# No Agenda Show

15 Hacker News commenters recommended No Agenda Show and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 18 years (3 owners).

**Verdict:** Long-running podcast that longtime listeners say got them through hard times, with well-done sound. Critics say it drifted toward conspiracy theories and polarized politics.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-time listeners since early years (5 comments): "I used to love listening to him in early No Agenda talking about his takes on all sorts of worldly things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013981)) "I've listened to basically every episode since 2008, and 95% of the time while falling asleep" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015280)) "Regular listener to the No Agenda podcast. Will miss that voice dearly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022481))
- Media deconstruction and independent analysis (2 comments): "longstanding media deconstruction and analysis on the No Agenda show" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014838)) "Their podcast is one of the last bastion of independence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014138))

## What people warn about

- Conspiracy theories and misinformation (5 comments): "the No Agenda agenda increasingly drifted toward questioning well-established facts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014783)) "Over time it became more and more of what I'd describe as a conspiracy podcast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014428)) "I blame him for a lot of toxic ideas that he helped spread in his No Agenda show years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016626))
- Polarized, biased political commentary (3 comments): "I massively disagree with the politics of John and Adam and frankly find some of what they say to be hate speech" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015187)) "they became increasingly polarized and unmoving in their opinions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015068)) "They now clearly have an agenda, and their coverage of recent ICE shootings was horribly biased." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296897))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dwarkesh Podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dwarkesh-podcast.md): 29 recommend
- [Oxide and Friends](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oxide-and-friends-podcast.md): 26 recommend
- [Acquired podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acquired-podcast.md): 25 recommend
- [Behind the Bastards podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/behind-the-bastards-podcast.md): 18 recommend
- [Mindscape podcast by Sean Carroll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindscape-podcast.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "No Agenda Show", https://hackerapproved.com/p/no-agenda/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).