Curmudgeon's Corner

By Samuel Minter / Ivan Bou

A weekly current events podcast where the hosts discuss whatever is hot in the news each week.... more

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August 07, 20222022-08-05: Point the Arrow
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's biggest topic is Election 2022, including Sam's wife Brandy winning her primary, other primary results, the Kansas abortion result, and all the factors that could be impacting the general elections in November. But of course there is more too. They talk Pelosi in Taiwan, Alex Jones, a stolen laptop, mourning the loss of email as way people did long form person to person communication, and even more. And a good time was had by all!
Show Details:
Recorded 2022-08-05
Length this week 2:18:37
(0:00:23-0:41:56) But First
Podcast RSS Change

Mourning Email

Online Social Work Things

Stolen Stuff

(0:42:33-1:27:11) Election 2022
Brandy Wins!

Republican Primaries

Kansas Abortion Result

Factors for November

(1:29:12-2:06:28) Potpourri
Pelosi Taiwan Trip

Killing al-Zawahiri

Britney Griner

Alex Jones

(2:09:46-2:18:07) But Last
Contact Us

More Fax Servers

Online in 1979

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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2h 19min
July 31, 20222022-07-30: Fax the Spider
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss what looks like a break in the legislative logjam in DC, the January 6th related investigations, and recent economic news. But also a few other things, like Ivan once again discussing travel travails, Sam discussing long Covid, Ivan discovering a much beloved (by him anyway) service is shutting down, a teaser for a story about Dorfus, and finally, the joys of reanimating dead spiders! Have fun!
Show Details:
Recorded 2022-07-30
Length this week 2:04:53
(0:00:01-0:02:24) Cold Open

(0:02:48-0:31:26) But First
Ivan: Travel Issues

Sam: Long Covid

(0:32:05-0:56:43) Legislative Logjam
Manchin Fake Out?

Democratic Successes

Information Deficits

Election 2022

(0:58:49-1:21:54) J6 Investigations
Wiki of the Day

Secret Service Stuff

DOJ Efforts

J6 Committee

(1:22:56-2:04:22) Economy
Definition of Recession

Who is Being Hit

Prognostication

Death of Fax

Necrobotics

Dorfus Teaser

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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2h 5min
July 25, 20222022-07-23: If You Don't Like It, Suck It
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan completely fail to stick to any sort of plan. Nevertheless, they do talk about a number of topics, ranging from some space updates, to the Secret Service scandal, to options for prosecution of Trump and his cronies for J6, to a doppelgänger for Ivan. And a whole bunch of other things too. Enjoy!
Show Details:
Recorded 2022-07-23
Length this week 2:16:49
(0:01:01-0:44:19) But First
Ivan: Doppelgänger

Ivan: International Racism

Both: International Travel

Sam: Artemus I

Sam: JWST

(0:44:53-2:16:19) But Second
Gender Neutral Spanish

January 6th Hearings

2022 and 2024

Secret Service Scandal

Prosecution Options

Remembering Phone Numbers

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.
...more
2h 17min
July 17, 20222022-07-16: D O G, I Did It Again
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss Biden's trip to the Mideast, the negotiations on the zombie BBB, and the latest J6 developments. But first, a bit on invasive iguanas at Ivan't house, and Ivan reviews a 1968 movie with a very surprising sequel.
Show Details:
Recorded 2022-07-16
Length this week 2:00:59
(0:00:01-0:03:03) Cold Open

(0:03:28-0:39:33) But First
Ivan: Invasive Iguanas

Sam: Ivan Movie: The Detective (1968)

(0:40:14-1:23:00) But Second
Ivan: Biden Mideast Trip

Sam: Zombie BBB

(1:24:44-2:00:28) But Third
Ivan: Ivana

Sam: J6

Last Little Bit

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.
...more
2h 1min
July 09, 2022 2022-07-09: Thing After Thing
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do discuss politics, of both the UK and US varieties. But before that Ivan rambles about some stuff, Sam talks about a movie he really liked, and they cover the Twitter/Musk deal falling apart, and a bit about political doorbelling. So there you go.
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2h 18min
July 04, 2022 2022-07-02: Time Effects
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan discuss the big surprise J6 witness and all the new developments with that. They also continue the discussion on the Dobbs ruling and the continuing fall out from SCOTUS overruling Roe v Wade. Before that though, Ivan gives a health update on his family, complains about satellite TV, and Sam discusses tinnitus and sound therapy. So, all the usual hijinks.
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2h 25min
June 27, 2022 2022-06-25: Meeple Are Not People
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam goes solo after events conspired multiple times to prevent a normal show. Sam of course discusses the aftermath of the Dobbs decision overriding Roe. He also discusses January 6th developments. And gives a quick report on attending the 2022 Washington State Democratic Convention. Oh. And Sam was actually polled. On his wife’s race. Which was neat.
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1h 36min
June 20, 2022 2022-06-17: The Solar Sun
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the January 6th Committee hearings. Of course. Can’t skip that. But they also talk about the economy and Ukraine. And beeps and roller coasters and cleaning and audio quality. So all the fun stuff too.
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2h 12min
June 13, 2022 2022-06-11: Probably To Definitely
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s big serious topic is of course the opening of this round of January 6th hearings. They talk about how the opening day went, what we are really getting out of this, what was new, what kind of impact it might have, etc. All the stuff you think they would talk about. But before that they do talk about Ivan wanting to make destructive videos for cash, a book Sam read, and cultural appropriation. Join us!
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2h 10min
June 06, 2022 2022-06-03: Bump In Spikes
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan decided there were no “big” topics they wanted to talk about, so they talked about a bunch of “smaller” things. That doesn’t mean they are less important of course. Although maybe some of them are. They talked about game consoles and boring podcasts. They talked about a movie and the latest Covid news. And about the evolving reaction and consequences of working from home. Oh, and they did talk about guns again. So there is that.
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1h 58min

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