Curmudgeon's Corner episodes:

• November 21, 20152015-11-20: Only by the light of his phone

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-0:12:56) But First

  Sam in the dark

  Insurance Driver Tracking

  Agenda

  Generators

  Food Going Bad

  Showers

  (0:13:40-0:36:44) Paris Attacks

  Seeing Lights

  Why does Paris resonate?

  Syrian non-Connection

  anti-Refugee reaction

  Reflection on Republicans

  Obama Reaction

  (0:37:22-1:06:26) More Paris Reactions

  Bombing ISIS

  Eliminating the Grey Zone

  Calling it Radical Islamic Terrorism

  Xenophobia + Islamophobia = Good Politics?

  Comparing Risks

  What next?

  If it happens here

  non-Encryption connection

  Parallels to Gun Debate

  Presidential Candidates on Paris/ISIS/Refugees

  ...more

  

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• November 14, 20152015-11-12: Eat the Chips

  Show Details:

  (0:00:00-0:21:13) But First

  Disclaimer: Recorded before Paris

  Introducing Amber

  Agenda

  Sam Foot Update

  Working from Home

  (0:21:55- 0:53:41) Driver's Licenses

  Teens Getting Licenses

  Ding Etiquette

  Stupid Written Tests

  Retesting Drivers?

  New Air Travel Rules

  Flying with no ID

  Reactions to Changes

  (0:54:42-1:19:10) Popular Coverage of Science

  What should science coverage be like?

  Communicating uncertainty

  Confirmation Bias

  Difficulties with Replication

  Publication Process Changes?

  False Balance

  Following Health Recommendations?

  Individual Differences

  Cost Benefit Tradeoffs

  (1:19:49-1:41:07) Lightning Round

  Why brands become generic

  Movie: Princess and the Frog

  Language Consolidation?

  Republican Debate

  Partisans moderating debates

  Starbucks Seasonal Cups

  ...more

  

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• November 06, 20152015-11-05: How was I to know?

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-0:12:02) But First

  Agenda

  On the road

  Team Building

  Locking keys in the car

  (0:13:20-0:45:21) Election 2016

  Debate Thoughts

  Carson Ahead!

  Bush Failure

  Trump on SNL

  Democratic Polls

  (0:46:23-1:05:37) Election 2015

  Local vs National Bifurcation

  How much trouble are the Dems in?

  Alternating Parties

  Kentucky Polling

  Interpreting Polls

  (1:06:54-1:20:29) Sinai Plane Crash

  GHWB Biography Tidbits

  The Plane Crash

  Was it a bomb?

  Change in tactics for ISIS?

  How will Russia respond?

  Airline Security Implications

  How long until we really know what happened?

  (1:21:34-1:43:26) Lightning Round

  Bitcoin surge

  Movie: Caravan of Courage

  Fred Thompson

  Mythbusters canceled

  YouTube Red

  Twitter stars and hearts

  ...more

  

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• October 29, 20152015-10-28: My Wonderful Foot

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-0:25:41) But First

  Agenda

  San Fransisco

  Sam broke his foot

  (0:26:20-0:48:45) Election 2016

  Future Sam on Republican Debate

  Ivan touches things

  Democratic Polls

  Clinton Benghazi Hearing

  Clinton turnaround

  Clinton vs the Republicans

  Trump losing... to Carson?

  The appeal of Trump and Carson

  Bush concentrating on Rubio

  The other Republicans

  (0:59:33-1:19:56) Congress

  Speaker Ryan

  Budget Deal

  CISA Passes Senate

  Politicians and Tech

  One more Carson thing

  (1:21:00-1:52:46) Tech Update

  Oracle OpenWorld

  What is Hadoop?

  Rise of the cloud

  Speed of Innovation

  Tech Company Earnings

  Apple

  Twitter

  Native Advertising

  Taking Companies Private or non-Profit

  Book: The Scarlet Plague

  ...more

  

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• October 25, 20152015-10-22: A Groundswell of Begging

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-0:09:08) But First

  Sounds Ivan makes

  Allergy Meds

  Making fun of Ivan falling asleep

  Forced Break

  Future Debates

  Agenda

  (0:10:09-0:21:49) The Democrats

  Biden Out

  Debate Results

  Clinton's Position

  Sad for Joe

  (0:22: 53-0:56:17) The Republicans

  Debate Demands

  Trump not going away

  Trump vs Bush

  Efforts to stop Trump

  Trump in the general?

  Thinning the crowd

  The Republican Split

  (0:56:56-1:11:18) Speaker of the House

  Future Sam Disclaimer

  Ryan's Conditions

  Ryan's Options

  Ryan the RINO

  Weakened Ryan?

  (1:12:07-1:32:28) Lightning Round

  Back to the Future Day

  iPad vs big iPhone

  Car bluetooth issue

  US hospital bombing

  Apple Music Subscriber Numbers

  Movie: Mud

  Book: The Son Also Rises

  ...more

  

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• October 16, 20152015-10-14: The Democratic Snoozefest (Literally)

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-1:01:17) Debate Segment I

  Intro by Sam and Ivan

  Candidate Self-Intros

  Biggest weaknesses

  Gun Control

  Ivan Falls Asleep

  Russia and Syria

  Use of Force

  Greatest Threats

  Ivan's Solution to Allergies

  (1:01:55-1:48:22) Debate Segment II

  Clinton Email Scandal

  Race Relations

  Middle Class and Wall Street

  College Costs and Social Security

  Immigration

  Patriot Act

  Ivan Falls Asleep Again

  Snowden

  Differences from Obama

  (1:49:10-2:05:31) Debate Segment III

  Insider vs Outsider

  Climate Change

  Family Leave

  Marijuana

  Ivan Falls Asleep a Third Time

  Working with Republicans

  (2:06:16-2:21:33) Debate Segment IV

  Enemies to be proud of

  Closing Statements

  Ivan Falls Asleep a Fourth Time

  Ivan and Sam wrap it up

  ...more

  

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• October 10, 20152015-10-09: Check us in 2025

  Show Details:

  (0:00:15-0:05:33) But First

  Ivan Travel

  Agenda

  (0:06:36-0:28:07) Syria and Russia

  Who is Russia Targeting?

  For Domestic Consumption?

  Good or bad for Russia?

  Accidental Escalation?

  US Reaction

  (0:28:45-0:48:19) Speaker of the House

  How the speaker election works

  McCarthy Out

  Paul Ryan?

  The other options

  (0:49:27-1:27:31) Election 2016

  Election Graphs Analysis: Rubio beats Clinton!

  Election Graphs Analysis: Others vs Clinton

  Continued Clinton Deterioration

  RCP vs Pollster

  Democratic Race

  Republican Race

  Carson/Bush Dumb Comments

  (1:28:46-1:53:23) Lightning Round

  Jade Helm

  Apocalypse?

  Self Driving Cars

  Predatory Drug Price Increase

  Happy Birthday Copyright

  Afghanistan Child Abuse

  Movie Serial: Radar Men from the Moon

  ...more

  

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• October 02, 20152015-10-01: Keep flipping the thing around

  Show Details:

  (0:00:15-0:18:03) But First

  Cleveland

  Agenda

  Ivan on Volkswagen

  (0:18:41-0:50:33) Election 2016

  Post Debate Republican Polls

  Thinning the Field

  Clinton Attitude

  Biden Getting In?

  Fundraising

  Clinton Email

  (0:51:37-1:10:48) Speaker of the House

  Resignation

  Republicans Divided

  Kevin McCarthy Different?

  Republican Agenda Hurt by Hardliners?

  Congressional Gridlock

  Government Shutdowns

  (1:11:49-1:22:27) Syria

  Russia jumping in

  US Approaches

  (1:23:43-1:44:21) Lightning Round

  TV Show: Breaking Bad

  Pope Visit

  iOS 9

  Ad Blockers

  iPhones one handed

  Movie: Return of the Jedi

  Raccoon Story

  ...more

  

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• September 25, 20152015-09-24: Outside the Lines

  Show Details:

  (0:00:10-0:10:38) But First

  No Ivan today, but we have Bruce

  This Week's Agenda

  In House pre-School

  School Scheduling Craziness

  (0:11:40-0:26:02) Volkswagen Cheating

  What they did

  Possible Fixes

  Impact on VW

  What were they thinking?

  (0:26:41-0:48:13) Syria

  Refugee Crisis

  Turkish Connection

  What do you do?

  Russian Involvement

  Coordination with Russia

  (0:49:35-1:30:27) Election 2016

  Rand Paul

  The Xenophobic Racist Party

  Primary and Caucus Rules

  Carson on Muslims

  Walker Drops Out

  Republican Polling since the Second Debate

  Democratic Polling

  Deadlines for Shadow Candidates

  Clinton Declines

  More on Clinton Email

  (1:31:07-1:51:34) Lightning Round

  Super Moon Eclipse

  Queen Elizabeth Milestone

  Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decisions

  TV Show: Best of Carson

  Pope Visit / Chinese President Visit

  The kid who made the clock

  ...more

  

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• September 25, 20152011-03-13: It Is Just Inane

  Sam and Ivan talk about:

  * DST

  * Japan

  * Libya

  * Wisconsin

  ...more

  

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