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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January 14, 20172017-01-13: Brought to you by the Letter P
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-01-13
Length this week - 1:42:52
(0:00:38-0:04:15) But First
UTC

Agenda

(0:05:19-0:49:14) The Dossier
Order of events

Allegations

Origin of doc

Confirmation?

Alex interruption

Believable?

Press reaction

Trump reaction

Contrast with Obama/Pence

Disagreements with cabinet

(0:50:30-1:13:05) Trump Press Conference
Was it a disaster?

Alex again

Trump changes the topic

The next election

Conflicts of interest

Things changing quickly

(1:13:41-1:42:32) Obamacare
ACA is actually Obamacare

What is congress doing now?

Possible consequences

Democratic response

Claim victory and go home?

Trump/Congress relationship

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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1h 43min
January 07, 20172017-01-07: 2016 Predictions Review
Show Details:
Recorded 2017-01-07
Length this week - 1:44:39
(0:00:30-0:09:54) But First

(0:10:43-0:24:15) Economics

(0:25:30-0:43:36) Tech

(0:44:45-0:55:36) Domestic

(0:56:11-1:06:18) International

(1:06:56-1:25:55) Politics

(1:27:15-1:35:57) Hodgepodge

(1:37:00-1:14:19) Grand Totals

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 45min
December 31, 20162016-12-30: 2017 Predictions Show
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-30
Length this week - 2:11:58
(0:00:10-0:07:57) But First

(0:09:00-1:02:19) Politics

(1:03:07-1:19:00) Economics

(1:19:39-1:38:20) Technology

(1:39:35-1:56:53) International

(1:58:12-2:11:39) Hodgepodge

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 12min
December 24, 20162016-12-23: Weight and Bulk
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-23
Length this week - 1:48:43
(0:00:33-0:18:37) But First
Agenda

Sam gets a fake tree

Upside down trees

Pre-lit trees

Sam wrapping

(0:19:58-0:46:47) Turkey and Berlin
Assassination in Turkey

Possibilities for escalation?

Russia/Turkey closer together?

Syria connection

Price of intervention

Berlin attack

Connections to immigration?

Leaving wallets?

Granting citizenship

How do you defend? Should you?

(0:48:47-1:19:38) This Week in Trump
Random download

Things Obama did

Trump lies

Everyday Twitter

Pardons for illegal orders?

Eventual impeachment?

Disarray and Chaos

Reality vs Perception

Private Security

Fundraising kids

(1:20:19-1:48:23) Lightning Round
Timer Master

Final Electoral College Vote

Direction for the Democrats

Federalism

Ivanka flying coach

Uber self-driving car issues

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
1h 49min
December 17, 20162016-12-17: You can do that?
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-17
Length this week - 2:25:37
(0:00:10-0:17:15) But First
Agenda

Everybody sick

The unknown friend

Bring parents/children to work days

Sick kids at school

Salt rooms

(0:18:00-1:03:59) Russia Russia Russia
Didn't we know this?

Intentional misdirection?

Was it decisive? Does it matter?

Clinton team blaming everything but themselves

Obama's response

Tillerson Nomination

Hacking vs Disinformation/Propaganda

Republican response

Retaliation?

Snowden Comparison

Trump denial/connection?]

(1:04:38-1:29:35) Electoral College
Hamilton Electors

How many will be faithless?

Who will they vote for?

Record number of faithless electors?

House scenarios

State binding laws

(1:30:44-1:53:57) Apple Stuff
New TV app

MacBook Pro battery

Ivan's iPad Pro

iPhone 6s batteries

Apple News

AllSides

(1:54:37-2:25:17) Lightning Round
North Carolina Governor drama

Some more Trump appointments

Facebook fake news effort

Sam and Brandy donations

Ivanka as First Lady

Trump can't divest?

China goading Trump?

Trump Tower visitors

Future of Obamacare

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 26min
December 10, 20162016-12-09: Hiding the Children
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-09
Length this week - 1:26:25
(0:03:30-0:15:33) But First
Agenda

Day of Smells

Monitor

(0:17:33-0:47:12) Trump Appointments
Who is really picking?

Generals? Regular Republicans? Crazies?

Against their own agencies

Executive power

Specific appointments

(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
Trump's plan to minimize conflict

Trump International

Who can do anything?

Trump supporter regrets?

(0:47:57-1:10:19) Trump Calls
How calls happen

Pakistan call

Taiwan call

Trump theatrics

(1:11:46-1:26:05) Pizza Gate Gunman
Crazy Stories

What is Pizzagate?

The gunman's "investigation"

Fake news again

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 27min
December 03, 20162016-12-01: Nice Snuffle
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-01
Length this week - 1:55:48
(0:00:10-0:21:20) But First
Agenda

MacBook Pros and huge iPads

Trackpads/mice/trackballs

Gestures

(0:22:29-0:47:37) Fake News
How it gets created and spreads

Engagement algorithms

Possible solutions?

(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
Trump's plan to minimize conflict

Trump International

Who can do anything?

Trump supporter regrets?

(1:06:59-1:28:42) Responding to Trump
How to respond to lies and crazy?

Outrage fatigue

Taking Trump's phone?

Presidential alerts

Congressional strategy

(1:29:20-1:55:28) Lightning Round
Congressional earmarks

Fidel Castro died

Standing Rock

Columbia plane crash

Electoral College update

Daylight Saving Time

Syria

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 56min
November 26, 20162016-11-25: Closing Every Door
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-11-25
Length this week - 2:15:34
(0:00:41-0:43:47) Not Trump
Duck

Sam's Thanksgiving

Ivan's Thanksgiving

Puerto Rico

Apple Stuff

Book: Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 2

Book: The Hobbit

Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

(0:45:47-1:31:23) Trump!
Water Bottle

Policy reversals

Staffing picks

Conflicts of Interest

25th amendment

Maintaining outrage

neo-Nazis

Trump as Berlusconi

Deals and getting things done

Trump and SCOTUS

Delegation

(1:31:52-2:15:35) Recounts and other craziness
New York Magazine Article

Jill Stein!

Why recount won't change anything

Why are people donating?

Clinton's position

Luke's GoFundMe

Working the Electoral College again?

Congress rejecting electors

Get rid of electoral college?

Voting your own interests?

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 16min
November 19, 20162016-11-17: Potentially Realistic
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-11-17
Length this week - 1:50:25
(0:04:10-0:40:45) Election Reactions
Still the election

No closure

Harassing incidents

Assholes exposed

Divisions with family and friends

The changing DJT

DJT for the white working class

American sexism

Change everything?

(0:42:01-1:12:09) The Transition
Obama's help?

Bannon

Slow start

Senate blocks?

Trump restructure

Pence influence

(1:14:08-1:50:05) More Trump
Electoral college shenanigans

Market reactions to Trump

Not moving to Washington?

Trump conflicts of interest

Paying for journalism

Feedback

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 51min
November 12, 20162016-11-11: Under the Thumb
Show Details:
Recorded 2016-11-11
Length this week - 2:24:32
(0:00:10-1:05:00) Polling Post Mortem
Surprise!

Darryl's Final Projections

Suspicious Polls

Where polls went wrong

Sources of poll uncertainty

Last minute Trump surge?

Actually very very close

National polls

Sam's post mortem

Problems with the odds

Turnout

(1:06:10-2:24:12) The Aftermath
Our reactions

Reactions from the right

Trump's appeal to the white working class

Clinton's weaknesses

Republican Obstruction strategy

Would Sanders have won?

Should Democrats obstruct?

The Republican agenda

Anti-Trump protests

Which Trump do we get?

Future of the parties

Bold Predictions

Calling Trump voters racist

Radicalization

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 25min

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How many episodes does Curmudgeon's Corner have?

The podcast currently has 971 episodes available.

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