Bingham Boys Podcast

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich, John Saltas, and special guest Fr. Makarios (John’s cousin) grab a bite at Astro Burger, talk about growing up in Bingham, and trace Fr. Makarios’ clerical journey from Bingham to Copperfield to Midvale to SLC to Korea to Boston to Egypt, before taking a deep, deep, deep dive into Greek Orthodoxy (much to Ron’s delight), how “Christianity was OK before it became a religion,” the modern Moses, and more. Somehow, it’s a 99.9% Trump-free hour—a Christmas miracle!

This episode marks the 2025 finale of the Bingham Boys Podcast, but fear not: John and Ron will return in January 2026 with more Bingham yarns … and likely more Trump talk.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

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Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas reconvene to reminisce about Christmas (and Christmas eats) in Bingham before getting into The Apprentice (the 2024 pre-election movie about Donald Trump and his mentor Roy Cohn in the ’80s; stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV, Plex, Roku Channel, or Tubi), Ron’s New York brush with Cohn and remembering Angels In America at Salt Lake Acting Co., Cohn’s infamous mantra (“Attack, admit nothing, claim victory”—sound familiar?), the spinelessness/uselessness of Mikes Johnson and Lee, Trump’s reprehensible response to the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, Reiner’s film legacy, MAGA + T = MAGAts, Scary Latin Phrase of the Week, Greek Word of the Week, R.I.P. Joe Ely, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas are live from Bingham’s Green Front Bar (it’s audio theater, just go with it) and bantering about some Bingham lore and Ron’s annual Copperton fun run 5K benefit for veterans this Saturday, December 6, before diving headlong into Giving Tuesday, the hot new current-events quiz show Si or No?, how counting tweets is the new counting sheep, Pearl Harbor Day, FDR’s interment camps (we need Make America Remember Again hats), the Anti-Fascist Sound of Music, Pete Hegseth: Secretary of War Crimes, Trump and The Cocaine Pardon, August 1964 and the USS Maddox, disappointing Wink Martindale, Jake Tapper’s (obviously forgotten) alt-press roots, DJT’s totally legit golf trophies, the Greek Word of the Week, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich reminisce about Thanksgivings past in Bingham before discussing Ron’s annual Copperton fun run to benefit veterans on December 6, SLC’s Grove Market and the late Jim Savas, American affluence, “Woke” Pope Leo vs. JD Vance and Donald Trump, The Wizard of Oz and Wicked, the Zohran Mamdani + Trump bromance, journalism vs. fashionable fluff, the foreign bots of X/Twitter, MAGA’s overinvestment in social media “news,” The Great Hack documentary (watch it on Netflix), dumb logo: Cracker Barrel, dumber logo: Utah 2034 Olympics, A.I. = Allen Iverson?, Ken Burns’ American Revolution on PBS, John’s connection to the Boston Massacre, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich pay respect to Veterans Day and the vets of Bingham, and also celebrate Eleni Saltas’ showing in the 2025 Athens Marathon in Greece, then Ron reads John’s latest Private Eye column in Salt Lake City Weekly (highly recommended), before jumping into the difference between a vocation and a job, the prevelance of fake news and even faker news, the musical genius of Paul McCartney (with the Beatles and Wings), the tale of “She’s Leaving Home” and how it relates to Batman’s ’60s sidekick, the road(s) not taken, how winners don’t always get the trophy, the un-gerrymandering of Utah’s congressional map (thank you, Third District Judge Dianna Gibson), the eventual springtime in America (not to be confused with that song from The Producers), and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich dispense with the Trump talk (so boring) and gardening tips (so out of season) before going deep on the history of booze availability on Election Day and even deeper into the sad state of Salt Lake City and Utah governance, the inflated local housing market that no one can afford (quoth the late Voice of Reason Tom Barberi: “You’ll never really own your house”), a recommendation to move to Copperton, the Air BnBs of corporations and lobbyists, how to get anything done in SLC, the eternal renovation of Temple Square, the downtown “Entertainment District” for the SuperRich to admire from their helicopters, the unhoused in (but not of) Salt Lake City, a suggestion to maybe fix Utah before Washington DC, a better idea for the Sears Building lot, a thanks to Utah Music Radio, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich try to keep the Trump Talk to a minimum, but the daily trainwreck/dumpster fire/shitshow proves impossible to ignore. But, they soldier on to also discuss important issues like the World Series and unnecessary showboating, a nod to Joe Walsh (the Republican, not the Eagles’ guitarist), the disappearing landmarks of Bingham and elsewhere (remember City Weekly’s unofficial office, Port O’ Call?), respecting American history, the overdue process for wannabe oligarchs, ex-LSU coach Brian Kelly, who could have seen sports gambling problems coming from an NBA brought to you by DraftKings and FanDuel?, how money isn’t evil but pursuits are, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich share their stories and Bingham alum encounters of the Salt Lake City No Kings rally on Saturday (including Dustin Hensel and Marv Hamilton) and then go deep on the nationwide “Hate America” protests, the Choice of Evils Defense, how No Kings really means No Tyrants, the pencilneck pricks of J6, King Trump’s A.I. shitbomb video, all those “offensive signs” supplied by George Soros, the importance of getting out younger protesters, how Trump lowered the bar on civil “diss course,” Ron giving up swearing for Lent, farmers and the Corn Belt getting killed by big, beautiful tariffs, why Democrats need the flyover states, the AOC & Bernie archetype, the U’s loss to BYU, the Greek Word(s) of the Week, looking for the Antifa Clubhouse, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich pitch into Peak Baseball Season with another excursion into the Friday night lights of Bingham sports (including hometown hero and Sports Illustrated cover boy Bruce Hardy) and exorbitant college coaching salaries before getting into the Greek Word(s) of the Week, Trump “The Peacemaker” whining for a Nobel Prize, Everybody Derangement Syndrome, why a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, American citizens afraid of being ICEd for the crime of being brown, the upcoming No Kings national rallies, Ron learning about bots and “internet shit,” how they’re not fascists but if you call them fascists they’ll arrest you, Making Argentina Great Again, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas (who’s back in the studio, tanned, rested, and ready after a month abroad) give a shoutout to Utah Music Radio and local band Sindar before jumping into the final recap of John’s 2025 Greece trip, including Greek beer culture vs. Greek coffee culture, the things you’ll hear as an American tourista, the simple pleasures of taking a volta, how phones are now useless (for talking), the ever-lowering esteem for the USA across Europe, six degrees of Kevin Bacon and Steven Miller, the legacy of the Kennedys vs. that of the Great Orange Whale, the Greek Word(s) of the Week, a belated take on Charlie Kirk, why Cardinal Dolan should just shut up already, John Lennon and Bob Dylan and Steely Dan, the Pam Bondi loyalty test, the evasion of truth, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne.

Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky.

Email us at [email protected] or [email protected].

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit binghamboyspodcast.substack.com