock" and "saw"
and my cousin and BFF Aaron. As I was close
to my knighthood, I noticed the positive impact the show
had on my dad and our conversation, so I decided
to instead gift the knighthood to my dad as a
Christmas present and started the journey over to my own
knight, Herod. Here to return the gesture as an early
birthday present to me and in honor of John, John's
favorite number, and for show 1888, my dad has gifted
me $1,888 to donate to No Agenda for JCD, and
so I can obtain my knighthood. However, I can't join
the table alone. With me already starting over, combined with
his donation, it puts me over 2K. Accounting below. So
I would like to officially de-douche my cousin Erin and
bring her to the table with me as an instant
knight as well. You've been de-douched. If you could title
me Dame Allison of House Ostrich and my cousin Dame
Erin of the Recess Rally, we would like sushi and
classic JCD tip to the day wine at the round
table. All of our thoughts and prayers to the Dvorak
and Curry families, along with Andrew Horwitz and the rest
of the No Agenda Gitmo Nation. I know many of
us were shocked and saddened by the news, but we
come together to celebrate his amazing life and all he
has given in his time, talent, and treasure to this
world. We will continue to listen on to No Agenda
while keeping JCD alive through what this show has taught
us to question and deconstruct what the media tries to
feed us and to do it in a fun, entertaining
way. Y'all have changed so many lives for the better
and have become such a staple and constant in our
lives that this loss is felt deeply by so many.
We cannot give enough love, gratitude, and thanks for all
John and Adam do. Love and light. Jingles, John C.
Dvorak, Pet Peeves of the Day. Yes. Oh, three, four
jiggles there. There's more. I got ants, mac and cheese,
and John's spooky donation. Yes. I got them all for
you. John C. Dvorak's Pet Bebop Day. We got ants.
I got ants. You can get used to mac and
cheese, mac and cheese, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheddar
melted together. Mac and cheese, mac and cheese, mac and
cheese. You've got... Karma. you've got. Karma. Thank you, Allison.
Sir Thomas of the Apocalypse, Kingsburg, California. Show number donation
is 1-888. Please accept this donation along with my sincerest
condolences to the family. My first introduction to John was
his presence on tech TV back in the late 90s.
I seem to recall first listening to an episode of
No Agenda after searching for what John was up to
after Cranky Geeks. But I think I didn't stick around
until I typed in www.SeanHannity.com into my address bar one
day only for the No Agenda podcast. come back into
my life. Yeah, we had that domain for a long
time. I had been hooked ever since. Thank you, John,
for being such a wonderfully insightful and contrarian personality all
these years. I truly believe my family and I are
better people from listening to you. And next is Baron
BL, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Show donation 1-888-PRAYING-FOR-EVERYONE. RIP, John.
Thank you for everything, sir. Much love to all of
you, and I'm sorry for your loss. He was a
boss. He was indeed. Ali Jade. Wow. Good to hear
from Ali Jade. $1,052.62. I say about 17 years ago,
I was brought to this podcast from Twit because of
JCD. What I found was a podcast during the great
jingle days of old, the burning of Club 33, the
longest podcast episode, the bringing of the Bakelite phone, the
announcer of the strippers, the bringer of wine tips. I
could go on. This knighthood is in his name. Someone
I always wanted to get a chance to meet, but
as the events has changed that, but maybe in our
Lord's embrace, if I'm lucky. I may have retired from
bringing news and inside info on a segment of people
to the show, but I never left the show and
its hosts. This donation is for JCD and his wonderful
family. This damehood is in honor of JCD, Dame Allie
of the buzzkills. I only hope that when I get
older to have honed the buzzkill skills he had. God
bless you all with strength and energy in this moment
of need. Sincerely, Allie Jade. Right? Sir C. Sharp of
.NET from Austin, Texas with $1,052.62. I thought RIPJCD was
just newsletter clickbait. Even reading his hardware gave out, I
thought, meant his Windows 10 PC died. I've been listening
for over 14 years, and I was a fan of
JCD from the start, whether No Agenda or DH Unplugged
or Twit or RipJCD. My donations of $1,052.62, which is
$1,000 in fees, brings my total contribution to $3,297.06, making
me eligible for Barron. As Barron, please grant me the
territory of South Austin. You got it. Sorry for your
loss. Sir C. Sharp of .net, future baron of South
Austin, Jay Kudin. Kanaquini. Austin, Texas. P.S. I'm still skeptical
slash hoping that this is all just a donation scheme
and JCD will be on the show tomorrow. I sure
hope so. Yes, so many people have mentioned that. Wait,
wait, was this a new scheme? We didn't think of
it. No, we never thought of that one. Boy, we
missed it. Cameron Simpson, Jacksonville, Florida, $1,000 with a note
with condolences and night name sent to Adam. Then I
have it here. I'm so sorry to hear about John's
passing. I really thought he was going to be around
a while longer after that successful heart surgery. My deepest
condolences to Mimi and the Dvorak clan and also to
Adam and the Keeper. I will especially miss John's grousing
about one thing or another on the show and his
amusing anecdotes. John has made an impact on me and
the way I view society and politics in our world.
I'm really going to miss that guy. I pray that
God blesses all of you and gives you strength in
this difficult time. I expect you may not be doing
nightings during this sad show, so please just knight me
as Sir Renegade of the St. John's River whenever that
is appropriate. We actually are going to do nightings today.
We want to just do the fort. I don't know
if I can lift the sword, but okay. You can
do it. Have Brennan help you. It'll be fine. Max,
$1,000 to Adam, Mimi, and family. I guess I took
for granted that John would still be with us a
little while longer, hence not donating as much as I
should be. I miss John's poor pronunciation, whether on purpose
or not, of names and places. Nighting, I'd like to
be known as Sir Maximalist, protector of Cape Town's last
remaining parking spot. I'd like to have the Emerald Isle
30-year-old single malt Irish whiskey. ski Thank you, the Africanus
for barbecue. For the roundtable in honor of John. Yes,
we have ordered as much as we could for today.
There's Sir Ramsey Cain and Sir Pants. Ramsey Cain, who
early on created CDs of the show. Oh, I remember
that. Yes, I believe Sir Pants is his employer. And
his employer encouraged Sir Ramsey Cain to work on this
during work hours. And, man, there's still thousands of No
Agenda CDs out there. 93566, he says, John, you will
be missed. Prayers for your soul and for your family,
direct and extended. We love you. Kane and sir All
right, for Baron Ryan of Central Oregon and Dame Baroness
of Bend with a $934.73 donation. You will be forever
missed, JCD. Thanks for sharing your years of wisdom, masterful
sense of humor, and genuine honesty. God be with you,
your family, friends. And by friend, we mean those you
shared a meal with at their home. And all fellow
producers. RIP Buzzkill. Baron Ryan of Central Oregon and Dame
Baroness. Sir Harrison of the Reds. Baronettas. Yes, we have
all these weird titles. Sir Harrison of the Rednecks, 888.88.
John was a titan of a man with usually good
intentions, much loved, sorely missed. May he be well remembered.
God rest his soul. Love and heartfelt prayer from Mimi
and their brood. Warmest regards, Commodore Sir Harrison of the
Rednecks. Okay, Jan, Sir Jan, the innkeeper, and Sir Chief.
Chee. Cheel. Feel. John's not the only one who messes
up names. $888.88. We'll send an email tomorrow, dear Adam
and Mimi. What a loss. We are really... Warm regards.
Oh, verdrietig. Oh, thank you. The foreign words. Very sad,
yes. Let me just see if I can find his
note real quick. I... do I find it here? not
be able to find this. Jay's also looking. Yeah. We're
all on the hunt. We are. We are. We will
probably have to do a make good for that. I'm
sorry. I got it. It is for 808. It's 88888.
What's the note? Oh. Oh, yeah, I was asking. That
was a question I asked. We will send an email
tomorrow. Yes. Okay. We continue with... We will. Sir Cain
break. What is the amount here? I have a zero.
It's $888.88. Same as neighbors. Got it. ways with Twit,
yet felt this pull from the unique perspective of the
no-nonsense contributor known as John C. Dvorak. It was but
one show to realize this creature known as the No
Agenda Show was home. Dame Tracy and I have met
wonderful people at No Agenda meetups, both in Louisiana and
Texas, Johnson City and Lukenbach, all thanks to the unique
man who has an anecdotal story about every job known
to man. After all, at some point in his life,
he had that job. Dame Tracy and I did not
have the honor to meet JCD in this world, but
thanks to our Catholic faith, we look forward to meeting
the man who put the C in curmudgeon in the
next. on Sundays and Thursdays and are glad for the
many shows in which we were able to share his
time and talent. His treasure is his life he shared
with us by the grace of God, who obviously wanted
to be the first to hear the next tip of
the day. Make... May God bless you. May God keep
you and bless you, John C. Dvorak, Sir Cain Brake,
Shelvin Alleman, St. George, Louisiana. So we have the note
from the-- Oh, you do? For Sir Jan, the innkeeper.
Oh, yes, please. Can you read that? That'd be great.
That's a... Dear Adam, what a tragedy. Love to you
and John's family. We will miss him dearly. We are
really warm regards and with love. Sir Jan the Innkeeper.
Yes, he is the innkeeper. I'll do the next one.
Two of our favorite, favorite people of the show who
have been part of No Age in the Nation for
many, many, many years, Dame Astrid and Sir Mark. the
Archduchess and Archduke of Japan and all the disputed islands
in the Japan Sea. 888.88. Dear Mimi J and everyone
in the wonderful JCD family and dear Adam. John was
such a legendary man, full of wisdom, always sprinkled with
an entertaining touch of mischief. We'll keep him close in
our memories. We always loved his encyclopedic command of the
language, and even today we learned a new word that
seemed so perfectly fitting for him. Rybald? Is it Rybald?
Is that the word? Yeah, Rybald. Rybald. Rybald is correct.
Indeed. He was a chick magnet like no other. My
favorite story will always be the one about his return
to San Francisco when he tried to pick up a
woman from his motorcycle while it was snowing in Tahoe.
You got it. Exactly. So unmistakably, John. Please let him
call Raven, I guess, from Rosita. from Club 33 up
on the stage just one more time. Thank you for
your courage at this difficult time. We are thinking of
you all with much love forever. 88888 from Tokyo. Dame
Astrid and Sir Mark, Archduchess and Archduke from Japan and
all the disputed islands in the Japan Sea. And let
me just get Raven real quick. We love to bring
Raven back up. Here she is, Raven!
And give it up! Rick Bunch, Laverkin, Utah, $888.88. My
deepest sympathies. JCD was an icon. I will miss him.
Sir Ted, San Jose, California, 888. Just a small contribution
of value for the immense value John gave me over
the past 18 years. Sir Ted of San Jose. So,
JC, you want to read this one? but he wasn't
there. Is he there? Oh, well. Sir Led. $800.85. Like
the big ones. I like the big ones. Oh, that's
an interesting comment. He likes big ones, yes. Me too.
I've been listening for six hours a week for 15
years. I'm going to miss him. Thanking of you too,
Adam. Sir Led. Sir E61. I think it's Led. Sir
E61 of Black Sheep, Johnson City, Tennessee, and he's all
over the world these days. He's been checking in regularly
from the Middle East. He's at $519.46. Just saw the
newsletter and couldn't believe. Prayers to Mimi and the family.
Adam, my condolences. We producers always say four more years.
Sadly, we won't see that. Not with John. Nothing can
replace the man or the shadow he casts upon our
perspective with your assistance. No jingles out of respect, karma
and prayers for JCD's family. Respectfully, Sir E61 Black Sheep.
And we got a karma here. You've got karma. Commodore
Dan? Yeah, he wanted me to read this for some
reason. Oh, he does? Well, I was going to pretend
I was you. And you would have gotten away with
it. Commodore Daniel 518 and 88. Dear Adam, my deepest
sympathies and condolences to you, Mimi, all of the Dvorak
family, and the entire No Agenda community. It was absolutely
heartbreaking to read this week's newsletter with such a tragic
update. No Agenda has been a big part of my
life for over a decade now, ever since I was
hit in the mouth with my friend Witt's Night of
the Corn Belt conspiracies. Never have I been so grateful
to be hit in the mouth. My legacy to JCD
donation of $518.88 is for $500 to bring me to
my knighthood for the show number and John's favorite number.
I will provide my title in the future, but for
now, please bring John's favorite bottle of Irish whiskey to
the round table for a proper toast. No jingles, no
karma. With deepest sympathies, Commodore Daniel. Oh, I like the
next one. Alexander. Salish hour. Salish hour. Yep. Okay. That
was close. Um, $513 and 72 cents. And no note,
which means a double up, double up karma. You've got.
Karma. Sir Louis Love in Edmonds, Washington, 500. Thank you.
Dear Adam and John, my name is Louis. In Edmonds,
Washington. I've been a long-time listener, long-time douchebag. Can no
longer live with the guilt of continually being a douchebag.
I would like you and the producers to dive deeper
with geoengineering and weather modification that's been going on for
years. And the program seemed to be ramped up like
never before. Look up Dane Wiginton at geoengineering.com. Adam, I'm
sorry Ricky Lackman took over the headbanger's ball. I love
you guys, and thanks for no agenda. Please let my
longtime douchebaggery be forgiven, and may the dark cloud of
shame be pushed aside. Here, now, and forever. Here's $500
to help the cause. Peace and love. Sir Louie Love,
and we'll give him a de-douche. You've been de-douched. Sir
Baron Patrick of the Pugner Order, Carnation, Washington, $500. Condolences,
Baron Patrick of the Pugner Order. I actually had an
exchange with him on Facebook yesterday. It was very nice.
John Takazu, St. Cloud, Minnesota, $43.88. My condolences. In Japanese,
$33 can be read cryptically as Mimi. This donation of
$4.33.88 is for Mimi and for John. Sir Reginald Van
Gleeson, which kind of... Interesting name. Burlington, North Carolina, $433.39.
This will bring my contributions to a total of $2,088.88.
Sir Reginald Van Gleeson, Baronet of Saxopaha. I think. Sir
Don, Baron of Chandler and Dame Stephanie are in Chandler,
Arizona. 388-88. We love all the eights. RIP John C.
Dvorak. Love is lit. Sympathies and prayers to Mimi and
his kids and to Adam and Tina. From Sir Don,
Baron of Chandler and Dame Stephanie. Silent Night Cairo, Henderson,
North Carolina. $388.88. The Silent Night Cairo from North Carolina,
listening since episode one. I didn't even listen to episode
one. With a small but steady reoccurring monthly donation most
of that time, the balance of personalities and perspectives between
John and Adam, the community of producers, and the critical
thinking skills the show has helped foster have had an
immeasurable impact in my life and kept my amygdala, I
can never say that word, unswollen throughout the years, requesting
goat karma for John's family and Adam and Tina. I
will miss you, John. You've got... Karma. Jason Edmonds, Johnson
City, Tennessee, 38888, RIP, John. You'll be missed, but we
look forward to your media deconstruction from above. Robert Kaminoski
for $388.33. ITM. After hearing the news, it was difficult
to get through the last 19 minutes of episode 1887,
but I'm glad I did. John was on his game
all the way to the end. Thank you, Lord, for
giving us one more great show with him. Rest in
peace, John. You were one of the greats. Thank you
for all the insights of the years and helping to
keep this crazy world just a little more sane. All
of you, in will be in our prayers. Can I
get one more hit of I love my truck and
I love what I do and I got ants, please?
I don't know where that is. I have a recording
of it. Oh, yay. Yes. Okay. This donation? This donation
technically make me a knight, but we can settle all
that later, you know, with another donation just like John
would have liked. Thank you. I got ants. you I
got ants. You've got karma. You know, I'm afraid we're
calling ants to the house by playing this so much.
Yes, it's very possible. I know. Go ahead. Me or
you? Go for it. Okay. The viscount of Hamilton and
the two pennies. $382.83. The viscount of Hamilton and the
two pennies here. I'm deeply heartbroken to hear of John's
passing. I've been a listener since getting punched in the
mouth by my lovely bride around episode 100. Eric Rankin.
Chuluoda, Florida, I think. $3.54 and $0.10. Miss you already,
Buzzkill. I'd like to hear mac and cheese and any
other jingles featuring JCD. Uh, well, that would be... Actually,
mac and cheese. Yeah. Because he's all over that one.
wanted to do we have donations too yes uh hold
on here we go oops you slaves can get used
to mac and cheese macaroni and cheddar melted together mac
and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese okay Okay,
anonymous. $350.93. Absolutely devastated to hear this. Sending my prayers
to the No Agenda family. From all the stories over
the years, I know John had lived a full and
wonderful life. I'll keep this note short in his memory.
Thank you. With love and respect, Anonymous. Spook adjacent, Virginia.
Yes, we always loved our spooks. Jeffrey Phelps, $350.93, no
notes, you get a double up karma. You've got... karma
You better take the next one. I'll mess it up.
Sir Tees in Haarsteeg in the Netherlands, 350 and 93
cents. RIP JCD. His stories, grouching, and wit will always
be remembered. Sir Tees. Sir Ron Gardner, $350.93. Love you,
JCD. We'll miss you dearly. Sir Ronald Gardner. Brian Martinson,
$350.93. God bless you and your family. JCD, thank you
for being a part of the greatest podcast in the
universe. Sir Doc Nelson, $350.93. Rode shotgun in my car
for 10 years, ITM. Thank you for your courage, JCD.
Wherever you've landed, I hope it's a long way from
the Muscadine wine. Mimi, I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you. Adam and Andrew, I'm sorry about your friend.
Sir Doc Nelson. Casey Hamry, 350 and 93, ITM. I
was stunned and saddened this afternoon upon hearing the news
of JCD's passing. Both he and Adam have had a
great impact on my life. I found no agenda for
a recommendation on Reddit back in 2016, if you can
believe it. Thanks to that producer for leading me on
a path out of my Austin, Texas, indoctrinated hell bubble.
This donation serves as my third and final installment of
333.33 with hopes of a generous contribution from the jar
of one penny to help me reach my day. hood.
I request to be named Dame Dingbat of the Colorado
River flood painting. I always laugh when John called some
crazy woman a dingbat and would love to take the
moniker and commemorate it with my seat at the round
table. By my side will be my Westinghouse pressure washer,
one of my best purchases from the JCD tip of
the day. For the sake of brevity, I will be
satisfied with mutton and mead at the round table. I
will move to a monthly donation now in hopes that
Adam will continue the legacy of the best podcast in
the universe. a glass to JCD and his family. He
will be missed. I have never felt such a loss
for someone I never met. Blessings to all in the
NA community. Casey Hamry, Dame Dingbat, Columbus, Texas. It's nice
to know another woman appreciates a pressure washer. Indeed. We
have an unlisted note from Dreb Scott. Loving for... $543.21.
Love and light, JCD. NJNK. Thank you. Sir Nussbaum. Hold
on a second. We can't just have Nussbaum without, we
haven't heard from him in a while. So we need
to give us jingle props. I don't know what that
was. Hold on. Work for... 350-93, JCD's yelling Nussbaum during
the ant rant started my path to Grand Duke. Fair
winds and following seas, JCD. Sir Dr. Jeff, $350.93. I
remember reading JCD's editorials in PC Magazine, then seeing him
years later on Twit, remembering him taking a new Android
phone that Leo had just received and changing the language
to Korean. Yes. Rest easy and peace, my friend. Godspeed,
Sir Dr. Jeff. Kevin Armenta, $350. Hello, Adam. It is
with heavy heart that I send this donation. but stopped
due to alcoholism. I quit my job and drank myself
into psychosis in 2022. It was hard for me to
listen to the show that year because when you're in
such a downward spiral, the news is just about. what
the most successful people in the world are doing and
it made me self-conscious. I am now in recovery, sober
a solid three years. Good job, brother. I don't hear
voices in my head anymore. I have found God. I'll
be praying for you, Adam and John's family. Your voices
are combined with my memories throughout the last six years.
I found you guys during COVID and you both saved
my life. I listened to you guys while I was
drunk in the garage playing video games. I listened during
my runs or workout sessions. analysis I needed because no
one else compares and that's the truth. Please light knight
me Sir Kexicus for the round table can I please
have Aga Chile Ceviche and Cactus Cooler. I'm sure we
can do that. Well, congratulations on three years. Stay sober.
Alex, San Filippo. Oh, yes, yes. San Filippo, yes. There
you go. Jacksonville, Florida. $343.75. My heart broke when I
heard this. I will miss John. I'm thankful to have
been able to learn from him for years. His legacy
lives on. Alex. San Filippo. Yes. Yeah, I know him
well. Nice guy. Sir Bing of the BMWs and Bulldogs
in Bonney Lake, Washington, 33888. I am beside myself, beyond
heartbroken of your passing, John. Praying for the Dvorak family
and for the Currys, I know John and Adam were
brothers and loved each other very much. God bless, love
and light. Putting my phone in a drawer and driving
my early 2000s luxury vehicle in your honor, I think
we're all wearing our night rings this week. I love
you, you lovable, ITM, you lovable curmudgeon. Sir Bing.
Of the BMWs and Bulldogs, Brian Roediger, husband, father, and
geek. Barron, Wisconsin Millennial, $333.88. A great man is gone
but never forgotten. Sending my love to everyone in Gitmo
Nation, Barron, Wisconsin Millennial. Bob Johnson, 333.34. Just a simple
thank you to John. Losing a loved one is never
easy and nothing you can say closest to them. will
help them through this loss. John has been a part
of my life from the early years of my own
technology career. I will miss his insight, his laugh, and
perspective he brought to this world. Listening to No Agenda
for the past 15 years has been one of the
few staples in my life over that time. Traveling to
work, whether in a car, a plane, or a train,
I could always turn to No Agenda to bring in
a level of sanity in this crazy world. My deepest
condolences to his family you will be missed, but certainly
not forgotten. Jingle, give it up for Raven. Some D-Dushes
here. Myers, Mac Johnson, Mario Kulasik, and Ethan Katz, who
is my favorite shape-shifting Jew. You've been de-douched. Let me
bring Raven up one more time. Here she is, Raven.
Give it up. Ethan Katz just said $333.34. This actually
completes my knighthood, but we can deal with that later.
Note for the show, I've been turning screwdrivers. and configuring
networks since 1993. John's wit and deep understanding of the
PC industry helped launch my own career. We're all... All
blessed to have known him and he will forever be
my cranky geek twit heel. John was and will always
be special to me. June 9th of Georgetown, Texas for
the peerage committee. By the way, Bob is a douchebag.
Douchebag! Love you, dude. Please keep No Agenda going. Schneckle
donation? Sheckle donation. Sheckle donation, yes. Rub-A-Lizer, Shapeshifting Jew, Nussbaum
Hogg, who Akbar for jingles if you're doing them. Yes,
Baruch Dayan Haimat. Thank you. And, well, we can't do
the Rub-A-Lizer because that's reserved for Rub-A-Lizers. We did that
a couple months ago. But we do have the shape-shifting
Jew and Nussbaum for you. ♪ ♪ Sir James, 333.33,
RIPJCD. Truly one in a million. He will be deeply
missed. Respectfully, Sir James. Joseph Draits. $333.33. Thanks, John, for
years of dedication, hard work, and amygdala... I can't say
that word. Shrinking. Jasmine McMahon. How do I, is it
Temecula? Temecula. Temecula, there we go. California, 333.33. In honor
of John, you will be deeply missed. I am one,
I'm short one penny of damehood. Could you please spare
one? Where are my pennies? Thought I had my pennies
around here. Hold on a second. I'd have to search
on the floor in this room for that. I thought
I had a penny. No one has asked for those
in a long time. Let me see. Penny. Well, I
have one for you. I'm sorry. I can't find it.
Well, you know, they aren't per name anymore, so there's
that. Yes. I am requesting... Oh, for Dame Name, I'm
requesting Dame McMama. She wants a Boom Shakalaka and Obama
No-No. So boom shakalaka. And. Obama. No, no, no, no.
Got it. Bingo, boom, shakalaka. No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no. Hey! Classic. Okay, wait, I lost
my place. Oh, no. What? You read it. I can't
see your line. Ono Priester. He's Dutch. 333.33. John, thank
you for your courage. I'll do a couple here. Allison
Carpenter, Shreveport, Louisiana, 333.33. God bless you, Mr. Dvorak. My
prayers are with Mimi and Adam. Thanks for everything. Sir
Smidiot, 333.33. Rest in peace, John. No jingles, no karma.
Sir Smidiot. Dame Kelly of the longest island, Sayville, New
York, 333.33. Thoughts and prayers to all of John's family
and to you, Adam. He will be so very missed
from Dame Kelly of the longest island. And there's Manuka
Gold. I'm catching Mantuka Gold. Manuka Gold. Manuka. Manuka. I
ain't on Manuka. OJC's there. Hello. Hello! We're so incredibly
heartbroken to hear of John's passing. Actually, what's the number?
Do we have the number? 333.33. We were so incredibly
heartbroken to hear of John's passing. We've been fans of
his since the 90s, when tech news was the only
news we were keeping up on. Without a doubt, the
echo of his life will reverberate for generations to come.
Please. No, we are thinking of his wife, his family,
and the entire No Agenda team as they deal with
this enormous, unexpected loss. And to John, thank you for
your courage, sir. The Minooka Gold family. Excellent product. David
Wee, Three Rivers, Michigan, $333.33. RIP, JCD. You've been a
weekly part of my life for 20 years. You will
be greatly missed. Kyle Tack. I'll do the next one.
Kyle Tack, $333. $333.33. No note. That means a double
up karma. You've got... Karma. Richard Lyon, 33333, and Richard
says, think would qualify as the good fruit Jesus said
would help you identify good trees and good men. I
asked my eight sons, avid listeners, to give a one-word
description of the value they received. Endless wisdom, simplification, affirmation,
community, perspective, truth-telling, education, encouragement. There's good fruit there. God
bless you with comfort and courage from the Lyon family.
I speak. Jim Watts, Baron of Whistler, $333.33. I will
miss grousing about John's Cinco de Mayo promotion. Condolences to
Mimi, Adam, and our No Agenda family. Jim Watts, Baron
of Whistler. Sir Aaron Knight of the Strawberry Fog, Watsonville,
California, 33333. No note or need to read, but we
will. Sending love to Adam and the Dvorak family. Love
you all. Thank you for your courage. Sending prayers. fog
in Watsonville, California. JC or Brennan gets to do this
one. I can get running out of air. Ash and
Kat. Toronto, Ontario. No. What? Toronto, Ontario, California. No. Canada.
Canada. Not yet. Never mind. $333.33. Dear Adam and the
No Agenda Nation. Devastated to hear about John. I've been
a regular listener since seeing you on the JRE during
the lockdowns. immediately from Headbanger's Ball, but I shamefully hadn't
donated until now. I'm long overdue for dedouching. You've been
dedouched. No Agenda quickly became my go-to for world events,
except Africa, of course, keeping me company in the shower
and on long, daily dog walks. It was such a
relief to finally have a show where so many others
saw through all of the fibs from the governments and
the M5M without losing our minds. It wasn't long before
John completely grew on me. At first, I thought he
was a cranky old curmudgeon, but it turned out that
cranky old curmudgeon was exactly what I needed. bullcrap and
endless spirited bickering were the heart of the show. He
never won over my girlfriend, despite her initial hesitation over
the pro-Trump stances. She got hit in the mouth so
hard by John that she beat me to donating. And
now she wants to start a no agenda meetup here
in Toronto. Can't. Canuckistan. Canuckistan. You two build something truly
special. Sending strength to you and the whole No Agenda
family. JCD will be deeply missed. May his soul rest
in peace. Big love, Ash and Kat. P.S. Guess you'll
just have to train an AI JCD to drop a
well-timed, well, that's bull crap, every so often. Juraj Kojak
in Prague, 333.33 ITM. I was listening to The Last
Know Agenda on a bike and almost fell down laughing
at one of John's stories. Thanks for the great work
all those years. This one brings me to knighthood. I
would like to be known as Sir Juraj. Uh... pronunciation
guide. Read very close to get your eye. Jirai. Oh,
Jirai. Okay. Thanks, Sir Jirai. Thank you, sir. Steve Bryson,
$333.33. Grateful to have learned and laughed so much with
someone I never met, but was anxious to hear from
twice a week for so many years. Peace and love
to John and family and to Adam as well. Steve
Bryson, Utah. SDG333, IT Morning with a U. Thank you.
I'll do a couple here. Spencer Nay, 333, RIP. Will
miss his voice and wisdom. Thank you both. Smith, Minnesota,
333. Not enough carbon credits in the world could offset
all the lawns John helped us mow over the years.
Rest in peace. Kevin Lacombe, 333. John would want me
to say this gets me to my next level after
knighthood, even though no one ever takes it. S-O-S-L-C. I
haven't heard from her in a while. 320 and 80
cents. To the Dvorak family, JCD was a treasure. I'm
so blessed to have found no agenda. I pray the
God I serve may be a comfort to you in
this difficult time. Jesus is more than able. Please reach
out to him. Adam, parts of my brain are appropriately
smaller due to no agenda. I'm able to give these
sats because of no agenda. Numerous families at my church
eat better beef and drink gigawatt coffee because of no
agenda. agenda. Thank you. I pray that our Lord gives
you strength as you mourn your close friend. Did JCD
leave California? Yeah, no. Prayers followed by a F-35 goat
scream. Hold on a second. Uh... I gotta get my...
Prayers. Yeah. F-35, oh my goodness. F-35... Yes, okay. You've
got... prayers. Jennifer Blazer in Flossmoor, Illinois, 31585. I was
shocked and saddened to read your newsletter announcing the passing
of John. Condolences to Adam and Mimi and his family.
While no one can replace John, the world needs to
continue to hear the analysis. I hope somehow it continues.
RIP, JCD. Sir James. I'll do a couple more. Okay,
good. Yeah, I'll do it up until the associates. These
are all executive producers, of course. All right. Sir James,
Vancouver, Washington, 30415, which is 288 plus 88. The fees?
Hail to the cranky geek. He died doing what he
loved, watching bad TV. Sir James of Southwest Washington. Lye
and Sophie, 30415. RIP, JCD. Squeeze those chairs from wherever
you are. Lye, LCDC, and Sophie. La Jolla Salt Corporation.
There you are, La Jolla, California, 30415. From our family
here at La Jolla Salt, Bidex in black, flags at
half, and drams at the ready. Godspeed, Dvorak. Karma to
Peter at the pearly gates for John is on your
side now. May God comfort and bless you all. Amen.
Dame Susan, 301 and 30 cents, and she sent in
a note. Hello, gentlemen. I was planning to send a
patriotic 250 donation this week, but the sudden unexpected passing
of Lady G, that's Lindsey Graham, made it obvious I
need to increase the amount. No agenda was the only
podcast in my universe working hard to present and deconstruct
this breaking news. Grateful for your continuing insights. All the
best. Dame Susan of the Soldner Wheel. And final executive
producer, Art Kuna, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 300. I was listening
to the Sunday show when I received the news that
John had passed away, a total shock and bitter loss.
He was the best, and I learned much from him.
Art Kuna, M.D., An Unknown Knight. And from my friend
Linda Lou Patkin, $288.88. Like everyone else I've talked to
in the No Agenda family, I was deeply saddened to
hear of John's passing. He touched us all with his
sharp wit and astute wisdom, challenging us to think differently
every week.
Executive resume writer, I can't help but think John arrived
in heaven with an extraordinary resume, one filled with a
lifetime of curiosity, courage, humor, and a relentless pursuit of
the truth. If there are interviews in heaven, I have
no doubt he got the offer. Thank you, John. You
will be deeply missed. Linda Liu, Duchess of Jobs and
writer of winning resumes. Michael Cottrell, 28888. My deepest condolences
to Mimi and Adam and all the family members. It's
a loss of an institution on a scale that is
unimaginable. If my accounting is correct, I'm now a knight
with my donation gifts totaling, ironically, $1,008 Canadian, and we
honor that. Congratulations to Adam and his family with the
birth of his granddaughter. A couple of episodes behind, feverishly
trying to catch up. I asked to be knighted. Low
boy. Small anecdote. I was the producer who sent Adam
the 18-pound box of pennies. Oh, that was such a
nightmare. Adam thought it was a bomb and JCD wanted
him to open it on air in case it was
a bomb. I forgot about that. That was great. I
remember bringing those to the bank. That whole situation was
a nightmare. Sorry, JCD. Would have been a poor exit
strategy and messy to boot. RIP, JCD. ITM, hit him
in the mouth. Proud supporter of the No Agenda Show.
Greg Lambert, Overland Park, Kansas, $288.33. John's passing is a
real gut punch. They broke the mold when they made
him. RIP, JCD. Gone but never forgotten. John and Dina
Fuller, Colorado Springs. John Fuller of Focus on the Family.
um His wife has been just a constant, constant no-agenda
listener. 26684. We mourn with you in JCD's passing and
make this contribution 88.88 times 3. A most holy pairing
of numbers totaling 26664 as a tribute to him to
celebrate his life. John's life was remarkable, and his wit,
insights, and humor made our lives better. John's competence in
his one-of-a-kind journalism made others in the field seem so
shallow. His three-by-three and five-by-five, real, not fake like MSM,
journalism, insights, unique tech knowledge, wonderfully amazing stories, laughter, self-deprecating
humor, lovable curmudgeonishness, tenacity in his recent medical trials, love
for his family, tip-of-the-day life hacks, Costco wine tips, with
every remaining bottle of Costco Bordeaux. Skepticism of many things
and most of all, his rapport and approachability with Adam
for all these years leaves a huge hole in our
hearts and lives. We have loved John from afar and
while we never met him, we shed some tears over
his departure from this life. We will miss him sorely.
That said, we continue to pray for the Dvorak family
and all who knew and loved John. Looking at you,
Adam. For peace beyond understanding and for much grace in
those days where JCD's absence is particularly felt. We pray
especially for Mimi and the extended Dvorak family who have
lost an anchor and yet will press ahead to honor
John and his life. May God's grace be abundant. May
you know his peace and joy and while the pain
will never go completely away, may you see God's hand
in all things great and small as you remember John.
From John and Dina Fuller. Sir Infinitus with 263.22. What
a shock. God bless Mimi and his family. Condolences to
Adam and Andrew and to all the No Agenda Nation,
as well as his longtime editorial fans. I'm going to
kick my shoes off on today's flight, curl my toes,
and fist some nuts. Sir Infinitus. Kurt Kiefer, Austin, Texas,
$263.22. No note. That means a double up karma for
you, Kurt. You've got. BLAH! Harman. Mike Formanek, 263.22. Godspeed,
John. Praying for your family from Mike. John Whidden, 263.22.
No note. A double up karma for you, sir. You've
got... Karma. I'll keep going for a bit here. Ed
Cota. Summit, New Jersey 26322. I sent a Venmo donation,
so hopefully this message will be reconciled. I have donated
enough to be a knight, but that's not important to
me. What is important is the best podcast in the
universe and the joy it brings me consistently. RIPJCD. Thanks
for the tips. My condolences to the Dvorak clan. Adam,
I am praying for you. You've been given the gift
of carrying the light into darkness. May you continue to
bear the torch. The fire is alive. I'm just trying
to get my head around the timing out of all.
the birth of your grandchild and the death of so
many life-filled moments shared. I bend my knee to you,
my liege, carry- No Agenda Show and so much more
on Ed Coda, Summit, New Jersey. Ross Ledisa, Ledeica, Ledisa,
26322. ITM from all the way down under. No agenda
has been familiar, shoulder to lean on in the times
of chaos. JCD will be missed enormously. Thanks for being
part of the best podcast in the universe and keep
smiling, Adam. Ross Udyka. There we go. Udyka. Thank you
very much. Commodore Crummy, El Cajon, California, 252.88. I have
no words to express my feelings on the loss of
JCD. Condolences and prayers for Mimi and family, as well
as Adam from Commodore Crummy. I'm going to go down
to... I'm going to do the two fifties here. Kevin
Webb. 250. I'm in shock and crushed as we all
are. Follow John from the 90s tech days to his
first day on no agenda, a huge part of my
life. Commodore Sir Baron John Helmer in Lenexa, Kansas. 250.
Dear Adam and Dvorak clan, words cannot express our sadness
at hearing of John's passing. Our deepest condolences, love and
light, John from the Helmers, Commodore Sir Baron and John
Helmer and family. Miss B the Bag Lady, I presume
that's 250. his wisdom, his analysis, and an endearingly curmudgeonly
sense of humor. May he rest in peace. For my
Dame name, I would like to be Dame 678 of
the Burning River, and I'll have klobasa and kombucha at
the round table. No jingles, but prayers for John. God
bless Mimi, Jay, JC, and their families, and God bless
you, Adam, for the important work you have done with
John for all these years. Miss B, the bag lady.
And then anonymous from Richardson, Texas, 250, and we will
keep you As Anonymous has requested, I have listened to
the podcast since 2011. Long time boner, first time donor.
I don't know what to say about John. I'm just
sad since I've heard the news. I love and appreciate
both Adam and John and the show they have created.
My thoughts are with everyone who is missing John right
now. Want me to go? Yeah, please. Sir C-A-H or
C-A-H. Wichita, Kansas. $234.56. Words cannot express my sadness. Sir.
Ha. Sir Tooth Fairy, $223.88. I don't know what to
say. John, you've been a constant in my life for
the last six years. Your insights, knowledge, and venerable spirit,
nature, excuse me, will be greatly missed. To Mimi, Adam,
and all of JCD's family, you are in my prayers.
I pray you will find peace in God's grace and
love. John, you will be truly missed. God bless you
all. Sir Schwartz, $222.22. John will be missed. Thanks for
carrying on. Sir Schwartz. Boy, that's a tongue twister. Beth
Johnson, $222.22. I'm so saddened by John's passing. Words cannot
express how much I love this show and John and
Adam. No Agenda is truly the greatest podcast in the
world. You want to keep going? Yeah, I'll do a
couple here. Baron of Old Bay, 222, in Wilmington, Delaware.
I'm truly sorry for John's passing. I'm praying for his
family and Adam. I'm finishing off my Viscount status. In
his honor, I will now be the Viscount of Old
Bay. Use my title in the show notes. We shall.
Robert Carty. There he is, the constitutional lawyer. Ah. 21995.
Mimi and Adam, I never got to meet John in
person, but I spent six hours every week listening to
his sonorous voice and infectious laugh. I even got to
talk to him on the phone once and found the
whole thing fun and uplifting. My keeper Maggie and I
are devastated about his passing and tell you that we,
along with my sister and brother-in-law, producers Katie and Tom
Tierney, are praying for John, his family, Adam, and everyone
in Gitmo Nation. Please accept this switcheroo donation of $208.88
plus fees and credit it to Maggie Cardy, who I'm
hugging a little more tightly today. No jingles, no karma.
Rob J. Cardy Jr., known as the constitutional lawyer. Flinner
of the findings to 1889 with my every other month
V4V donation will continue. Please accept this associate executive producer
donation of two 1889 in remembrance of JCD and in
continuing support of the best podcast in the universe. My
prayers are with Mimi and the entire Dvorak clan. I
cannot imagine losing my spouse and I know how painful
it is to lose your dad. I also pray the
spirit grants you and your family consolation. Adam, what JCD
brought is beyond definition, but it's obvious. He was much
more than simply a business partner. Additionally, I congratulate you
on the birth of your granddaughter, Cleo. Vivat Jesus, Flinner
of the Findings. Linda Gaeta, 2188, no note, so you
get a double up karma. You've got... Harmline. Sir Null
Pointer, Broomfield, Colorado, 213.34. I've been a fan of Dvorak
since tech TV back in 2000. John was one of
a kind. He'll be missed. Daniel DeGroff, Sir Null Pointer.
And there's Martell Hardware, Broomall, Pennsylvania, 21060. Unfortunately, I don't
have a VPN service to plug. Visit martellhardware.com. Use coupon
code EARTHQUAKE for an additional 10% off your order. We're
all going to die. James Morin, 21060, no notes, uh,
uh, double up. You've got... Karma. mac and cheese look
can you read that note for me mimi Sure. Christopher
Altman Two, ten, sixty. Living the mac and cheese life.
Yeah, that's what I was... Then Chris... Hold on, let
me find the mac and cheese life. Oh, okay. Where
is the mac and cheese life? Hold on a second.
I don't have it here. The ants would get it.
I have it somewhere. Living... You amaze me with all
the things you can do. I think you've got four
or six arms. I'm not sure which. Normally I have
these things already set up. Here we go. Mac and
cheese by Ayn Rand. There we go. That's the one
we wanted. Yes. Where are we? Chris Oblenis, Jackson, Wyoming.
21060. No note. Double up karma for you. You've got.
I'll roll through these 21060s for a bit. William Hodges,
21060. My sincerest condolences to John's family, friends, and loved
ones. Please take solace in knowing that John made a
profoundly positive impact on this earth, and he will be
truly missed by a huge number of people you will
never know. I learned so much from John since the
early days of PC Magazine, and he's reminded me of
one final truth, that life is too damn short and
uncertain. Thank you, darling. There are far better ways to
increase donations. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.
Love leaves a memory no one can steal. Randy Schneibel,
21060, no dote for a double up karma. You've got...
Harmline. of hearing his wonderful take on current events for
the last few years. He will be missed. Sir Matthew
of the Lower Coastal Plain. Rita Stekic, Ogden Dunes, Indiana,
21060. I will truly miss John's knowledge, wit, and humor
and tips of the day. May you find peace in
the Lord. Rita Stekic, Ogden Dunes, Indiana. And then once
you take these, Mimi, I'm going to have a little
sip of tea here for a moment. Okay. I'll be
switching between myself and Brennan. Good. James Glenn Story, Lower
Hutt, New Zealand, 210. As a listener since the late
2000s, I'm devastated to hear of John's passing. My condolences
to all. NJ, NK. Sir Brian Tobiasen with 208.88 cents.
I had this marked on my calendar to donate for
the last two weeks. 1-888. I was married on 8/8/2008
and I have always enjoyed the 8 numerology. It's why
my normal donation amount is $88.08, even though Adam thinks
it's some weird boob donation. I've listened since episode 211
and I can't believe John is gone. Adam and Mimi
and the whole Dvorak family, I'm so sorry for your
loss. past 17 or so years. I hope it's not
selfish to hope. No agenda finds a way to continue
in some form so I don't go back to being
a grumpy old man. RIP JCD You've got prayers for
the Dvorak family. No, jingle. That's the jingle. You've got
prayers. You've got prayers. You've got it. prayers. Sir Brian
Tobiasen, Viscount of Chief's Kingdom. Eli, the coffee guy, Bensonville.
Illinois, 208.88. The news of John's passing was heartbreaking. Our
thoughts are with Mimi, Jay, and the whole Dvorak family,
and with you, Adam. He was one of a kind.
The world was fortunate to have had him. Godspeed, love
and light, JCD from Eli, Jen, and the whole Gigawatt
Coffee Roasters family. Ara, Ara, Deardanian? Sir Ara Deardarian, yes.
There you go, thank you. Tribuco Canyon, California, $200. My
condolences to the Dvorak and Curry families. I never met
John in person, but it felt like he was a
dear friend. May his memory be eternal. Net Ned for
$200. My condolences to the Dvorak family, to Curry family,
and to all the listeners and trolls who love JCD.
John, if you see my mom up there, ask her
for a chocolate truffle. Tell her you know me. With
love, Net Ned. Sir... Ooh, Mulch and Bricks, the original?
That is original. $200. ITM Adam and Mimi. Listener since
2017. Douchebag long before that. John C. Dvorak died for
my sin of being a douchebag. We forgive you. May
the palm of forgiveness be greased heartily with a $200
donation from my unemployed soul. I beseech you, Sir Crackpot,
to humbly ask to be de-douched. You've been de-douched. Following
that, I issue my douche-free prayers for Mimi, John's family,
for you, Adam, for all the knights and dames of
the roundtable, all the producers, and even the douchebags who
mourn the loss of his irascible fellow. Sir Mulch and
Bricks, the original, Hudson, Massachusetts. Peter B. Lexington, Massachusetts. $200.
No notes. Double up karma. You've got... Look at Brennan.
Double up. Look at Brennan double up karma. I know,
no kidding. Whoa, Brennan. What are you doing? Rocking and
rolling. DW. Lake Mary, Florida. $200. R.I.P. I'll take the
next one. Greg Birch, since he's in my neck of
the woods. Yes. 200. As a Seattle meetup, JCD suggested
everyone pretend to talk on their phone. I was the
photographer and captured one of my favorite shots ever. So
poignant a moment suggested offhand by the master of the
moment. We'll miss you greatly. Andy Fisher, Newcastle, under Lyme.
Great Britain. $200. I'm really shocked and saddened. My heartfelt
condolences to Mimi and John's family. Really glad to show
the show will continue with John's deep spiritual presence constantly
guiding. God bless you, John. XX. Jessica. Wait, wait, wait.
We've got to congratulate. Oh, sorry. I forgot. No, it's
okay. This is our executive and associate executive producers cut
off. We're going to continue to thank people and read
them underneath the line. But just so you know, like
every other show, these credits are the real deal. They
are Hollywood credits recognized by Hollywood. You can even put
them on your IMDb. If you don't have one, you
can start one, imdb.com. Thank you very much for being
executive and associate executive producers. Our formula is this. We
hit people in the mouth. I try. I try. Jessica
Kenney, $198. And 89 cents. No note. You've got. Pharma.
Daryl Irons with $198.89. Rip John C. Dvorak. Long live
John C. Dvorak. Christy and Ryan, $198.89. Absolute buzzkill. Rip
John, sending hugs to Mimi, family, and Adam. Christy and
Ryan in Huntington Beach in Sequim, $188.88, plus the extorted
PayPal fees. Alex Boyt, $198.89. Oh, brother, give me a
break. Rip JCD. Should I do a couple here? I'll
take a word for you. Yeah, please. Michael Kimmerly, 198.89.
That's 188.88 in fees. Like all of you, I'm devastated
by the news of John's passing. Sharing a part of
someone's life twice a week, as we did with John
and Adam, somehow makes them seem to be greater than
the weakness that we all share. Even after his heart
attack, John seemed to bounce back strong and ready to
just keep going. John was more than just the no
agenda show for me. He was a valuable source of
information and inspiration, 50 years. His columns, his musings on
Substack, and his podcasts were all invaluable for so many
different reasons. He was a modern-day Renaissance man in the
true sense of the word. I agree. My sincerest condolences
to Mimi, John's family, Adam, and everyone else whose life
was touched by JCD. I will pray for you all.
John's legacy lives on in many, many ways forever. ITM.
Andrew Bentley, Olympia, Washington, 18888 with the fees. I salute
JCD and want Adam, Mimi, and all the Dvorak clan
to know that they have a lot of support in
the No Agenda community. I look forward to hearing Thursday's
show and will miss John's voice terribly. God bless all
of you. Sir Charismatic, 18888 with the fees. Adam and
the Dvorak family. I can't express how hard this news
hit me today, and I can't even begin to imagine
the emotions and sadness you all feel. John was the
type of person I would have loved to have had
a drink with and just talk. I've been listening to
him for over 20 years. I wish I had a
drink when we were talking. I've been listening to him
for over 20 years, and I'm not sure there's a
voice that will fill the void his absence will leave.
I know it isn't much, but I tried to put
a collage together to honor him, hoping for a night-name
change from Sir Charismatic to Sir Valence, creator of bonds.
With love and thoughts, Chris Mitzloff, Sir Charismatic. Tian and
Andrew from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, $188 with the fees. Dear
John's family and Adam, please accept our donation of $198.89,
which is $188.88 plus fees. We are both shocked and
saddened to receive the news, and we still can't believe
what's happened as John and the show had a big
impact on our lives, the way we think about the
world. Andrew, in particular, recounts. My first encounter with John
was as a young boy growing up in South Africa,
maybe around 30 years ago. I used to read PC
magazine editions borrowed from the public library, and despite reading
so many, the only thing I can remember for them
was that I read an article written by him. I
thought his last name was merely a pen name related
to the keyboard layout, and it was the first time
I'd ever seen the word Kafkaesque used. If I recall
correctly, he was complaining about something. I found it more
real than anything else I'd read. I later learned to
appreciate Kafka's work as well. Maybe it has something to
do with John's reference. Later on, rediscovering him through the
show was an unexpected delight. He touched many people's lives
in positive ways, perhaps more than he realized. Thank you
for everything and sending you all our strength and love
during this sad and difficult time. Tian and Andrew. Okay,
we'll take the next few so you can get some
water. Thank you. Russ, Cheatwood, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, $198.89. No
note. Double up karma. You've got... BLAH! Farmer. Sir Galtran
of the Gutland. 198 and 88 cents plus the... 198.
198. That's the fees. I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
May John rest in peace and always be remembered as
the unmistakable voice of no agenda. Ser Galtaran of the
Gutland. Commodore Earl Silverdude of the Silver Dolphins from Edsburg,
Maryland, United States. $198.89. Commodore Earl Silverdude of the Silver
Dolphins. Now I'm a sad puppy. That newsletter really ruined
my day. Thanks, John. I'm going to miss the Cranky
Geek. My condolences to the Dvorak family. And here is
$188 plus $0.88 plus the fees to keep the legacy
going. Charles Mayfield, same amount. These next few are all
$198.89. Um, no note. Yes, this is Charles Mayfield from
pharaoh.life and we appreciate hearing from you. You've got other
stuff right now. Yes, you remember the Pharaoh, the Pharaoh.life
products? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do. Yeah, your dog
loved it, I'm sure. Well, you had it on. Yes,
absolutely. Matthew Gebhardt. Thank you for all the entertainment news
and wonderful memories. JCD had a positive impact on the
world. He will be missed. To his family, thank you
for sharing him with all of us. Adam of the
Koch Empire, 1888 and the Fiends. He came, he saw,
he kicked ass. Rest easy, friend. I've read JCD's work
for decades and have enjoyed his dry, honest opinions from
everything computer-based to writing about philosophical topics in the Oasis.
John's literary and TV show work spans my whole life.
The Zephyr is waiting to take John on his last
ride into the sunset. John's voice will remain amongst us
forever, just like the mud flats outside his window. P.S.
I'll be waiting for the Dana Brunetti biopic on JCD.
Hopefully we get to see the real truth on what
happened in that limousine ride with the fine sign back
in 1980s. ITM forever. P.P.S. Thanks for introducing me to
Horowitz. I'm a client. Wow. William Fleming, 198. We love
you, John. The OG, Cranky Geek, and Buzzkill extraordinaire. Sending
love and prayers to Mimi, their family, and Adam. I'll
pick up a few here. Countess Dame Meaudison, who we
know personally, and she says, laugh always made me smile.
I love the Zephyr reports and always caught me off
guard in the best way when John made saucy jokes
or dropped the elusive F-bomb. He could hardly ever pronounce
Meowdison and I wouldn't have it any other way. I
absolutely loved hearing him butcher Dutch cities and I'll never
forget how he made fun of my round table requests
when I was named Pellegrino and purring kitties. Plenty of
items weren't edible, John. I also once sent in a
check with beagles on it, especially for John. He thought
Adam said it had bagels I had a nice exasperated
laugh at that one as well. I've included a photo
taken at the Delray Beach meetup where I was blessed
to meet Adam and Tina for a second time, and
I think it shows my enthusiastic feelings for John. He
will truly be missed by so many people. May he
live on forever in our hearts and memories. Oh my
God, listen to that horn. Cheers, John. I'd just like
to stop for one second here because I got an
audio note from Sir Patrick, Duke of the South. And
I didn't know if he would be in the donations
or not. But he is by far the most well-traveled
man in no agenda nation, has been to almost every
single meetup. You go to London, oh, there's Patrick. Patrick
Coble, Duke of the South. Amsterdam, oh, there's Patrick. Oh,
it doesn't matter where he would show up. And I
really wanted to share his heartfelt audio note with everyone.
John, I'll try to keep this note as short as
possible because I know how you feel about show notes.
Thank you. You were an amazing man who lived an
amazing life, did amazing things, had an amazing family, and
you built, with Adam, the best podcast in the universe
for real man. No joking. I was a fan of
you in the 80s. When I heard you had a
podcast, I knew I wanted to hear it. I heard
that Adam was on there. I was even more excited
because I had been reading your content for so many
years and building, as you were building your signature Buzzkill
brand, along with listening to Adam and doing his things
on MTV. You will always be a technology legend with
your thoughts on all the things over the years, even
the mouse. I don't think you knew when you started
No Agenda that you wouldn't just be talking to an
acquaintance once a week, twice a week, but actually making
a brother and growing your family with Adam. The no
agenda community that you two have built has changed the
world in many ways that can never be quantified or
typed in a note or books or books. It has
become a force of nature. I think an important chapter
of the show started to change when. were put together.
which those meetups impacted the people listening to a podcast
in a way that has never been done before and
never will be. I wanted to make sure and call
out Sir Daniel of the No Agenda Meetup site for
changing the No Agenda culture. And because of those meetups,
people around the world have met and relationships and weddings
and kids and things have all happened around the world
because of those meetups. I was able to be blessed
and able to hang out and get to hang out
with you a couple times and get to go. get
you out of the house to go do a meetup
at the Sacramento Train Museum and ride the Zephyr with
you and the family, which will always be a core
memory. That day, I got to sit back on the
train and at the meetup and at the restaurant and
just hear your stories and see you do your thing
and see you talk to the community, them talk to
you that you had built. It was amazing. Because of
those meetups, I've been able to go to meetups all
over the world Astrid in Japan and Duke Nussbaum and
Kevin Dills and many other knights and an uncountable amount
of producers and even a couple douchebags too. You changed
my life by getting me deeper into tech, which started
my career.
Back on March 6th, 2008, called No Agenda with a
name called Episode 20 called Never Say No to a
Soldier Would Have Changed. While this note kind of went
long, John, sorry about that. But lastly, we love you
and your family and the family you have been with.
We will deeply miss you, but your buzzkill and this
community. forever. What a show number. Thank you for everything
that you've done. Sir Patrick Coble. Signing off. Thank you,
Patrick. That was beautiful. Stop the tears. Hold it. Larry
Warden, Wade, 88, 1-888. Okay, I'm sorry My wife, Rae,
Like... KCD is gone. I said... God damn, a great
soul is gone. Curry. the most mysterious. Thank you. Okay.
You know, I... In honor of John Olsen. Please feel
free. So it's $198, blah, blah, blah. Say the number.
You've got to say the number. What row number is
this? I got lost. 137. 138. 138. It was 198.89.
And this is Hello Adam and... We're friends from the
other end, from Rego Park, Queens. Peace out. satin by
John's untimely and far too young passion. heartfelt condolences to
you and your family for your loss. We understand that
loss may be greater than ours. Nonetheless, we feel a
deep sense of mourning as to. We will always remember
John for his knowledge of wine from Costco, vinegar, the
wedding on that book, John, ants, airplane peanuts, and of
course his. dot com The anecdote. endless, the disagreements with
Adam, priceless. His contributions to Twit were what got us
admiring John. Then on to DH Unplugged to get more
of what we needed to hear. More John, always balancing
out the discussion with Andrew Horowitz. Needless to say, we
found our true joy in listening to John and Adam
on the best podcast in the universe, the No Agenda
Show. The attached photo was from what we consider one
of the earliest, if not the very first, No Agenda
meetups in New York City in 2016 at Sparks Restaurant.
We told John that Neither of us had Facebook accounts,
and he immediately put his arm around us right away
and congratulated us on the achievement. Mimi's expression behind us
was priceless. John, we will miss you. Rest in peace.
Godspeed. Love and light. Monica and Jerry Figurski. murdoch 198
89 rest in peace your commentary will be missed jeremy
smith Wisconsin. Wissow, Wisconsin. 198. 89. 96. I used an
OS. was my guru, O6, a cranky geek. I started
breaking things at Google. I became an iconoclast. Their thanks
to Deconstruction 26 Vaclis. Adult kids downsized optimistic, now sad.
Four fifths of a life with JCD tips. Thank you.
Thomas Roberts Design LLC. 198.81. Double of karma. You've got.
Karma. Take it away, JC. Ryan Benson, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
198, 81. Thank you, John, for 1,888 shows of sanity,
wit, humor, and intelligence. Thank you for your influence over
35 years ago as your articles in PCMag, etc., helped
inspire me to become a computer engineer. You're a widely
loved and... light. Adam and Mimi, I'm heartbroken. This is
just like when my father died. In the morning will
never quite be the same. I first saw John on
one of the Laporte- Adam, I'm going to email you
a little longer reply if that's okay. ITM. Dominic Vital,
198.81 cents, 188.80 plus fees. I've been listening to No
Agenda since I was 13 and religiously enjoyed The Takes
of John, keeping all my prayers. And thank you all
for all that you two have provided. Oh my goodness,
this one's... I'll read Certain Death. 194.07. I've been a
producer since 2016. I can't begin to describe what the
show John and Adam have meant to me. The two
of you have kept me sane in years that tried
to make me insane. my head, keeping me on the
straight and narrow, not just with what is going on
in the world, but somehow the chaos is going on.
my own life. John's passing for a long time. Thank
you for your courage forever. I made an 88.88 donation
and later decided to up my peerage to Baronet with
$184.30 as an extended tribute. Sir Tin Death, regretting this
night name. Now, bear it at. I'll pick this up
with Craig Weinberg, who I know quite well, Millbank, South
Dakota, 18889. This show, 1888, is the episode I never
really wanted to actually happen. Words are hard to come
by after hearing of John's passing. John is the reason
I found no agenda from watching Twit in early 2009.
He made the show worth watching. The timbre of his
voice has been a constant in my life ever since.
My dad under very similar circumstances last fall so my
heart especially goes out to everyone who loved him the
legacy John leaves behind is incredible Mimi I'm grateful to
have gotten to know you and I'm saddened John And
I never found time to connect on the interview podcast
you and your family are in our prayers Adam well
you and JCD built together is incredible your media deconstruction
paired with John's wit insight an endless story Created something
we may not see again for a generation John will
be deeply missed and I'm grateful you'll carry on the
show. Rest in peace, JCD. See you on the other
side. Black Knight, Craig Weinberg. By Rav Patel, 18889. First
of all, please de-douche me. You've been de-douched. Thank you,
John and Adam, for all the years of lifting the
veil of Maya, of mainstream media, and shrinking our amygdalas.
John C. Dvorak, we will surely miss you. Rest in
peace, my friend. Please provide jobs karma for my smoking
hot wife, Polly. Please follow. at Posh with Polly. Okay.
I'm not, yes, okay. - Jobs, jobs. jobs and jobs.
Let's vote for jobs! Marina Kuksenko, 18888. Rest in peace,
JCD. May the God of all hope grant peace to
your loved ones, friends, and the no agenda community. God
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be
no more death or mourning or crying or pain for
the old order of things has passed away. Sir Hank,
Duke of New York, 18888. Sorry for your loss. Michael
Tasler, 18888. These are all 18888. Something John would say.
Exit strategy ever. I'll miss you, John. Joel Donaldson, been
listening since the very beginning. JCD, you are one of
a kind. Our prayers are with you, the Dvorak family,
and the Currys. Michael Dennis, RIP JCD. Sir Austin, Baron
of the Puget Sound. So sorry to hear the news
about JCD as a young man. fresh out of college
and in IT in the late 80s, I kept up
with tech with John's Columns and InfoWorld and PC Magazine.
Rest in peace, John, and Godspeed, Sir Austin, Baron of
the Puget Sound. Matthew Janik, RIP to JC. Mimi. of
the family. This is truly the ultimate sad puppy in
the newsletter. Peace to all in the evergreen words of
Blockbuster. Be kind. Rewind. Sir Colin and Dame Ella, in
loving memory of John C. Dvorak, we've been a bit
overboard a few years now due to major life changes,
namely our daughter Madeline Jean and our son Nolan Robert.
We've kept track of things from afar and tune in
from time to time. Adam, may God bless you and
your family and the rest of Noah's generation. Mimi and
family, we send our love and prayers in this difficult
time. genders together stays together. Do this in memory of
John, karma for all, with love and condolences, Sir Colin
the deaf, dumb, blind knight and Dame Ella of the
anterior. You've got karma. And there's Dame Rita from Sparks,
Nevada. May JCD's celebration of life be a joyous... Briefly
comforted by the memory of the to help us Thank
you all for the Noah. in the universe from Dame
Rita. Margo Lopez also with 188.88. No notes, so she
gets a double up card. got karma these 188s are
popular dame courtney pilesville maryland thank you dame courtney gwen
sobiski rest I'll miss you and pray for you and
your family. The Diloretto sisters come in with one ear.
from boring Oregon. John had the best sense of humor
and always made day is worth it. I know he
will be watching and listening to the show from above
with my mom, Dame Jazzy of Humboldt, and others from
the Noage and the family. RIP, JCD. Joshua DelSaver, Springfield,
Missouri. Through print columns, TV, and podcasts, John has been
a constant voice of reason in the insanity. Thank you,
John, for your expertise, stories, and insights. You are one
of a kind and will be missed. Daniel Shore, San
Diego, California. I read the news while listening to Sunday's
show. I have a pit in my stomach for a
I never met. My condolences to you all. He will
be greatly missed, but he will be forever appreciated. Sir
Lerone. You've got... karma. Dvorak clan from Dame Danny and
Sir Jeff. Harold Hutton. You need a break. Harold Hutton,
Merrickville, Ontario, Canada. These are all 188s. Adam, Mimi. you're
in my prayers as is john i've only known about
the show for a year and deeply saddened that john
has departed Please de-douche me. You've been de-douched. I stepped
on the no jingles. That's okay. No, just like John.
No jingles, no karma. Matthew Savannah Just one name. Savannah,
it's like... Madonna. Madonna, there you go. 18888 ripped RIP
John haven't listened in a while but you helped me
stay sane through COVID and so many other times Thomas
Paquin long live his memory of the palindromes. Brock Shriver,
188 and 80 cents. This is the first time donating.
I'm sad it's after John's passing. Rest in peace, JCD.
Sir Christopher, 188.80. Love is lit. Sir Christopher, Knight of
Tipsy Valley. Joshua Hins, El Cerrito, California. 188.80. John, you
will be missed. Dame Lindsay of the House Hunters. 188
and 80 cents. Adam and Mimi. My flight was already
booked and my hotel reservations made to attend the Northern
Silicon Valley Get John Out of the House meetup next
month. I had planned to casually walk up to John
and say, somebody shut that baby up. My backup option,
in case that didn't fit the mood of the gathering,
was to announce that I've got ants. Guaranteed the buzzkill
would show up to the meeting in the first place
I would now like to register my remarks in memoriam
my sister Lauren and I plan to still attend the
meetup Provided that it will still be happening It's still
happening we might even pregame at the hotels by fisting
some nuts and pairing them with some JCDs famous Costco
wine picks There will never be another like our John
Adam, Mimi, and the kids.
Thank you. Rest in peace John C. Dvorak. Patty K.
Mack. St. Augustine, Florida. Travis. $188. You guys have brought
so much. Incredibly, this is my first time doing this.
donation? Better late than never. Can I request a donation?
Thank you. You've been dedouched. first with cranky geeks. I'm
glad I found the no agenda show afterward. have something
fresh and hard to come by with what you the
chemistry of Adam and John's banter. sure John 187.71. in
the family. John will be missed. donating $187.71. myself and
my plus fees. saddened by the news of John passing
my heart goes out to you. - Warwick family and
fellow Long time listener. first donation at double 88 88.
Please do de-douche me in John's honor. geek from the
No Agenda Artist community hit me in the mouth repeatedly
since episode one. It only took me 400 episodes to
start listening full time, so I'm long overdue and my
value catch up starts now. Families that listen to No
Agenda I'm committing myself to regular donations to keep the
show going as I mentors, and a huge and hugely
valuable. I would not have made it through working in
the Texas oil fields and numerous ventures without your collective
clarity and voice of reason. I think of the heavy
influence the two of you have had on my career
and personal life, and I'm truly grateful and thankful for
that. John will be dearly missed. I can almost hear
him critiquing my poor grammar. Is your energy sense of
humor is something I really look forward to every week.
No jingles, no karma, just a double up karma for
the Dvorak family. Humbly, Andy Hall, Ponal, Maine. Oops, sorry
about that. You've got karma. Sir Mike the Fortunate from
Fouquet, Fouquet, Verena, North Carolina, 17776. Freedom. Prayers for the
Dvorak family, 8888 for myself and 8888 for Dame Kelly,
the Resolute. Godspeed, JCD from Sir Mike the fortunate can
we go back can we go back to 178 andy
hall because he says if anyone wants to connect or
swap jcd no agenda stories um i didn't miss that
what is in there www linkedin.com Andrew-David-Hall. Oh, okay. One
of the few on LinkedIn that's not a robot. Yes.
Jeffrey Betancourt, 173.77. Can't believe I'm being de-douche because of
this. I guess you're going to be de-douche. You've been.
I've been a listener for years, never donated. I remember
reading John and... He's truly a legend and will be
greatly missed. As a Scott Adams fan, this is almost
too much to take. R.I.P. Sir Egghead, Dayton, Ohio, 155-1.
100 plus double nickels on the dime. JCD will be
missed bigly. He's moved on to the better frequency, I
think. Respectfully, the show should end now. I love my
truck. I don't think the show's going to end. It'll
change. Something's going to change for sure. Sir Sofa, King
Pool, Roseville, California, 155. It was hard for me to
believe this with the email and just searching online to
make sure. Praying for you, Adam, Mimi, and the family.
I love John's perspective, his laughter. Mostly going to miss
him correcting everyone's mistakes in their notes they leave. After
my first failed note, it encouraged me to reread my
notes several times for corrections to make sure I didn't
let him down. Nick. Overijssel in the Netherlands 155. Hello,
John will be remembered and felt in years to come.
He is watching from above and below, says Nick Fink.
Long time in the center, 19 years. That was so
funny, Mimi, when I said to you that Tina and
I, when we heard the news that we immediately started
praying for John to be saved and go to heaven,
and you said, I don't think any of his friends
will be there. I know. That cracked me up. I'd
be surprised. You know, I know he's hanging out with
my mom at some bar somewhere pretty warm. Constantinos Pilides,
150. JCD, thank you for hitting me in the mouth.
You entertained me, educated me, enlightened me, and most importantly,
challenged me to think twice a week for so long.
I cannot express my gratitude and what you've meant to
me. Kathleen Anderson, Avon, Connecticut, 140.43. God bless Mimi. Adam.
nuts 140 43 that's 133 33 with PayPal fees in
honor of John's disdain for long notes thanks boys John
you will be missed but not forgotten Adam from Minnesota
nuts or however you guys spell it Mikhail Nimoy 133
33 I'll keep it short as Jason starting from the
back cover of my first PC magazine at 15. Dvorak
helped shape me, who I am, and the life I
have today. Thank you for everything, John. I hope you
enjoy the exit. Charles Wheeler. Go ahead. We can jump
in for a minute. You've been talking too long. JC,
take this one. Wait. 188. 188. Charles Wheeler. No, no,
I got it. I got it. Charles Wheeler. 128. 88.
Mimi, the Dvorak family, and Adam, my heartfelt condolences on
your loss. I found out about No Agenda during the
COVID era when I was very close to retiring from
the army, which were some wild times. Since then, the
media, deconstruction, amygdala shrinkage, and value I have received have
been invaluable. JCD will be sorely missed in whatever form
the show takes. Gitmo Nation, the tech world, and the
podcast land have lost a founding father. On this sad
day, I am a knight, but if no knightings are
taking place, please save it for another time. happening. Please
knight me, sir. Iron tribute rider of FEMA regions set,
uh, five, six, seven, and all surrounding FEMA regions of
these United States in honor of the tour of honor
motorcycle rides I do every year. Tour of honor.com. For
the round table, please have a glass of John's absolute
favorite wine, a rare ribeye steaks, a delicious garlic and
herb butter sauce, and a cold Coors Light. Jingles. John,
donate. John, ants. And prayer jingle for John. Uh, okay.
Luke 526. Donate. Hold on a second. I missed it.
The real Buzzkill Jr. Donate ants. second jcd ants and
prayer i think i heard yep yeah okay all right
here we go oops why didn't that work you've got
Like. I got ants. You've got prayers. ♪ ♪ And
the end of that was JCD. Thank you for your
courage for these many years. You will be missed. Keep
reading. Can I go meta in meta commentary for a
second? Can we set the spooky John donate to like
have a minimum donation? Because I feel like he would
want it to be like a 188 minimum for that
one. I guess it's so long. Okay. No, Jason. Tuna
squared, $128.72. John, where's the vinegar book? May the Lord
help you. Rest in peace, brother. We loved you. 88,
88 plus 33, 33. Ian Cummings, Kingsville, Texas, $126.40. I'm
sad to hear of JCD's passing. The show has provided
me with plenty of valuable information over the years. I
always enjoyed hearing John's take on the media, and we'll
miss it. No location, NJNK. Thank you forever. Never execute
an exit plan. Sir Pete, Amsterdam. 123. sense. All strength,
love, and health to all family and friends of John.
Love from Sir Pete. Count of the Protectorate, North Holland
in Friesland. Ryan Mill... I believe this was one of
JCD's fave donation numbers. Lots of emotions as I feel
like I lost a friend. I love John's wit and
his ability to make me laugh effortlessly. He will still
gripe in heaven, so I hope Jesus is ready. Pissing
nuts. Not sure. The fisting method. I see this on
the airplane and it's very annoying and I think it
will result in fights breaking out. Guy takes his bag
of peanuts and he throws a pile of them into
his palm of his hand and then he makes a
fist around And then he to try to bring a
nut to the little hole. And then he throws a
nut in his... Then he does it again. He shakes
and throws and shakes and throws. It is annoying as
hell to watch. Denny Goad and Shannon Goad of Bulk
City, Iowa. 123.45. Love and Light, JCD. Sir Denny Goad
and Shannon Goad. Bryn Bateman, Houston, Texas. 123.45. I've listened
to No Agenda nearly nightly for close to 20 years
before bed. John's voice and spirit will be missed. I'd
be happy to be included in any mass dedouchings without
needing one for myself specifically. Much love to everyone, even
the cranky ones. You've been de-douched. It was someone I
spoke with every day in my real life. I think
that speaks to his skills as an entertainer and a
communicator. He'll be deeply missed here. Prayers to the Dvoraks
and Adam. Brad from Uvalde. Kathleen Stokes, 114, 16. Thank
you, John. screen. I want to read Elfland, but that's
wrong. Elfland, North Carolina. 108 prayers. There is no one
like JCD. No one. Alex from Anchorage, $106.41. Note, I
encountered... as a high schooler in 2006. John's insight and
humor made it. In 2018, my kin hit me in
the mouth, and now I've... Now I'm a grateful producer.
Much love to Mimi, the Dvorak clan, and Adam. Thank
you for your courage. Alex. And then Dr. Nick. Dr.
Nick. Dr. Nick. From California. $106.41. For the first... Oh,
God, I'm sorry. For the first time, I feel gutted.
of a person who I never met. While I had
the casually bestowed honor of occasionally exchanging emails with John.
his filters, I did not need the personal touches to
love and cherish him. He shared his spirit in every
utterance he voiced. Maybe some essence of that spirit, perhaps
the contagiously grouseful cheer, lives on in the memories which
innumerable people have of his voice. feelings in our hearts
when we hear this voice stir from the most intimate
recesses of our being or when we likewise hear i
love my truck and i love what i do i
sympathize and share supportive loving energy with everyone who knew
john or who otherwise cares i am sorry it took
the devastating news for me to at last donate after
five years of enjoying irreciprocable value Thank you. with literal
waves. Love is love.
dollars you two changed my life jcd born eight days
after my mother his wisdom as valuable as hers i
loved his correctness regarding words of grammar and his insights
and stories. Thinking of Mimi, all the Dvoraks, and you,
Adam. With love from Scotland. $5.69. No note. Double up
karma. Powell was a hundred. Yep. Combo. Combo. Joss Van...
Another Netherlander, 105.35. Rest in peace, John. you've done. Your
work with Adam made me a happier, wiser man. NJ.
Love you guys. Matthew Major, Las Vegas, Nevada. 135 cents.
Wait, wait, wait. 105? 205. Jesse Smith. Hold on. Karma.
I'm so excited. Okay, so, um... five Rest in peace,
John. It won't be this. Right now. you Ball Levy.
No note. You've got... Karma. Oh, I found John via
Twit, and eventually after the 2020 election scam, couldn't watch
Twit anymore. I was in the Twit audience when John
was guesting the debut. get to meet him. What a
shock and loss. Douglas... you My sincerest condolences to John.
our no agenda family. This hurts. Stephen Helm, 105.35. My
prayers to the Dvorak and no agenda family. We have
suffered a great loss. John was truly an outstanding product.
Sir Radical. 105.35. I'm gutted. over 15 years. Prayers to
John. Black Owl, Black Knight of the Holy Orbs. Paul,
pass. Your turn, Brennan. Paul Verbruchnenhill of Madison, Wisconsin, $105.35.
Will Miss Buzzkill from Sean McKeown, $105.35. I read his
work in 1980s and 90s, listened to him on the
radio, watched him on Silicon Spin and Twit I donated
$100 plus. with the bout of unemployment, but I could
not let this go without comment. I'll miss reading, watching,
and listening to him. Sean McEwen, Sir Sean of the...
Does he get a jobs karma? Well, if you want,
sure. Yes. Jobs, jobs, jobs. jobs. Let's vote for jobs!
You've got karma. Dame Tara Watcher of Birds, 10535. There
will never be another JCD. He was one of a
kind. I am lighting a candle for him at Mass
tonight and will pray for the repose of his soul.
Dame Tara Watcher of Birds, Samantha Ross, Clive, Iowa, 10535.
RIP. Oops. Sorry. That's okay. She gets one in. Trigger,
trigger, trigger finger. Sorry. Oh, that's okay. It works. Benjamin
McDonald, Spring, Texas, 105.35. There we go. You've got karma.
Alex Schultz, 105.35. Deepest condolences to the Dvorak clan and
Adam. Misk. soaps 105 35 godspeed jcd i will miss
you so much found no agenda a couple of years
ago and now an episode thank you so much for
giving so much to everyone every week my deepest sympathies
to mimi your family and adam god bless you all
sir william of oh no adam yeah i'll take a
few here all right sir william of morningside uh 100
plus the fees my favorite curmudgeon sir william of morgan
side these are all 100 plus fees the me Huntsville,
Alabama. Praying for all of you. What a blessing it
was to listen to John. He made the world better.
Thank you for sharing him with the rest of us.
The Me Family in Huntsville, Alabama. John Paul Michaud and
Jeffrey Breyer, both with 100 in fees. Double up karma,
no notes. You've got along with karma. Quentin McCormick. Sorry,
Quentin. Tyler Johnston. My youth was filled with watching Adam
on Headbangers Ball. JCD article. His voice and wisdom will
be missed, a humbling reminder that life is short, eternity
is long, and faith alone in Jesus Christ saves. Tyler
Johnson. Chris and Sabrina Coddington. Nothing but love and aloha
from the Coddington Ohana to all the producers, Adam and
the Keeper, and especially Mimi and the entire Dvorak family.
Heavenly love and an ITM to the titan, John C.
Dvorak. Words just don't cut it right now. We will
never forget how he gave my wonderful wife the biggest
smile at the perfect time. We just landed in San
Francisco to begin our son's journey at UCSF Children's Hospital.
We sent a goodie box to JCD, which included a
promo flyer my wife made for her music. Going through
the contents of the box and looking at the flyer,
he said she was a hottie. And boy, she needed
and loved that. He crying and broke the news to
me. Forever grateful for having the opportunity to be on
his production team. Love from Chris and Sabrina Coddington. Sir
Jub Jub, Knight of the Jiggly Bits. Damn, it was
a kick in the guts after reading the newsletter. My
sincere condolences to Mimi and the entire Dvorak family. John
was such an amazing man. I will miss hearing him
every week. Godspeed to you, John. Sir Jub Jub, Knight
of the Jiggly Bits. Black Knight of the Austin Pettycabbies.
Kiss from Austin. and I loved him for it. I
will miss his tips of the day and his pet
peeves. Please accept this donation and remember... Vorek, podcasting legend,
love and light, Sir Matt Wills. of the Austin Pettycabbies,
retired. Double field with $100 in the fees, no note.
Double up for you. You've got... Joseph Cotran, Monroeville, New
Jersey. Didn't want us to read the note, but we
thank you for that. Dame Francine Hardaway. Wow. Haven't heard
from her in a long time. Good to hear from
you, Dame Francine. 100 plus Bs. The New Celtic Order.
Erika in Drenthe in the Netherlands. From the New Celtic
Order. Our favorite grumbling voice. Tip of the day legend.
Sharp, stubborn, and unforgettable. We say salut. We will miss
him. RIP John C. Dvorak by Celtic Knight of the
Flotherlands. JC Garcia. I enjoyed the in-depth knowledge. which JCD
delivered it on the show. My dad was a grumpy
old Marine. CD's bitchiness reminded me of him. So I
instantly became fond of him. I loved the band. forth
between Adam and John. I secretly think John brought up
Adam's hair to get a small chuckle here and there.
I say that with much love, Adam. Prayers to Mimi,
JCJ, and Adam and the Keeper. Listening to future episodes,
I will ask myself, ACD. would John C. Dvorak do?
America's Grandpa went home on Monday. This is the best
podcast in the universe. Robert B. Zegheru. I didn't have
the honor to meet John, but he felt closer than
most friends. Rest in peace, dear friend. Sincere condolences to
the family. Michael Grogan, Clarence Center, New York. I've been
listening since the early 100s. John will be missed. Wanted
to give back to thank you both for the laughs
and the value over the years. Keith Trapp. Don't wait.
Donate. Thanks for all the laughs, invaluable knowledge, and media
deconstruction. John will be sorely missed. Keith Raffish from Nesconcet,
New York. Michael Straub. old enough to remember him. John
was a grandfather figure I was able to hear from
twice a week over the last six years, and I
will miss him terribly. Praying for his friends and family,
you will be missed, JCD. Alexander Marsh. death, then I
will search I've been a listener since episode. I don't
feel so bad I never donated. It just felt like
two of you would always be there, but here we
are. You'll be missed, Jason. You've been de-douched. Scott A.
Roising with $100 in the fees, no notes, so a
double up karma for you. You've got. Karma. In loving
memory of J.C.D., I've put this in my heart. John's
stories of past careers were often and I enjoyed connecting
with him on LinkedIn of all places where I provided
a few paltry trips. You've been de-douched. John D. Kekish
in Chardon, Ohio. I never met John. I feel I
knew him from the countless articles and podcasts he did
over the years. When I read the newsletter, it hit
like a hammer blow. I lost a man I would
gladly call a friend and I'm lesser for it. Rest
well, JCD. William Gerken. Bradley Taylor, Life is a scam.
The memory of Buzzkill will live forever. Robert Musard. Plus
fees, no notes. You've got karma. Riccardo Severino. Dana Brunetti
will be expecting the John C. Dvorak biopic. Mary Corbett.
I wonder what bottle of wine John would recommend for
a time like this. What a terrible loss. James Aggie.
Umatilla, Florida. Very sad news. My sincerest apologies to Mimi.
Condolences to Mimi and the rest of John's family. Adam,
I hope you'll stay with us. Katie. and Taz. I'm
so grateful to have had the opportunity to listen to
John's honest observations, valuable insight, and personal opinions on many
topics that I would have otherwise known nothing about. God
bless his family and Adam. Love to you all. Patrick
Maycomb. for my condolences rest in power. Sean Lynch, Brighton,
Illinois. Thanks for the memories, JCD from Sean. from New
Braunfels, Texas. You've been dedouched. This hit me a- twice
a week since COVID times. Sincere prayers to John. and
friends and Adam, love to you all. I've been an
anonymous producer of No Agenda for about two years because
for me being a part of Gitmo Nation wasn't about
but about supporting the media deconstruction that JCD and Adam
pioneered before I knew they were even doing it. For
that, I am grateful. Condolences to Mimi, the family, as
well as Adam and Tina, RIP JCD. Being Orthodox Christian,
I pray for you. So I've said a prayer for
the soul of John C. Dvorak and will do so
again. Michael Hall. Thank you. Annie from Burien, Washington. I
really love the show and it's highlight of my week
and I will really miss Buzzkill and his contrarian attitude
in almost everything. He's probably one of the most relatable
podcasters ever. With much respect and love, Annie of Burien,
Washington. Luka Radjivic. My condolences to the family and to
you, Adam. JCD will be dearly missed. Gareth from Bournemouth
in the UK, in the south there. No jingles, no
karma. Matt McCoy. I was a sophomore in college writing
a paper on my brand new Bondi Blue iBook. I
had just spent $1,200 on it. I loved that machine.
Silicon spin was on in the background. They were talking
about the iBook, so it caught my attention. John said,
why would anyone buy a laptop shaped like a toilet
seat? laughed, but I was a little offended, but I
laughed. John was the reason I started listening to No
Agenda. He was the reason I listened to Twit. My
wife thought he was hilarious. My kids have grown up
listening to him. John is a legend, and me and
my family will miss him. May the Lord hold you
in his eternal care, John. Matthew McCoy. Rafael Negron. From
tech TV to COVID and beyond, John was a North
Star, keeping all of us grounded in reality. every tip
he gave us from grinding up ants
To the Chinese burn cream. Hey, that was my tip.
We took it as serious as cancer. From the Negron
family in Staten Island, we thank you, John Dvorak, for
your life. And we send you our congratulations, our condolences,
to the Dvorak clan. I'm sorry. Hang in there, Curry.
Congratulations. Not really. Time for me to rest. Yeah, okay.
Brennan. Maximized. I will even miss the volume of your
speakers being just a little too high. RIP, JCD. You
are a legend. Sir Toast, with 104.29. That's the end
of the 105.34s. Hi, John. There is no value enough
to fill the void of missing you. My biggest regret
was not keeping a local meetup and meeting you. Such
a life. Rest in peace, JCD. Thank you. Sir Toast.
Layaway night. Dame that weird poet with 104 and 17.
John, I owe you a lunch and I'm not letting
you take that to the grave. So I'm making this
donation. All things considered, I would have rather that we
had lunch than have a reason to write this note.
Wishing you one wild next adventure. Try not to deconstruct
the narrative of the afterlife too much. Peace out. Dame
that weird poet. JC, your turn. I'm on it. Gary.
Gary F. 101, 19 cents, 80 of ripe old age
and a row of ducks. Rest in peace to the
heart-toucher, legend, and no-agenda star. A night from West... 101.14.
Rock on, JCD. Absolute legend. Always remembered. A night from
West Oz. Roger Church, 101. I've been a JCD fan
since his BC Mag and Tech TV days. I love
listening to him on No Agenda. He will be greatly
missed. Blessings to his family and those he left behind.
Roger Church of Greensboro. John Hoffer. $100.88. From his tech
writings to his time on ZDTV, Tech TV, Cranky Geeks,
to Twit, to No Agenda, I always enjoyed JCD's particular
attitude and humor. Thanks for the memories. Rest in peace
and much love to the family. John, new worlds from
scratch. Tom Hagen of Irvine, California. $100.80. Rest in peace,
John. You're already missed. Tom Hagen. Samuel Thomas, $100.33. Love
you, JCD. This show helped me stay sane while trying
to get my life back together. Was never able to
donate due to life circumstances, but God has me on
a path now where I'm getting steady money and able
to give back. D-douche, please. You've been D-douched. Jonathan Braun,
$100, 8 cents. Long-time listener, first-time donor. You two have
changed my life and even saved it during COVID, along
with saving my family as well. Your insight, wisdom, and
humor is second to none. May Buzzkill rest in peace.
Your work is done. Good sir. Elisa Madera. of Linden,
Utah. $100.08. Hannah Richter, $100.00. Ian Field, $100.00. All no
notes. No notes, yep. You've got... Oh, JC's got it.
He's got it. Combine them. Perfect. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Perfect.
You got it. It's like Tetris or the game with
the bubbles. Yeah. Amy! from Laywood, Kansas. $100. May eternal
rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light
shine upon him. John and Adam, you kept me sane
during COVID as the world was crumbling around me and
my young family. I needed your podcast while I despaired
over chained outdoor playgrounds and being locked at home. I'm
very sorry to hear the news of John's passing. I
will miss your banter. Mimi, prayers for you and the
whole Dvorak family. Douglas Pilgrim of Hingham, Massachusetts. $100. John
will be missed. John Ford, McKinney, Texas. $100. JCD was
one of a kind and will be missed. My thoughts
and prayers are with him and his family. Paul Terranova,
Webster, Massachusetts. $100 to honor JCD. It was Bubble Bobble,
yes, that's correct, fans. Baron Anonymous Cop. $100. Can't believe
you're gone. Rest in peace, John. Thank you for being
a badass. The grandpa so many of us needed twice
a week. I hope heaven is treating you well and
you have some excellent Bordeaux in your hand. See you
there, Baron Anonymous Cop. DJ Sphinx, $100. Really sad news.
We lost a great one. Rest in peace, John. Sir
Baron Tony in Chicago, $100. As a dude named Ben
for nearly three decades, JCD has been constant in my
life through his writings, Cranky Geeks, Twit, and of course,
the best podcast in the universe, No Agenda. My wife,
Dame Not A Serial Killer Kate, and I have grown
together by listening to the perfect balance of crackpot and
buzzkill opine on topics for literally thousands of hours. To
say we appreciate and value all that No Agenda's brought
us would be a vast understatement. Thank you for everything,
John, in the morning. Sir Baron Tony. Jeffrey Gauthier. Buford,
Georgia. $100. I was hoping this day would never come.
I have donated monthly since June 2024. I can't tell
you what this show means to me. Godspeed, John C.
Dvorak. Love you both and best wishes to Mimi and
family. Matt Florida, Lawn Solutions, Panama City Beach, Florida. $100.
So sorry to hear about JCD. I've never met him
before, but it generally made me sad. This shows how
smart and talented he was. Since he had this impact
on strangers, I can't imagine the feeling of family and
friends. He is missed by millions. Matt Florida, Lawn Solutions.
which I assume is his business name and not his
legal name. Yes, correct. Matt, Florida Lawn Solutions. I mean,
cool last name, though. Andrew Thompson, in memory of a
man who helped get me through countless frustrations with the
media, notably the COVID-19 lockdown debacle. See you on the
other side, JCD. Julie and Jim McNeil, I can't tell
you how much we'll miss John. Thank you for sharing
your time, viewpoint, and insight with us twice a week.
We love you, John, Julie, and Jim McNeil. DJ Sphinx
from Herndon, Virginia. DJ Sphinx note. Wait, there's a note.
We got two DJ Sphinxes. It just says DJ Sphinx
note. Does that mean there's a note somewhere, Jay? Yeah,
there is. There's one where you just read. It was
DJ Sphinx from a moment ago. Ah, yes. Very good.
You nailed it. We're on Sir Pastey now. Sir Pastey
or Pastey. Condolences. Short notes were his favorite. Sincerely, Sir
Pastey. Noel Picknerd. Lake Mary, Florida. RIP JCD. D-Douche me
from heaven. And if JCD had a favorite jingle, play
that too. You've been D-Douched. The only jingle we haven't
heard a request for yet is something from Sharpton. So
I'll play. That's what I was just thinking. Thanks to
you, Ed. Is this Crown Hog Day 2? We are
watching. That was Attorney General Eric Holder. ABD's about some
Republicans at home are already beating the drums of war.
He refuted that claim. And he said the American people
do not want him to, quote, "dwittling" They do not
want him "dwittling" his thumbs. You can get a gig
as a court contortionist. Intravenous fluids and pills coated with
gelatin. We don't leave our women or men in uniform
behind. It's a monument to the hubris of Dick Cheney.
Labrador. Years of abuse. I personally apologize to Mr. Peavis.
Just ask. Soon to be former congressman. Democrats are outright
jitty. CIA's counter-terrorism center. Veteran affairs secretary Shinsketi. Why do
I always mess up his name? Shinseki. I love my
critics. I have fun with that. There you go. All
right, Tom Ross. silver glass. Walk along the white shores
to a far green country under a swift sunrise. Drink
a glass for us. We will all see you again.
Sir Knuckleberry, Atlanta, Georgia. JCD will be missed immensely. Thoughts
and prayers to all that knew and loved him. Sir
Knuckleberry. Bovino of East Berlin, Pennsylvania. Love and light to
John's family and entire NOAA generation. RIP JCD. Thank you
for your courage. Sir Bovino. Jill Mariani, Santa Clara, California.
No note. Double up karma. You've got. Pharma. Christian Walker.
I write this with a heavy heart. John will be
dearly missed. Throughout the years, Buzzkill would inform, entertain, and
yes, sometimes annoy us. But that is who he was,
a teacher of source, a storyteller, wanting to impart his
vision and wisdom to whomever wanted to listen, and occasionally,
well often, gripe about the world. As we all do,
of course. The way he wrote his essays and columns
was catching to the eye, always turning the gears of
my mind about whatever his subject. of choice was. It
always gave me a chuckle to know Dvorak used a
QWERTY keyboard to type on. That joke will never get
old to me. Mimi, family, Adam, and to the rest
of the No Agenda family, we lost a good one.
But the torch will be carried on in one form
or another. Take as much time as you need. Grieve
in your own way. Then be back bright-eyed and quick-witted.
John wanted us to pay attention to how things are
and whatever they could be. Cherish those. You have while
they're here on this earth, for you don't know when
the Lord calls our name to come home. May God
bless the Dvoraks, John's closest friends, and the many people
who will miss him with an abundance of his grace.
Okay, JC, you're next. Sir Timothy of No Fix Title.
Houghton, Michigan. A. $100. Dear Adam and Mimi and family,
I want to share my memory of John from when
he visited Michigan for a speaking engagement and asked to
meet any local producers. Though some of us met him
at an Ann Arbor Brewing Company on Monday, May 19,
2014. See attached photo. of us him that night. Jeff
Lunderberg created a listserv to stay in touch with John
and each of us that week. And John arranged a
second meetup on Thursday, May 22nd at Ironwood Grill and
then the Box Bar in Plymouth. I arrived late to
the Box Bar after my friend Ryan let me drive
his Lotus X... I'm not. I'm not good with word.
At a car club event. And John and I talked
about that and cars in general for almost an hour
at an outside table after many had gone home. John
loved cars and I cherished that time chatting with him
on that clear spring night. A month or so afterward,
he nicknamed us No Agenda Local. One. because he kept
meeting thanks to Jeff's listserv that made it easy to
keep it going. I want to thank John for bringing
us all together, and I hope that Jeff, Lisa, Alicia,
Scott, Brian, Aaron, and others from those initial two meetups
are all doing well. Bless you, Adam, and the Dvorak
family in this time of grief. I close with John's
email message to the list as he was setting up
our Thursday night meetup. It made me laugh. Then it
still does now. We had a meeting yesterday at ABC
in Ann Arbor. It was great, although I'll be confusing
names for a while. Today I'm headed to the Detroit
Institute of Arts Museum. Use this mailing list. I think
we can do an expanded meetup from the new folks
on the list, perhaps Thursday night. There are now enough
people to make a football team. *laughs* Joshua Johnson, $100.
Rest in peace, Buzzkill. You will be missed. Thank you
for your courage. Prayers for all. Nicholas Flexrud, $100. We
were just laughing about John's Miss Cleo reference last night,
and now we're mourning his loss. Thank you for sharing
your time, wisdom, and stories with us. You will be
greatly missed. Ryan Shears, Newark, Delaware, $100. You've got... Karma.
Hi, there. He'll do it. Tyler Giffel. I discovered JCD
back in the twit slash tech TV days when I
was 14 and followed him to no agenda, introducing my
wife to no agenda and listening well into my thirties.
RIP JCD. His impact on my life will not be
forgotten. Eric Fleenor of Palmyra, Michigan. Love all of you
at the No Agenda family. Simon Paul of Leadersville, Washington.
No, Western. It's Australia. Oh, it's... It's Leaderville. Leaderville, Australia.
Please, no need to read out. Okay, never mind. Just
as sad to hear John's passing, he will be missed.
Natalie Corby of Euless, Texas. No note. Double up karma.
You've got... Harman. Sir Cliffy. We will miss you, JCD.
Rest in peace. Prayers for the Dvorak family, Adam and
all of the Noah-Jenea nation. With love, Sir Cliffy. And
then from Brett Bird and James Varga, both left no
note. They get a double up karma. You've got. *Bloodshot*
Karma. David Nixon of Montreal, Quebec, RIPJCD. Serpent left. Words
can hardly describe my sadness for hearing of John's passing.
Through his columns, cranky geeks, and no agenda, he helped
me.
learn how to laugh at the silly things, and be
critical of everything else. We love you and miss you,
Buzzkill. R.I.P. Serpent from the Troll Room. Sir Jason, Protector
of the Big House from Parker, Texas. For nearly 40
years, almost 80% of my life, I've read, watched, and
listened to JCD. My greatest condolences to his family, Adam
and Andrew. Cranky Geeks ruled. Where will my next Costco
wine tip come from? Sir Jason, protector of the big
house. Okay, JC, your turn. I mean, everybody's getting us
to swap so that we can all tear up. Let
me go. Let me go for a bit. You all
can do what you need to do. I'm happy to
do a little bit here. Callie Erickson. All right. Thank
you for your courage, JCD. You made an impact in
so many lives, including mine. Things are not the same
without you. Rest in peace, JCD. Praying for John, his
family, and all of Noah's generation. Luke, deeply saddened to
hear of John's passing, appreciated his witty, sometimes snide remarks
and dry humor. Felt like a douchebag for not donating
for the last five years. This donation is for John.
You've been de-douched. Bobby and Sarah Heine, listening to John
was like having a wise grandfather around to gain perspective
on many different topics. We will miss his authenticity, intelligent
takes, witty humor, and endearing laugh. Thank you for everything,
JCD, Bobby and Sarah Heine. Chris Talia. I'm going to
miss you, John. Don't stop, Adam. We're depending on you
to bear the torch. Michael Ortiz. These are all $100.
$100, no note. Double up karma for you, Michael. Miguel.
Sorry, Miguel. Karma. Joseph Clements, Tallahassee, Florida, IMO, JCD. Michael
Levens, Levens Walls in Somerset, Kentucky. God bless John C.
Dvorak. May he rest in peace. Kate McLaughlin, Boise, Idaho.
You guys are the best. You're not allowed to retire.
Sorry. XOXO. Chris the Tech Squire, 9999. Here we go.
We broke 100. I've followed John since the 1990s. He
had the sharpest wit of any journalist, not just in
technology, but all of journalism. He taught me how to
view things with a critical eye and will be sorely
missed. Alex from Bluegrass. John Adam family and friends. I
first saw John as the host of Silicon Spin, where
he came off as a serious, straight-laced tech journalist. On
Cranky Geeks, Twit, and the beloved Tech Grouch, his personality
that we love him for shined. I got to see
John in person doing Twit live at the Brick House
in 2012, which was a dream come true for me
as a tech journalist and is a memory I will
always cherish. It was one of his Twitter appearances that
led me to know Agenda sometime around 2010, and since
2016, I have not missed an episode with John and
Adam becoming a mainstay in my car and my headphones.
The few times I felt I could add some expertise
to a show topic, I emailed John, and to my
surprise, I would actually get a response. The most recent
one had to do with Thoroughbred Racing, an industry I've
worked in for decades. His response simply said, well, this
was a bit much. I'll never know if he was
talking about the horse or the length of my note.
Trust me, length of your note. Hopefully this note didn't
blow out your spreadsheet. John will be greatly missed. To
his friends and family, thank you for sharing such a
great man with the world. Alex from Bluegrass. Sir Beeboop
and son, 9888. In honor to a great man, no
jingles, no karma. Sean Hines, 96. John has been a
voice of reason for me for over 10 years of
listening to the show. I will always be grateful for
his insights, humor, sensibility, and crankiness when it was most
needed. My heart goes out to the Dvorak family and
all of Noage and the nation. Charles Tracy, 9482. No
notes. You've got. Karma. Lemonheart of the Great White North,
9377. You will be missed, JCD, and your stories and
authentic sense of humor. Much love to your family and
friends from Lemonheart of the Great White North. Steven Rathjen,
9377. I've been listening since 2021. The chemistry you and
John shared on the best podcast in the universe can
never be matched. His dry wit, deep technology knowledge, and
Silicon Valley stories were true gems. Thank you for everything.
RIP JCD ITM. John Carabas, 9375. John, you have created
something timeless, this show. I often find myself listening to
episodes from years ago to better reflect on major events
that occurred. I will keep listening. I will never understate
the impact this show had on my life. RIP, JCD.
Aziz Chowdhury, 93.65 Growing up Muslim after 9-11, ZDTV and
Tech TV gave comfort and a window into a magical
world of computing I hope to join someday. John C.
Dvorak was part of that refuge. I'm grateful his voice
helped shape my childhood even before I understood it all.
Kyle Reinhold, 93.65. JCD and Adam have taught me so
much over the past 11 years of listening. Devastating news
today. I can still hear JCD saying, woman, in that
old curmudgeon-y way, always cracks me up. Praying for John,
Mimi Dvorak family, and Adam and co. Kevin Pfeffer, 93.65.
Somber greetings, Adam, Mimi, and the No Agenda family. This
certainly wasn't the way I wanted to be de-douched, but
please do so. You've been de-douched. On the advice of
amazing friends and musicians Tom Bennett and Brett Norton, I
checked out the No Agenda show in mid-2020 during all
of the COVID madness. I can truly say it changed
my life. How can someone you don't even know be
a father figure, my wife asked. His wisdom, wit, demeanor,
and insight very much reminds me of my own father
of the same age. John C. Dvorak is a true
legend. Few others can say the same. I am grateful
for all he gave to us. Deepest of condolences and
prayers to the Dvorak and entire Nohagenda family. Rest in
peace, John C. Dvorak. May angels lead you. Robert Charles
and Baroness Christina Pearl, our flight attendant. 93-65. Thank you
to the Dvorak family for all you have done for
Noah-Denonation and mostly for sharing JCD. He will be sorely
missed. Eternal rest grant unto him and let perpetual light
shine upon him. Sir Robert Charles and Baroness Christina Pearl.
Brian Rogers, 93, 65. In honor of a guy I
felt I knew personally for the past six years, there's
no evidence. I do believe. 2004 Lexus, Sumo, New Tang
Dynasty, Korean phone settings, Kirkland Wine, Zephyr Report. I love
my truck and I love what I do. RIPJCD. Carson
and Tom Bush from Sebring, Florida, 9365. This is from
me and my dad, Tom, who hit me in the
mouth. We enjoyed the show together for the past nine
years. The news of John's passing made us feel like
we've been punched in the chest. Condolences to the Dvorak
and Curry families. Thank you for your courage in this
sad time. Jeremy McMartin, 93.65. John, Adam, and Mimi. I'm
shocked and saddened to hear the news of John's passing.
Word broke to me through the same person that originally
hit me in the mouth with this great show, Bob.
The more I listened and learned about John and his
life experience, especially in the tech world, the more the
show meant to me. He brought serious tech street cred
along with him, and I loved hearing all of his
stories, especially the ones that come out of the woodwork
and surprise Adam. As someone who works on the implementation
side of tech, at least in my niche industry, I
really enjoy the analysis that John brought to the table
with respect to tech history and how it relates to
my day-to-day. I also really love listening to him compliment
Adam on his many theses. Pretty sure he would challenge
or validate my use of the word thesis as the
pearl of thesis if he were reading this. Well, maybe.
But I'm pretty sure thesis is a thing. I will
miss hearing him saying, it's no good. And that's bull
crap. I really hope you can continue to honor the
3x3, A Memory of JCD. It's a great segment. I'll
continue to listen to the show because it's the best
damn podcast in the universe. And thank you, John, for
making it so. Rest in peace. And my thoughts and
prayers go out to you, Adam and Mimi. Jer Bear
from London, Ontario. Brian, 93-65. John was larger than life
and a force of nature. I got to meet him
in the early 1980s and spent many Comdex shows with
him. We remained friends over the decades and got to
speak to him about a week and a half ago.
His passing leaves a hole in the universe, but heaven
is a new place now. Rest in peace, my good
friend, Brian. Alan Huffman, 9364. There is no evidence that
people want to have a world without John C. Dvorak
in it. Philip Bushy Hertfordshire in Great Britain, 9364. RIP
John Philip. Sir 11921. These are all 9364s. I am
speechless and can offer nothing but my prayers for all
of you with this meager donation. Blessings from Sir 11921.
John Fellman from Chico, California and Trent Bell. No notes,
so you get a double up karma for both. You've
got. pharma Albert Monera, I will greatly miss you, John
C. Nicholas St. Amour, farewell, John C. Dvorak. Bobby Bo,
hug your boomer dads. RIP, gone too soon. Hope you
and my dad are toasting some tang and wine at
the round table. Bobby Bo from Bluegrass, Iowa. Michael Myers,
John hit me in the mouth on the Grimerica podcast
in 2019, and I'm forever grateful. Praying for the Dvorak
family, the Curry family, and all of Noage and the
nation. Sir Tom and Dame Rhonda from Athens, Alabama. Godspeed,
hail, and farewell, JCD. You'll be missed to all of
Noah's generation more than we can even imagine, Sir Tom
and Dame Rhonda in Alabama. Jody White, JCD, thank you
for changing the way I look at current events and
government and life. You and Adam have been part of
my life now for a while. I only wish I'd
found you sooner. Prayers for all who loved you. She's
the pickle princess in Louisiana. JC, your turn. All right.
Ah! I love you. get over here um oh so
93.64 is 88 88 i guess with fees Yeah, but
don't worry about it. It's just they're all the same.
You don't have to read the money. Okay, we're at
Jodi White. Nowhere on. Yes. Yes. Wait, we're at 341.
Keep up! Jody White. Austin, Louisiana. Yeah, we just did
her. Next, Sir Vince. Oh, Sir Vince. Okay. All right.
Sir Vince, Knight of the Pacific Northwest. So unbelievably sad
to hear. What a loss. We will miss you, JCD.
Keep giving them hell from heaven. Sir Vince, Knight of
the Pacific Northwest. The render. RIP, JCD. You'll definitely be
missed, sir. Render. Raymond Bell. Rest in peace. JCD, you'll
be dearly missed and never forgotten. Nathan Sweem, Central Point,
Oregon. No note. You've got Karma. Brian Kinnett. Going to
miss you, JCD. EYFYC. Andrew McFadden. When I was 14,
I would play Castle Wolfenstein in my uncle's office at
night and they had a subscription to Byte Magazine. I
would flip through the pages and only read John's three
pages of computer industry jokes. We'll miss you, John. Brain
Fusion. And Amstel Levine? Yes, correct. Speechless. Strength for Mimi,
family, and friends. I'll miss John and I will remember
John to my prayers. OG Red Knight, burn Indiana. OG
Red Knight here. JCD on Twitter is what brought me
to No Agenda because he was always my favorite contributor
and wanted more of him. 280 characters isn't enough to
say how much JCD and No Agenda mean to me,
but you will be missed. Jason Fabic. I am very
shocked by the sudden news of John's passing. John and
I had exchanged a few emails and he gave me
encouragement in starting up my own company and providing my
dream of owning my creations. I meant to send him
a box full of my books, but being busy, I
never was able to get around to it. I think
he would have really enjoyed the books and would have
gotten a kick out of them. Even though I never
met him in person, I felt like I knew him
so well from just the show. He was one of
my heroes and I'll miss him and his kind grouchiness.
God bless him, Mimi and the family, and heart goes
out to Adam as well as the loss of his
dear friend. Thank you and God bless. Todd and Drenth.
In the morning. I've been a producer since at least
2010. I began dating my now wife during COVID. I
hit her in the mouth. We're one of the many
examples of couples that no agenda, together, stay together. We
knew that we had to make a donation in honor
of John and in support of the show. Our hearts
broke when we heard the news today. After making us
laugh for years, John finally made us cry. Our hearts
and prayers go out to Mimi and the family. May
the Holy Spirit comfort with peace that surpasses all understanding.
May you find joy in a life well lived and
a tremendous impact John made on your lives and lives
of so many others. It also seemed appropriate to claim
our knight and damehood after being producers for years. I'd
like to be Sir Todd of the Dale and she
shall be Dame Carly of the Chicago skyline. We trust
the round table is full of wine, food, spirit, and
champagne to toast to a good man and a life
well lived. Thank you for your courage, Knight Todd and
Dame Carly. Carley Grand Rapids Michigan machine print shop Vista
California no need to I need to read my note?
Okay, well. All right, Christopher Gray and Bryant Keefe, no
notes. You've got Karma. Winter Springs, Florida. First time donations,
so I need to be de-douched. You've been de-douched. As
a firm Gen Xer, I spent a lot of my
youth on MTV and grew up with Adam Curry. As
I was an engineer by education and in college during
the dawn of the internet in 1991, I was building
my own PCs and started reading PC Magazine and always
enjoyed John C. Dvorak's two columns and went out of
my way to read them. I found No Agenda several
years ago after Adam's appearance was on Joe Rogan, and
I found it was John he was partnered with. I
had to tune in. The media deconstruction you do biweekly
helped confirm what I already suspected since the Pulse shooting
in Orlando in 2015. I just moved to the area
from being a lifelong resident in the New York City
metro. I was amazed that with the natural...
...was pushing, which was contrary to what local media was
saying, who were interviewing people who survived the shooting. It
was very clear the national media was manipulating the story.
Growing up in the number one media market, you were
at the epicenter of the narrative, even on local news.
I have been listening since the 1600s episodes, and you
are a regular podcast when I travel to my clients
as an insurance agent. I'm sitting in Newark Airport on
a delayed flight back home to Florida after visiting a
family in New York City and heard the news. I
felt I had to get finally dedouched and donate in
honor of John for decades of his work in the
tech industry, writing, and the No Agenda show. Thank you,
John. May you rest in peace, and I pray for
Mimi, his children, and extended family. And finally to John,
the show, No Agenda Nation. May God accept his soul
into his glory. Eric from Seminole County, Florida. to be
douching double up karma and you've got prayers jingles wait
i'm gonna give him a prayer jingle got that So
many prayers today. I love seeing that. Here we go.
You've got it. prayers. David Aria... I can't speak anymore.
I'm passing the baton. David Arianes. 93-64, no note. You've
got... Gonsolin. Hold on. Karma. I'm sorry about that. I
know it's... Al Gonsolin. In the morning. Mahalo. Cody Hart,
No Note, Double Up Karma. You've got Karma. I think
we're going to stop with the double up karmas. I
would say so. Yeah, I think we can stop that
now. Yeah. Anonymous. keeping my donation anonymous. Thankfully, Adam doesn't
like, doesn't use LibreOffice, so my note should be formatted
correctly in the spreadsheet. Cerevolary. He got me into computers
and loved the stuff he did on ZTV. This show
got me through the days when I needed the truth.
I was hoping that he would make it to Nashville,
Franklin, because I'd shown Sody Daisy TNL. Tennessee. Tennessee, LOL.
Sir Evil Larry, not a fed, just a jarhead. Yo.
Richard from Northern Ireland. Thank you, John, for decades of
laughs and epic stories. In the morning, God bless. Rajiv
Voleti. I'm going to miss John. He was great at
being cranky, and show won't be the same without him.
Charlotte Worshesser from San Francisco, California left no note, and
William Wild from Baltimore, Maryland left no note. Sir Pafunk,
thank you, John, for all the years of deconstruction. Sir
Pafunk. Kaveen Larson, or Keevan Larson. This year has been
rough. I've now lost two of my three mentors of
sanity. With the passing of Scott Adams and now John,
Adam, you're the one we still look to. No pressure.
Keep fighting the good fight. Rest in peace, John. Brian
Moss Listening to John on No Agenda every week since
the days of Twit. Prayers to Mimi, Adam, and both
of your families. John has been a staple influence of
my life. I'm so sad you will be missing it.
in it. Jamie Washlin, no note. Sir Jack Ash and
family. Sonomish, Washington. No, no, it's really. Oh, yes, it
is. I would like to say I've always looked forward
to his awkward silence when Adam would toss up a
usually corny joke. Cracked me up every time. He'll be
missed by Gitmo Nation. I don't know what VR means.
Sir Jack Ash and Family. Sonomish Washington. I should be
able to say that better. Rick Garriott. No note. Jonathan
Glover. John C. Dvorak is a Silicon Valley legend. He's
been one of my favorite tech writers since the 1980s.
He was always great on Silicon Spin, but I have
to say that No Agenda was my favorite JCD work.
P.S. Adam, write that damn autobiography. Yeah, we're going to
work on it. The Thomas Family. and we'll miss you
always. The world is a much better place for you
having been a part of it. Thomas Family. Jeffrey Waldsdorf.
I'm heartbroken. Thank you for everything. Rest in peace. ACD.
Lorraine Converse, no note. Brian McFadden, Tinkosh, Tickon, Michigan. Come
on, you guys have to rename. Tickoncha, Michigan. JCD Memorial
Donation and a 58th birthday donation on 7-24. John Anderson,
my condolences to the entire No Agenda family, but especially
to Mimi and the children. Long live Buzzkill ITM. Chad
Larson, this year's been rough. I've now lost two of
my three mentors of sanity with the passing of Scott
Adams and now John Adam. You're the one we look
up to. I think we've read this already. I think
Jay may have made a slight mistake, but we'll keep
reading it. I've been silently bent over the threshold for
knighthood for some time now. It's been a long time
since my last donation, but I felt there was no
better day than today to renew my commitment. Accounting attached,
I'll be knighted Sir Chad of Happy Valley, Chad Larson,
State College, Pennsylvania. Royce Kokami, no note. Chad Gulsath, my
deepest sympathies. Donald Valeska III. The Third. I saw the
third. The third. James Powers. Rest in peace, JCD. You
will be missed. I've read his articles since I was
a teenager and always appreciated his wry humor and cranky
style. My condolences to the entire family. Paul Sayre, I
found no agenda 10 years ago after hearing JCD on
Twit and thinking this was someone I needed more in
my life. John and Adam have been like family and
John's passing is like losing a family member. Thoughts and
prayers to all. Kyle Paralenka. Fair winds and following seas,
JCD. Um... Jacqueline Lentz. No note. And Greg Kowalik. No
note. Sir Walkman, Duke of Buckeye. We'll miss our email
correspondence on Michael Savage and Spy Show recommendations. Let us
celebrate the cranky geek. Love to all the No Agenda
family. Sir Walkman, Duke of Buckeye. Joshua Hinshaw and Kenneth
Smith. Left. No note. Christopher Ryan, Hamilton, Ohio. Rest in
peace, brother. May God hold you in the palm of
his hands. Art. Nelson Seelhan. I never met the man,
but he taught me too much. I'll miss you, Buzzkill.
This is the halfway point. JC, your turn. Michael Smith.
I'm sorry it took John C.'s passing for me to
click the donation link in the newsletter. He's my favorite
grumpy old man these past seven years. I'm praying for
him and his family. Wait, he blocked me. Godspeed, Mr.
Dvorak. Are we going to de-douche that guy? Yeah, sure.
You've been de-douched. Yeah, or whatever. We're getting punchy. Let's
face it. Sir Dave and Dame's Melody and Isabella Fugazotto.
The Fugazottos, the Duke of America's Heartland, the Arabian Peninsula
and America's Heartland. we go. That is Gladstone, Montana. Requiscat
and Pace. I can't do Latin. John and Pace. Sir
Dave and Dame's Melody and Isabella Fugazotto. Jason Doolin. No
note. Jeffrey... Paul? Uh, I've been listening to No Agenda
for some time now since John kept plugging it on
Twit. My condolences go out to the family and Adam
and I'll miss his humor. 88 and 88 and 4
and 76 fees. This sucks. God bless you all. Jonathan
Callahan. Adam, I wanted to share what John and Nojend
have meant to me. I first knew John from Twit
as the cranky geek who brought reality to an otherwise
overenthusiastic crew of tech foamers. I had followed Tech TV
to Twit, but through John I found no agenda. That
is where I discovered Gitmo Nation was my people, and
that really was the best podcast in the universe. For
at least 16 years, the Crackpot and Buzzkill have been
part of my Thursday and Sunday routine. The show grew
with me from college into adulthood. Even though I never
met John, I came to feel like I knew him.
He became an important part of my life and a
mentor who taught me to question the narrative, think critically,
and always look for the scam. That stayed with me
as I built a career in technology. John taught me
not to confuse enthusiasm with evidence, authority with truth, or
a polished story with reality. A few months ago, I
was in northern Silicon Valley during a meetup. Could not
make it. I thought of John as I drove past
the mud flats. Yep, still there. I wish I had
made it. With much love to John, his family, his
friends, you, and all of Gitmo Nation, thank you for
everything you and John created. In the morning, John. Michael
Wadinger. No note. Circuit board. RIP, JCD. You'll be missed.
Circuit board. John Giles, Travelers Rest, South Carolina. Thank you
for giving us all you had, JCD. Judson McCown. I
love listening to John and reading his columns. He reminded
me so much of my grandfather with his wit and
humor and to his family and Adam. I give you
my condolences and may he rest in peace. This is
one hell of an exit strategy, John. The Anonymous Controller
and his wife. Ah, yes. JCD, you'll be missed dearly
and the show won't be the same without you. We'll
miss your giggle and your growly voice. Rest in peace
with our Lord and Savior, the anonymous controller and his
wife, Steven Powers. Love listening to John from the Twitch
days in early No Agenda. So sad to hear he
passed. Jeremy Radwan from Seminole, Florida. RIP JCD. From PCMag,
Twit, CrankyGeeks, NoAgenda, and DHUnplugged, your wit and sharp commentary,
and lately, wine recommendations and tips, have been a constant
in my life and career in tech. Thanks for everything.
You'll be missed. TJ Calabrese, New Baltimore, Michigan. Thanks for
all you did, JCD, and thanks for what Adam will
carry onward. Godspeed and God bless. Teresa in Snohomish, Washington.
Rest in peace, John, you'll be missed. Sir Darius Unity.
He's the only boss man who I know of that
was so confounded by my oft-bacalure syntax to refer to
me as your next POTUS, ladies and gents. That was
on my 4-20-20-23 born day, when I hosted a meetup
on the National Mall, DC, whilst being knighted with my
420 USD donation. The moment lives rent-free in my head,
thankfully, gratefully, appreciatively, just like when he called me a
good man. Live on the air relatively recently. Also, I'd
give 100x right now, if I could, sincerest and an
utmost condolences, a heart-achingly and heart-warmingly heartfelt I-T-M-T-Y-F-Y-C-L-Y-M-I get-mo-nation, and
especially to Mr. JCD, salute. Stay blessed, free, and dangerous.
Sir Darius Unity, Knight of the Sandhill People. Maybe a
baron or baronet now. Kerry Kofod. Kerry in Seattle, thank
you for keeping me company on Tuesday and Thursday. Michael
Henderson, no note. Lucas Diz... Ziva. Ziva. Ziva. Love and
light, John. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, insights, humor,
and sarcasm. I hope to meet you again on the
other side. Greatest condolences to the Dvorak family. Adam, I
hope this experiment will continue. Long live the No Agenda
Show. John Bolter, 1984, just out of college, working at
a computer software store, always looking for insight from his
column in PCMag, which we sold. Who knew I'd still
be looking for his opinion over 40 years later? Gene
in Kamla. From Eugene of the Tulip Stems, rest in
peace, John. Prayers to Mimi and family. Also, Adam, sorry
for your loss. Prayers for you and the keeper as
well. Sincerely, Gene and Kamla. L2 Hawk. John C. Buzzkill
Dvorak. You lived up to your name. God bless you
and your family. You made me laugh and you annoyed
me, but you were always you. Thank you for the
great drive, time listening. Also, screw Leo Laporte. Dumb fan
point. L2Hawk. Sir Chris Cowan, Viscount of North Austin. Dear
Adam, Mimi, Buzzkill Jr., Jay, and the rest of the
Devorah family. I am heartbroken. I am 64 years old
and still employed as a dude named Ben. Wow. One
day John would make it to Texas for one of
the meetups. Janae Irvin. RIP to a true legend. The
buzzkill JCD don't have much to say other than the
rest. You've kept... Other than rest easy. You've kept this
millennial sane in an insincere, insane world. Prayers for Mimi
and the family. Prayers for Adam as well. Sincerely, Janae
Irvin Haas. Aaron Hagstrom. ITM Adam, we all are suffering
the loss of John. His family as well as you
and your family are in our prayers. God bless the
greatest podcast in the universe, the Podfather, and the best
co-host gone too soon. Prayers for peace beyond understanding. Sir
Engedi Giles. You, John, you will be missed a lot.
Good luck, Adam, Mimi, and all the family and friends.
Sir Engedi Giles. Joe Merrick of Butte, Montana. No note.
Eric Thorson, condolences to the Dvorak family. May God rest
his soul. Bob in Wisconsin.
Yeah. RIP, JCD. You will be missed. Keith Warford, Frannie
Knudson. No notes. Baroness Amy of Femarie. JCD was a
consummate storyteller. I loved it when the donation segment would
contain bonus content because of a con. from memory. Hugs
and loves to the Dorack family, the Curry family, and
this family as well. Baronettis Amy of FEMA region. Justin
Zettler. My heart breaks at the news. JCUD was a
blessing to me. memory be a blessing. May God be
with all of his friends and family during this difficult
time. I'd kind of like him to start reading. Sir
Island Dog and Dame Jane. Florida. of John's live. Our
hearts go out to you. many listeners through the Gitmo
Nation. and Dame Janet. Anna Hemming. Thank you. All right.
Borak family. I'm ready. Janet Costrell. Last night I was
food tasting. maker Maria Tatsas talking about appreciate a great
red wine. When I glance at my phone and so
fire up the private jet, bring John along to Gomenissa,
and let me introduce them to the incredible Xenomavro wines
of northern Greece. appeared in an instant. I still hope
Dana, Adam, and of course John's family will find is
We'll open a special bottle of... Nomavro, share stories and
toast a remarkable life. Peace, John. Thank you for your
curiosity and the countless conversations that made so many of
us think a little differently. Cheers to you. May his
memory be eternal. Janet Kostrevsky from the Gourmetness Project. Thank
you. Tucson area. Well played, John. Well played. These are
all 8888s plus fees. No place of origin. Lots of
love to the Dvorak family. This is a tough one.
John will be dearly missed. and cheese ever in heaven
i received plenty of value in his unique wit and
insights thanks for everything john i'll keep producing i'll keep
producing no agenda see you at the round table suzuki
of enoshima andre bougeas louisville kentucky earlier just to hear
John try and pronounce my name. Karma for all, please.
Yeah, I hear you on that one. Andre. Commodore Baron
Bones, Knight of Twin Peaks, Powell, Tennessee. My prayers go
out to the Dvorak clan and the rest of the
No Agenda tribe. John's memory in our hearts. I'm grateful
I got to shake his hand at the Seattle meetup
years ago. bones night of twin peaks 8888 plus fees
sir brian i'm so sorry to hear this news rip
john you will be greatly missed condolences to mimi and
the whole devore act family adam and all of getting
on a gitmo nation love and light sir brian patrick
melee no note christy kaminsky this one cuts deep exit
strategy not approved rip jcd side note to you adam
i'm praying for you and holding you I know this
has likely gutted you. In the morning, Christy Kaminsky. Diane
Schwanebeck, RIP JCD. Ben Kolbeck, rest in peace, buzzkill. Dame
Rebecca. I'm heartbroken. I knew of JCD from the San
Francisco Bay Area. I lived there in the 80s and
90s with tech TV, PC, Mac, etc. From Sunday, I
still hear him calling me the VO girl when I
was named Dame Rebecca at the month. TM forever. Suma
Adabala. Rest in peace, JCD. You will be missed. Baron
Hanton. No note. Dude named Ben named Frank. the news
of jcd's passing stopped me in my tracks he is
a true american hero who left it all on the
field never quit god bless jcd adam and the no
agenda show no jingles no karma dude named ben named
frank crown point indiana ryan wills palm bay florida thank
you for your courage jane watson no note marcella barden
monday texas my deepest condolences to In the entire Nogena
family, John was one of the best. Marcella Barden Monday.
Daniel Havener. JCD will forever be a huge piece of
the person I've become in my 50 rotations around the
sun. Condolences to all. Sir James of the Derby City.
With a heavy heart, I send my internal condolences to
the Dvorak family. Rest in peace, JCD. No jingles, no
karma. Jim Turner, Commodore, Sir James, or the Derby City.
Louisville. Duke Matthew, my condolences. Baron Mike Gates, knight of
the high places. Thank you for your courage, he says.
Jonathan Hayden, we will miss you, JCD. Tale of the
Dragon, LLC, no note. Michael Kellner, love you, gonna miss
you. Kelly McLemore, all love. Sir Alex, immensely grateful for
John and the Knowagenda Nation. My favorite memory is of
his salute to all the dames and knights. Here's to
you, John. Fitting the infinity donation of 8888, may John
and Knowagenda live on forever, Sir Alex. Brandon Lee, Clinton,
North Carolina. So sorry, I've listened to JCD's voice almost
two decades. Much love and peace to you all. God
bless you, JCD. Brandon Lee. Andrew Ribble, Canton, Ohio. John
will be sorely missed. I always like John slightly better,
but it's like choosing Mao or Stalin, pioneers of a
sword. Stalin just had a bit more charisma. Sending prayers
to all. Tell people to rent from Hickory Oak Properties,
LLC. John Rektorik. Love you, John. You've been a part
of my life the last decade, and it's not going
to be the same without you. I'll miss you, John.
Prayers and love to your family, Adam Horowitz, and the
entire No Agenda family. P.S. Worst exit strategy ever. Indeed.
Sir Tyler in Alaska. Sir Tyler in Alaska. under my
I followed him to twit where I love watching him
terrorize Leo. Of course, no agenda where I love listening
to him. I leave this donation in the name and
memory of my brother, the late Sir Zachary Barron. Love
you, Zach. Love you, John. Love you, Adam. Love you,
Noah, Jen, the nation. From Jeremy. Angela DeCesaro, Somerset, Massachusetts.
JCD, you are one of a kind. We will all
miss you dearly. Prayer to the Dvorak family and Adam.
Brian Klimczak. Thank you, John. You left your mark on
the world. Godspeed. thinking I was reading an off- silliness.
May God grant mercy to John and welcome him up
into the kingdom. He was my favorite curmudgeon and his
sound bites and jingles are often running through my brain
and always bring a smile. I pray his family as
well as Adam and your fam have peace knowing he
lived his life by his terms and was loved by
his many producers. God bless. family and knowledge in the
nation. Donate! R.I.P. John. Mercy and blessings. Sir John of
the St. Clair Lowlands. Adam and Mimi. The knowledge in
the nation is devastating. family, JCD was a perpetual shining
light of reason. And critical thinking for us since the
COVID days. He touched so many lives from afar and
will be truly missed. Our hearts go out to you
and the Dvorak clan, Sir John of the St. Clair
Lowlands. David Mallon Jr. I'm truly saddened by the passing
of JCD. I feel like I've lost a friend after
listening for six plus hours every week for the past
14 to 15 years. My prayers are with you. Sir
Parker Paul. It's crazy how you can never meet a
person but still feel so deeply for them. JCD was
one of a kind. The song Cry Like a Baby
by the Box Tops will forever remind me of him.
Much love to you all. Feet in the air, subs
in the water. Jeffrey Lund, my sincerest condolences, Mimi. I'm
so shocked at the loss of one of the coolest
guys on the planet, a true legend. Privileged to have
enjoyed his wit and wisdom for so long. Much love
and light to his beautiful family. Thank you for everything,
John. Jeffrey McNeil, RIP, JC. Many will find better words.
Linda Sir. Stone, Montana. No note. Jonathan Ferris, RIPJCD. Celso
Zamora. I shed a genuine tear for a stranger, but
I guess this is evidence JCD was not a stranger.
Feels like I lost a close friend who I just
saw Sunday suddenly and abruptly. shine a little less bright
without JCD. Trenton Scoville, no note. Alex J. Myers. through
PayPal it did it's surprising how much I realize a
pie Never meant, really meant to me. Keeping it short,
thank you for your courage. Love, thoughts, and prayers to
the whole Dvorak family, Adam, Andrew, and the rest of
the group. From the Myers family, Alex, Alex, Ivan, Jacqueline,
and Kennedy. P.S. Wanting to point out, it's 1-888 for
no agenda and 811. That's 8 times 11 is 88
for DH unplugged. Sent from a Bakelite phone. No note
from Gary. Yes? Wait. Yes. So let's rotate. Yes. No,
you're getting tired. So, JC? Gary Abrams. No note. Eric
P. $88. 88 with fees. It's hard to believe it's
real and not another one of John's pranks. We checked.
It's not a prank. I can't fit into a PayPal
box the impact that John and Adam have had in
my life. I wouldn't be the person I am without
either of you. Thank you, Adam. Rest in peace, John.
Brian Mamayer. JCD. Possessed intelligence sufficient to justify his snark.
I'll miss his voice. Bill Manassas, Virginia. I have been
listening for over 17 years and was heartbroken to hear
that John has passed on. We both have been stalwart
companions over the years. I'll miss John and pray for
his family in these difficult times. God bless everyone. Walker.
to Cranky Geeks, to Twit, to No Agenda. JCD has
been part of my life for 40 years and he
is going to be so missed. how much he was
loved. We'll be praying. I'm incredibly sad at his passing.
God bless. The Vernierio. donation for some time as I've
seen 33s everywhere. This is the reason that pushed me,
but can't think of a better way to honor John
than making a donation. I came to No Agenda because
of Adam's first- Yes. -Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's
vote for jobs! Hold on here comes the donate so
now Joseph We're just Joseph we're doing Donate, donate, donate,
donate! Karma Lukas I think. Lukas. Lukas. Barrington, Illinois. Rest
in peace, John. Nathan Brookfield. I've been a No Agenda
listener and producer for the best part of the last
20 years and a JCD follower since the tech TV
in the 90s, which was shown on pay TV here
in Australia while I was growing up. He was and
always will be one of the grumpiest and opinionated people
I have ever had the absolute pleasure of listening to
and getting to know through the magic of podcasting. Adam,
it was a match made in heaven. Yes, this is
very important.
when I was in middle school, rediscovered you on a
cranky geeks in college, and followed you a third time
to no agenda in my 20s when I needed guidance
the most. has been a role model for me for
the past decade and a half and I would not
be the man I am today if I hadn't followed
your charming curmudgeon person. I'm just a stranger to you
and your loved ones, but I want you to know
that I'm not found positive life. I cannot accurately convey
in words how And it is. Thank you, John. May
you rest in peace, you cranky geek. Consider a career
in audiobooks. I'm telling you. You guys have a nice
voice, man. I love it. Sounds really good. going to
try to slow down so I don't... No, I like
you and friends find comfort in the deeply missed. on
so many topics is irreplaceable. Danny and Kim. Our deepest
condolences to you. lot like my own. One of the
reasons I enjoy- weekly and we'll continue. Danny and Daniel
Sproul. I came to the No Agenda show for Adam.
my reactions to be similar to JCD and sometimes Adam.
Keep the show going for many years to come. Gisela
Woodzisk. Today the... Thank you, John, for the countless hours
of insight, wit, skepticism, and insight. Thank you. question the
narrative, think for ourselves. are BS detectors calibrated. The best
podcast in the... Never be the same. Rest easy, John.
You've completed your mission. Prayers for Adam, your family, and
the entire No Agenda Nation. In the morning and now
forever. Gisela and Tom. of North. Built in Ohio. Todd
and Carly. In the morning, spelled with a U. For
years, John had made us laugh and think with his
unique insight. This afternoon, we cried when we learned of
his passing. We are praying for the Holy Spirit for
comfort and peace over Mimi and the Dvorak family. Amen.
Todd and Carly. Anthony Colton. I've been a douchebag until
now. I'm crushed with the sudden passing. Y'all have been
a part of my life since Adam's first appearance on
J. Rogan's Rogan donation. John, you will deeply missed. Thank
you for your wisdom, wit, and courage. Love and light.
You've been de-douched. Meridian, Idaho. Too soon. Marissa Dance. Going
to miss the old curmudgeon. Chris Bullock. have ants yuri
filanov to the best podcast in you in the universe
r.i.p jace Matt Losee. Losee. Losee? Losee. Just Losee. My
deepest sympathy and condolences to the Dvorak family. I was
devastated to hear the sad news about John. He will
be dearly missed. Love and prayers to his family and
everyone who knew him. Lance Benison, Summerland, BC. First time
donating, listening since AC's 2020 Rogan Show. When I first
started listening, I thought No Agenda and Adam's show and
JCD... guest host. I finally clued in when he kept
coming back. Congrats on Cleo, Adam. Thoughts out to the
Dvoraks. RIP, JCD. D-d-d-douching is in order. You've been de-douched.
Chris Leland. RIP, JCD. You will be missed. Dobroslav. you
Slavinskog. Godspeed, John. Dobroslav. Slava. Slavinskog. Pronounced how it's spelled,
except the kog. Ah, the coy was my instinct originally.
Nathaniel Padgett. Going to miss his random stories and past
adventures that he would bring up out of nowhere as
if he was no big deal. And what pains me
the most is being left to wonder what other wild
stories this Renaissance man had left to tell. wizards jamie
chacon chacon chacon chacon chacon chacon thank you for everything
john hi me chacon hi me chacon okay tired of
hearing your name butchered thank you for everything john all
the knowledge guidance, all the things I learned following you.
Words cannot express the sadness I feel. - Barrington's Las
Vegas. We are heartbroken. The Dvoraks and the Currys are
in our prayers. Four more years, the Darringtons, Las Vegas,
Nevada. J. Rektorik. No note. Robert Mendez. I have listened
to no agenda since 2008, and John's voice has taken
me. many podcasts. I owe my entire career and sanity
to you both. John, thank you for everything and rest
in peace. Georgina Bishop from Mission BC, Canada. No note.
Cameron Wildley. Wild D. Thank you for your service, John
C. Dvorak. Travis Lehman. No note. Sir Combatrock of the
Idaho Highlands. Sir Combatrock of the Idaho Highlands. Farrah wins
and follows... Following C's JCD. I am forever grateful for
your contributions to my sanity. The world is a lesser
place without you. God bless. Margarita? Yeah, I think so.
Yeah, Margarita LaCombra. I started listening to No Agenda six
to seven years ago. The chemistry between Adam and John
caught my attention right away. I love John's simple ways
and appreciate his knowledge. I will miss his honorary ways.
Yeah, we all will. RIP, JCD. Sir Michael Dunn, Baron
of Southern Kentucky. Cranky Geek. appearing as a guest on
Twit and ultimately his most impactful as co-host to the
No Agenda Show. John is a no-gender producer. You are
an essential part of my life for six hours a
week. Thank you. family. I've never... until today. It hurts.
It hurts more than I ever expected. God bless you,
John. I never got to meet you in this life,
but I look forward to doing it in the next.
No jingles, no karma, love and light to you, Sir
Michael Dunn, Baron of Southern Kentucky. Smiley upstate. Uh. on,
on, on now, now, uh, Hawaii. Let's celebrate a great
man. Holland Kilburn. This is bull crap. It's going to
miss John. Paul. Ogden, Utah. TYJCD. Just when I was
getting over the grief of my father passing on the
14th, now we lose John. I follow John from the
days of PC Magazine as a dude named Ben. John
was my technology father and will be sorely missed. Sir,
Bent, Arlington, Washington. Or, no. Washington or Virginia? Yeah, Washington,
Arlington, Washington. One says Virginia, one says Washington. I think
it's Washington. It's one of the two. Yeah, Will Robertson.
No note. Gretch and John. favorite grouse, but a tremendous
loss for us, for Adam, for John's beautiful family forever.
Grateful for everything John, Adam, and this show have given
us. with you. Steve Henry, longtime fan since PCMag days.
Been away from the show for a while now, but
I remain grateful for the important work you do. Sincere
condolences to you. personally. Thank you for your courage. Kevin
Lacombe. I felt lucky to have started my No Agenda
journey with show zero, the episode of Twit where John
talked about a new podcast he was going to do
with Adam Curry. I knew John from his columns in
InfoWorld and PC. and stayed for the whole amazing journey.
No jingles, no karma. Obama to Trump, Biden, then Trump
again. John was a voice of reason that was a
large force in guiding me from a young adult until
now. I'm forever indebted to him and his family for
sharing him with No Agenda family all these years with
a debt I feel can never be repaid. Thank you
for the laughs, the critical thinking, and the support. cheap,
easy answer. Until Valhalla, John. soon, not today, but soon.
Sir Nicholas Jedi, Sergeant at Arms, Protector of the Round
Table. in Tempe, Arizona. We are heartbroken and our hearts
are breaking for you, Adam. Lord, teach us to number
our days. We've been on board since 2016 and we
celebrate John's life with you. Mimi and Tina. Stay strong,
No Agenda Nation. Rich and Meg Hufford. Ben Todman of
Mount Riverview, New South Wales. Thank you, John C. Dvorak,
for making life and my commute to work over the
last 20 years a bit more bearable. You will be
missed. Jeffrey Lester, Andrew Immon of Seattle, Philip Pinto, Alec
Olson, all with no note. Susan Erickson, spicy, funny, insightful,
my deep... to the JCD family, you're in my prayers.
Patrick Bessette of Dunkirk, Maryland, and Timothy Hunzinger, both no
note. John Ellingson, British Columbia, love and prayers to the
Dvorak family. What an extraordinary gentleman. Will be sorely missed.
Edward Seidel. Oh, we're at the 9272 now. At the
end of the day, I just want to thank John
for sharing what felt as endless, colorful hours of stories,
cranked tips and wisdom through these headphones over most of
my life. Thank you, Adam and entire Dvorak family for
your courage. Javier or Javier or Javier. Javier. Javier. John,
your hard work has been everyone. See you and have
a great day. as a special place for you. Thank
you for teaching us how to deconstruct media with love.
I just gotta say, John's going to... So many people
who just... there. I love it. It's just beautiful. It
is. Javier? Yeah, Javier. Could have been Javier. - Jean-vierge.
- Jean-vierge. - Jean-vierge. - Hey. Les fogs are less
fog. There has been less fog around here. Anyway, Bristol,
Somerset. One of my favorite quotes from John was when
during Convid, when people would day... I could hear his
voice saying, go fuck yourself. Rest in peace, JCD. Lay
fog in the morning Bristol. Kara, my boyfriend is a
huge fan of the show. For 14 years, the show
got him through loneliness and grief he faced while losing
both of his parents. He is so special to me.
And I wanted to honor his favorite show by donating.
We will dearly miss John's part of No Agenda. I
love you, Ethan. Love, Kara. And that's 89.89. Uh, Lynn
Malinowski. Yeah. Well, actually, it's Adam's turn, isn't it? Yes,
I think it is. Oh, it is Adam's turn. Stop
crowding me, Mimi. Lynn Malinowski, Stafford, Virginia. These are all
interesting numbers. 88-95. ITM, rest in peace, JCD. Thank you
for sharing your wisdom with us. Eternal rest. Grant unto
him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in
peace amen 73 73 is lynn uh earl sir hugger
of kitties uh this is in dutch i will read
it as such hugger of kitties. Jesse Rowley.
family with knowledge, entertainment, and the ability to distinguish signal
from noise, I can't begin to tell you how many
times someone in my house has said, I wonder what
John... As I look back, I realize that this show
was there for us through COVID. Both are human resources
being born. If John didn't find his exit strategy, our
10-year wedding anniversary. John in Oakland and a My wife
and I had no idea what he looked like, so
we felt pretty stupid when we asked. So what do
you do for a living? He looked nothing like his
head shot and we felt catfished. The Belanger family will
forever be thankful. This one hurts. 73JCD from Nancy Margo
Frederick. Mike Six, Tango, Mike Zulu. And we've played the
fisting now. Pineapple Backyard, 88. getting close to I'll be
praying for you all. input. We've been listening to network
and familiar with his tech writings before missed. comfort to
go out to Thank you, John. shows you guys than
Batman and Robin. I'm broken up over the passing. I'm
going to miss him hearing his... Take on the world,
RIP JCD, Waleek. And he comes in with 8888. My
condolences and may God bless you and the family. Kyle
Fredrickson. Rest in peace, John. You'll be missed by all
of Gitmo Nation. We love you. Justin W. No note.
Michael Natron, Newark, Delaware, RAP. Bye, Jen. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
No note. John's wit and candor brought so much joy,
nobody said it better. David Arlanis in Escondido, California. RIP,
John, you will be greatly missed and you have made
a great impact in my life as I first started
hearing your voice in the 2006 race. Spencer Sommer. No
agenda f- for words that John has gone. I've said
this before in donation notes, but he and Adam have
had a profound impact on my life through the No
Agenda show. I wouldn't be the man, husband, or father
what I am today without it. My first introduction to
his dulcet tones was around the year 2006 when I'd
synced the latest episode of Twit to my iPod before
walking to school. A few years later, I began listening
to No Agenda. That means John has been in my
life for 20 years, nearly two-thirds of my 32 years
on earth. Thank you. Andrew Martonic, nobody, and I mean
nobody, could ever come close to JCD's level of curmudgeon.
He was truly one of a kind. I will miss
hearing him twice a week. Dame Maria and Sir Mark
of Greenwood, Indiana. Good to hear from you. Rest in
peace and joy, dear Buzzkill. Thank you for many years
of news and conspiracy. their stalwart companion, Crackpot, Dame Maria
of the Greek kingdoms and Sir Mark of the Cross.
of the Greenwood. Arrangements on the E from Pequot, Ohio.
My deepest condolences to Mimi and the family as well
as Adam. This is a very sad day in podcast
history, but I'm sure we'd want you to carry on.
Continued blessings to all. Robert Tyler Lowe, RIPJCD, will miss
you. Douglas Enstrom, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, RIPJCD, to the greatest
podcaster in the universe. Brian Bollinger. My heart goes out
to Mimi and the family as well as to Adam.
I've enjoyed listening to John and Adam religiously since Adam
appeared on the Joe Rogan show in 2022. I'm glad
to hear that you'll keep the show going and look
forward to the new format. That said, I will certainly
miss John and his remarkable ability to know something about
almost everything. His commentary on both the most basic and
the most complex. God bless you. grandchildren, and his faithful
partner, Adam. Thank you for the last four years of
knowledge and entertainment, Brian J. Bollinger. There's Sir Spencer and
Dame Deloria. JCD will be sorely missed by all of
us across No Edge in the Nation. He will continue
to live cherished drops on our ISO boards. He was
a huge inspiration for our journey into podcasting. With love,
Sir Spencer and Dame DeLorean. Alexey Volinsky, no note. Alex
Castellanos. Hello, No Agenda. I was introduced to YouTube by
a 4chan post. They described you as two boomers arguing
about the news. Spot on. Nailed it. I listened and
was immediately hooked, though I do not remember the exact
episode or year. It was most likely 2018 or so.
I only recently donated after JCD had his heart attack.
Well, bypass. I myself had the Widowmaker at age... 2025
as an otherwise healthy guy. It was a bit of
a life-changing experience for me my wife And I'm sure
J.C. thoughts about his. I'm sad that both donations have
only come from the worst news to ever affect the
show I cherish and look forward to. Please do not
dismay and continue on, Adam. We do need you and
appreciate you dearly. Semper Pici, LLC in Chererville, Indiana. May
John rest in peace. for someone I have never met
in person, yet I feel I've grown to love over
the past six plus years. Mimi, Adam, Tina, and the
whole family, may you find peace and memories through his
stories and lots of laughs. John Spencer, Conroe, Texas. I
should have been knighted on episode 1500 during the double
up donations. I never reached out to claim it. Please
knight me, Sir Spencer, protector of linear accelerators. RIP, JCD.
Kyle Nishiko, Nishioka. Nishioka. Honolulu, Hawaii. RIP, JCD. Dr. Sir,
you know, Commodore 128. Prayers for the family and knowledge
in the nation. Thank you for your courage. Dr. Sir,
you know, Commodore 128. Michael Shambo. I've listened to the
show since 100 and am deeply saddened by the news.
Thank you, John and Adam, for all the hours of
news and entertainment. There will never be another JCD. He
was one of a kind and will be missed deeply.
Did you miss 577? Thank you, John and Adam. Thank
you for both giving your life to this. May you
be happy. note. I cannot believe this news. so strong
and full of life on the last show. JCD Sir
Latte of Bremerton. Heather Haberman, no note. Larry Babcock, why?
hard. Thank you for everything. Hawk of the Heartland. Route
33 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. John was an inspiration and the
reason I found my Way to Know agenda. RIP. Sir
Jeff Viscount of Pennsylvania Route 33, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Sir Baron
Goest Kaddafer in Wolfheze in the Netherlands. ITM Adam, a.k.a.
Crackpot and beloved family of Buzz. Sad news and not
even on a show day. Hang on and strengthen wishes
from Gitmo Nation Lowlands, the old country from Sir Baron
Hus Kadhafer. Oleg Rekatine. Rest in peace, J-City. Forever, ITM.
Thank you for everything, JCD, says Stephen Marchi. Allison Hamill,
no note. Zoe Hannon from Crestwood, Kentucky. Rest in peace,
John. Much love to all. Clendi Villar, Austin, Texas. John's
passing was shocking and heartbreaking. Both grandfathers passed when I
was young, so John became like a grandfather to me.
I look forward to his stories and voice weekly. May
Christ provide strength. Carolyn Hafner. I feel like I've lost
a beloved grandpa or uncle. John C. Dvorak will be
sorely missed by my husband, Ryan, and I. May he
rest in peace. and watch over us while we battle
all the craziness. This donation is to honor his legacy
and to encourage you to never quit the show. Much
love and appreciation to all who make No Agenda happen.
Mary Schwartzer. John, you are missed. My thoughts and prayers
are with Mimi and the family and Adam Curry. Sir
Spooky, I will never forget, never miss your Zephyr reports.
I will forever miss your Zephyr reports. Thank you for
your courage. etiquette. I am D Reinholdt. I'm so sorry
for the family's loss. I love hearing Johnson's cranky geeks
twit in episode one of the No Agenda show. John
for all the PCMag articles I read and for all
your entertaining insights. Dwayne Spellman, thank you for being a
light in the darkness during the 2020-2021 and save us
all a seat at the round table up there. Sir
John of South London says RIP. Damien DeFrancis just says
mac and cheese. Thank you for your service. And there's
Oleg Kvasnikov again and Mark Hardwick. No, no, thank you
both. Derek Johnson, thanks for the 18 years plus. James
Bradford from Tallahassee, Florida, RIPJCD. John Fitzpatrick, I so admired
the man, RIPJCD. Tim Powers, rest in peace, JCD. Throughout
life, we take so many things for granted. The sudden
passing of JCD is just another reminder of that. I
will miss him. I know all of his podcasts. friends
and family will miss him too. Thank you for your
courage. Thank you. No note. Jason Shepard from Trinidad, Colorado.
John, I know donations were down, but this was certainly
not the way to turn it around. In all seriousness,
I'm devastated by the news. My deepest condolences to the
JCD family, Adam, and all of Gitmo Nation. You will
be sorely missed. Dion Rowney in Saskatoon, Canada. My deepest
condolences to everyone in the No Agenda family. I've been
listening to the show almost since the beginning. Not a
complete douchebag, but close. Sorry. You and John felt like
a close family in a weird way. You know nothing
about me, but I know all about you. I often
would doze off listening to the show as it was
nice to hear the familiar voices, so much so that
sometimes I wouldn't sleep until I did. into Miss John's.
praying for you and your families, especially that God will
be with you in this time to help comfort everyone.
Much love in Christ. Dionne Rao. Saskatchewan, Canada. at Hong
Nutritional Healing. No note. Mark Krappels. No note. Christopher Collins,
Forsyth, Missouri. Feels like... The two of you have been
a staple in my life for over 18 years. John
will be missed. Much love to everyone who John has
had an impact on, particularly his family and Gitmo Nation.
Drink to the dead all you still alive. We shall
join them in good time. Rest in peace, John C.
Dvorak. Travis Moore says, John will be deeply missed. Our
thoughts and prayers go out to his family. and the
No Agenda community. Okay, Adam, we're going to jump in.
All right. Stuart Fawcett. Merriside, Great Britain. Mercyside. Sorry for
your loss. John was an amazing character, funny and engaging.
He will be missed. Brian McIver, Portage, Michigan. I feel
like a family member died even... Clear skies and tailwinds,
my friend. Ashlyn Speed Racing. Mansfield, Texas. Ashlyn and I
send our deepest love to Mimi and family. John was
our entertainment on many trips to the racetrack. I suggest
that John's tip of the day be retired and given
emeritus status. Christian Grolch. Grolch. Winter Haven, Florida. This world
of... is diminished by one and heaven embraces another grand
soul. Amen. God bless you all. Jeroen, Joyce, and Kai.
Jeroen. Jeroen, Joyce, and Kai. Thanks for all the years
of keeping us sane with No Agenda news and entertainment.
My heartfelt condolences to the Dvorak family, Adam, the No
Agenda family, and friends. from the Eidhoven with love.
Jeroen. Jeroen. Yeah, that's good. Joyce and Kai. Michael Galpin,
No Note. Jack Schofield. I will miss John dearly. When
I sent my first email and he responded, I was
totally surprised. I believe in show 886, John talked about
how the supporters were like friends and how you both
interacted with producers. May God watch over the Devorah. Stephen
King, Charlotte, North Carolina. Yeah, don't get excited. My deepest
condolences to Mimi, JC, Jay, and the entire Dvorak family.
John was an incredible person who will be dearly missed.
Bradley Justice, Brandon. Mississippi. It's named after you. Oh, need
a de-douching now. I don't have anyone to blame for
the sumo showing up on my Twitter feed. RIP JCD.
You've been de-douched. Sufferin' Succotash! I'm Scott. you Simon Sir
Lauren Red Knight of Bruno. His stories were so rich
in detail, his expertise so vast. What a profound loss.
I am thankful for the seeds he sowed into my
life through No Agenda. Thank you for your courage, Sir
Lorien. Red Knight of Bruna. Dame Toothola. Well, this sucks.
Thank you for your courage, John. Missing you already. Prayers
for the Dvorak family, Adam, and the whole No Agenda
Nation. Mark McAvoy. Oh, Dame Tothola. Odenbosch, the Netherlands. It's
Tothola. Ah, it is Tothola. It's Tothola. You'll get a
kick out of it. Odenbosch, the Netherlands. You got it.
Mark McAvoy. Irvine, California. No note. Casey Garrett. John C.
Dvorak will be sincerely missed by myself and countless others.
John was a miraculous man, a specimen of the highest
quality. Though devastating to lose him here with us, I
am happy to know he is in heaven with Jesus.
May God bless him. Sir Jason, Austin, Texas. I first
saw John on Computer Chronicles, which my dad would watch
on PBS in the 1980s. I was later a fan
of him on Tech TV, and then no agenda. RIP.
Sergation of Austin Tessick. Camera Chris of Grafton, Wisconsin. Love
you, John. You'll be missed. Baronet Baylor, a.k.a. Sir Camera
Chris. Michael Chauvin. Chauvin. No note. Jack Schofield III, Safety
Harbor, Florida. John, you will be missed. Sending prayers to
you, your family, and the No Agenda Committee. God bless
you, Adam, and your family as well. Let's let JC
go on. Pastor Combsy. John has been a voice in
my ear for over 20 years. He will be deeply
missed. Praying for the Dvorak and Curry families. Pastor Combsy.
Aaron Heath, no note. Frederick Fournier. Thank you, John. Godspeed.
Dan and Jamie Doring. Rest in peace, John from Dan
and Jamie Doering. You'll be missed. Sir Sergeant Postal. I
heard him in Laporte's show, and listening to his show
changed my life. The show opened my eyes to so
many things. The things I learned are priceless, and being
a no-agenda knight is one of my proudest things. Rest
in peace and thanks, Sir Sergeant Postal. Sir Bean of
the Conejos. Rest in peace, Buzzkill, from Sir Bean of
the Conejos. Thomas Johnson of South Jordan, Utah. Greetings from
Salt Lake Valley for the past 30 plus years. ACD
has influenced my career, personality, my amygdala for goodness more
than any other figure in the media and other walks
of life. Condolences to Mimi, family, Adam, and the rest
of our great community. Rest in peace in the morning
until we meet again our beloved Buzzkill. Tom Johnson, South
Jordan. Joseph Wenzel, Dawson, Georgia. Rest in peace, John C.
Dvorak. You and your marginally sense of the world will
be sorely missed, especially by me. May God bless and
protect your family, friends, and producers. Brad Alberton. Taylor Horrell,
Donald Thompson, Todd Creamer. Kyle Burton. No notes. Baron Twice,
Knighted Sir George, Garland, Texas. My heartfelt condolences. He will
be missed. Rest in peace, John. Ed Warner. I'll generally
miss JCDs in Sights and Stories. So sad for everyone's
loss. Rest in peace, JCD. Ed Warner. I just read
that one. Kami Lord. No note. Aaron Stafford. Pensville, New
Jersey. Pretty crummy way to get me to donate again.
It's very strange to feel this way for someone I
only heard in my ear holes over the last six
years. You'll be missed. Prayers to Dvorak and Currys. Danielle
Parks, no note. Steve Benstra, Nashville, Tennessee. Blue skies and
tailwinds as you fly west, JCD. Jessica Benstra, Nashville, Tennessee.
No note. Joseph Rizzi. No note. Susanna Walker, Marana, Arizona.
Putting the C in my condolences. Rest in peace, John
C. Dvorak. Kelly Johnson of Durango, Colorado. Goat karma. Hold
on. You've got... Karma. Jerry Jones, John will be missed.
Richard McCutcheon. Dvorak family, thank you for sharing John with
us all these years. Adam, Dame Lauren and I have
listened to nearly every episode since fall 2012. You and
John have been part of the soundtrack of our lives.
We can't imagine your pain. Praying. Thank you. Austin Tolley.
The one and only John C. Dvorak will be greatly
missed. Sending prayers to you, Adam, and the rest of
the family. Tally Mindy Weiner. New York. New York. Hang
in there. Jennifer Williams, Kennard, Texas. Not sent to email.
I don't. Maybe a note. Oh, note. Maybe note. Maybe
note. Chad, he with no note. Now, uh, Joseph Pinto.
You missed Joseph Pinto. Oh, Joseph Pinto. Joseph Pinto of
Atlanta, Georgia. and then where are we? I'll jump in.
Okay. Chad Hewitt. God bless. Craig Gnowski, Cumberland, British Columbia,
Canada. Rest in peace, you magnificent bastard. I like that.
Here's hoping you get a squeaky chair in heaven. I'm
in the squeaky chair today. John Foley, Nashville, Tennessee. For
John, sending love and prayers. Brent Lemons, no note. Glenn...
Recio. Rest in peace, JCD. Cameron Lindemood. Even though I've
been overboard for a while, I've never been this sad
over the passing of someone I've never met. My sincerest
condolences to Mimi, Adam, and the entire Dvorak clan. Rest
assured, everyone will be together again someday. That's right. ITM.
Thomas Key. No note. Ulrich Giesendonner. Los Angeles, California. JCD
was a national treasure. My heart goes out to Adam,
Mimi, and all of JCD's family. Viscount dude named Jeff.
Westlake, Ohio. I was getting out of a meeting and
saw the newsletter. I couldn't believe it. Condolences to JCD's
family, Adam, and the No Agenda Nation. I found John
and No Agenda being a former viewer of Twit. John
wasn't buying into the hype, and I found his humor
to be hilarious. Over the years listening to No Agenda,
John's advice on everything from software to AI to writing
tips has made me a better producer. My dad also
passed after surgery and recovery that was going well. They're
both looking down and calling things bullcrap. Rest in peace,
73s, and God bless. Sir Spook of Spokane and Dame
Jen with a G. Okay. Liberty Lake, Washington. Sir Spook
of Spokane and Dame Jen with a G wishing a
fond farewell to a great one. Toasting Jamestown, Jameson in
proper wake manner to the legend. We will miss you,
John, who put the C in donation C. Much love
to the family. You're gonna have to. George Haid, eternal
rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light
shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. So
sorry for our loss. Sir Slam Bob, saddened to my
soul. Love, John and Adam. Thanks for sharing your life
with me. Humbled and thankful for your courage. Sir Slam
Bob. Anthony Morrow, no note. Lavender Blossoms. JCD will forever
be missed. Excellent product. Yes, Cal from lavenderblossoms.org. Sir Rob
Francophile of Pickney from Pickney, Michigan. Adieu, Sir Rob Frankophile
of Bickney. Anonymous Prescott, no donation. John Shaughnessy. Left no
note. Nick soaps. Left no note. Jeremy N. from Phoenix
City, Alabama. Jeremy N. Prayers from the Dvorak family. My
heart aches with this news. I love my truck and
I love what I do. Sir Selverin, Silver Springs, Maryland.
Greetings from Sir Selverin. Condolences to Mimi and family. My
dad passed a few years ago. JCD reminded me of
him, albeit saltier and saner. Many drinks this weekend and
more meetups and remembrance. Sir John of the Dunkirk Mud
Flats. You missed Andy Kluber. Sorry, Andy Kluber. of Terre
Haute, Indiana. Terre Haute, Indiana. No note. Everybody knows these
places. Sir John of the Dunkirk Mud Flats from Blaine,
Montana. Minnesota. You will be greatly missed, John C. Heartfelt
condolences to Adam, Mimi, Andrew, and their families. John Howley,
Blaine, Minnesota. Sir John of the Duke of Mud Flats.
I haven't flown in a while. Dunkirk Mud Flats. You're
right. Sir Mike Black Knight of the Homestead, Philipson, Massachusetts.
No notes. Franklin Monterosa, Dodge City, Kansas. Thank you for
John for the show. It has become a big part
of my life. You will truly be missed. Shane fake.
Pronounced like Peek. Feek. Yes, you got it. Like Peek.
Yes, last name pronounced like Peek. John and Adam got
me and my amygdala safely through COVID and the last
three elections. I'm so thankful that I found the No
Agenda show when I did, and I don't know what
I'm going to do without it. Unless maybe JC takes
over for John. Love you, John. Thank you for all
the years of entertainment. Also, please call out Estrogen Mike
as a douchebag. Douchebag. David Wicker. Such a legend. When
I was a kid, grateful for exchanges that warmed in
the last six months. I planted a tree for you
and poured a brew on it this evening. My grumpy
brother. You left a legacy and sure will be missed.
John 1135. Joshua Griffith No note. Zach Welsh No note,
no jingles. That is how he would have been remembered.
I will miss him. God bless you, Mimi and family,
Adam and family, Zach. Sir, not Jake. Thompson, Connecticut. RIP,
JCD. Dame Swagger Prince. JCD somehow managed to make my
husband feel like he'd won an Oscar. Simply by reading
his owner review of his hydrogen-powered Toyota Maria. Muriel. For
one glorious moment, my husband felt seen. You will be
deeply missed. 73 and 88. Dame Swaggerprance. Jorge Hernandez of
Lake Stevens, Washington left no note. Scott Tilleman. My recent
donation, along with my recent donation to John's memory, should
put me into knighthood. I couldn't pass the opportunity to
recognize my long time listening and supporting of the show,
and I hope that John benefited from the humble offerings.
And you too, Adam. My wife and I are closer
and wiser because of your show, which kept us healthy
and sane in difficult times. Long live No Agenda. Please
pronounce me Sir Flying Dutchman in honor of my father,
and I request sushi and Coca-Cola at the round table.
Fine combo. Dominic Persin. In the morning. I've been listening
to the show since 2015 when I was 19 years
old. And the show has been a constant throughout my
entire adult life. You guys have given me the proverbial
fishing pole to navigate the deception of the world, and
I am forever grateful. RIP JCD. Dominic Persin, Chicago, Illinois.
Sebastian de Stigter. Perfect. From Uxgeist. You're pronouncing it just
like John. Uxgeist. Uxgeist. Perfect. Uxgeist. Yes. Nailed it. Uxgeist.
Okay. Uxgeist. Irreplaceable. You will be missed. Thank you for
1887 shows. I love you, John. R.I.P. Carl Vogler from
Dillon Beach, California. Hard to top this promotion, John. Can't
wait to see what the next one is. Dane Beth
from Baja, Arizona. Hoisted a glass of decent red wine
at sunset tonight to life well lived. Dane Beth of
Baja, Arizona. Michael Rackanelli.
I will always be looking for a reason to say
she really put her tit in the ringer. JCD was
the best at telling... Us how full of shit he
was when the cursor was on. And telling us how
full of shit he was. Oh wow, it was a
telling twice. The buzzkill from the South Shore, Marshfield, Massachusetts.
The buzzkill from the RIP JCD. Siroma. Mimi and Adam,
buzzkill. May your legacy live on in aeternum. God, please
grant peace and comfort to the family, friends, and colleagues
of John, and wash away his pain and troubles so
that he may live forever in your loving arms. Amen.
Peace. tiny empire.com. I love his idea for your homepage
to be a list of links. I still use something
like it today for home and work. Dame Nancy of
the Confused, absolutely heartbroken for all of us. Love, Dame
Nancy of the Confused. Unless Adam is trying this one.
Yeah. Adam, it's your turn. All right. I'm ready to
go. Dame Bang Bang and Sir D.H. Slammer. ITM, Adam,
Mimi, and the whole family. I cannot stress outside. We
are stress. Probably how outside we are. Upset we are.
How about this? I cannot stress how upset we are
by learning about JCD's passing. The final C stands for
was not supposed to be croaked. We have truly lost
a legend and I hope... one of the producers piles
all of JCD's stories so that they can live on
as a memoir. I think that actually is kind of
a plan. In honor of JCD, I think there should
be a special donation amount that releases photos of the
office and the archives. What do you say to $8,888.88?
We'll talk later. A photo dump of one category of
item. We know this is the promotion you would have
wanted. Thank you for your courage. Rest in peace. May
it not be a scam. With love and light, Dame
Bang Bang, Countess of all the Chumash lands and the
Commodore of the Channel Islands and Sir D.H. Lamer. of
the California Central Coast. Boo-Berry, there he is, Black Knight
of the Mothman, Maple Grove, Minnesota. JCD is a goat,
and this picture of him in the newsletter is really
great. The reverb can is what comes to mind first
as this totally unique stamp on podcasting. Thank you, JCD,
Adam, Void, The Back Office, and Zero Note at Large
for every piece you put into this. Boo-Berry, Black Knight
of the Mothman. David Cummings, Peoria, Arizona. No notes. Sir
Dan the Quiet Man, Canton, Georgia. What the hell? At
a loss for words. Terry Hanton and Chris Hanton in
Warren, Ohio. You are all in our hearts, thoughts, and
prayers. JCD has taught us so much. You'll be greatly
missed. Sending love and light, Terry and Chris Hanton. Steven
Nelson, Shasta Lake, California. Thanks, JCD, for all the entertainment
for me since the 80s on Computer Chronicles. Rest in
grumpiness. Godspeed, John, says David Givenish from Carefree, Arizona. Onward,
says Christopher Hertz in Voorhees, New Jersey. Carlos Estrada says
rest in peace, JCD, Spring, Texas. Parvin Zafirani, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. John, you will be missed. I haven't listened to
the show in a long time since I'm hibernating, but
okay. But the show carried me through some of my
toughest days. Thank you for that. Thank you for opening
my eyes. May God bless your soul. See you on
the other side. Nicholas Wagenpfeiler from Havre de Grasse in
Maryland. Rest in peace, John. Franny Knutson, Plantation, Florida, ITMJCD.
JC is typing. keyboard. JC, you'll be sorely missed. Anonymous
in Hartzell, Colorado. Please keep it anonymous. Done. Adam Proventure
in Frankfurt am Main in Deutschland. My condolences to Mimi,
family, and Adam for John's passing. Adam, you and John
created something very special over the past almost 19 years.
I've been to a few meetups before you guys created
a great community around the world. You could tell you
made something special from the No Agenda wedding meetup report
on a recent show. I haven't missed a show in
six years. I'll definitely miss hearing him and his opinions
twice a week. I'm sure you will too. Love and
light from Adam. Anton, Anton Domratchev in Cibolo, Texas. Did
we miss Adam Provencher? No, I just did him. You
know, I can't. That's okay. We should take a stand
up and jump up and down break. A what? We're
almost there. I know. We're almost there. We're almost there.
I know. Anton says... And tomorrow we'll read War and
Peace. Anton says, it's so hard to believe that John
is no longer with us. I pray for his family
and close friends of John to have strength and love
to get through these difficult times. We miss you, John.
May you rest in peace. Thank you for your courage.
Dame Cece, James Cess or Ceci. Paso Robles, California. Godspeed,
John. I enjoyed your humor and wit on my drive
to work, and he will be missed. Vincent B. Castro
in Auckland, New Zealand. Rest in peace, John C. Dvorak.
Aaron from Saskatoon in Saskatchewan. Been listening since about episode
700. I'm saddened and shocked to hear of John C.
Dvorak since he sounded so healthy. He was weirdly like
an uncle to me. All condolences and love for the
Dvorak family. Kimberly Alley from Allen, Texas. Rest in peace,
John. You have been in my ear for nearly a
decade, keeping me sane and filled with helpful tips, praying
for your sweet wife and family during this unimaginable time.
Ralph C., if there was ever a time to be
deduced, now is the time. Rest in peace, Johnny. boy,
Ralph C. You've been de-douched. John Orem, my condolences. Thank
you for your courage. Sir Mix says, you will be
missed, John. Rest in peace from Sir Mix. And on
the last 8888, we promise to read every single one,
8888 and above. Pablo says, what a rich personality. The
stories, the tips, the noisemakers. We'll miss you, John. Rest
in peace. Prayers for Mimi and the family. Ooh. Okay.
So. Hey, JC. Hold on. Hold on a second. You're
up. Hold on. There we go. Wait, are we continuing?
No, that's the end. We've reached it. 88-88. Oh, you're
right. That was it. I can pitch in four cents
for the last, the people who are one penny off.
Okay. Go for it. Go for it. All right. I'll
put in four cents. So we've got John J. Albertine
at 88-87, one penny short. 8887 penny short the Louisiana
bill dill pickles yeah Louisiana dill pickles Travis flack 8887
a real day wrecker no doubt but John would hate
a mopey note rest in peace John C Jessica Monroe
in Belleville, Illinois. JCD will be missed. And all four
of you owe me a penny. Wow. Wow, wow, wow.
Now, for Sunday's show... I want to repeat that we'd
love, I think we should do some great clips that
you send in. I would love to mix those together,
your favorites. And we will continue reading these heartfelt well
wishes, these notes of sorrow and sadness and just missing
John. We feel it's healing. It's certainly healing for me.
I'm sure it's healing for everybody there in California. and
for everybody around Gitmo Nation. And I think we should
close it out with the regular donation segment because we
have a lot of title changes, dames, knights, and of
course, some birthdays. No agenda meetups. It's your birthday, birthday.
Oh, yeah. Well, would you believe it, of all of
the donation notes, everything we have received for today, we
only have one birthday on the list. I don't know
how it happens. Brian McFadden turns 58 years old tomorrow,
so of course we say happy birthday from everybody here
at the best podcast in the universe. ♪ Slay ♪
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of meetups taking place. Certainly tomorrow there will be a
lot. And we didn't have any meetup reports, but Sir
Ducifer, longtime producer of the show, is organizing a meetup
in Spicewood, Texas, and he sent in an actual promo
for it. That, my friends, was the sound of a
plunge. And you, too, can enjoy plunging into 72-degree water
at Crousey Springs this Saturday for the No Agenda Meetup.
This is Sir Ducifer inviting everyone out to the Crousey
Springs Meetup this Saturday, July 25th, at Crousey Springs in
Spicewood, Texas. Come celebrate the life. Amazing Life of John
C. Dvorak It starts at noon. All the information's at
noagendameetups.com. If you want to camp... Go to my post.
I have my phone number down at the bottom. You
can text me, and I'll tell you where we're at.
We have a whole big group going out there, some
no-agenda people, some not. So I hope to see you
all out in Spicewood, Texas at Krause Springs. You can
check out some amazing photos at krausesprings.net, and come on
out and check out trees that are older than our
government. When you arrive, go down to the man-made pool
and look for the anonymous towel. But come celebrate the
life and come take a plunge because it's going to
be a hot weekend. And we definitely need to cool
our hot heads. So I hope to see you all
out in Spicewood, Texas at Crousey Springs this Saturday, July
25th at Crousey Springs in Spicewood, Texas. And I certainly
hope we get a lot of meter reports because there's
a lot taking place tomorrow besides the Crousey Springs, Spicewood,
Texas. Hal's Tavern at Coventry. That's in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
the worst ceasefire ever meet up kicking off at one
o'clock. No quala me. Yep. always being there for the
Los Angeles crew. On Sunday, our next show day, the
Squim Roundabout No. 2 at 2 o'clock, and that'll be
at Baja Cantina in Squim, Washington. Yeah, and I wish
I could be there, but I'm here. Well, we're glad
you're going to be here. On the way, we have
the 30th, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Alpharetta, Georgia. On the 31st,
Manville, Louisiana. This will be a JCD celebration of life.
Calgary, Alberta on the 31st. Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Another JCD
memoriam on the 2nd. I think all these will be
memoriams pretty much. August 3rd, Ketchikan, Alaska. Oklahoma City on
the 4th. Denver, Colorado. The love is lit for JCD
meetup on the 3rd.
5th on the 8th, Austin, Sunset Valley, Texas, Eagle, Idaho
on the 8th, Santa Rosa, California, Bangkok, Thailand. The 9th
will be Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August 15th, Oakland, California, Charlotte,
North Carolina on the 20th, 22nd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Indiana
on the 23rd. And there are many more all the
way through November. Go to noagendameetups.com. This is proof that
no agenda is much, much bigger than anyone even fathom
and imagine because you do these you organize these by
yourself you just go to hang out you put our
heads on sticks maybe hasn't happened in a while but
go pour one out for JCD and just hang out
celebrate him together it's a wonderful thing to do remember
the connection always gives you protection the people you meet
at meetups will be your first responders in any emergency
no agenda meetups calm if you can't find one near
you start one yourself it's always easy and always a
party Sometimes you wanna go *music* Drink it all It
feels the same. Gonna do a tip of the day
for obvious reasons and no ISO sound off. Hey, hey,
hey. Oh, I'm sorry. There he is, ladies and gentlemen,
yes. How could I even screw that up? Green fives
for you and me ♪ Just the tip with JCB
♪ - There he is. ♪ And sometimes Adam ♪
tip of the day. Dana Brunetti is back with us.
Dana, I'm so sorry. Yeah, no worries. The only tip
is to donate to No Agenda. Oh, that's a good
tip. Can I give a different tip? That tip's also
good, but it's one more. Take photos for the memories
for all of these meetups. Yes. Yeah, that's a great
idea. Oh, Dana. Share them. I'm so glad you popped
back in, man. That's fantastic. No, I've been listening to
it on my phone as I was running about. Sorry
I lost it earlier. I just broke down. I thought
it was tougher than that, but I'm not, really. You
guys did an amazing job. I had no idea. That
was a marathon. You guys handed the baton for four
hours reading those notes. Well done. You could have come
back and helped. Yeah, really. You know what? I was
going to try to call one of you or text
one of you guys to say, hey, send me part
of the list and I'll come on and I'll read
some of them, but you guys are too busy. There's
always Sunday. Feel free to drop by. Yes, sir. Send
me a batch and I'll read them. All right. Let's
close it out. with your credit because you need it.
That's right. sometimes add That'll do it for this episode.
We will, of course, return on Sunday. Please join us.
Please send in your clips, anything that you can find.
Bingit.io is a great place to create the clips. Thanks
to Marty the Joke Writer. Thanks to Will Hurst. Thank
you, Dana Brunetti. Thank you, Jay. Thank you, Brennan. Thank
you, Mimi. Thank you, JC. And thank you, JCD. um
Looking forward to Sunday, everybody. We'll have more. to be
thankful for that John has been in our lives for
so long. Coming to you from the heart of the
Texas Hill Country right here in Fredericksburg, Texas, with Heavy
Heart. but also happy that we have such a wonderful
family. In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And we're
here in the office of the squeaky chairs that will
never be seen. In Northern Silicon Valley, this is the
Dvorak and Lawton family. Please remember us at noagendadonations.com. Thank
you, everybody, for being here. Until Sunday, as I always
like to say, adios, mofos! Ahooey, hooey, and so on.
A new song. Everything has changed Let's see. me This
is so me.