Curmudgeon's Corner

2020-08-15: One Way Or Another

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, on the politics side, Sam and Ivan discuss Biden picking Harris, election models, current polling, and cutting people off over politics. On the pandemic side, they talk about testing and tracing, people being reckless, and many of the half measures being taken. Before all that though, Ivan reviews a book and goes on a rant about Twitter, and they discuss that Fortnight/Apple/Google thing. Enjoy!

Show Details:

Recorded 2020-08-15
Length this week - 2:05:59

  • (0:00:43-0:32:21) But First
    • Ivan Book: Manuel Bou Gali Vida y Obra de un Corozaleño [2013]
    • Twitter is not a website!
    • Fortnight / Apple / Google thing
    • (0:32:25-1:23:16) Politics
      • Biden picks Harris
      • Election models
      • Current polling
      • Cutting off people over politics
      • (1:24:25-2:05:38) Pandemic
        • Current situation
        • Testing and tracing
        • People being reckless
        • Half measures
        • Relief measures

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          Our outro is "Celestial Soda Pop" (Amazon MP3 link)

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