While entertaining, No Agenda is far too conspiracy-theory laden to be taken seriously. They frequently talk about "chemtrails" and mock scientists who believe in climate change. Not too far off from Alex Jones.
I can see how a new listener might be thrown off, but they really aren't conspiracy nuts.
Yes, they frequently joke about chemtrails, but it is within a context of a joke, or as a punchline.
Yes, they mock scientists that advocate for global climate change- not because of the actual phenomena, but because of the low quality of the papers that promote it, the corrupt method by which grants are only given to those that agree with the hypothesis, and the near fanatical following that people have created around it.
Is climate change real? Of course, they aren't doubting that.
Is there a lot of hokum surrounding it? Absolutely. People become fear mongers to turn a quick buck.
No Agenda is, as many fans of the show put it "a twice weekly dose of sanity". When people were freaking out about "Russia hacking the DNC", they scoured the news and put all the evidence on the table, which turns out there wasn't much. Other news just took the headline and ran. Same deal on the other side of the conspiracy-isle with pizzagate: they scoured and put all the evidence on the table. Turns out there wasn't much. They are fantastic for calming you down when the news winds you up about something.
> When people were freaking out about "Russia hacking the DNC", they scoured the news and put all the evidence on the table, which turns out there wasn't much.
Why would this be surprising for a covert operation? Does this make the story a fabrication?
A "debunking" style of news is interesting provided it's not the only mode of reporting. But if you are always looking for holes in the story, you may miss out on what's actually there.
All they talk about is conspiracies. Even if they didn't believe in any of them, I'd still call them conspiracy nuts. There's always the sense of "something more is going on here" whenever they talk about just about anything - and its far far past the point of ironic humor, its the main pull of the show. I can see after a while a frequent listener can feel they're vaccinated against it, but to a new listener it is just conspiracy theories all day, which should tell you something. At some point, you're just as "in on the joke" as a Rush Limbaugh listener.
