On this week's Curmudgeon's corner Emily joins Ivan and Sam to talk about the events of the week. Plus visiting Brazil. Plus holding old grudges and age gaps. And a book. But yes, also Venezuela, Minnesota, and Kristen Sinema. Other stuff happened this week, but there is only so much time...

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Recorded 2026-01-17

Length this week 2:12:09

0:04:20 - But First

Brazil Tourism

Long Grudges

Memorial

Age Gaps

Book: A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)

0:48:05 - But Second

Kristen Sinema

Renee Good

MN Escalation

Dem Response

Venezuela

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So last week you heard Sam and Ivan's predictions for 2026. Now see how they ended up doing on the 2025 predictions they made a year and a week ago. Did they wrap themselves in honor? Or were they completely humiliated with their obvious errors? Now is the time to find out! Oh. Plus a bit on Venezuela.

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Recorded 2026-01-04

Length this week 2:14:29

0:01:09 - Venezuela

0:20:39 - Politics

0:51:04 - International

1:15:27 - Economy

1:27:43 - Technology

1:50:28 - Hodgepodge

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What you have all been waiting for. The traditional annual predictions show. Sam and Ivan give their 2026 predictions for politics, international, technology, economy, and hodgepodge. How will they do this time? You'll know in a year...

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Recorded 2025-12-31

Length this week 3:20:07

0:01:24 - Politics

0:45:07 - International

1:41:43 - Technology

2:21:20 - Economy

2:42:56 - Hodgepodge

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam discuss spare tires, movies, Epstein, economic numbers, and the spiked 60 Minutes story on CECOT. Plus a few other things.

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Recorded 2025-12-23

Length this week 1:50:08

0:00:24 - But First

Scheduling

Spare Tires

Movie: Wish (2023)

Movie: Schindler’s List (1993)

0:41:38 - But Second

Epstein Redactions

Possibly Fake Epstein Letter

Acting Guilty

Q3 Economic Numbers

1:05:41 - But Third

60 Minutes CECOT Spike

Appeasing Trump

Streisand Effect

The Actual Report

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan hit the Wiles interview, Trump's prime time speech, the need for all of you to add stuff to our predictions Google Doc, if bills and coins are still useful, the Epstein redactions, the tendency of bystanders to crimes to do nothing, Trump as lame duck, and lots lots more. So listen!

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Recorded 2025-12-20

Length this week 2:00:42

0:00:21 - But First

Predictions Google Doc

Unlimited Vacation

Affordability Crisis

Movie: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Movie: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

0:48:12 - But Second

Kennedy Center

Epstein Redactions

Ignored Reports

Diddy Parallel

Bystanders Do Nothing

1:16:31 - But Third

Wiles Interview

Discharge Petitions

Trump Speech

Lame Duck

Bills and Coins

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam get into it again. Topics include the upcoming ACA pricing cliff, the US's concentration camps, the situation for LEGAL immigrants, the escalations in Venezuela, the failure of redistricting in Indiana, Ivan's son knowing Japanese, the affordability crisis in Florida, and that's only half of it! Listen for ALL of it!

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Recorded 2025-12-11

Length this week 2:06:32

0:02:40 - But First

Q's for Prediction Show

Manu Knows Japanese

Legal Immigrants

Movie: Oh God! (1977)

Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

0:46:27 - But Second

Indiana Redistricting

Trump Lame Duck

Florida Affordability

Miami Mayor

No ACA Deal

1:12:36 - But Third

Venezuela Escalations

State Department Font

Concentration Camps

Rule of Law

Femboy Conservatives

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan's topics include Republicans in Congress considering leaving early, Ivan's experiences with COBOL, Godzilla, recession warnings flashing red, if we are in an AI bubble, and much much more. Worth every penny!

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Recorded 2025-12-06

Length this week 1:53:45

0:01:18 - But First

Ivan does COBOL!

Movie: Godzilla (1954)

Movie: Riverworld (2003)

0:40:47 - But Second

Cost of Living

AI Bubble?

Economic Timebomb

1:19:53 - But Third

Tennessee 7

Political Trends

R's Jumping Ship?

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam discuss the great American melting pot, the Nuzzi story, Hegseth's war crimes, Presidential accountability, journalistic ideas, history repeating itself, and of course lots more! Tune in and enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-11-29

Length this week 1:54:11

0:02:10 - But First

Make Money Fast

Poverty Level

AbulToDo

Movie: Blade (1998)

0:50:03 - But Second

Nuzzi Story

History Repeating

Melting Pot

Journalistic Ideals

1:24:26 - But Third

Video on Illegal Orders

Hegseth War Crimes

Presidential Accountability

Ethics Reforms

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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Ivan is back! So he and Sam bounce all over the place to catch up. They've got the Comey case and the UPS crash. Trump's Ukraine peace proposal and a bit about Ivan's recovery. Plus Mandani and Trump. And lots more! Enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-11-22

Length this week 2:24:40

0:01:29 - But First

Ivan Recovery

TV: The Twilight Zone (1959-1963)

Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

0:34:40 - But Second

UPS Crash

Epstein Vote

1:15:00 - But Third

Comey Case

Ukraine Plan

1:46:57 - But Fourth

Mamdani and Trump

TG Resigns

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This time Sam is joined by Todd as Ivan continues to recuperate, and it is just a smorgasbord of topics. We've got inflation and tariffs. We've got Election 2025 and progressives vs moderates. We've got ACA subsidies and the Epstein emails. And much much more. So get in there and listen!

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Recorded 2025-11-15

Length this week 2:16:59

0:00:24 - One

Election 2025

Protest Effectiveness

Inflation

Republican Factions

0:46:34 - Two

ACA Subsidies

Breaking Institutions

Shutdown Politics

Progressives vs Moderates

1:29:15 - Three

Clinton Triangulation

Tariff Impacts

Epstein Emails

JukePodder

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.