Brad Hildebrand

Brad and John Show

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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, polit...

Author

Brad Hildebrand

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News

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Latest episode

May 15, 2026

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Episodes

406 C - Quick serve restaurant fails and customer surveys - Brad & John Show Episode 406 C block 23.07.2025

0:00 Brad tries to make "24/7 Day" happen 1:20 Brad interrupts himself, re-tells 270/40 story 1:50 Brad's now-daily "Wizard of Oz" windup 3:30 Our Lady of Loretto 3:45 Brad's new  @CleetusM  story 7:35 Brad's  @kfc  Jungermann story 8:40 QSR surveys 11:10 John pre-empts repeat of Brad's Tuesday C block speech 12:25 Brad finds the Cleetus, via Zionism 13:55 Brad answ...

406 B - Uzbekistan alien tries to get JDAM kit at Boeing plant - Brad & John Show Episode 406 B block 23.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:30 Brad reads a David Wasinger tweet 2:10 Illegal alien from Uzbekistan 3:30 Brad's moral dilemma over Walmart 4:00 63138 6:40 Brad promotes new ad deal: 24/7/365 deal 8:40 John's Mike Elam impression 9:00 Twentyfoursevenday.com 10:55 FCC boss on Stephen Colbert cancellation 15:45 Brad's monthly Kamil Winter tribute Originally aired July 23, 2025. Each wee...

406 A - Sixteen Thirty Fund in Missouri campaigns; Stacking greenery taxes - Brad & John Show Episode 406 A 23.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and Brad's Boomer KWMU post 4:50 Animal House diversion 6:55 MO Supreme Court final ruling on stacking cannabis taxes 9:45 Brad beats his Bill Eigel dead horse 11:10 Freedom Caucus side of the story 12:00 Back on track 12:45 Status of confiscated cash 14:00 SOS Denny Hoskins on Marc Cox's show 15:10 KMOV story on Sixteen Thirty Fund and Prop A 16:55 Brad vs. Jason Law 17:15...

405 C - YouTube makes music label A&Rs obsolete - Brad & John Show Episode 405 C block 22.07.2025

0:00 Brad's weekly Wizard of Oz wind-up 1:45 Stephen Colbert cancellation reprise 3:05 Brad's quarterly  @CleetusM  origin story 6:20 Brad's DVD player story 8:25 Brad's quarterly YouTube disruptor speech 9:50 Brad re-tells Justin Bieber discovery story 11:30 Brad vs. artists & repertoire 12:45 Brad's monthly body cam video story 14:50  @WuTangClan  The Genius predicted A&a...

405 B - Men wearing hats indoors; Hunter Biden's expletives - Brad & John Show Episode 405 B block 22.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:45 Hunter Biden's expletive-laden interview 5:00 Biden interviewee 5:30 Wearing hats indoors 7:00 John on sunglasses and eye contact 7:30  @ArmstrongGetty  on Top 10 NPR stories and trans truckers 11:50 Brad forgets Friday's A block, repeats  @WashUSTL  DEI story 13:40 ESG and public companies 15:55 ESG and limiting employee choice 16:40 John's gentle remi...

405 A - Nick Schroer & Ben Brown's cash on hand; Wasinger's standing ovation - Brad & John Show Ep. 405 A 22.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and KWMU fundraiser intro 1:45 Brad's  @STLPR  video - work or shoot? 4:20 Octogenarian calls Eric Schmitt "Joe McCarthy" 5:00 AP piece on Biden, Schmitt and Wesley Bell 8:30 Missouri's July 2026 campaign finance reports 9:20 Sens. Nick Schroer and Ben Brown cash on hand 9:40 Nick Schroer's appearance on  @JudgeNews  with Mike Carter 11:25 Brad's fan fiction...

404 C - Do any news reporters still work weekends? Brad & John Show Episode 404 C block 21.07.2025

0:00 Brad's latest KFUO complaint letter 1:15 Texas floods and severe weather alerts 3:30 Brad vs. St. Louis Public Radio weekend reporting schedule 5:15 St. Louis News Plus 8:45 Imagine telling a reporter to work weekends 11:05 TikTok nurses 12:00 Brad's Edward R. Murrow reprise 14:30 John successfully baits Brad re: KFUO Originally aired July 21, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and Jo...

404 B - Schnucks raises donut prices 20%; St. Louis Public Radio plea for donations - Brad & John Show Episode 404 B block 21.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:30 Rob Schneider op-ed on Stephen Colbert 3:15 Colbert staff totals 5:45 Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers 6:45 Schnucks 20% donut price inflation 10:30 Dierbergs donut prices 11:20 St. Louis Public Radio's Jess Luther's plea for donation 13:10 Brad says St. Louis Public Radio is destitute (kayfabe) 16:15 Missouri public radio outlets plea for cash 17:10 Only you...

404 A - Gov. Andy Beshear to Missouri for Truman Dinner - Brad & John Show Episode 404 A block 21.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and Jerry Lewis Telethon intro 2:00 Kentucky's Gov. Andy Beshear to headline MO Dems Truman Dinner 4:45 Chelsea Rodriguez handles friendly fire 6:00 Rodriguez's career path, 2026-28 6:45 Best case for Missouri Republicans 7:10 The Lis Smith model 8:00 Brad cringe posts 8:30 Exotic Smokes 2 shut down 12:10 Team Hemp vs. Cannabis Cartel 13:40 CPB/NPR cuts lead to zero (0!) lo...

403 C - No such thing as "news deserts"; IL-15 congressional map - Brad & John Show Episode 403 C block 18.07.2025

0:00 Brad's weekly Wizard of Oz drop 2:30 "Wicked" movie series 3:15 Rescissions overview 4:35 Brad on NPR spendthrifts 5:55 Why NPR was once needed 6:15 Brad disputes "news deserts" 9:00 Starlink 11:00 Brad vs. Schumer's comments 12:30 How Brad would run St. Louis Public Radio 13:45 Brad says Randy Raley "hates him" 14:30 Mary Miller's congressional boundaries...

403 B - When Trump Derangement Syndrome becomes "PTSD" - Brad & John Show Episode 403 B block 18.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:50 Yellowstone and "global warming" 4:00 Felix Baumgartner accident 7:00 Alan Barklage 8:45 Scott MacFarlane's "PTSD" from Trump supporters 13:35 MacFarlane's solipsism 16:00 What Brad would do as CBS boss 17:20 NPR budget cut teaser Originally aired July 18, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen...

403 A - Good Trouble Missouri protests; remembering Bill Clay Sr. - Brad & John Show Episode 403 A block 18.07.2025

0:00 Mary Elizabeth Coleman and barbershop intro 2:40 "Good Trouble" protests in Missouri 3:35 Missouri Voter Protection Coalition's Denise Lieberman 4:45 Missouri Capitol protest 6:55 Trump Derangement Syndrome and hair replacement 8:00 Black Street Speech 9:05  @WashUSTL  removes DEI language 12:00 Off track 13:15 Rest in peace, William L. Clay, Sr. 14:10 Pearlie Evans and Spanish La...

402 C - What's an anti-Mike Elam message in St. Charles Co. exec race? Brad & John Show Episode 402 C block 16.07.2025

0:00 Brad on Mike Elam's weight loss 2:10 Mike Elam's weight loss tip 3:20 Dem strict ideology vs. GOP big tent 6:10 Brad's weekly anti-Tracy argument 7:10 Back on track 9:00 What's an anti-Elam campaign message? 9:45 Bill Eigel and Jason Law strategies 10:25 Brad vs. John on Jason Law "problematic" contributions 11:00 Brad on helicopter heart transport viral video Original...

402 B - Stacey Abrams' anti-Trump list; James Gunn on "immigrant" superman - Brad & John Show Episode 402 B 16.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:35 Joe Biden on pardon "categories" 6:25 John's story on collecting co-sponsor signatures in U.S. House 8:45 Stacey Abrams' anti-Trump list 17:10 James Gunn and "immigrant" Superman Originally aired July 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. Lou...

402 A - Missouri 2026 sick leave statewide vote; Schmitt on Bondi & Epstein - Brad & John Show Episode 402 A 16.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and intro 2:45 2026 sick leave statewide vote 4:35 Brad blames Bill Eigel and Freedom Caucus 6:05 Brad meets a dispensary chick 8:00 Eric Schmitt on Pam Bondi and Epstein list 9:40 Brad's Eric Schmitt fan fiction 10:25 Bridgeton and North St. Louis County 12:20 Eric Schmitt's new book 13:10 Eric Schmitt and CPB/NPR funding cut 17:15 Brad vs. NPR "news desert" caterw...

401 C - Live demo: Disregarding sincere compliments; KFU-wOe-is-me - Brad & John Show Episode 401 C block 15.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Low Self-Esteem Theatre re: his voice 1:50 John shares listener's compliment to Brad, Brad brushes it off 2:30 Brad's latest rant against KFUO 13:45 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout ad update 15:00 Shout out to Chris Walker Originally aired July 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...

401 B - Fixing #stl police office shortage; Brad's license plate traffic stop - Brad & John Show Episode 401 B 15.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:50 Brad attempts to provoke John, fails 2:10 JD Vance at Disneyland 5:45 Tim Fitch's idea on #stl hiring local police officers 10:40 Eric Greitens MO State Highway Patrol policy 12:45 Brad gets pulled over due to wacky license plate 16:40 Brad seeks pat on the head Originally aired July 15, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an ho...

401 A - RECA scams and payout forum; Missouri property tax committee - Brad & John Show Episode 401 A block 15.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and intro 0:45 Brad changes radio display 2:15 Brad on Gutter Duck demise 3:35 Merciful subject change 6:25 Rep. Darin Chappell on property tax interim committee #moleg 11:00 Chappell is a good sport - and not a Boomer 12:00 Brad's generational nomenclature 13:00 Brad vs. John on Hazelwood history 13:45 Michele Munz coverage of  @WashUSTL  closing "Long COVID" clinic 15...

400 C - Will I-170 corridor be "gentrified"? Trump's "crazy" card - Brad & John Show Episode 400 C block 14.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Wizard of Oz wind-up 1:30 Gen. Hugh G. Rection 2:05 Trump and Putin 6:35 Brad's WWII nostalgia 10:00 Middle East and power 10:30 Trump, Brad and the power of crazy 11:10 Brad vs. John on North St. Louis County safety 12:50 Brad vs. John on "gentrification" of I-170 corridor 14:00 White women's Forest Park naivete Originally aired July 14, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hil...

400 B - St. Louis attempts to crack down on Wash Ave. hoodlums - Brad & John Show Episode 400 B block 14.07.2025

0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:50 Police deliver pizza in Tempe, Az. 3:20 17-year-old MLB draft pick Eli Willits 5:50 Washington Ave. nighttime closing and #stl city curfew 7:30 Brad's 1970s Florissant Steak-n-Shake story 13:25 Wash Ave. lofts circa 2005 14:40 Brad on downtown St. Louis tunnels 17:30 Weldon Spring, pink safety vest and Josh Hawley press conference story Originally aired July 14...

400 A - St. Clair landfill and MO DNR report; Ameren's Rush Island - Brad & John Show Episode 400 A block 14.07.2025

0:00 Theme song and intro 2:00 Missouri DNR report on St. Clair landfill 5:00 Brad on landfill and Washington Town & Country Fair 6:00 "Orange leachate," copper, iron, selenium 8:15 Ameren's Rush Island plans 11:40   This Week in Missouri Politics recap 12:30 Denny Hoskins on noncitizen voting in Jackson County 13:10 Jake's panel of Ellinger Bell, Chelsea Rodriguez, Jack Cardet...

399 C - Case study: the pesky salesman and a client's boundaries - Brad & John Show Episode 399 C block 11.07.2025

0:00 Gutter Duck intro 1:25 What Would John Do? intro 2:20 Background on Brad's dilemma 3:30 Brad's photography goodwill 5:40 Brad's offending action 6:30 The gentleman's response 7:05 John's verdict and advice 8:00 Brad's vengeance 9:20 Marketing particulars 10:05 Father vs. son element and decorum 10:35 Brad's "nice guy"/"kindness" rationale 11:30 Brad...

399 B - Vernon County Missouri GOP vetting controversy 2025 - Brad & John Show Episode 399 B block 11.07.2025

0:00 270 and 64/40 building 1:05 Brad's Top 3 intro 1:30 Sick leave is a law, not an amendment 4:35 SB 40 6:20 Rams money spent for tornado relief 11:00 KFUO bait 11:50 Jake Kroesen's piece on Cyndia Haggard 13:55 Jake Kroesen's prose 16:55 Vetting checklist Originally aired July 11, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen live on 104.5 FM...

399 A - Grain Belt Express halted; St. Louis Public Schools audit - Brad & John Show Episode 399 A block 11.07.2025

0:00 Barbershop theme and intro 2:40 Josh Hawley vs. Grain Belt Express 3:50 Elijah Haahr's primer on Grain Belt Express 4:45 Brad vs. John on Grain Belt Express 9:55 State audit of St. Louis Public Schools coming soon 14:50 Josh Hawley on Dems vs. men Originally aired July 11, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combest get together for an hour - listen live on 104.5 FM in St. Charles...

398 C - Cara Spencer could turn #stl around with TWO simple tricks - Brad & John Show Episode 398 C block 10.07.2025

0:00 Intro 0:15 Sale of Millennium Hotel block in downtown 1:05 Brad's primer on downtown highway numbering 4:05 Lamenting downtown's decline 6:15 #stl city population by decade 7:55 Brad's recommendation for Mayor Cara Spencer 9:50 Reality 10:25 Trump model of unilateral action 12:55 Dominique Moceanu, cowgirl Originally aired July 10, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John Combe...

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