0:00 Barbershop quartet intro
2:50 Insulin and diabetes
3:50 Rockwood School District and AG Hanaway vs. pharma
5:40 Role of prescription benefit managers
6:55 Industry astroturf op-eds
7:50 Jamie Corley
8:20 Price transparency
9:15 Brad vs. John on Rockwood's position
11:15 Harley Race's opinion
11:45 Eric Schmitt on kids and screen time
15:15 Brad re-tells "Newton [sic] Minow" story
16:15 Brad vs. John on Schmitt's point
17:10 Old people ads
18:15 Local journalists don't work after 5 p.m.
19:20 St. Charles County Executive fundraising
20:00 Steve Ehlmann COH $227k
20:45 Jason Law COH $320k
22:00 Bill Eigel COH $459k
Originally aired January 16, 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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