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Brad and John Show

by Brad Hildebrand

The Brad and John show is the podcast version of the live broadcast on WestplexTalk 104.5 Monday through Friday from 7 to 8 AM Central. Listen Live at WestplexTalk.com Brad and John are two dudes from different backgrounds and different generations. Both are proud NoCo (AKA North Saint Louis County) boys. Brad is a 50+ year radio veteran. He never loses his concentration and is constantly complimented by John. John is a former communicator for an agriculture company, and started johncombest.com in 2001 to centralize Missouri political news and decentralize truth. Together they talk news, politics, P51 Mustangs and occasionally fashion.”

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  1. 592 Dick The Shmoozer Sitting in for Brad and John AGAIN

    Dick The Shmoozer Sitting in for Brad and John AGAIN

  2. 591 Golf Cart Museum in Cottleville

    Golf Cart Museum in Cottleville

  3. 590 Bed Bug Problems in the Westplex

    Bed Bug Problems in the Westplex

  4. 589 Week Number 2 for Brad and John On Vacation

    Week Number 2 for Brad and John On Vacation

  5. 588 Brad and John are Still On Vacation so you get Dick

    Brad and John are Still On Vacation so you get Dick

  6. 587 May 7 2026 Brad and John Show with guest host Dick the Schmoozer

    Brad and John Show with guest host Dick the Schmoozer

  7. 586 Westplex Residents complain there's not enough car washes or roundabouts.

    Westplex Residents complain there's not enough car washes or roundabouts.

  8. Sonny and Cher. Simon and Garfunkel. Martin and Lewis. Rowan and Martin. Walter and Cronkite. Brad and John

    May 4th 2025 C Block

  9. 584 A - Brad turns into a total jerk and disses John live on the air and then kicks his dog

    584 A - Brad turns into a total jerk and disses John live on the air

  10. #1698 May 5 2026 A Block

    May 5 2026 A Block

  11. 583 B - Bitter Brad's play therapy vs. successful businessman Dave Greene - Brad & John Show

    Brad hijacks B block to play a pre-recorded wrestling-style promo criticizing successful businessman Dave Greene. Using a concept consistent with toddler play therapy, Brad uses an imaginary friend ("Dick the Schmoozer") to express Brad's feeling of anger and resentment toward both Greene and...

  12. 583 A - May Day protesters want to recall #stl Mayor Cara Spencer - Brad & John Show

    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...

  13. 582 B - Clip farming, Whop, and Clavicular's social media ascension - Brad & John Show

    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...

  14. 582 A - AOC vs. EPA on Bayer; Construction jobs & Bush vs. Bell - Brad & John Show

    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…

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  15. 581 B - Six Flags #stl updates chaperone policy; Bed Bath & Beyond returns - Brad & John Show

    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...

  16. 581 A - MO Senate District 10 Mike Deering vs. Tricia Byrnes - Brad & John Show

    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...

  17. 580 B - Young scholars wild out at #stl Six Flags opening day - Brad & John Show

    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...

  18. 580 A - Party for Socialism & Liberation #stl May Day protest - Brad & John Show

    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…

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  19. 579 B - Nike's 2026 St. Charles County layoffs; how "stumble" helped HOKA - Brad & John Show

    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...

  20. 579 A - Remembering Ray Hartmann; St. Charles County to use drones - Brad & John Show

    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...

  21. 578 B - Clayton chiro pill peddler trusts random black guy's legal advice - Brad & John Show

    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...

  22. 578 A - Wesley Bell responds to black lesbian rapper's dis track - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:00 Josh Hawley on young men's plight, via @TKCReports 3:00 Brad vs. John on Hawley's point 6:10 Brad continues petty, resentful vendetta against successful businessman Dave Green 7:05 Will Missouri follow Wentzville on e-bikes and scooters? 10:50 "Weird butts" vs....

  23. 577 B - Clavicular's OnlyFans & club business; Brad's unhinged crashout - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad still petulant about today's A block 1:00 Clavicular brief overview 3:10 Clav's rough March and April 4:10 Hai Waknine's Bacara club 4:30 Jon Bravo's overview of Clav's business model 5:20 Clav's OnlyFans agency 6:00 Why the Bacara club is perfect for Clav 7:00 Brad's second crashout...

  24. 577 A - Missouri vs. North Dakota on water rights; Brad's on-air crashout Pt. 1 - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 0:40 Brad's passive-aggressive, meandering, inconsequential blather 5:45 Fox 2's Mark Zinn summary of #moleg bills passed 8:00 John references Brad's still-unpaid five-figure cash debt to John 8:30 The Beacon (KC) story on Missouri River 9:30 Missouri DNR's Kurt Schaefer...

  25. 576 C - North St. Louis food truck guy attacked; Kash Patel on the outs- Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's unedited low-effort mislabeled AI intro 0:45 Food truck guy and customers attacked in North St. Louis County 2:30 Update on Spanish Lake Steak 'n Shake 3:30 Nick Shirley update 5:00 Kash Patel "hit piece" in The Atlantic Originally aired April 22, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand…

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  26. 576 B - Joe Rogan lobbies Trump on ibogaine; Brad suggests PTSD is not real - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's reformatting silliness (skip) 0:50 Pop quiz for Brad 2:10 Joe Rogan, Trump and ibogaine 5:25 Missouri's Holly Rehder and ibogaine 6:00 Rick Perry 7:35 Joe Rogan's casual White House attire 8:30 Brad's insistence on playing AI drops 9:50 Brad suggests PTSD is not real 11:40 Brad…

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  27. 576 A - Jasmine Crockett in St. Louis County for Democrat fundraiser - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:30 St. Charles winner drawn from jar 5:45 John sides with Bill Otto 9:55 Franklin Co. data center meeting 15:05 Jasmine Crockett coming to St. Louis in May 21:55 Jasmine Crockett is not "from Ladue" 23:00 Brad's meaningless Dave Ramsey diversion (skip) 24:10 Jasmine…

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  28. 575 C - Nick Shirley visits California's Capitol; Lake Mead update - Brad & John Show

    0:00 C block is the old B block 1:00 Iran developments 6:45 Lake Mead water level update 9:30 Nick Shirley is Brad's new hero Originally aired April 21, 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...

  29. 575 B - SpaceX buys 19% of U.S. Cybertrucks in 2025 - Brad & John Show

    0:00 New show format 0:50 SpaceX buys 18% of Tesla's U.S. Cybertrucks 2:30 "Trading revenue" and corporate governance 4:20 Brad on YouTubers vs. Cybertrucks 8:05 Why are Cybertrucks sales down year over year? 12:30 Managing bad news cycles 15:00 Brad on Clear Channel 16:45 Brad on Chrysler and...

  30. 575 A - New pandemic fraud scheme in #stl; smoke shop shootout - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:30 Reign nightclub owner's alleged pandemic fraud 5:40 How Dana Kelly's alleged scheme worked 7:05 Dana's urban girl math 8:50 Re-recount in St. Charles city election 12:30 Licensed weed dealers vs. St. Charles Co. smokeshops 15:10 Urban smoke shop shootout 17:25…

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  31. 574 C - Lazy #moleg GOP incumbents and abysmal fundraising; Rayner $ - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad tech snafu (skip) 0:50 Michael Rayner's MCR PAC, via Drebes 1:45 Scott Fitzpatrick, Brad Christ, Jason Law 3:30 The Lazy Incumbent Election Night Prayer 5:20 Colin Wellenkamp in MO House District 105 7:10 Don't blame HRCC 8:00 Phil Oehlerking in MO House District 100 9:45 Will HRCC and...

  32. 574 B - QVC bankruptcy; day 3 of Brad's one-sided radio beef - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's AI B block info 0:30 Brad's Day 3 of petty, resentful vendetta against Dave Greene 2:15 Brad's petty beef pattern 3:00 Brad's "journalism" investigation into Dave Greene 5:15 Brad's FOMO about AM license 7:00 Brad's lack of attention to detail 7:50 Brad re-re-retells donation analogy...

  33. 574 A - Ashley Aune calls out weak Dems; Nine PBS "thriving" in Trump era - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Barbershop intro 3:15 Ashley Aune calls out Senate Dems for laying down 6:30 Lame Duck Leader Doug Beck 8:45 Senate and House Dem and GOP campaign fund totals 11:45 Credit to Ashley Aune for passable fundraising, via Drebes 13:00 St. Louis Mag on Nine PBS success 14:15 "Thriving" 17:15…

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  34. 573 C - St. Charles County Executive candidate fundraising Q1 2026 - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Steve Ehlmann campaign 1:45 Ehlmann's Real Conservatives for St. Charles County 2:20 Jason Law campaign 3:10 Eigel for Missouri 3:55 BILL PAC 4:45 Money on direct mail, digital, media production Originally aired April 16, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for…

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  35. 573 B - Crashout Day 2 - Brad's resentful rant against successful Dave Greene - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Cardinals attendance 5:10 Weekday day game in the rain 7:00 California AG and hospice care video bill 14:45 Brad's resentment toward successful businessman Dave Greene 15:45 Jefferson City News Tribune's new NT Daily 17:15 Brad continues criticizing successful businessman Dave Greene 23:45...

  36. 573 A - "Opaque jar" to break St. Charles election tie - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:50 St. Charles election and "opaque jar" 7:00 Sen. Nick Schroer running for Senate Majority Floor Leader 11:05 Late-night income tax vote 15:00 Brad's rote "this whole thing" "smoke and mirrors" vague criticism 18:40 Brad's unrelated St. Louis County rant Originally...

  37. 572 C - McDonald's new 2026 drinks: Dirty Dr. Pepper, Red Bull & more - Brad & John Show

    0:00 What is a "dirty soda?" 1:00 McDonald's launches refreshers 3:20 Foot traffic to beverage companies like SBUX 4:30 The new Mr. Pibb 5:00 Sugarfire and Ski soda 8:00 McDonald's "spicy Sprite" 8:25 Brad re-re-re-re-retells White Castle mix story 9:55 Brad retells fast food french fry taste…

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  38. 572 B - Curfews be RAYYYYCIST; Sam Page vs. St. Louis County Council - Brad & John Show

    0:00 STL County Executive Sam Page visiting London 3:15 Sam Page's felony plea deal 5:10 Washington, D.C. curfew be racist 8:30 Resistor color code mnemonic device Originally aired April 15, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen live on 104.5 FM in...

  39. 572 A - Kirksville alien assaults woman on Easter; Hemp lobby's Hail Mary - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:00 John reminds Brad of unpaid five-figure debt to John 2:00 St. Charles election tiebreaker 6:15 Jason Rosenbaum's new Politically Speaking newsletter 7:25 Typical petition visuals 8:00 MO Hemp Trade Association submits letters 10:00 Real letters vs. petition…

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  40. 571 C - WWE Janel Grant lawsuit connection to St. Louis and Soulard - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's passive-aggressive C block intro 1:00 St. Louis' tie to WWE-Janel Grant lawsuit 3:45 Gist of Janel Grant's lawsuit 5:20 Non-disclosure agreement dispute 6:50 Holland Law Firm and Ann Callis 7:30 Ann Callis mini-bio 8:30 Jim Holloran (RIP) and McGurk's Irish Pub 9:15 Why Ann Callis and...

  41. 571 B - Data center industry defends water use; Bieber at Coachella - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Justin Bieber at Coachella 5:30 Brad at Cabela’s 8:15 QT customer sleeping 9:30 Brad seeks external validation 11:15 What normal people would do 11:50 Brad re-re-re-re-re-retells Nordstrom security story 13:10 Data center promotes water use narrative 17:00 Brad doesn't know source of "study"...

  42. 571 A - Missouri opens up cannabis research; Andrew Bailey on World Cup - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:15 New state testing for grades 3-8 5:30 MAP out, SRSA in 9:10 Missouri cannabis research rules 15:00 Elijah and Andrew Bailey on The Elijah Haahr Show 20:45 Brad's Low Self-Esteem Theatre 22:15 Brad's dead horse about Catherine Hanaway's media presence 23:30 John...

  43. 570 C - Sharia Law; argument over coaching and independent thought - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad watches Crazy Rich Asians 3:30 Brad vs. Sharia Law 7:45 Merciful interruption of Ehrlich story 9:00 Brad vs. John on baseball coaching 11:40 Brad's inaccurate shift example Originally aired April 13, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen...

  44. 570 B - Steak 'n Shake tragedy in Spanish Lake; Coldwater Creek apartments - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's Top 3 0:30 Tragedy at Steak 'n Shake in Spanish Lake 3:55 What changed in North St. Louis County? 8:30 NPR story on Ukraine 11:15 Coldwater Creek apartments 14:45 Brad repeats "every single RECA zip code" story Originally aired April 13, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John...

  45. 570 A - Torch Electronics and St. Louis police; Yefry Archaga-Elvir - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Theme song and intro 1:15 Torch Electronics and the police 4:35 Torch PR strategy 6:40 "Off the record" 8:00 Brad's donut diversion (skip) 9:05 Scott Dieckhaus and the Torch team 12:00 Franklin County P&Z vote on data center 15:35 Alien crime in Greene County 17:45 NPR caterwauling over…

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  46. 569 C - California eviction case & fallout; "Me Version Bible" - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Canada's MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ redux 9:00 Grady Judd redux 10:00 California eviction case 12:30 "Me Version Bible" audio Originally aired April 10, 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,...

  47. 569 B - MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ meme; Bill Eigel & Hulk Hogan info gathering - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's AI intro 0:50 NYC free rides 2:30 Brad criticizes Bill Eigel for online petition 3:10 John defends Eigel with 1980s WWF example 4:40 Flu vaccine and Alzheimer’s 6:30 Canada's MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ viral meme Originally aired April 10, 2026. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get...

  48. 569 A - Dicamba drift damages Missouri vineyards; data center updates - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Barbershop intro 1:45 John's self-corrections 2:15 John Grady's state rep campaign 4:50 Torch away message 6:20 Yard sign diversion 7:45 New angles for data center opponents 8:45 Sunshine Law angle 11:05 GoFundMe accounts via @WarrenCountyRecord story 13:00 Brad repeats "rent-a-citizen" tale...

  49. 568 C - SpaceX stock going public; Signetics NE5532 - Brad & John Show

    0:00 Artemis II 1:45 Brad's Apollo 13 movie story 2:45 Signetics NE5532 6:45 SpaceX going public 7:20 Elon "fans" and TSLA stock 8:25 Why does Brad pronounce Elon Musk's name wrong? 9:30 Brad re-re-re-re-retells Chesterfield Mall - Tesla story Originally aired April 9, 2026. Each weekday Brad...

  50. 568 B - Cori Bush looking good; is Wesley Bell a sex symbol? Brad & John Show

    0:00 Brad's new AI intro 0:50 Cori Bush taking care of her health 2:15 Is Wesley Bell a sex symbol? 4:15 Wesley Bell 1990s barbershop options 4:45 Hakeem Jeffries & Dem leadership endorse Wesley Bell 5:50 Mids vs. hot women 6:15 Local election results fallout 10:40 Deere right to repair 14:40...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Brad and John show is the podcast version of the live broadcast on WestplexTalk 104.5 Monday through Friday from 7 to 8 AM Central. Listen Live at WestplexTalk.com Brad and John are two dudes from different backgrounds and different generations. Both are proud NoCo (AKA North Saint Louis County) boys. Brad is a 50+ year radio veteran. He never loses his concentration and is constantly complimented by John. John is a former communicator for an agriculture company, and started johncombest.com in 2001 to centralize Missouri political news and decentralize truth. Together they talk news, politics, P51 Mustangs and occasionally fashion.”

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