0:00 Theme song and intro

0:30 Black History Month prep

2:20 John's visual fetish

4:00 Brad and racks

5:15 MoDOT winter storm stats, via Dave Drebes

8:15 Kirkwood and "gray machines"

11:15 Torch Electronics and regulatory moat

12:15 Illinois gaming machines

14:15 O'Fallon and multi-family housing moratorium

15:40 O'Fallon Alderwoman Amanda Taylor

16:50 Habitat for Humanity position

21:00 Brad's Adam Carolla anecdote

Originally aired January 26, 2026.

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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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.