Curmudgeon's Corner

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan once again do an all lightning round show. They talk about allergies, the McCabe report, Hannity’s real estate deals, the “incel” movement, Barbara Bush’s passing, the Korean summit, and much much more! What is “more”, do you ask? Well, the Bill Cosby verdict, a review of a book Sam read, the end of the Ronny Jackson nomination, the SESTA/FOSTA law, more on Cohen, the incident with the black men arrested in the Philadelphia Starbucks, and a bit about a nice video of Comet 67P. Is that enough? No? OK then… Sam’s son Alex also gives his own, uh, unique, description of a shooting at a waffle house, just not the one that actually happened. So, all in all, a jam-packed show!

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-04-27

Length this week - 1:36:34

(0:00:35-0:14:17) Intro

Allergies

Agenda

Alex: Waffle House Shooting

(0:14:55-0:48:15) Lightning One

Ivan: Cosby and other MeToo

Sam: Book: The Man from Berlin (2013)

Ivan: Dr. Ronny Jackson

Sam: SESTA/FOSTA

(0:49:00-1:11:40) Lightning Two

Ivan: Cohen taking the 5th

Sam: McCabe

Ivan: Hannity Real Estate

Sam: Starbucks black guy arrests

(1:12:56-1:36:14) Lightning Three

Ivan: Incel

Sam: Barbara Bush

Ivan: Korean Summit

Sam: Comet 67P Video

 

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)

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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed and Darryl join Sam. Ivan was gallivanting in Brazil or something. Four main topics this time. Syria. North Korea. Comey. Cohen. Maybe a few other things around the edges, but that’s the gist of it.

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-04-19

Length this week - 1:31:03

(0:00:15-0:02:29) Intro

(0:04:29-0:28:36) Syria

(0:29:56-0:47:18) North Korea

(0:49:00-1:05:01) Comey

(1:05:40-1:24:47) Cohen

(1:25:23-1:30:43) 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.

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan try to do an all lightning round show, but fail spectacularly. Their first segment is… movies!! Both Sam and Ivan talk about their thoughts on some movies they have seen recently. Then they do a segment on the Cohen raid and all the implications that arise from that. Then a mini-segment on Syria… recorded before the US/UK/France airstrikes… then FINALLY they do an actual lightning round to finish things up, including brief discussions on Scooter Libby, Zuckerberg’s testimony, international corruption, an update on tariffs, and much much more!

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-04-13

Length this week - 1:43:26

(0:01:05-0:26:11) Movies

Ivan: Darkest Hour (2017)

Ivan: Burn After Reading (2008)

Sam: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Sam: Coco (2017)

Sam: Black Panther (2018)

Sam: The Luck of the Irish (2001)

(0:27:32-0:52:17) Cohen Raid

The raid itself

Repercussions and reactions

Clarifications on predictions

Love child payoff

Lordy there are tapes!

Firings coming?

(0:53:59-1:02:33) Syria

Chemical Weapons

What good will a strike do?

Americans killing Russians

(1:04:33-1:43:06) Lightning Round

Ivan: Scooter Libby

Sam: Changing approach to Russia?

Ivan: Trump/Panama thing

Sam: UK/Russian spy recovering

Ivan: Zuckerberg testimony

Sam: Corruption around the world

Ivan: Paul Ryan decision

Sam: Boehner and marijuana

Ivan: CBO deficit estimates

Sam: Did China blink on tariffs?

 

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 start out talking about getting vaccinations for travel, and how the crazy news of the last two years has resulted in Sam reading fewer books, and what he will do about it. But quickly enough, the conversation gravitates where it almost always does these days. Trump! First they try to stay focused very specifically on policy issues. Trump on Syria. Trump on tariffs. Trump on Mexico. Things like that. But for the last segment, they do once again concentrate on Trump’s various scandals. The Mueller investigation. Stormy and McDougal. Pruitt. Sorry, it just can’t be avoided!

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-04-06

Length this week - 1:43:54

(0:01:00-0:19:41) Travel Vaccinations / Not Enough Books

(0:21:23-1:05:50) Stupid Trump Policy Stuff

(1:06:29-1:43:34) Stupid Trump Scandal 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.

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss Ivan’s impressions of attending the DC “March for Our Lives” event in person… including the implications for the wider gun debate. Then they talk about the online privacy issues that have been around for years, but are now getting more attention because of the recent headlines about how social media was manipulated during Election 2016. Oh, and Ivan recently returned from a trip to Singapore, so he shares his impression of that city too.

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-03-30

Length this week - 1:34:36

(0:01:30-0:04:06) Agenda

(0:05:14-0:15:28) Singapore

(0:16:43-1:01:06) March for Our Lives

(1:01:42-1:34:16) Online privacy

 

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 is joined by his wife Brandy. They spend the biggest part of the show discussing… or maybe arguing about… changing how you talk about things in order to avoid offending, insulting, or excluding people… or as it is most commonly called, politically correct speech. Then Cambridge Analytica gets its turn. Is it a big deal? Or not? Finally, Sam and Brandy’s son Alex once again joins the show for some video game commentary, placed conveniently at the end of the show.

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-03-24

Length this week - 2:05:21

(0:01:05-0:06:10) Agenda

(0:06:49-0:57:37) Political Correctness

(0:58:22-1:37:38) Cambridge Analytica

(1:39:38-2:05:00) Video Games

 

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 get some feedback. It seems last week’s show was their worst show ever. Too much Russia conspiracy theory stuff and Trump palace intrigue stuff. Not enough on “real” policy stuff. So they talk about that feedback and defend themselves a bit. Then they move on to talk about, well, uh, Trump palace intrigue stuff. They wrap it up with reaction to PA-18 and what it may mean for Election 2018, which is at least a little different, right?

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-03-16

Length this week - 1:50:18

(0:01:00-0:10:36) Daylight Saving Time

(0:11:15-0:46:01) Feedback

(0:47:43-1:25:11) White House Staff

(1:26:31-1:49:59) Election 2018

 

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 cover all the big items from the last crazy week. They’ve got tariffs and North Korea, but also that Seychelles meeting, Russia maybe vetoing Romney, the Belarusian escort, Nunberg’s meltdown, the poisoned spy in the UK… and there is still more! They didn’t forget Kellyanne Conway, or Stormy, or Trump’s hotel in Panama, or Zinke’s door. A fun packed week for sure!

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Show Details:

Recorded 2018-03-09

Length this week - 1:56:47

(0:00:15-0:07:51) Intro Stuff

(0:08:28-0:36:20) Policy Stuff

(0:38:20-1:26:56) Russia Stuff

(1:28:23-1:56:26) Other 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.

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the chaotic week that was. Donald Trump throwing grenades into the gun and trade policy debates, the mounting reports of corruption within the administration, and the usual, but seemingly intensifying, chaos within the White House staff itself. Oh, and Ivan caused some chaos himself by accidentally calling 911 from the airport. A fun filled show!

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-03-03

Length this week - 1:42:36

(0:00:15-0:13:06) Phone Chaos

(0:13:51-0:50:51) Issue Chaos

(0:52:10-1:15:02) Corruption Chaos

(1:16:25-1:42:16) Staffing Chaos

 

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 is joined by guest hosts Ed and Alex. Sam and Ed discuss the ongoing gun debate in the wake of Parkland, as well as the latest developments in the Mueller probe. Alex is Sam's son. Alex is 8. Alex talks about video games. Alex also gives a few thoughts about the gun debate. And he is adamant that the podcast is too long, and we should have stopped at about the one hour mark. Was Alex right? Judge for yourself!

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-02-24

Length this week - 1:49:53

(0:01:00-0:25:32) Video Games

(0:26:48-1:17:40) Parkland and Guns

(1:18:25-1:49:33) Mueller Advancements

 

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.