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October 26, 20202020-10-24: Digging A Hole For The Bar
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan continue the countdown to the election. A new polling update via Election Graphs, discussion of the last debate, talk about Hunter's laptop, a review of current Covid trends. All the politics you would expect this close to the election. Before that they talk a bit about recalled messages and changing norms on social media sharing and sexting, school reopening choices, and once again Sam talks about a movie he watched almost a year ago. So pretty much what you would expect from the Corner.
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-10-24
Length this week - 2:06:13
(0:00:22-0:45:15) But First
Recalled messages
Shaming for sharing
Misc Misc Misc
School choices
Sam movie: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(0:47:15-2:05:51) Politics
Election Graphs update
The last debate
Hunter's laptop
Foreign interference/li>
Covid numbers
Rudy
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.
2 hr 7 min
October 19, 20202020-10-16: There Is No Table
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan hit all the usual politics stuff you would expect. Updates on polling. Hunter's laptop. Social media battling misinformation. The dueling town halls. SCOTUS. The pandemic. All of that sort of thing. But before that, they also talk a bit about the new iPhones, just being exhausted, and an old movie. So, pretty much your normal month before the election type of show. Enjoy!
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-10-16
Length this week - 2:15:48
(0:00:23-0:41:28) But First
Microphone technique
Situational exhaustion
New iPhones
Revisiting 2016
Sam movie: Jurassic Park (1993)
(0:43:29-2:15:26) Politics
Election Graphs update
Hunter's laptop
Social media vs misinformation
Dueling town halls
Fizzled October surprises
SCOTUS and the Senate
Stimulus talks
SCOTUS hearings
Scorched earth
Pandemic update
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.
2 hr 16 min
October 12, 20202020-10-09: Instructions Confirmed
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about all of this week's political developments, from Trump's health to the latest election polling, to the Senate and SCOTUS, as well as a few other things. But first, talk of microphones, glasses, malls, remote work, a movie, and even a little sports. You can even stay on after the end for a blooper. Fun times!
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-10-09 Length this week - 2:14:03
(0:04:18-0:41:55) But First
New microphone!
New glasses
Feedback on malls
Remote work
Sam movie: DanTDM Presents The Contest (2019)
Live sports
(0:45:16-2:10:57) Politics
Trump health update
Superspreaders
Polling update
Unhinges Trump
Debates
SCOTUS and the Senate
Regeneron
The deplorables
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.
2 hr 15 min
October 03, 20202020-10-02: Attack of the Special Editions
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan recorded an entire show talking about Election 2020, including the Presidential debate, Trump’s taxes, and a bunch of other things. The also talked about a movie and thanked the patrons for paying for a new microphone. Fun stuff like that. Then Donald Trump tested positive for Covid. So they went back and recorded a whole extra special segment on that new development. Then after that Trump went to the hospital. Sigh. Things are happening too quickly! Anyway, enjoy the show!
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-10-02 Length this week - 2:33:11
(0:00:01-0:00:59) Trump Hospitalized
(0:01:03-0:37:45) Trump has Covid
(0:38:00-0:57:04) But First
Emergency Alerts
Microphone for Ivan
Sam Movie: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
(0:57:50-2:32:49) Election 2020
Presidential Debate
Election Polling
Hope Hicks Infection
Trump Taxes
Guilfoyle and Parscale
What about Biden?
Election Week
Election Graphs Update
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.
2 hr 34 min
September 28, 20202020-09-26: Fundamental Functioning
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's main topics are the COVID pandemic, SCOTUS developments and their political ramifications, and of course Election 2020. Really, what else would they talk about this week? Oh. Yeah. Headphones. They also talked about headphones. Because of course they did.
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-09-26
Length this week - 2:16:02
(0:00:23-0:15:16) But First
Headphone choices
Podcast audio quality
(0:15:57-0:51:07) Pandemic
Florida is done
Schools
Data-driven decisions
Retail collapse
The recovery
(0:53:09-1:30:11) SCOTUS
Vote timing
The downward spiral of failing democracy
Delaying tactics?
Election cases?
(1:30:58-2:15:40) Election 2020
Possible election results shenanigans?
The interregnum if Biden wins
Election Graphs' odds
The interregnum if Trump wins
Scenario if Biden wins, but Republicans keep the Senate
The election is close now
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.
2 hr 17 min
September 21, 20202020-09-18: Complacency Factor
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start the show with a special reaction to the news of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death recorded right after the news broke on Friday. Then you get the show that was already in the can before that upended everything. In that show from the before times, they talked about Election 2020 and the pandemic, fantasized a bit about vacations once the pandemic recedes, and Sam plugged a live stream.
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-09-18 Length this week - 2:21:38
(0:00:01-0:33:16) RBG Special Report
(0:33:39-0:57:25) But First
Livestream of CC editing
Post-pandemic vacations
(0:59:23-1:43:39) Election 2020
Election Graphs update
Biden advantages compared to Clinton
Trump campaign
Biden campaign
What can still change?
(1:44:17-2:21:15) Pandemic
Current trends
Careless people
Trusting CDC and FDA
Schooling situation
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.
2 hr 22 min
September 14, 20202020-09-12: Into the Zeitgeist
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's big topics are Election 2020 and the concentric circles of corruption surrounding Donald Trump. But they also talk a little bit about the pandemic, the fire and smoke on the West Coast, gender reveal parties, and a foundation run by Ivan and his wife. So buckle in and listen!
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-09-12
Length this week - 2:17:20
(0:00:22-0:29:44) But First
Pandemic feedback
Manu for Inclusion
West Coast fires
Gender reveal parties
(0:30:30-1:31:37) Trump Related Corruption
Expensive microwaves
Trump minions
Blackmail?
DoJ defending Trump?
Slow justice
DHS whistleblower
Trump admits downplaying pandemic
(1:32:19-2:16:59) Election 2020
Durham report
Squashing investigations
Polling predictions
Russian hacking
Trump campaign low on cash
Disinformation campaigns
Voter suppression
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.
2 hr 18 min
September 07, 20202020-09-05: Your Own Eyes
This week on Cumrudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan discuss Election 2020, including all the latest Trump scandals. They also discuss pandemic misinformation, and the challenges of the new school year. But first, they discuss some feedback, some numerical patterns, and frustrations with Facebook notifications and streaming television.
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-09-05
Length this week - 2:14:31
(0:00:22-0:49:21) But First
3-2-1
Feedback
Facebook notifications
Streaming TV
(0:51:50-1:43:17) Election 2020
Early voting
Polling stability
Trump and the military
Violence in the cities
Additional Trump scandals
Should Biden investigate Trump?
(1:43:55-2:14:10) Pandemic
Covid misinformation
New school year
Sports approaches
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.
2 hr 15 min
August 31, 20202020-08-29: Superfluous Straight Lines
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam discuss the Republican National Convention, the events in Kenosha and their aftermath, and the latest pandemic news. Along the way they revisit the debate on what constitutes a website, they discuss ceramic car coatings, and spin tales of fender benders and dog walks. Enjoy the madness!
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-08-29
Length this week - 2:20:47
(0:00:22-0:23:36) But First
Trump avoidance
What is a website?
Ceramic car coating
(0:24:21-1:15:52) Republican National Convention
Sam story
Trump speech
Tricked participants
Chasing Rand Paul
Superspreader event
Hatch Act
After Trump
(1:17:53-1:57:20) Black Lives Matter
Kenosha Overview
Differential treatment of Blake
Rittenhouse incident
Lives vs property
Sports strikes
Systemic Racism
(1:58:37-2:20:24) Pandemic
Trends
Behavioral waves
Doing the minimum
Asymptomatic testing
Rushed approvals
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.
2 hr 21 min
August 24, 20202020-08-21: Off the Rails
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss their impressions of the Democratic National Convention and all the latest updates on Trumpworld scandals. Plus they talk a little bit about the charms of people broadcasting from home, which sorta kinda, but not quite, includes them.
Show Details:
Recorded 2020-08-21
Length this week - 2:19:33
(0:00:22-0:18:10) But First
Broadcasters at home
Charming interruptions
(0:18:48-1:17:26) Democratic National Convention
Pros and cons of the virtual format
Kamala Harris and Barack Obama speeches
Anti-Trump coalitions and post-Trump Republicans
Michelle Obama and Joe Biden speeches
(1:18:43-2:19:02) Trump Scandals
Speech times
Steve Bannon indictment
Trump financials
Senate Intelligence report
RNC Preview
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.
2 hr 20 min

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