The Political Spotlight
The Political Spotlight is a politically driven opinion, news, and entertainment program. The Political Spotlight is your comprehensive guide to all things "political" at the local, state, and national levels. Our mission is to identify and eliminate corruption in government and politics while defending the United States Constitution. The message is clear: the old, corrupt way of doing business IS OVER! Our goal is to empower all citizens with the knowledge and motivation to stay informed and get involved. The team includes Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, and Brandon Rudd. Join the discussion and help change the world, one conversation at a time! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LIVE episodes of The Political Spotlight air on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook: Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET) YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Rumble Link: https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Audio-only episodes are available at the following Home Link: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm . . . They are also available on all podcast hosting sites (including, but not limited to): iTunes/Apple Podcasts -- Spotify -- Stitcher -- TuneIn -- RadioPublic -- iHeartRadio -- Amazon Music/Podcasts -- CastBox -- OverCast -- Castro -- Pocket Casts & many more... No matter where or when you choose to watch or listen, please remember to SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT, and then "share the show with everyone you know!" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media: Facebook 1: https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318 Facebook 2: https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight Twitter: https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Connect with The Political Spotlight team via email @ tpsprogram@gmail.com or khbilbrey@gmail.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, COMMENT, & SHARE THE SHOW! 🚨 🚨 🚨
Episodes
In this 737th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey takes a close look at several local-government meetings across East Central Indiana — and there is plenty to discuss!
Bilbrey begins with the first Muncie City Council Finance Committee meeting, held earlier this evening, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, as councilors began reviewing the proposed 2027 city budget.
Before delving into the meeting itself...
In this 736th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey brings back an old favorite right up front: Winchester, Indiana!
It all began with a Winchester Board of Works meeting that two sources sent to Bilbrey for very different reasons. While reviewing the meeting, something caught his attention—and suddenly, an old controversy came back to mind.
That's right. Bilbrey revisits former Winchester Mayor Sho...
In this 735th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is at his wit's end over what he sees as the complete breakdown of "public service" among far too many local public servants across East Central Indiana and beyond.
Muncie, Delaware County.
Anderson, Madison County.
Winchester, Randolph County.
New Castle, Henry County.
Indianapolis, Marion County.
Different communities. Different offices...
This is Episode 734, Part 2, the conclusion, of The Political Spotlight's two-part look at the completely "OFF THE RAILS" Muncie City Council meeting.
In this episode, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey will conclude his detailed commentary and analysis of everything that happened—including the highs and lows, the winners and losers, the status of major issues, and what comes next for Muncie. Specifically, Bilbrey will cover:
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Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey reviews the completely "OFF THE RAILS" Muncie City Council meeting, including a public hearing held before the regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Bilbrey analyzes the meeting's proceedings in this two-part series: Part 1 - Episode 733, aired Tuesday, September 15, 2026, and Part 2 - Episode 734, aired Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
In this 733rd episode (Part 1), Bilbrey ...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey looks ahead to a busy week in local politics — starting with the Muncie City Council meeting on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Bilbrey previews what to expect, shares his thoughts on several issues likely to shape the meeting, and offers a broader look at the current state of Muncie City Council leadership.
How will the council conduct itself during the meeting?
How will current leadership address t...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey kicks off episode 731 with a deep dive into Todd Beamer — A TRUE AMERICAN HERO! (If that name does not immediately ring a bell, this episode is absolutely for you.)
Bilbrey reflects on Beamer's courage, sacrifice, and role aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
THIS IS A MUST-SEE FOR EVERY AMERICAN.
From there, the show returns to the City of Muncie, Indiana, and the fallout from...
In this 730th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey turns his attention back to Muncie City government and several developments from Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
He begins with a review of this morning's Muncie Board of Works meeting. At 11 and a half minutes, the meeting was longer than usual, and there are likely a few points of interest that need to be covered, or uncovered!
Next, Bilbrey shares his t...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is back from the Labor Day 2026 holiday for the 729th episode of The Political Spotlight!
The program gets back on track as the 2026 general election season approaches; there's work to be done concerning the election and all the insanity in local, state, and national government.
Bilbrey begins with a look at the City of Muncie's proposed 2027 budget and the ongoing Delaware County Budget meetings. This ...
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Once again, Dr. Katherine Callahan, a contributing correspondent from Madison County, Indiana, joins Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey for this 728th episode (part 2 of 2) of The Political Spotlight to discuss the past couple of weeks of political and governmental developments in and around Madison County!
From residency issues involving a Lapel Councilor to the insanity of the recent Madison County Commissioners meeting...
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Dr. Katherine Callahan, a contributing correspondent from Madison County, Indiana, joins Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey for this 727th episode (part 1 of 2) of The Political Spotlight to discuss the past couple of weeks of political and governmental developments in and around Madison County!
From residency issues involving a Lapel Councilor to the insanity of the recent Madison County Commissioners meeting, and the op...
The Political Spotlight examines Grant County Commissioner Chuck Poling and the investigation his local government requested into his WILD behavior over the past couple of years, both before and during his tenure as Commissioner.
The investigation ran for roughly five weeks, from late July 2026 through September 2, 2026, but it examined allegations and incidents dating back at least to 2025 — and, in some witness accounts, e...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is broadcasting from Southern Command for Episode 725 of The Political Spotlight.
Bilbrey shares additional thoughts on the violence and mayhem that rocked Muncie over the weekend — including troubling reports that the victim and witnesses in one of the major incidents are not cooperating with police.
What does that mean for the investigation? More importantly, could unresolved tensions lead to fu...
In this 724th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey first updates listeners on the status of the tech issues.
From there, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on the wild weekend in the City of Muncie. Both Friday, August 28, and Saturday, August 29, 2026, saw heavy police activity across the city—particularly downtown and on the Southside—with Saturday night by far the worst.
The night began with viol...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey ends the week (Sunday, August 23, 2026, through Thursday, August 27, 2026) with optimism that he'll be back in the studio sometime next week!
Bilbrey is feeling better than he did on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (episode 722), and things are going to get back to normal SOON!
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VIDEO version of Ep 723: https://youtube.com/live/iHZXnY5-WBc
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This was a different kind of episode of The Political Spotlight.
While dealing with ongoing technical issues, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey broadcasts this 722nd episode from outside Mud Creek Studio. As major internet and studio problems persist, Bilbrey begins with a brief emotional breakdown, discussing several stressful weeks—including a health scare that turned out all right, thank God! Bilbrey then talks candidly about ex...
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is starting to feel hopeful that there is a light at the end of this LONG tunnel, which has been filled with nearly a month of HORRIBLE TECHNICAL ISSUES!
He's hoping to cover a few odds and ends from across East Central Indiana.
He'll cover political and governmental topics from Muncie and Delaware County to New Castle and Henry County, along with some sad news from Indiana's conservative talk radio wor...
The weed eaters must be strung!
The trains must have all made it to the stations on time!
And it's clearly not February!
Because this 720th episode is officially a reunion of The Political Spotlight — 3!
Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey...
Producer Kate Thornburg...
& NONE OTHER THAN THE:
PURDUE-ED-U-CATED, ENGINEER-IN', WEED-EATER-STRINGIN', PUN-LOVIN', PROBLEM-SOLVIN', SON OF A GUN, BRANDON RUDD...
ARE ALL IN THE HOUS...
Due to ongoing technical issues, this episode was cut short. Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey did not complete the full show. What was NOT covered here will be covered in a future program!
In this 719th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey discusses the latest email from Delaware County Commissioner Stephen Brand regarding the "Delaware County-City of Muncie Dispatch Communications Issues," a topic that has bee...
This 718th episode will be a free-for-all!
First up, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey welcomes back Madison County's contributing correspondent, Dr. Katherine Callahan. Callahan joins Bilbrey to break down several major developments in Madison County and the City of Anderson over the past month and a half, including:
The most recent Election Board meeting on July 30, 2026...
The recent historic weather event—Callahan shares ...
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