
889: The Christmas Special
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak return for a special Christmas broadcast featuring a deep dive into NASA's Orion space vehicle and the technical hurdles of the Van Allen radiation belts. The hosts question the agency's recent claims regarding radiation shielding while highlighting the suspicious loss of original Apollo telemetry tapes. This holiday edition also examines the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas and the escalating controversy surrounding the Black Pete character in the Lowlands. International stories include French trucker protests led by the red-bonneted activists of Brittany and a DNA barcoding study from Canada that exposed widespread fraud in the herbal supplement industry. The report found that one-third of supplements contained fillers like soybean instead of the advertised plants. In the United States, Bill O'Reilly faces the fallout of a New York custody battle, while Hillary Clinton addresses rumors of political fatigue and her transition out of the State Department. Additional segments cover the development of molten salt nuclear reactors by Transatomic Power and the catastrophic risk of failure at the Mosul Dam in Iraq. Sir Ramsey Cain produces a series of distinctive clips ranging from Al Sharpton mispronouncing basic vocabulary to a satirical High School USA segment on Shabbat. The hosts share personal anecdotes about 1960s telephone party lines and a bizarre encounter with guitarist Skunk Baxter. The broadcast concludes with a look at the severed feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest and a reminder of the upcoming No Agenda meetup in Beverly Hills.



















