Artemis II to Splashdown this Evening

April 11, 2026·1 hr 50 min·9 clips

At reentry, Artemis II hits Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour, 5,000 degrees outside, and the crew feels three to four G's as plasma glows through the windows.

Today is the day. That is the clean start after the sponsor reads, with the show pointing toward Artemis coming back from space and traveling around the moon. Then it takes a hard turn. The louder part is not the space news; it is the host getting irritated over a political fight. He says criticism is not personal. His point is that calling a war a bad move should not require permission from your own side. Trump cannot stand the criticism, he says, and keeps fighting with critics, including podcast people who backed him nonstop before. That is where the segment bites. If supporters cannot criticize their own politicians when promises break or behavior gets ugly, the host says the movement starts acting like a cult. He keeps returning to the same distinction: the war is being criticized, not some private grudge, and he sounds frustrated that people refuse to hear it. The guest goes further. They say they do not regret voting for Donald Trump over Kamala or Joe Biden, but still call him a chronic disappointment. That lands because the regret is not the vote itself. It is telling people this outcome would not happen, then watching it happen. The host says more people are walking away, and that he hears every day from people who feel conned, lied to, and embarrassed by their past support. By the end, the show loosens up. After a week of multiple shows, videos, and exhaustion, he signs off ready for the weekend, the Masters, and a midday nap.

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A brisk, combative episode that moves from an Artemis II update into a blunt Trump backlash discussion.

The episode jumps from an Artemis II update to a sharp turn into Trump, accountability, and the listeners who say they backed him and came away burned. That contrast gives it a restless pace, and the host keeps moving without letting either topic settle into a tidy takeaway.

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For a moon-flight update that swerves into blunt political fallout, this one moves fast.

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