No Agenda Podcast Signs Off After 19 Years and 1,916 Episodes Without John C. Dvorak

No Agenda, the listener-funded podcast that Adam Curry and technology columnist John C. Dvorak launched in October 2007, has come to an end. Curry recorded the show's final installment, Episode 1916, titled "The Final Episode," on Thursday, Oct. 29, closing a 19-year run a little more than three months after Dvorak's death. The episode, which runs 5 hours and 49 minutes, is dated Oct. 30 on the show's official website, and the daily industry newsletter Podnews reported on Friday that the last episode of No Agenda was published.

Curry opened the broadcast from Fredericksburg, Texas, with Andrew Horowitz, host of the podcast DH Unplugged, sitting in as co-host, according to the transcript posted on the show's searchable episode archive. "It is time for the final edition of the No Agenda Show," Curry said at the top of the program. Horowitz described the mood on air: "It's emotionally draining, but yet at the same time, it's a wonderful tribute."

Why the show ended

Dvorak, best known for his long-running Inside Track column in PC Magazine, died unexpectedly on July 20 in Albany, California, at age 80, a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that No Agenda announced his death in its newsletter published July 22 and that the cause of death was not disclosed. In July, Curry said he planned for the program to continue, telling listeners, "This family, this community that we built with him is too big and too vast to end," according to the Chronicle.

The show did continue for several months with guest co-hosts. In mid-October, however, Curry said he would step away. Podnews reported on Oct. 16 that the Oct. 29 show would be his last, and that Curry said on No Agenda: "When John died, honestly, the show died as we know it." At that point, he said he hoped the program would continue in some form, according to Podnews.

The Czech podcast news site Ceske podcasty reported that Curry told listeners he had considered leaving while Dvorak was still alive, but postponed that conversation after Dvorak underwent double bypass surgery. The site also reported that Curry said Dvorak's death ended half of the business partnership behind the show, quoting him as saying, "I can't offer the other half to anybody."

The decision to end the show itself, rather than only Curry's role in it, came on Episode 1915, "Off The Rails," which aired Sunday, Oct. 25, and marked the program's 19th anniversary. "Thursday will be the last, not just my last episode, but it will be the last episode of No Agenda," Curry said, according to the episode transcript. He said that after discussions with Dvorak's family, "we have all collectively agreed that the show is not the show without John and Adam."

A finale built around listeners

No Agenda carried no advertising and was paid for by listeners who contributed money and volunteer work, according to Ceske podcasty. The show's archive describes Curry and Dvorak as "the pioneers of the Value for Value model," the listener-supported approach the program used throughout its run. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the show focused on questioning mainstream media and released episodes every Thursday and Sunday.

Much of the final episode was devoted to listener donation notes, musical tributes sent in by contributors and archival clips of Dvorak from his TechTV-era program Silicon Spin, according to the archive's episode summary. The broadcast also included what the archive describes as Dvorak's final recorded goodbye, from an episode of DH Unplugged in July 2026.

Curry closed the show with an extended list of thanks. He thanked "the guest co-hosts who sat in John's seat this year so the show could keep going," and "the people who listened and never sent anything at all. You are here and that counts." He also thanked the Dvorak family "for John and for sharing him with us for 19 years."

What comes next

On the finale, Curry said the Dvorak family will produce a new program called Party Line, at partylineshow.com. He said his podcast We Get To Do This, which he co-hosts with Pastor Jimmy, will continue and, as of Nov. 9, will move to two days a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. The archive's episode summary also notes that Curry and the Keeper, a podcast Curry previously hosted, is returning, and that the No Agenda website and meetups will continue under producer management.

Ceske podcasty reported that Curry, who is listed as the "Podfather" in the description of We Get To Do This, plans to focus on what he calls "kingdom work," including Godcaster, a company he said helps Christian radio stations get online.

Dvorak's career

Born in Fresno, California, on April 5, 1946, Dvorak earned a history degree from UC Berkeley and moved his Inside Track column from InfoWorld to PC Magazine in August 1986, The Hollywood Reporter reported. He was a contributor to the 1995-99 CNET Central series, hosted radio shows including NPR's Technically Speaking and wrote more than a dozen books. The Chronicle reported that in 2007 Dvorak became vice president of Mevio, the San Francisco-based entertainment network founded by Curry, and that the two began co-hosting No Agenda the same year.

The first episode released after Dvorak's death, No. 1,888, came out July 24 and featured his widow, Mimi Smith-Dvorak, among the friends and relatives who shared stories about him across roughly six hours, according to the Chronicle. With Episode 1916, the program that grew out of that partnership has now published its last show.