0:00 Bitter Brad refuses to play Friday barbershop intro

0:30 "May Day" history (skip)

3:00 Brad previews B block bitterness vs. Dave Greene

3:45 Franklin County delays data center vote

8:40 Brad's petty shot at Bill Miller, Jr.

10:35 MO House passes bill ending most vehicle inspections

18:00 May Day 2026 coverage from  @STLPR 

20:15 Jack Grone's additional info on anti-Cara Spencer recall effort

23:00 Brad's Kathy Hochul and Byron Allen diversions (skip)

Originally aired May 1, 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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0:00 Acknowledgement of Brad's TikTok prescience

3:05 Brad's meandering non-answer (skip)

4:25 Definition of clip farming

4:50 Whop and clipping

5:20 Bloomberg on the rise of Clavicular

6:45 The role and value of clippers

8:25 Creating a Whop account

9:00  @MrBeast  and Vyro's payouts

10:30 Brad's Urban Dictionary diversion (skip)

12:00 Easygo, Kick and Stake

15:00 How political campaigns might use clipping

Originally aired April 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.

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0:00 Theme song and intro

1:35 Boom in construction jobs in St. Louis area

4:15 Gov. Kehoe's I-70 construction jobs

5:00 Cori Bush's vote against Biden's Build Back Better spending

6:20 "America's Moving Forward" ad spend and Wesley Bell

8:45 $100 million "Glade" urban project

10:45 @stlpr story on Voting Rights Act

15:10 AG Catherine Hanaway quote

15:45 Bayer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

17:05 Bayer's "small thanks" for glyphosate help

20:15 EPA and Bayer respond to AOC

21:15 Lee Zeldin fan faction

22:30 Blame EPA, not Bayer

23:20 Context is king

24:05 Bitter Brad's petty jab at successful businessman Dave Greene

25:10 Bitter Brad's old-timey insults

Originally aired April 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.

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0:00 Six Flags St. Louis updates its chaperone policy

6:15 Who is Marcus Lemonis?

8:20 Lemonis departs Camping World, in at Bed Bath & Beyond Home

9:30 The Container Store

10:15 Brad re-re-re-re-tells milk crate anecdote

11:40 New "store-in-a-store" concept at The Container Store

14:20 Marcus Lemonis vs. Gavin Newsom in 2025

Originally aired April 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.

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0:00 Theme song and intro

0:45 Brad cites Outkick coverage of Six Flags opening day story

4:45 Obesity scooter shades

6:45 CORRECTION to Senate District 10 info

8:00 Rep. Tricia Byrnes amends campaign report, removes $65k

9:45 Mike Deering event Tuesday night

12:15 Franklin County candidate drops out vs. Dave Schatz

15:25 Shawn Noel

16:50 John preempts Brad's crashout re: Bill Miller, Jr.

17:25 Bitter Brad's petty, passive-aggressive rant

18:25 @stlpr Jason Rosenbaum on Kehoe's August vs. November choice

Originally aired April 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://westplextalk.com/streaming/

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0:00 KMOX’s Six Flags opening day preview

2:00 What happened Saturday night

4:30 Enchanted Parks acquisition

5:15 Cedar Fair and Six Flags

5:15 2025 Six Flags St. Louis chaperone policy

7:00 Other parks’ chaperone policies

8:00 Young scholars at Ballwin SkyZone and Maryland Heights Dave & Busters

10:30 Season passes for babysitting

14:20 Enchanted Parks focus group

Note: At the end of this segment, Brad said he has officially given up on his low-effort C block segment; he deleted his on-air explanation from this audio clip

Originally aired April 28, 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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0:00 Theme song and intro

1:35 Boeing's MQ-25A Stingray test flight

8:30 Party for Socialism & Liberation #stl May Day protest

12:00 Why didn't PSL get proper credit from St. Louis Public Radio?

13:10 Are one-day boycotts effective?

14:40 Brad's anti-public radio diversion (skip)

17:35 The Missouri Times' Tipsheet on Mike Deering vs. Tricia Byrnes

21:00 Nick Schroer and Ben Brown war chests

Originally aired April 28, 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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0:00 St. Louis Browns intro

1:00 Nike layoffs in St. Charles County

2:15 Nike Air components

3:30 Corporate statement

6:45 Hedgeye's Brian McGough commentary on Nike cuts

8:00 Direct to consumer approach

9:50 How HOKA and On Performance Running Shoes gained share

12:55 Brad repeats Forsheim story

13:40 Putting a bow on the Nike story

14:20 Weldon Spring Heights

15:50 Brad tells an "threatened with arrest" tale

18:00 Bitter Brad uses Ray Hartmann’s death, again, to criticize John

18:30 John won’t take the bait

19:00 Bitter Brad gets mad, admits he had nothing prepared for C block, ends show early (Brad deleted end-of-show tantrum from this audio clip)

Originally aired April 27, 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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0:00 Show theme and intro

1:00 St. Charles County drones

3:55 ACLU concerns

5:25 Brinc drones history

7:30 Brad's Wolf Blitzer diversion (skip)

10:55 USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in Missouri

11:30 “Lying down” aside

12:15 Domestic fertilizer production, comments from  @MofbOrg 

14:45 Brad's production aside (skip)

16:45 Remembering Ray Hartmann

18:35 Brad uses Ray's death to criticize John, elevate himself

20:00 Sarah Fenske and others pay tribute to Ray

21:30 Ray's 1994 column on Rich Koster

22:25 Bitter Brad’s vengeful rant

23:20 Bitter Brad's bad week

24:30 Brad continues crashing out against Dave Greene and Bill Miller, Jr.

Originally aired April 27, 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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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/

0:00 St. Louis Magazine's Ryan Krull piece

1:40 Jerry Leech

2:10 Ladue Crossing demographics

2:50 David Barklage homage

4:30 Leech's prescription drug peddling

6:00 Original plea deal

6:45 Enter Jamison Stirling

8:00 Leech's car full of kitten

9:30 Joel Monteiro

10:30 Stirling suing Barklage and Winston Calvert

11:30 Winston's quote

12:30 Simps footing the bill

13:25 Brad's follow-up crashout from yesterday

14:15 Brad complains about GOP Rep. Richard West

16:00 Brad complains about Dick Bott

16:40 Brad complains about K-LOVE radio

18:00 John notes Brad's continued negativity and inability to experience joy

19:00 Brad complains about Dave Greene and "nerds" in Jefferson City

Originally aired April 24, 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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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/