Curmudgeon's Corner

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about stuff. And more stuff, then some other stuff. You know, the usual. Fine, you actually want to know some of the stuff? Thermostats. iPads. The Karate Kid. India/Pakistan. Tariffs. Supply chains. Arresting Newark's Mayor. That good enough for you?   Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-10 Length this week 1:47:30 0:01:13 - But First Thermostats iPad Air Movie: The Karate Kid (1984) 0:45:47 - India/Pakistan New Events Long History Escalations? 01:07:21 - More Stuff Non-Topics Supply Crunch Newark Mayor The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan review the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. And that is enough of that for politics. So they also discuss social media for the first time in awhile, especially the rise of BlueSky over the last few months. Plus some on excessive employer expectations, and a movie review. Enjoy!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-03 Length this week 2:06:59 0:01:13 - But First Employer Expectations Movie: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Franchise Reboots 0:41:45 - 100 Days of Trump Sam Health Update Trump by the Numbers New Air Force One 1:17:07 - Social Media Hamlet's Soliloquy BlueSky Revisited Other Options The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam needed to do the show a few days early because he is having some light outpatient surgery and didn't want to record the show with bandages on, and Ivan obliged. After chatting about that you get some of the usual Trump stuff, the Pope died, some movie discussions, and maybe there are aliens? All the sort of stuff you expect. So there it is. Enjoy!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-22 Length this week 1:33:04 0:01:04 - Part One Sam Having Surgery Trump Economy Again SCOTUS Speed 0:41:30 - But Second Movie: Adipurush (2023) Dubbing vs Captions Hegseth Out? 1:06:00 - But Third Pope Francis Died Next Pope? Signs of Alien Life? The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan hit the obvious Trump related economic and legal stuff. Plus movies, actors, and funerals. And a quick run through of other smaller things too. Yes, the Trump stuff dominates. How can it not? But they squeeze in some other stuff too. And you should too. There ya go.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-18 Length this week 2:05:44 0:03:08 - But First Funerals Liam Neeson Movie: Chinatown (1974) Movie: Margin Call (2011) 0:36:49 - Economic Stuff Sell Off Continues Possible Responses Billionaire Desires Blue Origin Flight 1:24:48 - Legal Stuff Defying SCOTUS Turning on Trump? Democratic Stance Hodgepodge The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam goes mostly solo, but Ivan does send in his thoughts on the latest tariff developments. Because of course he couldn't miss that part. Aside from the economy entering a self-inflicted death spiral, other topics include SCOTUS on Kilmar Garcia, Psych the Movie, and the perils of blindly following GPS instructions.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-12 Length this week 1:56:36 0:01:50 - But First No Ivan Busy Sam Movie: Psych: The Movie (2017) 0:29:52 - But Second Ivan on Tariffs Trump Backing Off Trump Inconsistency Tariff Complexity 1:09:44 - But Third SCOTUS on Kilmar Garcia Wiggle Room for Trump Due Process Following GPS The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

So, on this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan only briefly manage to talk about other things before being consumed by Trump's tariffs. From the initial announcement to the impact on the markets to the more general economic impacts to what might happen next and the political impact. All the fun stuff.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-05 Length this week 2:00:37 0:01:10 - Part One Folk Remedies Cutting Through Liberation Day The Formula Objectives Nervous Republicans 0:56:07 - Part Two Stock Market Tax Increases Corruption Business Impact Worst Case? Shadow Cabinet? The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan is with his family for Spring Break, so Sam fed a recent transcript of the show into ChatGPT and created IvanGPT, who cohosts this week's show instead. They talk about the obligatory Yemen Signal group thing, and the dichotomy between Activists and Politicians, but also the dangers of AI fakes, and lots more. You'd never know the cohost was an AI. Cough.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-28 Length this week 1:16:20 0:03:47 - But First Introducing IvanGPT Movie: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Laptop Screen Repair 0:20:15 - But Second AI Audio Fakes Fooling People Possible Safeguards Critical Thinking 0:38:11 - But Third Yemen Signal Group Chaos Exhaustion Activists vs Politicians IvanGPT Evaluation The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan is traveling, so Sam is joined by his wife Washington State Representative Brandy Donaghy, who gives some insights to the goings on in the State Legislature, including the current state budget issues. Plus her take on the national situation. Before that though, a review of a documentary on an old family friend.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-22 Length this week 1:54:31 0:01:05 - But First Brandy Not Ivan Movie: Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty (2021) 0:16:53 - Washington State WA Budget Crisis Spending Cuts and Taxes Other Legislation Town Halls 0:58:32 - USA National 50501 Movement Diversity Information Purge Federal Spending Cuts National Democratic Approach The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the latest Government Shutdown and related drama, and how some Democrats are rising to the moment, and others are just... not. They also discuss all the recent stock market turmoil and implications for the larger economy. Plus also how immigrants see the US, low information voters, Tesla, Musk, travel bans... and Stargate SG-1!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-15 Length this week 2:02:03 0:02:13 - But First Immigrant Impressions Low Information Voters Importing Authoritarianism TV: Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007) 0:47:46 - But Second Strange Coordinates Shutdown Politics Ineffective Dems Effective Dems 1:16:16 - But Third Stock Market / Economy Intentional Recession? Tesla/Musk Stuff New Travel Bans The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the

Ivan is out, so Sam brings on Ed to cohost this time, who with his medical background gives us a full helping of medical news, from the measles and bird flu outbreaks, to discussion of preventative medicine, and even Gene Hackman's death. Not everything is medical though. We also get trip reports from India and Nepal, discussion of private prisons, and Ralph Breaks the Internet!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-08 Length this week 1:35:55 0:00:24 - But First Ed Not Ivan India Nepal Movie: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 0:21:46 - But Second Gene Hackman's Death Measles Outbreak Fentanyl Trends Bird Flu 1:00:08 - But Third Private Prisons Deportations Preventative Medicine Defacing Teslas The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and s

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam go into the Trump vs Zelenskyy spat in the Oval Office and all the downstream implications of the radical change in US foreign policy direction. Plus a discussion of how various media outlets, and the corporate world more generally are obeying in advance. But first! An outing in a fast car, and a review of the 2016 version of Ghostbusters!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-01 Length this week 1:41:47 0:00:43 - But First Repetitive Travel Ivan at High Speed Movie: Ghostbusters (2016) 0:31:08 - Trump vs Zelenskyy Oval Office Encounter USA's Global Role Global Chaos Economic Chaos 1:05:17 - Obeying in Advance MSNBC Shakeup Other Media Changes Non-Media Potential Violence The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan hit all the political highlights in the middle segment of the show. And for the last segment, by special request, they discuss recent plane crashes. But before all of that, gardening, science fairs, and the TV show Bones. Plus bonus hemorrhoids! You all wanted that, didn't you?   Show Details: Recorded 2025-02-22 Length this week 2:12:05 0:01:16 - But First Gardening Science Fairs Hire Sam TV: Bones (2005-2017) 0:38:32 - Politics Ukraine Reversal European Security Budget Negotiations Trump and Russia again 1:32:35 - Planes Hemorrhoids General Aviation Crashes DC Plane Crash Toronto Plane Crash The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about Trump and Musk and Adams, including tariffs and deficits and foreign policy and approval numbers. You know. All the stuff. Plus Sam liked The Mitchells vs the Machines. And there ya go. A show. A short show. But a show.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-02-14 Length this week 1:21:27 0:00:22 - But First World Too Small Sam Movie: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) 0:07:32 - Ivan Stuff Reciprocal Tariffs Saying Without Doing Deficit Reduction Trump Approval Numbers 0:41:14 - Sam Stuff Mayor Adams Drama Musk Dominance Moves Process vs Results vs Appearance Trump Foreign Policy The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan returns to the fold and joins Sam to talk about stuff. The usual stuff. Like birthday celebrations, iPads, and busy offices. But then yeah, of course the majority of the show is about everything going on with the still young second Trump presidency. Because of course it is. It is unavoidable.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-02-08 Length this week 2:03:46 0:00:38 - But First Ivan's Birthday Exhausting News Busier Office iPad Options 0:33:08 - Domestic Unrealistic Demands for Dems FAFO Anecdotes Court Challenges Trump Strategy 1:19:12 - International Territorial Expansion Ukraine Progress Trump's Gaza Plan Tariff Drama The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan calls out to celebrate his birthday, so Sam is joined by guest host Bruce, who picks this week's topics. After the usual frothy stuff at the start of the show, we get an update on what happened with Oceangate, a discussion of the implications of Deepseek, and Bruce's libertarian take on the first 11 days of the Trump presidency.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-02-01 Length this week 1:55:09 0:01:45 - But First Bruce's 2024 Predictions CC's TikTok Clips Sam's Media Reviews 0:23:05 - Tech Stuff Oceangate Deepseek 0:58:18 - Trump Stuff Spending Freeze Israel/Gaza Killing DEI J6 Pardons Panama and Greenland Immigration The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan can't avoid it any more, and start talking about the new Trump presidency. They talk specifically about the January 6th pardons and the actions against DEI programs, but more generally they talk about how to Trump everything is about commanding attention. Plus a few other random things to round things out.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-01-25 Length this week 2:23:54 0:01:10 - But First Paper Mail Voice Mail Replacement Chair Patreon Updates 0:40:28 - Ivan Things Perception Vs Reality Actions Vs Rhetoric Attention and Money Scorched Earth 1:28:42 - Sam Things Jan 6 Pardons DEI Shutdown DEI Benefits Using AOC The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan seemingly do everything they can to avoid talking about the end of the Biden presidency and the impending start of Trump's. So the topics are Starship exploding, attending inaugural balls (not Trump's though!), email classification and spam filtering, and the TikTok ban. And extra bonus strange noises at the end.   Show Details: Recorded 2025-01-18 Length this week 1:59:35 0:00:00 - Cold Open 0:04:55 - But First Exploding Starship Inaugural Balls 0:40:39 - Email Stuff iOS Mail Classification Spam Filtering Printing Email 1:11:25 - TikTok Stuff Ban Upheld Reasons for Ban Trump the Savior Refugees on Rednote Resolution Options 1:53:36 - Chewbacca Noises The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam return to the normal format. No predictions, just yammering about stuff. On the serious side we have Zuck's changes at Meta, the fires in LA, and, of course, Trump. On the lighter side we have discussions of taking time off, returning to the office, and the importance on not pinching pennies on your chair. So there ya go!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-01-11 Length this week 2:04:12 0:01:30 - But First Lengthy Time Off Returning to Office 0:39:58 - Ivan Stuff Office Chairs Zuck Changes 1:18:44 - Sam Stuff LA Fires Trump The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

A year and a week ago, Sam and Ivan made their prognostications for 2024 on the annual Curmudgeon's Corner predictions show. There was a new one for 2025 just last week. But it is now time to see how they did on their 2024 predictions. Was their crystal ball clear and crisp? Or foggy and dull? Listen in to find out!   Show Details: Recorded 2025-01-04 Length this week 2:28:22 0:01:02 - Politics 0:49:30 - International 1:11:41 - Economy 1:26:01 - Technology 1:57:37 - Hodgepodge The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

It's time for the traditional annual Curmudgeon's Corner predictions extravaganza! Sam and Ivan weigh in on what they think will happen in 2025 in a variety of different categories. Will they be right? Will they be wrong? What do you think? Listen now, then come back in a year and a week to find out how they did!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-12-27 Length this week 2:33:18 0:00:27 - Politics 0:54:51 - International 1:26:09 - Economy 1:41:10 - Technology 2:11:50 - Hodgepodge The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.