Oscar-nominated producer Dana Brunetti, known for executive producing films such as The Social Network, House of Cards, Captain Phillips, 21, and the Fifty Shades franchise, joined host Adam Curry on episode 1903 of the No Agenda Show, titled "Non-Practicing," published September 13, 2026. The two-and-a-half-hour episode, part of the "Curry & Friends" series, marked Brunetti's first public podcast appearance since he left Los Angeles in 2019. Broadcasting from the Texas Hill Country, the conversation ranged from Hollywood war stories to a detailed deconstruction of media narratives, arriving two days after the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The episode's emotional core centered on 9/11. 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.
Brunetti recounted the Saturday-night phone call from director David Fincher that steered Kevin Spacey and House of Cards to Netflix's then-untested original-content push. He explained 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."
The AI segment dissected what the episode framed as a coordinated "kill all humans" psyop, pointing to statements from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Greg Casar. Curry and Brunetti also examined 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. These discussions highlight growing concerns over AI regulation and the influence of tech leaders on public perception.
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. The episode's title came from Curry after a TikToker declared herself "a non-practicing white."
For listeners, the episode offers a rare blend of insider Hollywood perspective and skeptical media analysis. Brunetti's firsthand account of Netflix's early bet on original content underscores how a single decision can reshape an industry, while the AI and geopolitical segments signal rising tensions that could affect policy, investment, and public trust. The No Agenda Show, hosted by Curry and the late John C. Dvorak, is a listener-supported podcast known for its value-for-value model and irreverent take on mainstream media. Episode 1903 is available now wherever podcasts are heard, and at noagendashow.net.
