In the morning.
For nearly two decades, this show has never really had two hosts. It's had two hosts and you — the producers. The clips, the artwork, the boots-on-the-ground reports, the donations, the jingles, the end-of-show mixes. The show has always been something we make together, twice a week, value for value.
Losing John left a hole that nobody can fill — and this site isn't going to pretend otherwise. There is no replacing John C. Dvorak. There's no audition tape on Earth that recreates what he and Adam built across nearly nineteen years and eighteen hundred–odd episodes behind those microphones.
But the mission continues. The media isn't going to deconstruct itself.
So we're doing this the way this show has always done everything: we're asking the producers.
What this site is
noagendatalentsearch.com is an open audition. If you know the show — its history, its running gags, its rhythms — and you think you can hold up one side of the conversation, we want to hear you.
Here's how it works:
1. Audition. Create an account, write a short bio, and upload a demo tape (an MP3, up to 15 minutes). Show us what you'd bring to the chair: deconstruct a clip, riff on the week's news, do a segment the way you'd do it on air. Every demo is reviewed before it's published — same as the art generator.
2. Listen and rate. Any producer with an account can listen to demos and rate them, one rating per producer. This is how candidates get noticed.
3. Guest hosting. The show is running rotating guest hosts while we find our way. When a candidate from this site appears on an actual episode, that episode gets tagged here, and producers can rate the performance. On-air chemistry counts for a lot more than a polished demo — just like it always has.
4. Community favorites. The site keeps a running list of the candidates the producers like best, based mostly on how they do on the show itself.
What this site is not
Let's be straight with each other, because this show has always been straight with you:
- This is not a vote. The ratings here tell the show who the audience connects with. They inform the decision — they don't make it. The final call about who sits in that chair belongs to Adam Curry and the show, full stop. If the numbers here and the eventual choice don't match, that's not a scandal; that's how hiring a co-host works.
- This is not a popularity contest between producers. Everyone who puts a demo up is one of us, doing something genuinely brave: auditioning in front of a million of their peers, two months after we all took a punch to the gut. Act accordingly.
- This is not a tribute site. Memorials for John live elsewhere and deserve their own space. This site is about the road forward.
Who should audition
Anyone who's put in the hours as a listener. You don't need broadcast experience, a studio, or a resume — you need to know the show, have something to say, and be able to say it in a way that makes people want to keep listening. Some of the best broadcasters in history were found, not trained.
A good demo tape:
- Runs 5–15 minutes. Shorter and tight beats long and rambling.
- Sounds like a segment, not a cover letter. Don't tell us you'd be good — do the thing.
- Uses real material: a clip you'd deconstruct, a story the M5M botched this week, a take only you would have.
- Is recorded somewhere quiet with a decent mic. It doesn't need to be studio-grade; it needs to be listenable.
- Is yours. Your voice, your analysis, your sense of humor — not an impression of anyone.
The fine print
- Accounts are free and require only an email address.
- New accounts can rate demos and appearances starting 48 hours after signup.
- One account per human. Ballot-stuffing gets accounts removed and does your favorite candidate no favors.
- All submissions — demos, bios, photos — are reviewed by a human before they appear on the site.
- Questions, problems, takedown requests: hello@noagendatalentsearch.com
Thank you for being here. Thank you for courage.
House Rules
1. Rate the performance, not the person.
Every candidate here is a fellow producer. You're rating a demo tape or an on-air appearance — not someone's worth as a human being. If you wouldn't say it to them at a meetup, don't let a star rating say it for you.
2. Nobody is auditioning to replace John C. Dvorak.
They're auditioning to help carry the show forward. Hold candidates to the standard of "is this good radio?" — not the standard of a man who spent decades becoming irreplaceable. Nobody survives that comparison, and it's not the assignment.
3. One account, one voice.
One account per person, one rating per demo or appearance (you can change your rating; only your latest counts). Coordinated brigading — for or against a candidate — will get ratings thrown out and accounts banned. We watch for it.
4. Campaign like a producer, not a troll farm.
Sharing your own demo or a candidate you love on socials, in the troll room, at meetups? Great — that's the culture working. Organizing pile-ons, review-bombing, or harassing candidates anywhere on or off this site? You're done here.
5. Low ratings are allowed. Cruelty is not.
A 2-star rating is honest feedback. Hunting down a candidate's profile to report it out of spite, impersonating candidates, or dragging their audition into other communities to mock it will get you removed.
6. Keep the show's fights on the show.
Politics, media takes, spirited disagreement — that's the whole point of the program. This site is a hiring process, not a comments section. There are no comment threads here by design.
7. Everything is moderated. Decisions are final.
Every demo, bio, and photo is human-reviewed before publication. Moderators can reject, remove, or ban at their discretion, and will always err on the side of protecting candidates. If you think we got something wrong: hello@noagendatalentsearch.com.
8. The producers advise. The show decides.
Ratings here float the community's favorites to the top. The final decision about the future of the show rests with Adam Curry and the production — and by using this site, you're okay with that.