In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show with Brad Young filling in, Brad discusses his lack of understanding as to why the left is against cutting back on spending as Elon Musk works to do so through DOGE. Brad is then joined by Tim Fitch, a former St Louis County Police Chief and former St Louis County Councilman. They discuss the effort to get state control of the St Louis City Police Department as it hits the Missouri State Senate floor. He is then joined by Cam Edwards, the editor of the Bearing Arms newsletter. They discuss the new legislation that would block banks from tracking gun and ammunition purchases.