Bingham Boys Podcast

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas (via the internet from Crete) sit down for a special weekend edition of the podcast to share the further adventures of this year’s City Weekly trip to Greece and talk about the chainification of the USA and (what should be) universal hospitality, what Europeans think of our current president aka “The Orange Ballbag” (spoiler: it ain’t pretty), the Colossus of Rhodes, the Greek Word of the Week: Stethoscope, the irony of ICE wrecking MAGA businesses, the pronounced tourism drop in the U.S., Trump’s withering U.N. tantrum, Comey and Bolton: Useful tools now discarded, the plight of farmers and Cubans, solar and wind power vs. petroleum, giving Gov. Spencer Cox what very little credit he deserves on the national stage, how Shakespeare keeps happening, and more.

Recorded and edited by Bill Frost at FrostyCo Studios.

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

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Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas (via the interwebs from Athens) take a leisurely walk-through of the 21-year-and-counting annual Salt Lake City Weekly Trip to Greece and discuss Greek history, the delectable combo of ouzo and octopus, the Acropolis, the societal Ship of State we all (used to) live by, how Greek roots = our roots, the country’s curious lack of statues and symbols for losers, the treatment of Greek traitors vs. the treatment of American traitors, the local availability of oranges and Cheetos but no tangerine tzars, separating the Crusades from the Crusaders, how Istanbul was Constantinople (thanks, They Might Be Giants), the Department of War vs. Chicago back in the US of A (even Megyn Kelly calls bullshit), the possibility of a future Bingham Boys travelogue show abroad, 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 return after a week off (apologies for not warning you beforehand) to reminisce about the gypsies of Sugar House, the A-frame Tap Room, and Lumpy’s before delving into that one time when Ron was Pete Seeger’s banjo roadie and post-Labor Day catch-up talk about unions, Joe Hill, the Wobblies, the Strikebreakers, Monkeywrenching, the National Guard in 1912 Bingham, pie in the sky capitalism, Donald Trump vs. Chicago, Woody Guthrie vs. Fred Trump, Mike Lee’s push for the Department of War, what we used to call facts, Nero’s golden palace, the Commander In Cheat, Bad Motherfucker Syndrome, putting people over economics, 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 wish a happy birthday to television inventor and Manderfield Boy Philo T. Farnsworth, then jump off into the TV Generation, our local TV superstars of yore, today’s fractured news delivery systems, the legend of Helen Wolf, a deep dive on the logistics and perils of the annual Utah Beer Festival, local booze laws and their enforcement (and lack thereof), a smattering of Trump talk (at least he didn’t give Alaska to Putin … yet), California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effective new ALL-CAPS offensive, 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 convene in the pod studio to lament the overnight downtown Salt Lake City bar fire that affected White Horse, Whiskey Street, Los Tapatios, and London Belle before they take a deep dive into the history of SLC watering holes (both respectable and notorious) and their Bingham counterparts like the Copper King Bar, and then veer off into the wild and wonky world of theological politics, local Republican Christina Boggess’ “Christ’s Way or the Highway” DEI stance, the Greeks and Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Donald “Agent Orange” Trump’s track record with the Ten Commandments (it ain’t Great, Again or ever), Sen. Stuart Adams’ creative legal weaseling, the Deseret News’ track record with reality (also not Great), a bipartisan toast from John’s conservative pal, 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 reminisce about the King Kong-Bingham connection (1930s actress Fay Wray was from Lark, Utah) and the curious ’80s case of dirty SLC cops and their Blue Mouse Theater money stash, then dive into the “unalived” similarities of Marilyn Monroe and Jeffrey Epstein and the power games of the elite, nukes on the White House roof(?), handing out pardons like lollipops, the differences between a pardon, amnesty, commutation, and clemency, Trump firing the messenger (Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Erika McEntarfer), Nancy Pelosi’s neverending Democratic money requests, Utah’s far-below-par migrant arrest numbers, resisting the 1% and authoritarianism and paternalism, salvaging MAGA, the search for a Democratic voice and leader, Eleni Saltas’ weekend fundraiser for Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen food relief fund, 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 go deep in the outfield with some Major League Baseball (Go, Brewers! Sorry, Cubs) and round-ball heroes of Bingham talk before getting down to business with Trump’s none-too-subtle golf cheating, the lost art of sportsmanship, how I Cannot Tell a Lie has devolved into I Cannot Tell the Truth, the 25-cent peep shows of yore, Trump’s short-term wins, Rupert Murdoch: Profile In Courage?, the possible arrival of the tipping point, Canada is the new USA, Bill Clinton: Profile In Shame?, the ultimate value of truth, and more.

Listen to John and Ron's recent appearance on KRCL’s RadioACTive here.

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 (and star Scouts) Ron Yengich and John Saltas convene on the eve of Pioneer Day to talk about John Dillinger and his Lady In Red (orange, actually), Ghislane Maxwell and The Files, Ron’s Conspiracy 101 lesson, Watergate and the weaponization of courts, the Department of Justice that belongs to neither Trump or Biden, why newsmedia should focus on the victims and not the perpetrators, the “Alligator Alcatrazs” of Utah’s own history, Helen Papanikolas’ Peoples of Utah book, Pioneer Day and and its heathen Pie & Beer Day cousin, how The Salt Lake Tribune is just The Deseret News Lite anymore, non-denominational Bingham Boy Scouts memories, news and radio deserts, the inanity of defunding PBS and NPR, the importance of supporting your local public media (listen to the Bingham Boys live on KRCL 90.9’s RadioACTive on July 23 at 6 p.m. MT, btw), Stephen Colbert and his CBS ancestors the Smothers Brothers, 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 talk about John’s cheese-filled trip to Madison, Wisconsin, for the 2025 Association of Alternative Newsmedia conference before delving into the late, great Frank Layden’s funeral and some inside-basketball Utah Jazz history, the seemingly never-ending clown parade of today’s GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles?), Trump and Jeffrey Epstein files that don’t exist but were also planted by Democrats but they’re also no big deal so just shut up about ‘em, the confused indignation of MAGA over same, a preview of Utah’s upcoming Pioneeer Day and — more importantly — Pie & Beer Day, and more.

Call your Utah Senators and Representatives, and tell ‘em the Bingham Boys sent you:

Sen. John Curtis202-224- 5251801-524-4380

Sen. Mike Lee202-224-5444801-524-5933

Rep. Blake Moore202-225-0453801-625-0107

Rep. Celeste Malloy202-225-9730801-364-5550

Rep. Burgess Owens202-225-3011801-999-9801

Rep. Dr. Mike Kennedy202-225-7751801-607-3238

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

Episode 11 — Recorded July 8, 2025

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich make some very important birthday announcements before diving into their thankfully politics-free Fourth of July visit to Copperton Park, a remembrance of the Bingham fallen of WWII, the burgeoning Greek cookbook empire of Eleni Saltas (John’s daughter) and how to grow garlic, the … fulfillment? … of Gov. Cox’s rain prayers, PSA: This is a desert, Trump and the tragic Texas flood (even though it’s somehow “Biden’s fault”), DOGE vs. NOAA, MAGA vs. American rights, PSA 2: Habeas Corpus is in The Constitution, No Pencil-Neck Kings like Stephen Miller, the slowly mounting cracks in the MAGA illusion, PSA 3: All judges are activist judges, where’s the real news anymore?, journalists shouldn’t be “stars,” the tariffs are finally hitting the economy as joblessness skyrockets, Trump Nobel Peace Prize “nomination,” Brian Wilson and Barbara Ann, and more.

John and Ron’s Fourth of July pilgrimage to Bingham’s Copperton Park

Eleni Saltas and her cookbook All You Can Greek

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