Cyclospora Outbreak Spreads to 34 States, No Agenda Hosts Question Official Narratives
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In their latest episode, No Agenda hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak tackle a packed news cycle, starting with the expanding cyclosporiasis outbreak that has now sickened more than 2,600 people in Michigan alone across 34 states. The parasitic infection, linked to contaminated produce, has prompted Taco Bell to voluntarily remove certain ingredients. Michigan's Dr. Bagdasarian has floated a theory involving lettuce, while Curry offers his own speculation: 'I'm telling you, something else is going on here. I like my gain-of-function angle, but I'm looking more at, it's got a GLP-1.'
The episode also covers the FBI's unusual search of the late Senator Lindsey Graham's Washington, D.C., home. Curry pushes back on conspiracy theories surrounding Graham's death, noting a preliminary medical examiner's report cited a torn aortic artery. 'Have we lost the ability to think a little more simplistically? Occam's razor's dead,' he tells Dvorak, who agrees that online speculation about Ukrainian drone strikes and shaped charges has gone too far.
Other topics include Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing exchange with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse over Kash Patel and the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's grilling by Rep. Al Green over Trump meme coin 'speculative bubbles,' and Jay Clayton's Director of National Intelligence hearing with Senator Mark Kelly. The hosts also discuss OpenAI's rumored screen-free Alexa competitor, an Apple lawsuit over Jony Ive's startup, and the House-passed Sunshine Protection Act.
In a lighter segment, Curry reports from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where his hearing aids were hijacked by low-energy Bluetooth signage designed for blind travelers. Atomic Rod Adams returns via email to update listeners on four new advanced nuclear reactors that came online before July 4th, including Deployable Energy, Aalo Atomics, and Valar Atomics. The episode also covers Reflect Orbital's 50,000-satellite plan to bounce sunlight onto Earth after dark and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's sister promoting Claude for Teachers. A supercut contrasting media predictions that Elon Musk would destroy Twitter with current 'cesspool' framing lands as clip of the day.