0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro
0:25 Brad vs. Post-Dispatch editorial on "toxic ideology"
2:30 House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune's expectations setting
3:10 Schmitt and Bailey approaches
4:30 AG office as a law firm
4:45 Brad vs. John on Andrew Bailey's PR machine
6:00 Brad vs. John on Brad's "new stories!" news
7:20 Brad vs. John on Ameren, Evergy and data centers
8:15 Power companies' transparency
9:00 Brad's Schnucks CWIP analogy
9:40 Productive vs. unproductive kvetching
10:30 Brad and John disagree
11:20 Brad's friend's car repair estimate story
12:25 Brad's policy idea: Refunds for leaving office early
15:45 Bailey's contributors' preference
17:20 Brad attempts long-term contract analogy
18:15 John Lamping reprise
Originally aired August 25, 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.
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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/