Curmudgeon's Corner

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan give some personal updates, then they jump into the news of the week. The CEO assassination. Trump cabinet shenanigans. Hunter Biden's pardon. The prospect of preemptive pardons. Plus more! More! MORE!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-12-07 Length this week 1:40:00 0:02:55 - But First Juana's Injury Ivan's Election Sam's Microphone 0:20:55 - But Second UHC CEO Assassination Violent Upswing? Political Withdrawal 0:46:49 - But Third Hegseth and Others Vacation Trump Hunter Biden Pardon Preemptive Pardons 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 has an excused absence, so Sam goes solo. We've got a riff on a bad experience trying to replace some faulty equipment, discussion of holiday gift giving patterns, and then a hodgepodge of semi-topical things to round things out. Woo Woo!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-11-30 Length this week 1:50:17 0:00:31 - Part One No Ivan This Week Microphone Issue Used Products as New No Returns for Sam Holiday Gift Patterns 0:43:07 - Part Two Election Conspiracy Theories Blue Sky and Other Social Media Trump Legal Cases Wind Down Trump Policies and Cabinet Harris Campaign Interview 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 think about how many non-news things they would probably rather talk about, but after some discussion of ear hygiene, rescheduling travel due to illnesses, and the story of a car spider, they do end up talking about how the business world is reacting to Trump and a few other topical things. Enjoy!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-11-23 Length this week 1:49:51 0:01:05 - But First Ear Care Sick People Rescheduled Travel Spider Story 0:32:32 - Ivan Stuff Business Reacts to Trump Bribery Opportunities Transactional Dealing Elon Musk Involvement 1:04:13 - Sam Stuff Disconnecting from News Talking to Trump Folk Non-News Topics Job Hunting 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 G

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan do a bit more digesting of the election results. First off, more on what actually happened leading to Trump's win, how the polls did, and how this fits into worldwide trends. Then a look forward to the transition and the impending start of four rocky years of Trump 2, The Revenge.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-11-16 Length this week 1:49:47 0:00:33 - The Past Election Reactions Information Bubbles Democratic Turnout Harris Tonal Shift Democratic Messaging Lack of Civics Knowledge Worldwide Election Trends Polling Accuracy 0:03:38 - Live Stream Replay Limited Options Surprised Trump Voters Exhaustion Trump Staffing 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 Sam and Ivan hosted a special Curmudgeon's Corner reacting to the Election 2024 returns live as they came in. If you tuned in on election night, thank you. If you are listening later, be glad that all the umms, ahhhs, and silences have been removed, reducing the show from over six hours to under four. But you can still relive all the ups and downs of this historic evening. If you really want to.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-11-06 Length this week 3:56:33 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:38 - Live Stream Replay 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 is the last Curmudgeon's Corner before we start seeing results for Election 2024. Sam and Ivan will be doing a live stream on election night as the votes come in. Listen to the episode for more details. In the mean time, they go over the polling situation one more time and discuss recent campaign developments. Plus some discussion of the worldwide propaganda environment, and Alex builds a train!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-11-02 Length this week 1:34:03 0:01:09 - But First Election Omnipresence Avoiding Election News Propaganda Wars Alex's Train 0:40:38 - Election Graphs Update Election Night Live Stream Pollsters Overcompensating? Women and Under 30 Voters Patriarchal Conservatives Impact from MSG Rally 1:10:11 - More Election 2024 Still Too Close To Call House and Senate MSG Rally Lowlights Other Developments The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, it is less than two weeks before the US presidential election, so what do you think Ivan and Sam are going to be talking about? If you said diverticulitis and season one of Law & Order, then you guessed correctly. Congratulations! Well, ok, yeah, and that other thing too.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-10-26 Length this week 1:24:41 0:01:22 - But First Diverticulitis TV: Law & Order Season 1 (1990-1991) 0:20:54 - Election Graphs Update Static Race for Months Too Close to Call, Slight Trump Advantage Impact of Junk Pollsters Reasons for Harris Optimism 0:58:58 - More Election 2024 Reaction to Trump Stories October Surprise? World News 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 a last minute scratch, so Sam does a solo show. And well, that means it is almost 100% election stuff this time around. But come on, there are just barely more than two weeks left. What do you expect anyway? Well, he does talk a little bit about taking time off from work... to do election stuff. Uh. So fine. All election. All the time.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-10-19 Length this week 1:54:35 0:00:27 - But First No Ivan Taking Time Relaxing Stuff Smaller Stories 0:23:36 - Election Graphs Update Reading Noise Red Wave Pollsters Poll Error Direction Win Odds 0:58:50 - More Election 2024 Trump Racism 3P Spoilers Harris Targeting Trump Decline 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 suppo

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam's big topics are Hurricane Milton, and of course Election 2024. Because what else would they talk about? Oh yeah, finding lost things, Columbus Day, and auroras are back, but aren't they old news now? Fun show, there you go.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-10-11 Length this week 2:02:17 0:00:00 - Cold Open 0:03:41 - But First Microphone Found Vacation Time Aurora Borealis 0:18:20 - Hurricane Milton Forecast Quality Tampa Near Miss Historical Trends Damage Summary 0:56:16 - Election 2024 Election Graphs Update Polls Missing Voters? Double Standards Trumpy Generations 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 start out by chatting more about Hurricane Helene and then some discussion of AI assisted coding. After that they settle in to the "big" topics for the week, namely the escalations in the Middle East, and all the latest updates on Election 2024.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-10-05 Length this week 2:02:58 0:01:27 - But First Inland Helene Impact AI Coding and Scripting 0:45:17 - Middle East Escalations Dead Peace Talks The Ottomans Keeping the Lid On 1:14:27 - Election 2024 The Purge Election Graphs Polling Update Special Counsel Filing Persuasion vs Turnout 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 argue about polls. But also there is of course more Election 2024 talk. But before that, some on Hurricane Helene and more generally about disaster preparedness, a look back at the book "Big Data" from 2013, and a discussion on the need to actually pay people a decent wage. Oh, and some celebration of the team's YouTube success!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-09-28 Length this week 2:11:43 0:01:50 - But First YouTube Success Paying People Book: Big Data (2013) 0:55:18 - Hurricane Helene Size of Storm Building Standards Preparedness Power Outages 1:22:58 - Election 2024 Election Graphs Update Sanewashing Trump Watch Other Notes 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 GoFund

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start off with Seinfeld, Ferris Bueller, and self driving. With the fun stuff out of the way though, it is time for exploding pagers in Lebanon, and finally the latest on Election 2024. Jump in and enjoy the show!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-09-21 Length this week 2:01:43 0:02:35 - But First Most Viewed Television Stupid Self Driving Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 0:42:04 - Exploding Pagers What Happened? Complexity Criticisms Why Now? 1:08:12 - Election 2024 Election Graphs Update 2nd Assassination Attempt Campaign Rhetoric Senate Races 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 eventually get to talking about the Harris vs Trump debate and all developments cascading from that, but first they cover difficult sleeping arrangements, the difficulties of flat tires, Donald's pet public stock, and the difficulty of knowing what is true. So packed show!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-09-14 Length this week 2:18:11 0:01:02 - But First Sleep Arrangements Changing Tires 0:24:58 - Ivan Stuff DJT Shenanigans Flooding the Zone 1:01:06 - Sam Stuff Polling Update The Debate Nuggets of Truth Laura Loomer 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 celebrates the 900th episode of the podcast with a wild night in Vegas, thoughtlessly leaving Sam behind. But they manage to talk about the Chase Glitch, Election 2024, and Ghostbusters II anyway. Someone MAY have fallen asleep though.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-09-07 Length this week 1:40:47 0:01:37 - But First What Happens In Vegas Movie: Ghostbusters II (1989) 0:24:34 - Chase Glitch What is it? Stupidity Check Kiting Consequences 0:50:40 - Election 2024 RFK Jr Ballot Removal Russian Influence Ops Trump Legal Cases Upcoming Debate 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, a sick and tired Ivan valiantly joins Sam to produce a show full of scintillating discussions. Beyond his illness, they discuss Ghostbusters. And since that is now 40 years old, they talk about 80 year old movies too. Plus of course all the latest Election 2024 developments. And more!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-08-31 Length this week 1:41:38 0:01:59 - But First Sick Ivan Theater Gimmicks Movie: Ghostbusters (1984) Movies from 1944 0:32:59 - Politics Election Graphs Update Harris/Walz Interview Superseding Indictment Arlington Incident 1:08:47 - Potpourri Brazil Bans X Telegram CEO Arrested Stranded Astronauts Return to Office Dead 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 GoFund

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about all the goings on and implications of the DNC in Chicago. So lots about vibes and how they were different than the RNC, the approach and strategy of the campaign. All that kind of stuff. But before that, repairing glasses, the sinking of the Bayesian, dinosaur movies, and even fried chicken! Oh, and RFK Jr is done. But does anyone care?   Show Details: Recorded 2024-08-24 Length this week 2:06:10 0:00:00 - Cold Open 0:02:37 - But First Glasses Repair Travails Sinking of the Bayesian Movie: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Fried Chicken 0:49:16 - DNC Convention Vibes Tear Down and Belittle Freedom and Patriotism RNC Comparison 1:27:48 - Everything Else Gambling Talking about Policy Family Values RFK Jr Out 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

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan makes a triumphant return, joining Sam for the usual shenanigans. This week this includes a deep dive into recent economic trends and concerns, about look at all the recent developments in the Presidential election race. But first, Covid, Howard the Duck, and personal airbags!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-08-17 Length this week 2:10:44 0:03:25 - But First Covid Again Movie: Howard the Duck (1986) Water Warnings Personal Airbags 0:37:05 - Economy Online Payments Recent Market Swings Bidenomics Implications 1:10:41 - Politics Election Graphs Update Trump Flailing Senate Races Crazy Scenarios 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 solo. No Ivan to distract him. After the usual movie review, it is all Election 2024. First the Democrats, including Harris's Walz pick and the end of "when they go low, we go high". Then the Republicans with Trump laying low and questions on his mental state. Finally rounding things out with an update on polls from Election Graphs.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-08-10 Length this week 1:37:27 0:00:23 - But First Movie: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 0:14:06 - Harris and Walz Harris picks Walz Going Low Mantle of Normalcy 0:47:15 - Trump and Vance Quiet Quitting? Helicopter Story Mental State 1:07:47 - Elections Graphs Update Has Harris Peaked? Trump Still Favored (Barely) Ukraine Update 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

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ed substitutes for Ivan, bringing up the prisoner exchange with Russia, tariffs, and school lunches. While Sam of course can't leave alone the politics. Veepstakes and weird Republicans. Polling update. Excited Ds and flailing Rs. With the usual movies and stuff first.   Show Details: Recorded 2024-08:03 Length this week 1:52:09 0:01:09 - But First Welcome Back Ed Movie: Longlegs (2024) Ed Health Scare Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 0:12:23 - Ed Stuff Russian Prisoner Exchange Trump's Tariff Obsession School Lunches 0:38:09 - Sam Stuff Editing Question Harris Veepstakes Trump NABJ Performance Weird Republicans Flailing Republicans Election Graphs Update Democratic Excitement 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 Break

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan spend most of the show on this week's seismic political events. Biden drops out and endorses Harris. Harris's campaign takes off like a rocket. The reactions of both Ds & Rs to the new candidate. The search for a VP for Harris. Etc. Etc. Etc. First though, bits on the Olympics, Celine Dion, tech support adventures, and a couple of movies too!   Show Details: Recorded 2024-07-27 Length this week 1:55:56 0:01:50 - But First Paris Olympics and Celine Dion AirPod and Laptop Malfunctions Movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Movie: Capricorn One (1978) 0:22:02 - Politics Biden Out! Biden Endorses Harris Harris's Rapid Launch Instant Enthusiasm Shift Outflanked Biden Opponents JD Vance Issues Flailing Republicans Kamala vs Harris Harris Veepstakes 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