0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro

1:00 St. Louis County property tax for senior services

2:35 John finds the story text for Brad

4:15 Brad repeats anti-nonprofits story

7:10 Brad's "God Squad" write-off

8:45 Video lottery terminal/”gray machine” legislation

12:00 Brad has 5,000 Boomer Facebook "friends"

12:05 Brad calls Ben Brown "Ben Baker"

15:00 Ben Brown is not Ben Baker

16:30 Show housekeeping

17:15 Make 'em wait

18:15 John's mathletics

18:45 Competitive elections in Franklin and St. Charles Counties

19:20 John vs. Brad's passive-aggressive complaints

Originally aired February 3, 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.

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

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Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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.

0:00 Theme song and intro

1:55 Oldsters falling for Bitcoin ATM scams

6:25 How the scams work

7:50 Kitboga and other heroes

8:50 7-OH legislation

11:25 Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern's 7-OH legislation

14:40 Ed Martin role change at DOJ

17:40 How Ed Martin is like a hot woman

Originally aired February 3, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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.

0:00 Intro

0:15 Right to repair issue in cars and ag equipment

2:10 Brad explains "portal to portal"

4:00 Brad on sequential turn signals

7:00 Brad on Dorman car parts

8:45 Listener feedback/info on #moleg driverless vehicle legislation

9:30 Why so little initiative petition talk?

11:45 John's helpful critique of Nexus lobbying team photo

Originally aired February 2, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Superfluous theme song redux

1:15 Deanne Lane passes away

4:15 Wildwood deer

7:45 Deer damage to Brad's old truck

10:15 NPR story on hemp

13:15 Dearth of research on cannabis plants

15:25 Brad on 3.2 beer

Originally aired February 2, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Theme song and intro

1:55 Catherine Hanaway's U.S. Census lawsuit

8:10 RECA online form

12:00 Radioactive soil shipped east

13:30 Waymo’s Lara Dailey #moleg testimony

16:45 John’s theory on what happened

19:00 Nexus lobbying team

21:00 Waymo statement

22:00 Advantages to self-driving vehicles

#Waymo #moleg

Originally aired February 2, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Intro

0:20 Brad falls for AI pitchbot email

3:00 Brad gets defensive about falling for AI pitchbot

5:25 Flashback: When Brad fell for Joaquin Phoenix spambot

6:45 Sen. Ben Brown's note on landfills and solid waste district legislation

9:40 Inviting Sen. Brown on the show

10:45 Old people mating

11:40 Back on track

12:10 Inviting Bill Eigel

13:50 John holds up a mirror to Brad

Originally aired January 30, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro

0:25 Alex Pretti attacking a vehicle

6:15 Brad vs. Bill Eigel's property tax elimination idea

8:55 Brad pretends he might file for St. Charles County Executive

10:00 Anniversary of St. Louis City-County separation

13:30 St. Louis City is not in a county

Originally aired January 30, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Barbershop intro

4:20 Landlines and Franklin County's online sales tax proposal

10:00 Rep. Dane Diehl bill on school letter grades

14:00 Brad Banderman's commentary

14:45 RIP ESMIF

16:30 Eric Schmitt, Kid Rock and ticket legislation

20:55 Brad on ticket pricing

22:15 Last-minute Rise & Run promotion

22:55 Rise & Run promotes "Jane [sic] Evans"

23:40 The arrogance and lack of gratitude

Originally aired January 30, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Trite "global warming" crack

0:55 Brad attempts Dave Murray joke, interrupts himself

1:30 Brad repeats Ron Grubbs tales

3:00 Brad tells a color radar story

4:50 Brad interrupts himself for a geography screed

7:25 Brad repeats Bob Frischmann story

8:20 Hazelwood East Spectrum

8:55 Pam Grier witnesses Forest Park lynching

10:10 Brad repeats Pam Grier story

11:35 Brad survived a lynching at Spanish Lake Park

Originally aired January 29, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro

0:20 VCU hospital nurse Melinda Cook

2:45 Karoline Leavitt case

4:45 Ferguson funeral home shooting

7:15 Brad seeks undesirable property

8:05 Mercy data center in Washington, Mo.

9:15 Shout out to Mercy's Bethany Pope

11:05 Brad nags Bethany

12:50 4:26 p.m. emails

13:50 John on healthy boundaries

16:00 Pro Body Works and the Rawlings glove

17:30 John's merciful interruption

18:00 Brad's St. Joseph West tale

19:00 JAMFOB anthem

Originally aired January 29, 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.

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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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.