0:00 Inadvertent theme song

0:40 John baits Brad about Brad's Hoffmann criticism

2:30 Brad's Top 3 (abandoned)

3:00 Trump's presidential portrait captions

7:25 Brad still upset about not getting invited to candidate school

10:00 Anniversary of Rams' last game in St. Louis

13:25 Brad re-tells story of getting tipped off about Rams' departure

16:00 St. Louis Rams' emotional public forum

20:45 John tees up Westplex Chamber of Commerce topic for Brad

Originally aired December 18, 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

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

2:40 Update on Wendy Nordwald Kozma case, via Warren County Record

8:00 1986 J.C. Penney catalog

9:50 Andrew Bailey now the sole deputy at FBI

14:10 Hoffmanns to buy NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins

17:45 Hoffmann is "Brad with billions"

19:00 Brad repeats Hoffmann-Hillermann Nursery trope

22:00 Hillermann employee supposedly criticizes Hoffmann (reprise)

Originally aired December 18, 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

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 Zykan Waste service story

6:00 "A big black guy"

6:30 A black guy teaches Brad a lesson

9:05 YouTuber instigates liberals

10:00 Australia tragedy

14:34 Brad starts to re-re-re-re-re-re-re tell his dad's war story

14:15 Merciful interruption

15:30 Rated "E" for explicit

Originally aired December 17, 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

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

0:50 Edwardsville School District superintendent

4:50 Joe Rogan and mountain lion hunting

8:00 Candace Owens vs. Erika Kirk

14:30 Crazy or performative?

15:10 Conspiracies in all walks of life

16:50 Political infotainment

Originally aired December 17, 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

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

3:00 Franklin County toxic landfill and Missouri DNR

6:30 Sen. Ben Brown as liaison

7:25 DNR's side of the story

9:20 Government is not the private sector

10:55 #F150CampaignTour Rep. Wendy Hausman

12:05 Jake Kroesen's coverage of Amazon Web Services

14:40 China sues Sen. Eric Schmitt & AG Catherine Hanaway and state of Missouri

17:50 Aside re: 93.3 podcasts

19:00 SECRET reason China is going after Schmitt and Hanaway

Originally aired December 17, 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

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

0:30 Brad calls St. Charles County Councilman Mike Elam

0:50 Shower at night or the morning?

3:15 CASTLE (Center for Advanced Skills Training in Law Enforcement)

5:00 Regional Law Enforcement Training Center

6:55 CASTLE driver training course

8:05 Elam on serving as St. Charles County Executive one day

9:50 Brad on mix-minus technology

11:50 How many rounds should you shoot per month

12:10 Dr. Oz on shooting off 200 times a year

13:00 Metaphors

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

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

0:50 Trump's Rob Reiner post

4:15 Empathy for White House team

6:00 Rosenbaum redistricting redux

6:45 12/11/25

7:50 Brad calls his son Blake to wish him a happy birthday

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

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

1:30 500

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

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 Last-minute political stocking stuffers

1:15 HRCC sets the standard

1:55 John challenges Brad to take action (he won't)

2:30 Brad's Greatest Hits on immigration, his grandpa, etc.

3:45 Somalis on public assistance

5:35 John plays Devil's advocate

7:10 Afghan immigrants

8:25 Why do Somalis go to Minnesota

10:00 Brad re-tells Pensacola story

10:30 Brad's Coldwater Creek getaway

Originally aired December 15, 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

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

0:30 Brad criticizes St. Charles County GOP 2026 Candidate School

4:00 John vs. Brad on speaker lineup

5:30 Christmas Caroling diversion

7:15 Brad beats yard sign dead horse

7:45 Brad vs. John on Jane Puszkar

9:00 John challenges Brad about passive-aggressive approach

10:00 Brad's AI diversion

10:25 Brad attempts Vince Lombardi playbook analogy

11:10 Rosenbaum piece on #MO01 and Voting Rights Act

12:35 Brad's Gary Whitaker and Catholic priest backstory

16:05 Somali fraud in Minnesota

Originally aired December 15, 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

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.