Curmudgeon's Corner

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

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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)

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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 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, 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 support his GoFundMe.

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 GoFundMe.

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!

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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.