Dick The Shmoozer Sitting in for Brad and John AGAIN

Golf Cart Museum in Cottleville

Bed Bug Problems in the Westplex

Week Number 2 for Brad and John On Vacation

Brad and John are Still On Vacation so you get Dick

Brad and John Show with guest host Dick the Schmoozer

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

May 4th 2025 C Block

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

May 5 2026 A Block

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 Brad's co-host, John Combest.

John acknowledges Brad's angst, then attempts to redirect the conversation in a positive direction by thanking listeners for the tremendous volume of feedback on this week's shows. Rather than show appreciation for listeners (and/or appreciation for John) Brad remains mired in apathy and anger, complaining that "the website" saw decreased traffic this week. (Note: John is not responsible for driving traffic to "the website" and does not promote "the website" on John's social accounts.)

As with the start of A block - in which Brad refused to play the traditional Friday barbershop quartet intro - Brad chose bitterness and petulance, ending the show early.

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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

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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/

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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

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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 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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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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 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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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.

Streaming at https://westplextalk.com/streaming/

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

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Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

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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 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

Full episode summaries at https://www.instagram.com/bjshowafterglow/

Find the YouTube versions at bjshow.us

Follow the Westplex Talk Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571949107480

Show audio files can be found at https://bjshow.co

To purchase ads on Westplex Talk go to https://westplexads.com

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/