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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The podcast currently has 971 episodes available.

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March 25, 20172017-03-24: That list is big!
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-03-24
Length this week - 2:55:55
(0:00:10-0:06:04) Intro
Ivan still out

Agenda

(0:06:41-0:41:57) Ed from Pennsylvania Part 1
Fitness

Favorite Podcasts

Russia Stuff

(0:42:36-1:08:34) Ed from Pennsylvania Part 2
Healthcare

Distractions

Fighting the last war

(1:10:34-1:46:03) Bruce from Washington Part 1
Facebook Discussion

Small World!

TV Update

Favorite Podcasts

Hyperloop

Old School Retail

(1:47:18-2:19:56) Bruce from Washington Part 2
Last week's guilt

London attack and terrorism

US making things worse

Alex Interlude

Internet Privacy

(2:21:17-2:55:16) Sam on Podcasts
Favorite podcasts with Alex help

The rest of the favorites on my own

News update podcasts

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 56min
March 18, 20172017-03-18: Two Way Split
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-03-18
Length this week - 2:35:38
(0:00:11-0:09:45) But First
Agenda

Letter from Ivan

Sam's Guilt

(0:10:24-1:18:10) Ed from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Weather

Ides of Trump

Healthcare Debate

Trump Budget

(1:18:49-2:30:44) Bruce from Washington
Television Woes

Election Night Schadenfreude

A Libertarian view of Trump

Better than Hillary?

Ineffective vs Dangerous Trump?

Russia Hype

Surveillance

(2:32:26-2:35:17) Wrap Up

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 36min
March 10, 20172017-03-08: The Red Button is Bad
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-03-08
Length this week - 1:49:16
(0:00:42-0:13:15) But First
Agenda

Material

Sam Sick Kid

Ivan Travels

(0:14:58-0:54:53) Trump Wiretap / Russia
The Accusation

Not Defending Trump

Trusting Trump

Trump Attention Span

Russia Connections Again

Trump vs Pence

Constitutional Edge Case

(0:55:57-1:14:53) Immigration
New Executive Order

Does it get struck down again?

Knives out for Priebus

(1:16:53-1:48:56) Healthcare
Summary of Republican Plan

Objections from the Left

Objections from the Right

Motives of plan supporters

Politics of the plan

Why not actually repeal first?

Prospects of the plan

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
1h 50min
March 04, 20172017-03-03: The Russia Trump Show
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-03-03
Length this week - 1:48:32
(0:01:05-0:19:40) But First
Agenda

Cleaning and Tidiness

Windows 10

(0:21:24-0:53:24) Russia Again
The Best Interpretation

Unforced Errors

Dems overplaying?

Smoke implies fire?

More coming?

Will Sessions resign?

Recusal enough?

(0:54:40-1:20:38) Deconstruction
Goals of the administration?

Destroy from within?

Unfilled spots

Plan? What is a plan?

Regulations

Deconstructing repsonsibly

Aimless agencies

War on experts

(1:21:58-1:48:13) Two Bolts
Trip to the Moon

Cord Cutting

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
1h 49min
February 25, 20172017-02-24: Not talking about that
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-02-24
Length this week - 2:03:03
(0:01:30-0:09:17) But First
Shouting at customers

Agenda

(0:10:33-0:43:27) Immigration
New travel ban planning

Prioritization changes

Roundups and escalations

Role of laws and congress

Scared people

Only some countries matter

Relations with Mexico

(0:45:27-1:17:52) Lightning Round 1
Cab accident

Movie: Nightmare before Christmas (1993)

Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Flagged for abusing Trump

Wireless headphones

New Earth-like planets

Republican town halls

Obamacare

(1:18:56-) Lightning Round 2
Cloudbleed

Trump infosec

Trump polls

What might move polls?

Choices for Democrats

IC trying to bring down Trump?

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 4min
February 18, 20172017-02-18: Not a Round Number
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-02-18
Length this week - 2:09:09
(0:00:00-0:08:13) Retrospective

(0:08:30-0:23:36) But First
Sick Ivan

GPS Mishap

Milestone

(0:24:51-1:08:05) Russia Russia Russia
Mike Flynn

Broader Russia contacts

The craziest conspiracy theories

Trump approach to Russia

(1:09:25-2:08:50) Incompetence
List of fails

Agenda stalled

Republican tradeoffs

What if Trump was liberal?

Weak ineffective Trump?

25th Amendment math

Trump pool

Unhinged presser

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 10min
February 11, 20172017-02-11: Roundtable
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-02-11
Length this week - 1:32:42
(0:00:12-0:04:35) Introductions

(0:06:17-0:25:06) Jenn's Topic: Nevertheless, she persisted

(0:25:42-0:55:50) Sam's Topic: Trump and foreign policy

(0:56:59-1:12:54) Matt's Topic: Trump and the judiciary

(1:13:58-1:32:22) Ed's Topic: Vitriol in politics

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
1h 33min
February 04, 20172017-02-03: Head in a Vat
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-02-03
Length this week - 2:16:23
(0:00:36-0:20:22) But First
Happy Birthday Ivan

Agenda

Busy week

Ivan's campaigns

Attending protests

Opinions changing?

(0:22:21-1:00:45) Immigration Order (mostly)
Was it a Muslim ban?

What the order did

Incompetence or cunning?

Process and purpose of EOs

Polling on the Order

Impacted people

Spontaneous demonstrations

Defying court orders?

Monday Night Massacre

(1:01:54-1:31:01) International Issues (mostly)
NSC shuffle

Russia call

Mexico call

Australia call

Yemen raid

Berkley riot

Quebec attack

(1:31:50-2:16:03) Domestic Stuff (mostly)
SCOTUS Nominee

Democratic Response

Trump vs Republicans

Bowling Green Massacre

Obamacare

25th Amendment

How will the Trump presidency end?

Retreating from the 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.
...more
2h 17min
January 28, 20172017-01-27: Welcome to Trumpland
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-01-27
Length this week - 2:20:21
(0:00:32-0:19:11) But First
Agenda

Trying to slow down

Trump Management Style

Chaos and Confusion

(0:19:56-0:36:28) Inauguration
The Speech

Useless Box Interlude

Peaceful Transfer of Power

Punching Nazis

Inauguration Size

(0:37:37-1:08:11) Women's March
So many people...

Funded by Soros?

Positive vs Negative

What next?

Voter regrets?

Non-voters

Honeymoon?

Republican acceptance

Trump's Phone

Crazy Trump vs Real Trump

(1:10:12-1:58:03) Real Trump
Note on Immigration

Obamacare EO

Bureaucratic obstruction

Rapid Fire Strategy

The Wall

Regulation Freeze

Mexico City Rule

TPP Withdrawal

Hiring Freeze

Pipelines

Federal Agency Gag Orders

Government Twitter in Exile

(1:58:41-2:20:01) Crazy Trump
Crazy Guy and his enablers

Size obsession

Voter fraud delusion

Spicer Briefings

CIA Briefing

Staff Turnover

Press should "shut up"

Spicer passwords

Private Emails

Trump's distractions

Crisis Inevitable

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 21min
January 19, 20172017-01-19: Sitting on my Porch
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-01-19
Length this week - 1:57:57
(0:00:10-0:20:34) But First
2017

Agenda

Reviving old computers

(0:21:13-0:45:08) Legitimacy
Trump "legitimate"?

Comey, Dirty Tricks, Fairness

Voters made their choice

Unfollowing Trump?

Skipping the Inauguration?

Anti-Trump Protests

(0:45:56-1:04:56) Transition
Cabinet not talking to Trump

Cabinet incompetence

Cabinet Hodgepodge

Unstaffed positions

Normal policy disputes vs Crazy/Unqualified

(1:05:41-1:25:11) Manning
Why this release date?

Manning vs Snowden

Consistency on leaks?

(1:25:50-1:56:37) Lightning Round
Wet Foot Dry Foot

Book: 2001 (1968)

Old Postcard from Sam

Movie: Rogue One (2016)

Biden for President

Succession Edge Cases

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
1h 57min

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