Curmudgeon's Corner

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  2026-09-12: Petunias and Horticulture 14.09.2026 1t 49min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan bounce all over the place. Economy Stuff. Divided opinions on AI. Movies. Smart Devices. Yemen. And much much more. So crank up your volume and pay attention!
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  2026-09-05: Forward Thinking 07.09.2026 1t 41min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend most of the time talking about Rogue AIs, both real and fictional. But they also hit a movie and a TV show, and a bit about tires and trucks and stuff. So the usual hodgepodge!
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  2026-08-29: Leech Collection 30.08.2026 1t 21min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam bounce all over the place. Everything from the Kennedy Center to Dolly Parton, from Trump’s popularity to Venezuelan oil, from Ivan in traffic to Hunter Biden... and much much more. Woo!
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  2026-08-22: Words from the Past 24.08.2026 1t 56min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan had something come up last minute, so Sam sticks out on his own once again. He covers movies, Natalie Harp, the ballroom, tariffs, Trump foreign policy, degraded military readiness, and more! Come slurp it all up!
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  2026-08-15: Do Your Thing 17.08.2026 1t 19min

  On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start their journey to get to episode 2001 so they can play the music from that movie. In the mean time, election results, polling errors, Trump's Turkey escape, Count Binface, Sam got sick again, and more!   Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-15 Length this week 1:19:52 0:01:55 - But First Sam Health Kid Interference Movie: Cars 2 (2011) 0:25:00 - But Second Wisconsin Gov Polling Errors Trump/Musk AI 0:53:25 - But Third Turkey Escape Count Binface Random Stuff 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.
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  2026-08-08: Episode 1000!!! 09.08.2026 2t 56min

  This week is the 1000th episode of the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast. Ivan and Sam celebrate with a special retrospective at the beginning of the show, and Sam’s son Alex made another special anniversary... thing... for the end of the show. In between a regular show with the news of the week, talk about AIs, movie reviews, and more! And with that, it is time to start the NEXT 1000 episodes! Woo!
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  2026-08-01: Lower Volta 03.08.2026 1t 48min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam hit the millennia old topic of safety vs liberty, the Blanche for AG drama, a look back at the 1976 Rocky movie, some thoughts on billionaires, and much much more...
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  2026-07-25: Fun Barking 28.07.2026 1t 36min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam is alone again. Sniff. Well, aside from some cameos from Alex and Jetski. Actual topics include GPS navigation, how Trump’s communism rant is going over, Iran, and even some AI stuff. Oh, and of course some movies.
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  2026-07-18: Fight the Lettuce 21.07.2026 1t 39min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan mock Trump’s speech on election security. But also, the latest on Iran, the debate on permanent Savings Time, the explosive diarrhea outbreak, and the right way to use AI. But before all that, Juana joins in to a discussion on family dynamics mixing ADHD and Autism.
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  2026-07-11: Status Quo 13.07.2026 1t 45min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan is unexpectedly away, so Sam once again carries the show! After the usual TV and Movies bits, Sam talks about Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and Graham Planter, then a smorgasbord of other topical bits. Woo!
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  2026-07-03: Era of Sheer Stupidity 06.07.2026 1t 51min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam chat about the triumphant Great American State Fair in DC (cough), SCOTUS, Mitch McConnell, the World Cup, a couple movies, and a ton of other random things. Fun fun fun!
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  2026-06-27: Soldiers, Knees, and Toes 29.06.2026 1t 57min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan discuss how Ukraine may have turned a corner and actually be winning the war with Russia. Plus they analyze the progressive wins in this week’s Democratic primaries and the reaction of mainstream Dems. Oh yea, and movies and the Puerto Rican power grid. Enjoy!
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  2026-06-20: Purple Monkey 22.06.2026 1t 58min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the latest developments with the Iran situation. But first, the reflecting pool, Air Force One, UK politics, and some movies!
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  2026-06-13: Visionary Stuff 15.06.2026 2t

  This week on CC, Sam and Ivan talk Kennedy Center and other Trump losses, the status of Iran talks, SpaceX and Musk, and all that sort of thing. Plus some books, movies, and even a little on how well things would have to go for Sam to not run out of money. Yay!
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  2026-06-06: Thing To Go 08.06.2026 1t 41min

  This week Ivan is back with Sam once again! So off they go talking about everything from beaches to computers to movies. And of course the news: Iran. Primaries in California and Maine. 2024 again. Trump. All the usual. Plus don’t miss EmbryoTurret!
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  2026-05-30: Seemingly Inevitable 01.06.2026 1t 49min

  Once again, Ivan leaves Sam to do Curmudgeon’s Corner alone. So of course he goes absolutely wild! Well, not really. A movie. A book. Some ranting on get rich quick schemes and the misuse of AI. Then some actual current events like primaries, Iran, and of course Trump!
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  2026-05-23: The Pumdits 25.05.2026 2t

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan is back and joins Sam to talk about all sort of things, most of them unfortunately related to Trump in one way or another. Yes of course Iran and Castro and corruption are Trump related. But somehow he is probably responsible for beeps and bulbs and stolen mugs too!
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  2026-05-16: What It Was 18.05.2026 1t 18min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan is out again, but this time he sends in a recorded message, so you don’t miss him entirely! In the meantime, Sam covers an award his mom got, a movie, a TV show, his adventures getting ready for a fundraiser, and once again laments the “weird” attack was killed back in 2024.
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  2026-05-09: Somewhat Purple 11.05.2026 1t 12min

  On this week’s Curmudgeon’s corner, just Sam. Ivan is out. So Sam knocks out talking about a couple movies, then spends the rest of the show on the Gerrymandering wars that started with Texas and California, and have accelerated in recent weeks with Virginia and the gutting of the VRA.
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  2026-05-02: Room Full of Clones 04.05.2026 2t 16min

  This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam discuss the Oil Crisis and surrounding issues. That’s the big one. But also, fitness trackers, the WHCD incident, Comey’s 8647 indictment, SCOTUS and the VRA, a couple personal stories... and more!