Curry and Dvorak Probe Autism Billing Audit, Blue Origin Blast, and Trump's Free
In Episode 1873 'Supercycle,' Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak dissect a nationwide audit of autism Medicaid billing, the Blue Origin New Glenn launch pad explosion, the unraveling Freedom 250 concert, Joe Rogan's SSRI apology, and Texas AG Paxton's Sharia law crackdown.
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Show Open — Euphoria, Fraud is Everywhere
Photo: Adam Curry & John C. Dvorak
“Perhaps the actual study of autism, of who, how many people have autism, was the scam to begin with, an inside job before it even got to the Medicare and all of this money that was going to autism treatment?”
Episode 1873 of the No Agenda Show, titled 'Supercycle,' published May 31, 2026, finds hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak broadcasting from the Texas Hill Country and Refinery Row for another media deconstruction. The hosts open with a provocative thesis about a nationwide audit of autism treatment billing, where North Carolina alone saw an 11,000% spike in Medicaid spending and Minnesota's ABA therapy outlays surged roughly 51,000% since 2018. Curry argues the original autism epidemic narrative itself may have been the scam that primed the pump.
Listeners can expect a sweeping news rundown anchored to several specific threads:
Show Open — Euphoria, Fraud is Everywhere
Photo: Adam Curry & John C. Dvorak
“Perhaps the actual study of autism, of who, how many people have autism, was the scam to begin with, an inside job before it even got to the Medicare and all of this money that was going to autism treatment?”
- The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral, compared across ABC, CBS, and NBC in the show's signature 3x3 segment.
- The collapsing Freedom 250 concert led by Silicon Valley figure Keith Krach, with dropouts including Martina McBride, the Commodores, Bret Michaels, and Young MC.
- Joe Rogan's on-air apology after a Theo Von episode raised alarms about SSRIs and the discredited chemical imbalance theory.
- Texas AG Ken Paxton's push to classify Sharia law enforcement as a second-degree felony.
- Jill Biden's CBS book tour and the furious response from Pod Save America.
Curry presses his central question about the autism audit directly: 'Perhaps the actual study of autism, of who, how many people have autism, was the scam to begin with, an inside job before it even got to the Medicare and all of this money that was going to autism treatment?' On the Bezos rocket failure, Dvorak floats sabotage timed to the SpaceX S-1 filing, while Curry notes the launch pad itself was destroyed. The hosts also flag a verbal tic in CBS coverage, observing that the word 'glitch' has been quietly replaced by the century-old farming term 'haywire.'
The episode digs into Keith Krach's Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, the competing America 250 commission chaired honorarily by Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and Treasury Secretary Bessent's remarks at the Reagan National Economic Forum about a proposed $250 bill featuring President Trump, complete with a primer on seigniorage. Curry shares hands-on frustration using Anthropic's Claude Code agent to automate show credits and clip cutting, concluding the AI 'supercycle' touted by Armada CEO Dan Wright is overvalued. A boots-on-the-ground note from an independent Washington State gas station operator details two-week fuel contracts and hidden carbon-credit fees pressuring July 4 prices.
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No Agenda is a long-running, listener-supported podcast hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak that takes a skeptical, independent look at mainstream media, politics, culture, and the forces shaping the daily news cycle. Known for its sharp commentary, humor, and media deconstruction approach, the show questions official narratives and decodes how stories are framed across outlets. Episode 1873 'Supercycle' is available now wherever podcasts are heard, and in any modern podcast app from podcastapps.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the autism billing audit thesis Curry raises in episode 1873?
- Curry argues the autism treatment billing scandal may be even bigger than reported. With North Carolina's autism services spending up 11,000% in four years and Minnesota's ABA therapy billing up roughly 51,000% since 2018, he suggests the original narrative that 'everybody has autism' was itself a scam that primed Medicaid to be looted before treatment dollars ever flowed.
- Why are the hosts skeptical of the Freedom 250 concert lineup?
- Curry, who ran a syndicated top 30 radio show in the 1990s, recognized the announced acts as 'track act' state-fair performers like Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory, Flo Rida, and Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli. He notes the absence of Trump-aligned artists like Lee Greenwood and Kid Rock signals organizer Keith Krach has botched the event, which competes with Obama and Bush's America 250 commission.
- What did Joe Rogan apologize for regarding Theo Von?
- Rogan issued an on-air apology after discussing Theo Von's SSRI use and mental state, saying he wasn't covering for Israel or treating Von like a child. Curry believes the apology was driven by intense audience pushback, and that Rogan correctly stated the chemical imbalance theory behind SSRIs is a discredited sales pitch rather than established medical fact.
- What happened with Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket?
- During a static fire test at Cape Canaveral, the 320-foot New Glenn rocket erupted into a massive fireball, destroying Blue Origin's only launch pad and threatening NASA's Artemis moon program. Dvorak floated possible sabotage given the timing with SpaceX's S-1 public offering filing, while Curry questioned why supposedly all-powerful AI from Bezos and Musk hasn't solved these engineering failures.
- What did Curry conclude after using Claude Code to automate show production?
- After five weeks using Anthropic's Claude Code agent to handle credits and clip cutting, Curry concluded AI is roughly on par with an intern — saving maybe 30 minutes but requiring constant correction. He says it lacks consistency, can't iterate reliably, and cannot identify a good audio clip with an arc, calling the AI 'supercycle' overvalued and unusable for serious business.
- What is seigniorage and how does it relate to the proposed $250 bill?
- Treasury Secretary Bessent explained at the Reagan National Economic Forum that seigniorage is essentially a free, interest-free loan the government gets when Treasury prints currency that circulates without paying interest — currently about $2.5 to $2.6 trillion outstanding. Bessent suggested a Trump $250 bill would likely be hoarded as collectibles, expanding that interest-free float, though the bill must depict a non-living person.
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