Curmudgeon's Corner

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam discuss spare tires, movies, Epstein, economic numbers, and the spiked 60 Minutes story on CECOT. Plus a few other things.

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Recorded 2025-12-23

Length this week 1:50:08

0:00:24 - But First

Scheduling

Spare Tires

Movie: Wish (2023)

Movie: Schindler’s List (1993)

0:41:38 - But Second

Epstein Redactions

Possibly Fake Epstein Letter

Acting Guilty

Q3 Economic Numbers

1:05:41 - But Third

60 Minutes CECOT Spike

Appeasing Trump

Streisand Effect

The Actual Report

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 Sam and Ivan hit the Wiles interview, Trump's prime time speech, the need for all of you to add stuff to our predictions Google Doc, if bills and coins are still useful, the Epstein redactions, the tendency of bystanders to crimes to do nothing, Trump as lame duck, and lots lots more. So listen!

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Recorded 2025-12-20

Length this week 2:00:42

0:00:21 - But First

Predictions Google Doc

Unlimited Vacation

Affordability Crisis

Movie: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Movie: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

0:48:12 - But Second

Kennedy Center

Epstein Redactions

Ignored Reports

Diddy Parallel

Bystanders Do Nothing

1:16:31 - But Third

Wiles Interview

Discharge Petitions

Trump Speech

Lame Duck

Bills and Coins

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 Ivan and Sam get into it again. Topics include the upcoming ACA pricing cliff, the US's concentration camps, the situation for LEGAL immigrants, the escalations in Venezuela, the failure of redistricting in Indiana, Ivan's son knowing Japanese, the affordability crisis in Florida, and that's only half of it! Listen for ALL of it!

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Recorded 2025-12-11

Length this week 2:06:32

0:02:40 - But First

Q's for Prediction Show

Manu Knows Japanese

Legal Immigrants

Movie: Oh God! (1977)

Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

0:46:27 - But Second

Indiana Redistricting

Trump Lame Duck

Florida Affordability

Miami Mayor

No ACA Deal

1:12:36 - But Third

Venezuela Escalations

State Department Font

Concentration Camps

Rule of Law

Femboy Conservatives

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's topics include Republicans in Congress considering leaving early, Ivan's experiences with COBOL, Godzilla, recession warnings flashing red, if we are in an AI bubble, and much much more. Worth every penny!

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Recorded 2025-12-06

Length this week 1:53:45

0:01:18 - But First

Ivan does COBOL!

Movie: Godzilla (1954)

Movie: Riverworld (2003)

0:40:47 - But Second

Cost of Living

AI Bubble?

Economic Timebomb

1:19:53 - But Third

Tennessee 7

Political Trends

R's Jumping Ship?

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 Ivan and Sam discuss the great American melting pot, the Nuzzi story, Hegseth's war crimes, Presidential accountability, journalistic ideas, history repeating itself, and of course lots more! Tune in and enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-11-29

Length this week 1:54:11

0:02:10 - But First

Make Money Fast

Poverty Level

AbulToDo

Movie: Blade (1998)

0:50:03 - But Second

Nuzzi Story

History Repeating

Melting Pot

Journalistic Ideals

1:24:26 - But Third

Video on Illegal Orders

Hegseth War Crimes

Presidential Accountability

Ethics Reforms

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.

Ivan is back! So he and Sam bounce all over the place to catch up. They've got the Comey case and the UPS crash. Trump's Ukraine peace proposal and a bit about Ivan's recovery. Plus Mandani and Trump. And lots more! Enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-11-22

Length this week 2:24:40

0:01:29 - But First

Ivan Recovery

TV: The Twilight Zone (1959-1963)

Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

0:34:40 - But Second

UPS Crash

Epstein Vote

1:15:00 - But Third

Comey Case

Ukraine Plan

1:46:57 - But Fourth

Mamdani and Trump

TG Resigns

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 time Sam is joined by Todd as Ivan continues to recuperate, and it is just a smorgasbord of topics. We've got inflation and tariffs. We've got Election 2025 and progressives vs moderates. We've got ACA subsidies and the Epstein emails. And much much more. So get in there and listen!

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Recorded 2025-11-15

Length this week 2:16:59

0:00:24 - One

Election 2025

Protest Effectiveness

Inflation

Republican Factions

0:46:34 - Two

ACA Subsidies

Breaking Institutions

Shutdown Politics

Progressives vs Moderates

1:29:15 - Three

Clinton Triangulation

Tariff Impacts

Epstein Emails

JukePodder

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.

Ivan is recovering from surgery, so Sam is joined by Ed and Bruce this week, and they pick the topics. We've got everything from tariffs at SCOTUS to advice for Sam to the situation in Venezuela, and lots of other stuff too. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-11-07

Length this week 1:58:01

0:00:33 - Segment One

Advice for Sam

Marjorie Taylor Greene

0:41:51 - Segment Two

Government Shutdown

Income Inequality

1:27:06 - Segment Three

Venezuela Situation

Tariffs at SCOTUS

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.

Sam got laid off! So for the first half of the show he and Ivan talk about that, what Sam plans to do next, and all the related stuff there is to say. Then of course they do talk about the news of the week. Because that is important too! :-)

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Recorded 2025-11-01

Length this week 2:04:49

0:01:06 - Sam Laid Off!

Long Expected News

Company Motivations

Generational Differences

Return to Office

What's Next?

Independent Projects

1:00:56 - Everything Else

Shutdown Update

Lincoln Bathroom

Zohran Mamdani

"Deciding to Win"

Better Approaches

Household Robots

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.

Sam and Ivan discuss the Maine Senate race as their big newsy topic this week. They also hit on the Virginia Giuffre book, Trump's attempt to pay himself, and of course the destruction of the White House East Wing on the news side of things. Plus a coworker retiring, some movies, and the CC online presence gets some upgrades!

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Recorded 2025-10-25

Length this week 2:08:59

0:03:35 - But First

Remembering Zoom

Coworker Reconnection

Retirement Choices

Movie: Tron: Ares (2025)

CC Website Enhancements

Movie: Hairspray (1988)

0:49:40 - But Second

Maine Senate Background

Graham Planter Appeal

Janet Mills Alternative

Democratic Attitudes

Nazi Tattoos

Tradeoffs

1:29:35 - But Third

Call for Hosts

Virginia Giuffre book

$230M for Trump

Crazy Scenarios

The East Wing

Open Flames

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.