0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro

0:25 Brad vs. Post-Dispatch editorial on "toxic ideology"

2:30 House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune's expectations setting

3:10 Schmitt and Bailey approaches

4:30 AG office as a law firm

4:45 Brad vs. John on Andrew Bailey's PR machine

6:00 Brad vs. John on Brad's "new stories!" news

7:20 Brad vs. John on Ameren, Evergy and data centers

8:15 Power companies' transparency

9:00 Brad's Schnucks CWIP analogy

9:40 Productive vs. unproductive kvetching

10:30 Brad and John disagree

11:20 Brad's friend's car repair estimate story

12:25 Brad's policy idea: Refunds for leaving office early

15:45 Bailey's contributors' preference

17:20 Brad attempts long-term contract analogy

18:15 John Lamping reprise

Originally aired August 25, 2025.

Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen live on 104.5 FM in St. Charles County, west St. Louis County, Franklin County and Warren County Missouri from 7-8 a.m. Central.

Streaming at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cirruscontent/KSLQ

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Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

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John's book on stalking, harassment, and internet/social media trolling is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Harassment-Internet-Trolling-Recovering/dp/B0BQ9JB3WR/