3 April 2026 | Agitprop

The American Radicals Podcast's April 3, 2026 episode, titled 'Agitprop,' delivers a blistering critique of government overreach, propaganda, and misplaced priorities under the guise of national pride. Host Steve Friend argues that NASA’s $90 billion Artemis program—costing $4 billion per mission—is pure agitprop: a wasteful, politically motivated spectacle that sends astronauts on a joyride around the moon without landing, while ignoring urgent domestic crises like illegal immigration. He contrasts this with a proposed $25 billion private-sector deportation plan by Eric Prince’s Blackwater, which could remove 12 million undocumented immigrants in two years—costing less than a single moon flyby. Friend also dissects the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, exposing how Republicans are using a funding loophole to reopen the agency while defunding ICE and CBP, creating a dangerous precedent of unchecked power. He warns that future administrations, like a hypothetical Gavin Newsom presidency, could redirect those funds to humanitarian gestures rather than enforcement. The episode further dismantles the narrative around birthright citizenship, citing the 14th Amendment’s original intent and arguing that children of illegal aliens should not inherit U.S. citizenship.