0:00 Theme song and intro

1:30 500

2:50 Head down, do the work (pause)

3:25 Sen. Nick Schroer on This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour and KMOV 

7:00 Erin Schrimpf

8:50 Police training commission closed meetings

11:30 Dave Roland

13:10 Mike Elam C-block teaser

13:45 #moleg bill on hedge funds buying real estate

15:15 Right wing and left wing social media vs. BlackRock

16:10 Hedge fund workarounds

17:00 Brad vs. John on villainizing hedge funds

18:30 GOP Sen. Rick Brattin's role

19:15 Brad buys into NPR boo-hoo story

21:00 Chronic underdogism

Originally aired December 16, 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 Combest’s daily Missouri political news website at https://johncombest.com

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.