[wnevets]

I've said this before on HN but No Agenda started off as a great podcast. It wasn't until Obama ran for president that it descended into a infowars knock off with their non stop talk about the Clintons are really lizard people, sarah palin is a rockstar and we gotta stop pizzagate.

[ballenf]

Someone sent a link to a recent episode and I didn't hear any of that. Maybe I just got lucky? In fact I heard more mocking of those type conspiracies than promotion of them.

Biggest turnoff for me was the "private jokes" or terminology that seemed to intentionally create a barrier to understanding without investing a lot of time to learn their language. Like being the newcomer to a group of people who have been hanging out for years.

What I did appreciate was the podcast notes which were like a full-fledged bibliography of every article discussed. Including the text of the articles.

As an example of what I would call mocking conspiracy theories, they used a "rain stick" and claimed to have accidentally caused floods and storms. It was pretty clear they didn't actually believe in rain sticks, but were having fun and kind of mocking such beliefs because it was all so over the top. But I could see someone taking their words literally.

[wnevets]

>Someone sent a link to a recent episode and I didn't hear any of that. Maybe I just got lucky? In fact I heard more mocking of those type conspiracies than promotion of them.

I haven't listened since Obama ran against McCain, it's entirely possible they've changed their MO since then. However much like the question if Dovak really thinks Apple should cancel the iPhone or if he's just seeking attention, I just fine constant bad takes uninteresting and annoying. It's one of the reasons why I stopped listening to Rogan.

[dguaraglia]

While they mock some beliefs, they’ll subscribe to the dumbest conspiracy theory as long as it attacks the right people (hint: it’s not Republicans.) To give you an idea of how dumb: they used to promote the ‘joke’ that Michelle Obama was secretly male and would make fun of Biden’s many procedures.