What is Going on With the Strait of Hormuz? | Reacting to Epic Masters Weekend | Successful Artemis II Splashdown | And More (4/13/26)

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark recaps the epic Masters weekend as well as Jimmy Failla's great performance at "The Factory" in Chesterfield. Mark is then joined by Jim Carafano, a Senior Counsel to the President of the Heritage Foundation. He's later joined by J. Peder Zane, an editor at Real Clear Investigations and Columnist for Real Clear Politics. He discusses his latest Real Clear Politics article which is headlined, "Good Information is Hard to Find" which dives into information overload. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is then joined by Mack Bradley, a local space writer and the author of “The Space to Lead”. Bradley reacts to Friday's Artemis II splashdown, the success of the mission and more. He's later joined by KSDK Sports Director Frank Cusumano who reacts to the Masters weekend, the Cardinals series loss against Boston and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey. Bailey discusses his reason for being in town to discuss safety measures for the FIFA World Cup in the state with Governor Mike Kehoe. He's later joined by Ed Rhode, a local political consultant. They discuss what in the world is going on with downtown St Louis streets. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.