In a rare public appearance, Oscar-nominated producer Dana Brunetti joined Adam Curry on episode 1903 of the No Agenda Show, titled "Non-Practicing," published September 13, 2026. The two-and-a-half-hour conversation, recorded in the Texas Hill Country two days after the 25th anniversary of 9/11, offered a media deconstruction that blended Hollywood war stories with deep dives into classified documents, legal controversies, and the AI industry's escalating rhetoric. Brunetti, the executive behind The Social Network, House of Cards, Captain Phillips, 21, and the Fifty Shades franchise, left Los Angeles in 2019 and has largely avoided the spotlight. His decision to break that silence on a listener-supported podcast rather than a mainstream outlet signals a growing appetite for independent, unfiltered analysis.
The episode's emotional core was Brunetti's firsthand account of September 11, 2001. He was two blocks from Building 7 when the attacks occurred, filming the North Tower's hole from his rooftop before the second plane hit. He then evacuated over the bridge with his girlfriend, who had been opening Issey Miyake's flagship store for Fashion Week. Curry revisited Senator Bob Graham's 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 alleged role and widow Terri Strada's confrontation of presidents, keeping pressure on unanswered questions from that day.
Beyond 9/11, the show dissected the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and the Black holdout juror, accusing NBC 10 Boston of rapid opposition-research doxxing. A segment on artificial intelligence took aim at what Curry and Brunetti described as a coordinated "kill all humans" psyop, citing Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Greg Casar. They also analyzed 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. The episode further covered the AfD's 43.8% surge in Saxony-Anhalt and Russia's new targeting of Ukrainian rail and fuel depots, framing these as underreported shifts in global power.
Brunetti's Hollywood recollections added a layer of media criticism. He 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. Yet Brunetti downplayed his role in the streaming revolution: "So everybody gives me credit for starting streaming and all that. It would have happened no matter what." Curry delivered the line that gave the episode its title after a TikToker declared herself "a non-practicing white."
The implications of this episode extend beyond its individual segments. By platforming a figure like Brunetti—who has navigated the highest levels of film, television, and tech—No Agenda reinforces the value of alternative media in an era of consolidated corporate news. The show's value-for-value model, free from advertising and institutional ties, allows for conversations that challenge official narratives on 9/11, AI regulation, and election integrity. As Brunetti's first podcast since 2019, it also suggests that even those who have exited the Hollywood machine may find a more receptive audience among independent listeners. Episode 1903 is available at noagendashow.net, where the full discussion can be heard.
