Curmudgeon's Corner

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ed joins Sam while Ivan is off drinking wine or something. They talk about Trump's attempts to use public money to bribe voters and promote himself, and then go through a bunch of potential shenanigan scenarios for Election 2026. Woo!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-10-03

Length this week 1:53:11

0:00:47 - But First

Granddog Crate

Notification Fatigue

TV: Modern Family (2009-2020)

Multiple Remakes

0:35:39 - But Second

Trump Payments

Debt and Deficit

Income Inequality

Trump vs Courts

SCOTUS

1:03:29 - But Third

Neighborhood Dog Drama

Current Election Shenanigans

Possible Polling Errors

Post-Election Shenanigans

Trump II - 2nd Half

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On this week's Curmudgeon's CornerSam and Ivan discuss the many warning lights flashing red over the economy, and the dangers of Democrats overpromising what they can actually deliver after midterms. Plus movies! And Boebert!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-09-26

Length this week 1:53:08

0:00:33 - But First

Minor Illnesses

Old Movie Reviewers

Movie: Blade Runner (1982)

Movie: Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

0:24:31 - But Second

Recession Predictions

Warning Indicators

Making it Worse

AI Bubble?

1:05:42 - But Third

Overpromising

Mental Stability

Messaging

Lauren Boebert

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)

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This week on Curmudgeon's CornerSam and Ivan dive into how Trump's mishandling of the economy is tanking Republican prospects in Election 2026. But before that, technical difficulties and a story about something Sam's son Alex did for him. And of course much much more! Woo!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-09-19

Length this week 1:33:45

0:00:00 - Cold Open

0:02:32 - But First

Tech Difficulties

Ivan Rules Again

HydrationLock

Polishing Apps

Crypto Scams

0:50:14 - But Second

Gas Prices

Trump Regrets

Inflation

Election 2026

Pressure Washing

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 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!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-09-12

Length this week 1:49:07

0:02:59 - But First

Tires and Appliances

Smart Bottle

Movie: Trekkies (1997)

Movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

0:30:44 - But Second

iPhone Duo

AI Apocalypse

Early Mover Disadvantage

AI Divides

1:21:04 - But Third

Yemen Situation

Fixing Iran?

Economic Update

Fired Money Honey

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 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!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-09-05

Length this week 1:41:35

0:00:45 - But First

Flat Tire

Vehicle Options

Movie: Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Happy Meals

TV: The Orville (2017-2022)

0:47:38 - But Second

Open AI / Hugging Face Incident

AI Security Cat and Mouse

The HAL 9000 Problem

Rights and Regulations for AIs?

Fictional Futures

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 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!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-08-29

Length this week 1:21:21

0:02:14 - But First

Ohio Joke

Traffic Situation

Spider-Man (2002)

0:19:24 - But Second

AI Clones

Jackson Hole

Kennedy Center

Election 2026

Trump Popularity

0:51:33 - But Third

Dolly Parton and Others

Movie: 9 to 5 (1980)

Venezuelan Oil

Hunter Biden

Nepal Floods

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 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!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-08-22

Length this week 1:56:50

0:00:38 - But First

Suddenly Solo

Movie Acceleration

Movie: Ben Hur (1959)

Movie: Toy Story (1995)

0:25:05 - But Second

Trump Foreign Policy

Natalie Harp

Election 2026

AOC and Woke

1:18:11 - But Third

Military Readiness

Ballroom Construction

Tariff Stuff

Jeffries/Kushner Meeting

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 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.

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!

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-08-08

Length this week 2:56:51

0:00:45 - Special Cold Open

0:07:37 - But First

FL/OH/WA Elections

Flight Schedules

Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

Movie: War Greatest Hits Live (2008)

0:48:39 - But Second

AG Blanche

Lame Duck Republicans

Economic Updates

Small World

1:35:19 - But Third

Hank Green and AI

Ivan and AI

Sam and AI

CC and AI

2:18:58 - Special Cold Close

2:54:17 - Actual Close

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 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...

Show Details:

Recorded 2026-08-01

Length this week 1:48:53

0:05:15 - But First

24 Hour Flight

El Salvador

Safety vs Liberty

Movie: Rocky (1976)

0:41:12 - But Second

Reflecting Pool

Fauci Hearing

AG Blanche?

Billionaires

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.