0:00 Intro

1:45 Rep. Michael Burton's frantic calls and texts to Brad

4:45 Facepalm

5:50 Michael Burton is out of luck

6:30 Case study: Drawing boundaries with candidates

7:30 Excuses and conditional answers

8:00 Burton dislikes accountability

8:45 Brad texts Burton live on air

9:15 Post-Dispatch ends Monday newspaper

11:10 Brad's idea for STLPR and stltoday

13:15 Torch Electronics lawsuit

17:40 Cori Bush's campaign against Wesley Bell

19:40 "Life of a Political Showgirl" C block teaser

20:00 Cori Bush interview with Jason Rosenbaum

Originally aired October 6, 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.

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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/

Listen to John's weekly show on agriculture on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM - and archived episodes at FARM Show Radio on YouTube.