Episode Details

You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for October 15, 2026.

We start by looking at the Trump administration’s largest-ever campaign against the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, including the White House task force’s first public numbers on arrests and federal charges, the drop in violent crime, and why we think shared intelligence among law enforcement agencies matters. We also cover the Army sending hundreds of soldiers to train partner forces in Latin America, and what that could mean for going after the cartels before they reach our border.

Then it’s our Top 3 Things You Need to Know. First, the Department of Justice is warning California that its all-mail midterm ballots may have gone to thousands of ineligible voters, and gave the state 48 hours to review its registration records. Second, Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s ex-fiancé has been indicted in a 2018 sexual assault case. Third, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is ending Central Park’s century-old horse-drawn carriage industry, effective summer 2028, and we ask whether that really protects the workers and the horses.

Next, an AI device is pausing a six-year-old’s TV every time she sucks her thumb. We talk about why convenience isn’t connection, why efficiency isn’t love, and why no computer will replace a parent’s voice, patience, and presence.

On American Mamas, Teri Netterville joins us to weigh in on the uproar over Shane Gillis’s Saturday Night Live monologue about gym attire, the double standard in the reaction, and what critics missed about who was the butt of the joke.

After the break, we ask whether we’ve confused winning with greatness. A high school football team led 63 to nothing at halftime and was still trying onside kicks, and the school fired its coach over it. We talk about humility, sportsmanship, and why the first thing Christians should be excellent at is how they treat people.

Then it’s Digging Deep, where a new Comptroller of the Currency report finds that nine of America’s biggest banks denied service to customers over “reputation risk” between 2020 and 2025. We go through the examples, including the closed accounts of merchants selling MAGA merchandise, and debate who was behind it.

We also talk about Joe Biden’s struggling presidential library fundraising compared with Obama and Trump, then turn to a Bright Spot: 14-year NBA veteran Amar’e Stoudemire has graduated from the Miami-Dade Police Academy at 43. We also look at the warrant and seizure of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s cell phone and the Fourth Amendment questions it raises. We close with Words of Wisdom honoring the men and women of law enforcement.

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