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The Podcast That Saw It Coming - NaPodPoMo 2025 #21 · Randy Unscripted

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  Randy Black: Randy Black.
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  Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Black. He's a troublemaker.
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  Welcome back to another episode of Randy Unscripted, and I'm your host, Randy Black, if you didn't catch on from my name being said multiple times there at the beginning. And this is day number
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  21
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  of NAPOD promo,
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  national podcast post month. The goal is to post 30 episodes in thirty days, and we are in the homestretch.
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  Today for Napod Pomo, I wanna do something a little different.
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  Instead of sharing, you know, some type of
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  devotional fall, personal reflection,
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  technology
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  thinking,
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  I wanna introduce you to another podcast,
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  one that I think that a lot of you
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  will find to be both interesting and valuable,
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  especially if you care about media literacy
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  and understanding what's really going on behind the headlines.
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  That podcast
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  is called no agenda, and it's been around for more than eighteen years. In podcasting,
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  that kind of longevity is very rare.
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  Most shows fade out after a few months, and some don't even make it to a year.
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  These guys have stayed consistent.
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  They've stayed relevant,
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  and they have a highly engaged audience.
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  And it's been going on now for almost two decades,
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  and there is an absolutely good reason for that.
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  No agenda is hosted by Adam Curry, who many people remember as one of the iconic MTV VJs back in the eighties and and nineties,
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  and John C. Dvorak, a veteran tech and media commentator.
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  Adam went from introducing music videos on MTV to becoming one of the earliest pioneers in podcasting,
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  which is why many people often refer to him as the pod father.
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  And John
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  brings decades of analytical
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  experience and a sharp eye for media patterns.
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  Together,
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  they they make for a unique pairing.
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  Their mission is simple,
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  deconstruct the media.
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  They take clips from news broadcasts,
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  political speeches,
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  interviews,
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  even cultural moments like things you find on TikTok,
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  and they break them down to reveal the framing, the biases,
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  the omissions,
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  and the narrative shaping that often goes completely unnoticed.
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  They don't ask you to believe them. In fact,
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  they they challenge the audience to do the opposite, to question
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  everything,
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  including their own commentary.
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  What they provide is a process for thinking critically, for slowing down the news cycle long enough
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  to actually examine what you're being told.
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  One of the reasons that
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  I think no agenda is worth sharing with you is because media literacy
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  is becoming more important than ever.
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  Headlines now are crafted for clicks.
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  Stories are are often shaped and filtered before they reach us.
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  And whether we realize it or not, the way information is presented influences the way that we see the world,
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  the way that we respond to it,
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  and sometimes
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  even the way we think.
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  Listening to no agenda trains your ear to pick up on things you might have never noticed before.
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  Specific word choices,
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  narratives that suddenly shift,
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  stories that vanish without explanation,
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  and the ways that different outlets report the same event
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  in completely different ways
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  and sometimes
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  in exactly the same way.
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  Even if you don't agree with all the conclusions they come up with,
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  you don't have to.
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  The analysis itself
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  is what's valuable.
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  It encourages deeper thinking on the part of the listener,
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  a healthier skepticism,
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  and and a more informed approach
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  to the consumption of media.
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  And, honestly, the show's entertaining.
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  Adam and John balance serious analysis with humor and personality.
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  They even pick at each other like an old married couple sometimes.
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  It's long form,
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  three to three and a half hours twice a week. It's unfiltered.
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  They just let it go, and it's refreshingly
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  human.
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  There's no editing. It's exactly what was recorded at the time it was done.
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  So
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  why am I bringing this here
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  to you on Randy unscripted?
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  Well, it's because I believe that part of growing,
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  you know, personally, spiritually, intellectually,
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  is learning to look beneath the surface.
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  Whether we're talking about faith, culture, or the news cycle,
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  discernment
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  matters.
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  If you're someone who wants to better understand how media narratives are formed,
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  if if you wanna hear conversations
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  that dig deeper than the usual sound bites,
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  or if you simply enjoy hearing two people break down current events in a way that makes you think,
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  then I think No Agenda might be a podcast that you'll appreciate.
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  Even if it doesn't become part of your regular listening routine,
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  giving it a try can open your eyes to what's happening behind the curtain of the modern media today.
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  So that's my recommend the recommendation for today's napod promo episode,
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  national podcast post month. The goal is 30 episodes
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  in thirty days.
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  Go and check out the no agenda podcast.
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  Give a recent episode a listen. Browse through their back catalog.
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  Sample a few clips to get a feel for what they do.
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  Whether you end up agreeing with them or not, I think you'll walk away seeing the news and maybe the world just a little bit differently.
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  I'm Randy,
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  and this has been Randy Unscripted.