The Curse of the Billy Goat

The Curse of the Billy Goat

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas check in (existentially) from Chicago to reminisce about ‘70s Saturday Night Live and the Billy Goat Tavern, Lincoln Park softball, Sweetwater Clifton, and burger joints before biting into Ron’s Memorial Weekend cemetery tours, the movies Bugonia and Little Big League (John hasn’t seen one; doesn’t get the other), history repeating, DJT’s reflecting “swimming pool,” Don Jr.’s familial “sacrifices,” past and future Bingham Boys guest Clark Clements [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com/p/the-third-marine-w-clark-clements], “Suckers & Losers,” dishonoring veterans, confusing Iraq and Iran (a common mistake these days), no deal vs. no deal, the Orange Fart Machine and the evil love of power, the dead Republican brand, the sane Center, Bingham Boys Book Club: Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower [https://aspectsofhistory.com/book_reviews/sparta-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-ancient-superpower-by-andrew-bayliss/], the handful of Smart Democrats, Kinky Friedman, the Greek Word(s) of the Week, and more. * Reminder: Bingham Boys Podcast will be releasing new episodes every other week during the spring/summer season. Recorded and edited by Bill Frost [https://billfrost.substack.com/] at FrostyCo Studios. Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne [https://ghostowne.com/]. Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BinghamBoysPodcast], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/binghamboyspodcast/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/binghamboyspodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@binghamboyspodcast], and Bluesky [https://binghamboyspodcast.bsky.social/]. Email us at binghamboyspodcast@gmail.com or binghamboyspodcast@substack.com. 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 [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Meet the Press Club (w/ Randall Carlisle)

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich welcome special guest Randall Carlisle (former ABC 4 Utah news anchor and Ohio State Radio Announcing champion) and discuss Randall’s Best of Utah award for Best News Hair and his journalism background, the more civil times of media and law enforcement relations, Salt Lake City’s classic watering hole press clubs, today’s idiocy-adjacent Faux News reporting, the Greek Word of the Week, profit-first journalism, the days of just three local TV news stations, Trump’s Reflecting Pool disaster, how alternative newsweekly papers presaged Substack, favorite local women news anchors, the erosion of public trust in media, Ron vs. A.I. (not Allen Iverson), a Boomer response poem, Randall’s daily news diet, the TV news ownership consolidation-to-censorship pipleline, Ron’s (muted) message of hope, and more. * Reminder: Bingham Boys Podcast will be releasing new episodes every other week during the spring/summer season. Recorded and edited by Bill Frost [https://billfrost.substack.com/] at FrostyCo Studios. Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne [https://ghostowne.com/]. Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BinghamBoysPodcast], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/binghamboyspodcast/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/binghamboyspodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@binghamboyspodcast], and Bluesky [https://binghamboyspodcast.bsky.social/]. Email us at binghamboyspodcast@gmail.com or binghamboyspodcast@substack.com. 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 [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Ballroom Blitz

Bingham Boys John Saltas and Ron Yengich return after two weeks off (reminder: the podcast is going biweekly for the spring) to proclaim that every day is No Kings Day, then discuss Utah Copper magnate Daniel Jackling, monuments and statues and who deserves them, the refurbished Utah State Capitol building, Trump’s participation trophies, good money re: the Miller and Eccles families, expectant widow Melania vs. “atrocious” Jimmy Kimmel, the insult-ridden legacy of Rush Limbaugh, conspiracies and ballrooms, the golden dome of dumb, the death of facts, the hypothetical King of the Ashes, chaos is a ladder (quoth Littlefinger), let’s hear about Trump’s accomplishments (… crickets?), and more. Recorded and edited by Bill Frost [https://billfrost.substack.com/] at FrostyCo Studios. Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne [https://ghostowne.com/]. Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BinghamBoysPodcast], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/binghamboyspodcast/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/binghamboyspodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@binghamboyspodcast], and Bluesky [https://binghamboyspodcast.bsky.social/]. Email us at binghamboyspodcast@gmail.com or binghamboyspodcast@substack.com. 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 [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Political Picasso

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas reconvene after a couple of weeks off to discuss Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, the inverted presidential mantra of “I cannot tell the truth,” Honest Abe vs. Dishonest Don, patriotism and intelligence vs. superstition, ambition, and ignorance, the Greek Word of the Week, the absence of learning and the acceptance of illusion, Trump: The Political Picasso, more TDS (Truth Derangement Syndrome), Pope Leo vs. MAGA, naming the SLC ICE facility Camp Cox, war criminals on parade, local pro sports fraud, Bingham Boys Podcast going every other week for the spring/summer season, and more. Recorded and edited by Bill Frost [https://billfrost.substack.com/] at FrostyCo Studios. Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne [https://ghostowne.com/]. Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BinghamBoysPodcast], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/binghamboyspodcast/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/binghamboyspodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@binghamboyspodcast], and Bluesky [https://binghamboyspodcast.bsky.social/]. Email us at binghamboyspodcast@gmail.com or binghamboyspodcast@substack.com. 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 [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Pro Bono Publico (w/ Mark Moffat)

Bingham Boys Ron Yengich and John Saltas welcome defense attorney Mark Moffat [https://www.brownbradshaw.com/our-firm/mark-r-moffat] to discuss the 2026 Utah legislative session, the ins and outs of pro bono legal work, bills designed to create new crimes and offenses, the old 200 South crime sweeps, bail reform, Criminal Law 101, the presumption of innocence, the court of social media, grading judges, how “activist judges” = judges we don’t agree with, due process, public participation in court, constituent-driven bills, why being “soft on crime” isn’t always bad, nor is substance-abuse treatment, media distraction, Trevor Lee’s 0-12 this session, judge shopping, the “defender slouch,” the Greek Word of the Week, and more. Recorded and edited by Bill Frost [https://billfrost.substack.com/] at FrostyCo Studios. Opening theme “Pawnshop Boogie” courtesy of Steven Wells & Ghostowne [https://ghostowne.com/]. Bingham Boys Podcast socials: @binghamboyspodcast on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BinghamBoysPodcast], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/binghamboyspodcast/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/binghamboyspodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@binghamboyspodcast], and Bluesky [https://binghamboyspodcast.bsky.social/]. Email us at binghamboyspodcast@gmail.com or binghamboyspodcast@substack.com. 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 [https://binghamboyspodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]