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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, politics, P51 Mustangs and occasionally fashion.”
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 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 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.
Brad and John Show is hosted by Brad Hildebrand. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
Booking probability for Brad and John Show is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Brad and John Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Brad and John Show's contact route on record: verified email.
Brad Hildebrand hosts Brad and John Show, a news podcast with more than 1,000 episodes published.
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Episode #1283
0:00 Theme song and intro 2:30 Redistricting vote and GOP Rep. Bryant Wolfin quote 5:55 Brad repeats "kabuki" trope 7:15 Congressman Bob Onder on Mark Reardon's show 8:30 Liberals quiet about stock market...
Episode #1157
0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:50 Cracker Barrell pulls a John Kerry flip-flop 3:45 Net positive or negative for Cracker Barrel? 7:35 Hooters rebranding 8:00 Southwest Airlines vs. oinkers 11:55 "Glandular problem"...
Episode #1267
0:00 Brad's story on clocks and stock market trading and timing 2:25 "Fighting Words Doctrine" 6:10 Sebastian Gorka 6:55 Rosie O’Donnell apology 9:10 Brad’s weekend and family member’s car story 10:20...
0:00 Intro 0:45 Brad calls Jack Frost 2:00 St. Charles Christmas Traditions 6:30 Wrap-up and pun appreciation 8:40 Westplex Chamber of Commerce 9:05 Brad botches John's involuntary bio 10:30 Brad flip-flops on Scott...
Episode #1322
0:00 Intro 0:20 Mormons 4:15 Caleb Hunter 6:35 Obama Library debacle 9:00 Late-night TV and channel-changing 12:50 Brad's middle school crush Originally aired September 29, 2025. Each weekday Brad Hildebrand and John...
Episode #1246
0:00 Tired trope 0:30 Brad in the middle of angry black women road rage 3:10 Brad's old white Warren County guy story 7:25 Stuck in the middle or an Oreo cookie 7:45 Brad and Shelley's Wendy's employee fight story 9:30...
Episode #1459
0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:30 Brad criticizes St. Charles County GOP 2026 Candidate School 4:00 John vs. Brad on speaker lineup 5:30 Christmas Caroling diversion 7:15 Brad beats yard sign dead horse 7:45 Brad vs. John on...
Episode #1222
0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:30 Border wall materials sale 3:20 GovPlanet 7:15 St. Louis teachers vs. Millicent Borishade 9:30 Brad informs John of a story that's been on John's website for days 15:30 John defends...
0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:25 Gals' group wants no Dad, Brads or Chads 8:15 Gene Simmons on political rifts 12:00 Are the Chiefs *really* going to move to Kansas? 14:25 Bid to lure the Royals to the St. Charles Family...
0:00 Mike McGhee's unique genetic trait 3:30 Gratuitous Nina Needleman glazing 4:10 Minneapolis incident 4:45 Illinois traffic stop gone wrong 5:30 Brad's Claudine traffic arrest story 7:20 Back to the Illinois driver...
Episode #1654
0:00 Theme song and intro 1:00 St. Charles job fair today 5:00 Brad's passive-aggressive complaint about St. Charles dispatcher jobs 6:40 Rachael Herndon Dunn named new JCNT editor 8:40 First thing to fix at Jefferson...
Episode #1313
0:00 Brad's Top 3 0:30 News websites selling "news" space 2:30 Carrie Underwood's goat 7:00 Major League Baseball pitch challenge rule 11:30 MetroLink expansion nixed 12:45 Grape soda and Red Hot Riplets 14:00...
Episode #1279
0:00 Brad's lawnmower update 2:55 Brad's son's health issues 4:35 Katherine Maher on local radio 6:40 If there was no St. Louis Public Radio 7:40 Jason Rivera and Elliott Davis 10:45 Brad repeats kvetching about public...
Episode #1216
0:00 Theme song and intro 1:30 AI image and candy rain on Christy's face 3:10 Semafor piece on Eric Schmitt 5:30 Schmitt's wise decision 7:30 Gregg Keller mention on Erick Erickson 10:10 Lowlights of St. Louis Public...
Episode #1539
0:00 Barbershop intro 4:20 Landlines and Franklin County's online sales tax proposal 10:00 Rep. Dane Diehl bill on school letter grades 14:00 Brad Banderman's commentary 14:45 RIP ESMIF 16:30 Eric Schmitt, Kid Rock and...
Episode #1281
0:00 Brad's Top 3 intro 0:50 KDHX update from FCC filings 7:00 John Lamping and IPs 10:20 How political consultants make money from initiative petitions 13:10 Katherine Maher on "news deserts" 17:45 Rural...
0:00 Data centers - AI vs. cloud 2:15 Brad on Adobe's evolution 4:45 Brad can educate fellow Boomers 6:00 A gentle hum before bed 7:15 Brad's Anheuser Busch data center analogy 9:00 Why does Brad have his phone's...
Episode #1219
0:00 Theme song and uplifting Brad 3:15 AG Andrew Bailey vs. offshore gambling 6:45 Proposed data center in St. Charles 12:15 Anti-data center conspiracies 14:15 Districts prepare for state ban on cell phones in public...
0:00 Brad's surprising burst of effort 2:00 Brad's AI song promos 3:00 Brad doesn't fix nonsense lyrics 4:15 Brad re-re-re-re-tells KBDZ story 6:00 KBDZ taking down its livestream 7:45 Brad's idea for an all-AI promo...
0:00 Theme song and intro 2:30 Steve Ehlmann op-ed on illegal immigrants in St. Charles County 7:00 O'Fallon juvenile attack 10:35 Why are young savages on the loose? 13:45 Brad's sleeping-in-car diversion (skip) 15:05...
Recent guests on Brad and John Show. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Assistant FBI Director, former Missouri Attorney General, National Pork Producers Council
Functional Medicine Physician, Modern Fit Moms
Missouri Democratic House minority leader, Missouri Democratic House minority leader
Speaker at 2008 Democratic National Convention, United States government
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