Curmudgeon's Corner

By Samuel Minter / Ivan BouNews News Commentary

Curmudgeon's Corner episodes

September 16, 20182018-09-14: In Polite Company
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam are all over the place. Topics include scandals in the Catholic Church, racists being unleashed by Trump, a new patron, some movies Sam watched, a look back at the financial crisis 10 years later, Ivan’s new computer, an update on the kids separated at the border, and lots more!
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-09-14
Length this week - 2:05:07
(0:01:24-0:44:56) But First
Agenda

New patron Bruce!

New iTunes reviews

Ivan’s new computer

Movie: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Movie: The Pink Panther (1963)

(0:45:35-1:23:09) Lightning One
Ivan: Trillion dollar deficit

Sam: Pope scandal

Ivan: Financial crisis 10 years later

Sam: Status of NAFTA

(1:23:48-2:04:47) Lightning 2
Hurricanes

Manafort plea?

Racists unleashed

Separated kids 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 6 min
September 09, 20182018-09-07: Real Quack
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam is joined by Bruce and Ed. The main topics are that anonymous op-ed in the New York times by a Senior Administration Official who has vowed to thwart Trump from the inside, and the circus surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. But before any of that, the initial segment turned into a long lightning round, covering Hyperloop, Yemen, Manafort, Movies, TV... and more.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-09-07
Length this week - 2:12:03
(0:00:20-0:54:15) But First Some Lightning
Agenda

Hyperloop Update

Yemen

Manafort

Trump and the Allies

Movie: A Bug’s Life (1998)

TV: Sherlock (2010-2017)

Trump on Congressional Indictments

(0:54:53-1:26:49) That Anonymous Op-Ed

(1:28:05-2:11:42) Kavanaugh Hearings
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 13 min
August 31, 20182018-08-30: Useful Thing
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam is joined by guest host Bruce. Sam and Bruce go lightning round format and hit a lot of different topics including the "uberization" of all sorts of things, a couple movies Sam watched, preliminary thoughts on the 2020 Presidential election, whether Trump is being bashed for the wrong things, jury nullification... and more!
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-08-30
Length this week - 1:27:39
(0:00:20-0:40:25) Lightning One
Bruce: Sam's shifting politics

Bruce: Bashing Trump for the wrong things?

Sam: Movie: The Incredibles (2004)

Sam: Movie: The Incredibles 2 (2018)

Bruce: Manafort trial and jury nullification

Sam: John McCain

(0:41:04-1:27:19) Lightning Two
Bruce: Uberization of everything

Sam: Democratic superdelegate rules

Sam: Democratic caucus and primary rules

Bruce: Smoke detector batteries

Sam: Bruce and local politics

Sam: Election 2020

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.
1 hr 28 min
August 26, 20182018-08-24: Information in the Information
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about… what else? The Manafort verdicts, the Cohen guilty plea, and the potential implications of both, and how things might go from here. But first, Ivan talks about airplanes, the podcast got another iTunes review worth noting, and Sam saw a couple more movies.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-08-24
Length this week - 2:02:34
(0:01:43-0:24:34) But First

(0:25:13-0:48:22) Paul Manafort

(0:49:42-1:20:34) Michael Cohen

(1:21:49-2:02:14) What’s Next?

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 3 min
August 19, 20182018-08-18: In and Out of It
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's main topics are... Musky Stuff (Elon Musk's various companies and how he is handling them), Twittery Stuff (Twitters challenges in dealing with abuse, fake news, user experience, and 3rd party clients), and Trumpy stuff (Omarosa, Firing Strzok, Brennan's security clearance, NDAs, and the canceled parade). Before all that, they talk about Seattle Plane Guy a bit, and a couple more movies Sam watched recently.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-08-18
Length this week - 1:58:10
(0:00:25-0:21:29) But First

(0:24:31-0:42:15) Musky Stuff

(0:42:56-1:14:39) Twittery Stuff

(1:15:16-1:57:50) Trumpy 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.
1 hr 59 min
August 12, 20182018-08-09: Magnet for Dumb Pipe Thieves
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are Election 2018, Alex Jones getting kicked off various platforms, and all the corruption in and surrounding the Trump administration. Before all that, a few bits on kid accounts for online services, a book and a movie Sam watched, and some adventures with cars.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-08-09
Length this week - 2:00:40
(0:00:15-0:31:02) But First
Agenda

The real Importance of the Corn Palace

Kid accounts for online services

Book: The Eyre Affair (2001)

Movie: Space Jam (1996)

Ivan’s car alarm rescue

Leaving keys in the car

(0:32:17-1:05:47) Election 2018
OH-12 Special Election

People mad at Greens

Primary results

Democratic wave?

State races

Trump effect

Sam votes

(1:06:56-1:30:02) Jones Removals
Platform or media?

Does presence of alternatives matter?

Private company rights

Human judgement and standards

Slippery slopes

Governmental vs corporate censorship

(1:30:46-2:00:20) Corruption
Wilber Ross grifting

VA run out of Mar-a-Lago

Trump Cabinet

Trump and family

Grassroots grifting

Manafort

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 1 min
August 05, 20182018-08-04: Long Waves of Something
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan do get into politics a bit, talking about the trade wars, 3D printing guns, attacks on Election 2018, and the separated kids at the border. But mostly the show is a lightning round show, so there are a lot of non-political things too. So you also get to hear about the rest of Sam's road-trip, some books and movies, Apple's milestone, and some feedback we received a while ago.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-08-04
Length this week - 1:59:34
(0:00:20-0:31:17) Sam: Road Trip Continued
Day 2 Revisited: Bad Hotels

Day 4: Things not done, Corn Palace

Day 5: Bighorn and Yellowstone

(0:32:02-1:16:40) Lightning Round 1
Ivan: Trade War

Sam: Book: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 3 (2015)

Ivan: 3D Printing Guns

Sam: Movie: Computer Chess (2013)

Ivan: Movie: Mission Impossible - Fallout (2018)

(1:17:56-1:59:14) Lightning Round 2
Sam: Feedback on Ivan rant on Boomers

Ivan: Apple at One Trillion

Sam: Attacks on Election 2018?

Ivan: Separated Kids
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
July 28, 20182018-07-27: Goaty Little Hooves
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, a break from politics and the news. Sam is joined by his wife Brandy and son Alex (with a cameo by daughter Amy) to discuss a few highlights of the start of their road trip from the Philadelphia area to the Seattle area. The hijinks include Sam donating their luggage to charity, Sam shop lifting, fleeing a really bad hotel, and more…
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-07-27
Length this week - 0:58:38
(0:00:20-0:01:56) Intro

(0:03:56-0:20:40) Day 1: Donated Bag, Stealing from Wawa

(0:22:23-0:43:35) Day 2: Abandoned Turnpike, Bad Hotel

(0:44:44-0:52:17) Day 3: Safari Park

(0:52:56-0:58:17) Outro

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.
59 min
July 20, 20182018-07-19: Fundle Money
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the chaos surrounding the Trump/Putin summit, the case of Maria Butina, and the reports on the detail given in the January 2017 briefing where Trump was told about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Oh, and before that, just a little about bugs. The flying kind, not the computer kind.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-07-19
Length this week - 1:38:19
(0:00:20-0:13:30) But first

(0:15:12-0:51:35) The summit

(0:52:55-1:12:53) Red Sparrow

(1:13:30-1:38:00) What did the president know?

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.
1 hr 39 min
July 15, 20182018-07-14: Responsible Codcasters
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s topics are the Supreme Court nomination and surrounding issues, Trump’s path of destruction through Europe, and the latest developments in the Trump/Russia scandal, including the new indictments.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-07-14
Length this week - 1:59:59
(0:00:20-0:08:39) But First

(0:10:21-0:50:50) SCOTUS

(0:52:10-1:12:10) Trump in Europe

(1:12:55-1:59:38) Trump/Russia

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

About Curmudgeon's Corner

From the publisher's feed

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

Share Curmudgeon's Corner

Sign up to save your podcasts

Curmudgeon's Corner

Curmudgeon's Corner episodes

About Curmudgeon's Corner

More shows like Curmudgeon's Corner

This American Life