‘Goofy Foot’ Episode 1898: Curry and Long Dissect Mail-In Voting, Media Narratives, and More

In a historic first for the No Agenda Show, Adam Curry welcomed co-host Matt Long across the desk in the same studio for Episode 1898, titled “Goofy Foot.” Long, host of The Matt Long Show on Hill Country Patriot FM and a veteran Ben Franklin character actor, joined Curry on August 27, 2026, to dissect the week’s most consequential news: the U.S. Supreme Court’s emergency order allowing the Trump administration to proceed with restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The episode moved through a dense slate of topics, including the 6-3 ruling on the March 2026 executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service and Department of Homeland Security to build a citizenship-based voter database. Curry and Long also covered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s “Operation Economic Outcast” targeting Iran, CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Moscow, President Trump’s announcement of 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef, Canadian Premier Doug Ford’s retaliatory tariff threats, and California’s new Replacement Tire Efficiency Program.

Long, who plays Benjamin Franklin at Vacation Liberty School events and Capitol appearances, offered boots-on-the-ground perspective on Texas mail-in ballot rules and the Secretary of State’s new postmark guidance. On election integrity, Long was blunt: “Mail-in ballots, I think, are probably the most easiest way to steal an election and to get dishonest results.” The two also dissected New York Attorney General Letitia James’s “chaos and confusion” response and Arizona AG Kris Mayes’s defense of her state’s vote-by-mail system.

The conversation ranged far beyond electoral law. Curry played an audio report from an anonymous regenerative Zoomer rancher in Northwest North Dakota explaining the 11-year cattle market cycle and the divide between “commodity cowboys” and regenerative operators. Other threads included Don Huffines and the Epstein ranch purchase, Nvidia’s reported acquisition of Hugging Face, OpenAI’s push for regulation of open-source models, the H-1B visa fee hike, State Department visa revocations, the unraveling Eurovision Song Contest amid Israel boycotts, and a heartfelt tribute to Dolly Parton and Tim Curry.

Long also recounted his path from unpaid legislative correspondent to paid host, reflecting on his radio craft. The episode is a prime example of No Agenda’s signature “media deconstruction” approach, examining how stories are framed, repeated, amplified, or ignored.