In a rare public appearance, Oscar-nominated producer Dana Brunetti joined the No Agenda Show for its 1,903rd episode, titled "Non-Practicing," published on September 13, 2026. The two-and-a-half-hour installment, hosted by Adam Curry, marked Brunetti's first podcast since leaving Los Angeles in 2019, and it paired Hollywood war stories with a full media deconstruction just two days after the 25th anniversary of 9/11. The episode, available at noagendashow.net, underscores the growing influence of independent, listener-supported media in challenging mainstream narratives.
The emotional core of the episode was the 9/11 segment. Brunetti, who was two blocks from Building 7 on the morning of the attacks, described filming the North Tower's hole from his rooftop before the second plane hit, then evacuating over the bridge with his girlfriend, who was opening Issey Miyake's flagship store that day for Fashion Week. Curry revisited Bob Graham's Senate testimony and Megyn Kelly's reporting on the redacted 28 pages, while Brunetti connected the Adrian Lamo thread in his shelved documentary Hackers Wanted to Chelsea Manning's arrest. The discussion also touched on Saudi Arabia's role in 9/11 and widow Terri Strada's confrontation of sitting and former presidents, highlighting ongoing questions about transparency and accountability.
The AI block dissected Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's G7 remarks, Anthropic's Moonshot AI accusations, and the Sanders-Hawley bill proposing 20-year prison sentences for building artificial superintelligence. Brunetti and Curry framed these developments as part of a coordinated AI "kill all humans" psyop involving Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Greg Casar. This segment is particularly important as it questions the hype and fear surrounding AI, suggesting that powerful interests may be manipulating the narrative to shape policy and public perception.
Brunetti also recounted the Saturday-night phone call from David Fincher that steered Kevin Spacey and House of Cards to Netflix's untested original-content push, and how Reed Hastings' team bought the show in the room for $100 million across two seasons. On his own legacy, Brunetti was characteristically flat: "So everybody gives me credit for starting streaming and all that. It would have happened no matter what." This insider account provides a rare glimpse into the birth of the streaming era, which has since upended traditional Hollywood and reshaped how audiences consume media.
Other topics included the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, the Black holdout juror, and NBC 10 Boston's rapid opposition-research doxxing; the AfD's 43.8% earthquake in Saxony-Anhalt; and Russia's new targeting of Ukrainian rail and fuel depots. Curry delivered the line that gives the episode its title after a TikToker declared herself "a non-practicing white." By blending personal anecdotes with critical analysis, the episode exemplifies the No Agenda Show's value-for-value model and its irreverent alternative to conventional news analysis. The implications are clear: as legacy media faces declining trust, independent platforms like No Agenda are becoming vital spaces for deconstructing the stories that shape public understanding.
