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Podpinions

By: Bruce Kolar & Rich Szabo
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Podpinions is where a factory-floor badass turned executive and a trumpet-slinging jazz renegade drop bold takes on politics, culture, and the chaos in between. No fluff, no filter—just smart, sharp, and straight-up opinions.

© 2025 Podpinions
Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Podpinions Episode 22 | Budgets, Bail & Bottles
    Nov 1 2025

    In Episode 22, we dig into a “fake independent” Senate run and where the money lands, a local explosives case in the Poconos, and why crime feels close to home when bail fails. We also tackle microplastics (packaging, dyes, and what sits in your water), budget battles vs. essentials, immigration funding paths, erased history and cultural literacy, the White House ballroom story, and Venezuela/China/fentanyl.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Money trail • 04:20 Local explosives case • 09:40 Microplastics & health • 16:30 Budget & debt • 22:45 Immigration funding • 25:30 Crime & bail • 31:40 Erased history & jazz • 38:10 Ballroom story • 42:00 Venezuela/China/fentanyl

    Hosts: Rich Szabo & Bruce Kolar — lived experience, not think-tank talking points.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Podpinions Ep. 21 - Blowing Up Hydrogen Balloons, Campus Protests & Free Speech
    Oct 26 2025

    Episode 21 — Blowing Up Hydrogen Balloons
    We cover the campus protest chaos (yes, Charlie Kirk makes an appearance), a head‑shaking hydrogen‑balloon story that got FBI/ATF attention, New Jersey taxes and bag bans, whether some protests are “paid,” Social Security numbers as ID, and the line between student speech and school rules—especially when posts are off‑campus.

    Chapters
    00:00 Campus protests & the balloon story
    07:04 NJ taxes & plastic bags
    14:06 What actually happened with the hydrogen balloons
    21:09 Paid‑protester talk & campus antics
    28:10 Social Security numbers as ID
    35:16 More protest stories; more Jersey
    42:17 FBI/ATF mentions & “controlled detonation”
    49:22 Student speech vs school policy
    56:26 Facebook “jail” & who gets to decide
    01:03:30 Wrap‑up

    Note
    Hydrogen is dangerous. Don’t try any of this at home.


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    🎙️ Podpinions – Loud Thoughts. No Filter.

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    YouTube → https://youtube.com/@PodpinionsOfficial

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    Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/Podpinions

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Podpinions Episode 19 | Social Security’s Secret Stash
    Oct 13 2025

    There’s $1.5 trillion sitting in the Social Security Administration’s “Earnings Suspense File” — money collected from payroll taxes that no one can legally claim.

    In this episode, Rich and Bruce unpack how these funds ended up trapped in bureaucratic limbo: from typos and fake Social Security numbers to undocumented workers and employers looking the other way.

    It’s a deep dive into one of America’s most overlooked financial mysteries — the hidden billions that keep piling up, unseen and untouched, while politicians argue about Social Security’s solvency.

    🎧 Tune in for a straight-shooting conversation on accountability, government inefficiency, and where that $1.5 trillion really came from.

    Send us a text

    🎙️ Podpinions – Loud Thoughts. No Filter.

    📺 Watch full episodes: Rumble → https://rumble.com/Podpinions
    YouTube → https://youtube.com/@PodpinionsOfficial

    💬 Join the conversation: Locals → https://locals.com/podpinions/feed
    Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/Podpinions

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    🌐 Official Website: www.Podpinions.com
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    57 mins
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