Curmudgeon's Corner

By Samuel Minter / Ivan Bou

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November 27, 20152015-11-26: Bailing Out!
Show Details:
(0:00:10-0:15:23) But First
Agenda

Sam's Electricity

Ivan and Disney

Ivan broken phone

Ivan car shopping

(0:16:26-0:31:44) International
Turkey shoots down Russian plane

Escalation?

Syria Summit

New Threats and Attacks

(0:32:23-1:08:59) Election 2016
Polls

Alex Interlude

Carson Implosion

Trump not Imploding

Can Trump win the Nomination?

Can Trump win the Presidency?

Trump Independant Run?

Frontrunners 4, 8 and 12 years ago

Betting Odds on the Candidates

(1:09:44-1:34:34) Lightning Round
Movie: Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Movie: Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)

Movie: Minority Report (2002)

Adelle Song

TPP

Airline Safety

Racial Tensions

Argentina President

Baby Hitler

Movie: Being John Malkovich (1999)

Likes vs Downloads

Curmudgeon's Corner Facebook Demographics
...more
1h 35min
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
1h 7min
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
1h 42min
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
1h 44min
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
1h 54min
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
1h 33min
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
2h 22min
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
1h 54min
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
1h 45min
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
1h 52min

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