Adam Curry#Podcasting

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Curry was born in Arlington, Virginia, but lived in Amstelveen, Netherlands, from 1972 to 1987. After a time working in Dutch pirate radio at Radio Picasso in Amstelveen and {{Interlanguage link|Radio Decibel|nl|3=Radio Decibel (Amsterdam)}} in Amsterdam in the early 1980s under the pseudonym "John Holden", he got a break in broadcasting as the host of the Dutch weekly pop-music television program Countdown, and the English version of the same show, which was broadcast on pan-European music channel Music Box. He also hosted several other radio and television programs for the Dutch broadcast station Veronica. Aside from Countdown, in the Netherlands Adam Curry is mostly known for his part in the Curry and Van Inkel radioshow (together with Dutch DJ Jeroen van Inkel), broadcast on Radio 3 for Veronica between 19:00 and 22:00 on Friday.

In 1987, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the programs Headbangers Ball and MTV Top 20 Video Countdown in which he interviewed stars like Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. While working for MTV, he also did radio work, including drive-time

host for the New York City radio station WHTZ, and host of the national program HitLine USA.

Curry hosted the radio countdown show "Adam Curry's Top 30 Hitlist" for Entertainment Radio Networks from November 1991 to June 1994.{{cite web |last1=Curry |first1=Adam |title=A warning about ERN network! |url=http://www.redwaveradio.com/1_7aab0d512836c2ac_1.htm |website=redwaveradio.com |access-date=13 July 2018 |language=en-gb |date=30 June 1994}}

Curry registered the then-unclaimed domain name "mtv.com" in 1993 with the idea of being MTV's unofficial new voice on the Internet. Although this move was sanctioned by his superiors at MTV Networks at the time, when Curry left to start his own web-portal design and hosting company, OnRamp Inc, MTV subsequently sued him for the domain name.{{cite web|url=http://www.loundy.com/CASES/MTV_v_Curry.html|title=MTV vs. Curry|access-date=2007-03-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070401135130/http://www.loundy.com/CASES/MTV_v_Curry.html| archive-date= 1 April 2007 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |title=Social Links: Age Verification, X Appeal, And The Great White North |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/social-links-age-verification-x-appeal-6195947/ |website=JD Supra |access-date=November 23, 2024 |language=en}}

OnRamp eventually grew to 4,000 employees and was sold to Think New Ideas Inc., another company that he co-founded, becoming chief technology officer of Think. In 1996, as the Internet was undergoing its "bubble", the company made an initial public offering on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 7,400 people, with offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into Answerthink Inc. in a later merger.

In 2005, Curry founded a video-sharing site called PodShow, which later changed its name to Mevio, with Ron Bloom. In May 2008, Mevio claimed to have reached 9 million unique visitors. It offers advertisers "brand-safe" content on a large scale. It raised a US$15 million third round in July 2008, bringing the total amount it has raised since its launch to over US$38 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-mevio-formerly-podshow-raises-15-million-third-round/|title=Mevio, Formerly PodShow, Raises $158 Million Third Round|access-date=2008-07-09|archive-date=2008-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002042624/http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-mevio-formerly-podshow-raises-15-million-third-round/|url-status=dead}} Mevio later rebranded as Bitesize Entertainment{{cite web|title=Mevio becomes Bitesize Entertainment|date=19 December 2012|url=https://gigaom.com/2012/12/19/mevio-bitesize-entertainment/|access-date=2 January 2015|ref=Mevio_becomes_Bitesize_Ent|archive-date=2 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102111702/https://gigaom.com/2012/12/19/mevio-bitesize-entertainment/|url-status=dead}} and ultimately BiteSizeTV, located in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|title=Bloom settles in Hollywood with BiteSizeTV|website=HuffPost|date=22 September 2014|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-karel-bouley/post_8370_b_5863618.html|access-date=2 January 2015|ref=Bloom_goes_BiteSizeTV}}

After selling his business in the United States, Curry and his family moved to the Netherlands in 1999, where Curry hosted a morning talk/music show for Radio Veronica. He also landed various television assignments and his family briefly starred in the reality show Adam's Family.{{cite web

|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386908/

|title=Adam's Family

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Curry and two business partners founded the multimedia company United Resources of Jamby in 1999. It was to act as an incubator and cultivator for new Internet-related businesses. The business was ultimately unsuccessful. Curry's participation in Kennisnet, another venture to introduce the Internet to Dutch schools, ended in a bitter argument and lawsuits.{{cite web

|url=http://webwereld.nl/articles/9244/jamby-betrokken-bij-kennisnet-schandaal.html|title=Problems for Kennisnet

|author=Wilbert de Vries

|access-date=2007-03-28

|date=2003-05-16

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Sportus.nl, an online webshop in collaboration with Dutch athletes like Marcel Wouda, Jacco Eltingh, Ron Zwerver and Daniëlle Overgaag, started in 1999, went bankrupt in 2001.{{cite web

|url = http://www.sportus.nl/store/sportus_newsPageExec.asp?pk={8792BB70-35BF-43AB-99B7-AC8305AA3A01}

|title = Nieuwe sportwinkel mikt op Europese markt

|publisher = Sportus.nl

|language = nl

|date = December 16, 1999

|access-date = 2006-12-05

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070228100843/http://www.sportus.nl/store/sportus_newsPageExec.asp?pk=%7B8792BB70-35BF-43AB-99B7-AC8305AA3A01%7D

|archive-date = 2007-02-28

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Another content exchange project, Freedom Controller,{{cite web

|url=http://www.computable.nl/artikel/ict_topics/ictbranche/1398257/2379258/van-mtv-naar-freedom-controller-de-stille-kracht-van-adam-curry.html

|title=Interview with Adam Curry where he speaks about his Peer2Peer video sharing program Freedom Controller

|author=Ad Mulder

|access-date=2007-03-28

|date=2001-01-23

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}} was cancelled in 2002.{{cite web

|url=http://webwereld.nl/articles/7833/directeur---faillissement-jamby-niets-nieuws-.html

|title=Freedom Controller canceled, Jamby B.V. chapter elevened

|author=Maarten Reijnders

|access-date=2007-03-28

|date=2002-12-19

|language=nl

}}

In 2000 he and business partner Simon Cavendish, a participant in his earlier ventures, founded the RotorJet company to offer helicopter services. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2005. In the subsequent dispute, Cavendish seized the assets of the company, and in April 2005, Curry was ordered by a Dutch court to repay approximately US$3 million that he had withdrawn from RotorJet.{{cite web

|url=http://www.novatv.nl/uploaded/FILES/1_multipart_xF8FF_3_s-beslaglegging-FAV.doc

|title=Dutch Legal document on the RotorJet case

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In 2002 he produced and starred in the reality soap Adam's Family: een kijkje in het leven van de familie Curry (A Glimpse into the Life of the Curry Family) which was aired by the Dutch SBS6 network.

On June 14, 2010, Curry was interviewed by Howard Stern on The Howard Stern Show about being an Internet Entrepreneur. During the interview, Curry discussed a previous investment of $65,000 in AskJeeves.com, which he had forgotten until his lawyer called with news of a windfall. “That went public and all of a sudden I had $150 million,” he explained.{{Cite web |last=howard-archives |date=2010-06-14 |title=Adam Curry, Creator of the Podcast, Calls Into the Stern Show |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2010/06/14/adam-curry-has-a-castle-fortune-rundowngallerymodel-3905/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Howard Stern |language=en-US}}

Curry founded PodShow, now Mevio, with his business partner Ron Bloom, in January 2005. PodShow is a podcast promotions and advertising company that encompasses the Podshow Podcast Network, the Podcast Delivery Network, and the Podsafe Music Network. Some of Podshow's top podcasts are Curry's own Daily Source Code, The Dawn and Drew Show, and GeekBrief.TV.{{cite web

|url = http://pressroom.mevio.com/2006/05/23/podfather-plots-a-radio-hit-of-his-own-la-times/

|title = 'Podfather' plots a radio hit of his own : LA Times

|author = Miller, Martin

|publisher = PodShow, Inc.

|date = 2006-05-25

|access-date = 2006-12-05

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|archive-date = 2008-08-27

}}

From June 2005 to May 2007, Curry hosted a weekday evening show on Sirius Satellite Radio called Adam Curry's PodShow.{{cite press release|url=http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=EditorialAsset&cid=1117220854482|title=SIRIUS Satellite radio partnering with Adam Curry|publisher=SIRIUS Satellite Radio|access-date=2007-03-28}}{{cite web|url=http://inoveryourhead.net/sirius-and-podshow-end-their-contract/|title=Sirius and Podshow end their contract|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=2007-11-21}}

Since October 2007, he has hosted the twice-weekly podcast the No Agenda Show with John C. Dvorak, discussing recent news whilst deconstructing mainstream news media.

Curry has promoted his podcasting endeavors. He promoted his podcast Daily Source Code in Second Life under the name 'Adam Neumann',{{cite web

|url = http://www.mediabaron.com/blog/2006/05/03/adam-curry-discovers-second-life/

|title = Adam Curry discovers Second Life

|author = Sekiya, Baron

|publisher = MediaBaron.com

|date = 2006-05-03

|access-date = 2006-11-28

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061104224530/http://www.mediabaron.com/blog/2006/05/03/adam-curry-discovers-second-life/

|archive-date = 4 November 2006

|url-status = dead

}} along with a Second Life island called Podshow Island. Curry used podcasting to endorse 2008 Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul.{{cite web|last1=Lewin|first1=James|title=Podfather Adam Curry Backing Ron Paul|url=http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/12/28/podfather-adam-curry-backing-ron-paul/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531161132/http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/12/28/podfather-adam-curry-backing-ron-paul/|archive-date=31 May 2008|date=28 December 2007}} He also uses his show to discuss alternative takes on topics in the daily news, as well as conspiracy theories such as Free energy suppressionDaily Source Code Episode 781, "Confessions of a multimedia hitman" and the 9/11 Truth Movement.

Curry has sometimes been credited for popularizing the podcast medium. Annalee Newitz said in Wired that "Every new medium needs a celebrity, and Curry is happy to fill that role."{{cite web

|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html

|title=Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star

|publisher=Wired

|date=March 2005

|access-date=2007-02-11

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070209210543/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html| archive-date= 9 February 2007 | url-status= live}}

On March 4, 2020, Curry appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience{{Cite twitter|title=Patient zero in the global podcast infection! The original! The Podfather, Adam Curry! It was an honor and a privilege to sit down with the OG. I knew it was going to be fun, but it exceeded even my lofty... https://instagram.com/p/B9U1KrqlBm5/ |user=joerogan |number=1235304185119338501 |date=4 Mar 2020 |access-date=2020-09-07|website=Twitter|language=en}} and later re-appeared on September 8, 2020. During the September show, he discussed having Tourette syndrome. Curry returned to the podcast for a third time on July 6, 2021. Adam Curry made a fourth appearance on the show on January 8, 2022, his fifth on January 25, 2023, and a sixth appearance on February 13, 2025.{{cite web |title=Adam Curry Episodes - Joe Rogan Podcast |url=https://www.jrepodcast.com/guest/adam-curry/ |website=JRE Podcast |access-date=November 23, 2024 |date=25 January 2023}}

Adam Curry started a podcasting directory called Podcast Index in 2020. The platform is an open-source database of podcasts that, as of 2024, has over four million entries in its database.{{Cite web |title=Podcastindex.org |url=https://podcastindex.org/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=podcastindex.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title=The Podfather launches a new, open podcast directory |url=https://podnews.net/update/podcast-index-open-directory |access-date=2020-09-08 |website=podnews.net |language=en}} The service's software is licensed under the open MIT License{{Cite web |title=Podcastindex.org |url=https://github.com/Podcastindex-org |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=GitHub |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=What is Podcast Index? {{!}} Acast Learning Center |url=https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/8597256-what-is-podcast-index |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=learn.acast.com |language=en}} and the entire database is downloadable in SQLite format.{{Citation |title=Podcastindex-org/database |date=2024-04-05 |url=https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/database |access-date=2024-04-15 |publisher=Podcastindex.org}} Podcast Index collects Web feeds of podcasts that developers can then use in their projects and applications, for example, the podcast player "podchaser".{{Cite web |title=API Docs {{!}} PodcastIndex.org |url=https://podcastindex-org.github.io/docs-api/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=podcastindex-org.github.io}}

In February 2006, Curry sued the Dutch tabloid Weekend for reprinting photos from his Flickr page and publishing details about his daughter.{{cite web

|url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5823

|title=Creative Commons Licenses Enforced in Dutch Court

|author=Garlick, Mia

|publisher=Creative Commons

|date=2006-03-16

|access-date=2006-12-05

}} The photos were released under a version of the Creative Commons license that forbids commercial use and requires acknowledgement, but the tabloid printed a few of them without contacting Curry.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1030_3-6052292.html|title=Creative Commons license upheld by court|author=Marsen, Ingrid|publisher=cnet|date=March 21, 2006|access-date=2009-03-28}} The verdict did not award Curry any damages, but forbade the tabloid from reprinting the photos in the future, setting a fine of €1,000 for each subsequent violation. It was one of the first times the license was tested in court.

In May 2009, Curry posted on his blog that another Dutch tabloid had published another Creative Commons-licensed photo from Curry's Flickr account.{{cite web

|url = http://curry.podshow.com/?p=1704

|title = Defending Creative Commons, Again

|author = Curry, Adam

|date = 2009-05-29

|access-date = 2009-05-31

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090606151019/http://curry.podshow.com/?p=1704

|archive-date = 6 June 2009

|url-status = dead

}} After Curry asserted Creative Commons license requirements, the publisher settled on Curry's terms.{{cite web|last1=Linksvayer|first1=Mike|title=Adam Curry wins again!|url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15380|publisher=Creative Commons|access-date=20 September 2013|date=18 June 2009}}

Since 1999, Curry has, at one time or another, lived in Belgium; Guildford and London, England; San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, and Austin, Texas, U.S.

He is fluent in both English and Dutch.

Curry was married to Dutch television/radio personality Patricia Paay from 1989 to 2009. They have a daughter, Christina.

In July 2012, Curry married Micky Hoogendijk. On January 29, 2015, Curry announced on the No Agenda show that he and Hoogendijk had separated.{{cite web|last1=Curry|first1=Adam|title=No Agenda Episode 691 - "Ten Minute Timer"|url=https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/691?t=3:16|website=curry.com|publisher=Adam Curry|access-date=30 January 2015}} Hoogendijk and Curry divorced in 2015.

Curry married his girlfriend of four years, Tina Snider (dubbed "The Keeper" by John C. Dvorak on the No Agenda Show), on May 19, 2019, in Austin, Texas.{{cite web|last1=Curry|first1=Adam|title=No Agenda Episode 1138 - "Pregnant Person"|url=https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1138|website=curry.com|publisher=Adam Curry|access-date=21 May 2019}}

Curry is the nephew of former CIA official and United States Ambassador to Korea Donald Gregg, whom he calls "Uncle Don" in his podcast.{{cite web|url=http://radio-weblogs.com/0001014/2003/07/19.html |title=Adam Curry's Weblog |publisher=Radio-weblogs.com |date=2003-07-19 |access-date=2013-09-20}}

Together with his wife Tina Snider he found God at age 58. In an interview{{cite web|title=Interview (with) Adam Curry (before) Hour of Power|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj6-Xx-SbPg|website=YouTube| date=5 January 2025 |access-date=January 23, 2025}} on Dutch television that was shown right before an episode of the Hour of Power in January 2025, Curry says that he and his wife simultaneously felt the need to find a church and start reading the Bible. After watching the episode of The Chosen in which Jesus explains to Nicodemus how to be born (again) of water and the Spirit,{{cite web|title=John 3:16 (The Chosen Scene)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2XIUK9VgA|website=YouTube| date=11 July 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2025}} Curry says he was ready to be baptized. He considers it an honorary title when people are calling him a Jesus-freak. Curry tells openly about this process and the changes in his life in interviews and podcasts.{{cite web|title=Sharing Jesus on the Joe Rogan Podcast (Adam Curry Comes to Faith)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVUZQTK5LVk|website=YouTube| date=26 April 2024 |access-date=January 23, 2025}}{{cite web|title=Atheist Tech CEO Converts to Christianity After Stunning Findings in Research!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8398eYlUg|website=YouTube| date=24 April 2024 |access-date=January 23, 2025}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430103556/http://pressroom.mevio.com/ Podshow Pressroom] (accessed July 14, 2006)

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