On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan calls out to celebrate his birthday, so Sam is joined by guest host Bruce, who picks this week's topics. After the usual frothy stuff at the start of the show, we get an update on what happened with Oceangate, a discussion of the implications of Deepseek, and Bruce's libertarian take on the first 11 days of the Trump presidency.

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Recorded 2025-02-01

Length this week 1:55:09

0:01:45 - But First

Bruce's 2024 Predictions

CC's TikTok Clips

Sam's Media Reviews

0:23:05 - Tech Stuff

Oceangate

Deepseek

0:58:18 - Trump Stuff

Spending Freeze

Israel/Gaza

Killing DEI

J6 Pardons

Panama and Greenland

Immigration

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan can't avoid it any more, and start talking about the new Trump presidency. They talk specifically about the January 6th pardons and the actions against DEI programs, but more generally they talk about how to Trump everything is about commanding attention. Plus a few other random things to round things out.

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Recorded 2025-01-25

Length this week 2:23:54

0:01:10 - But First

Paper Mail

Voice Mail

Replacement Chair

Patreon Updates

0:40:28 - Ivan Things

Perception Vs Reality

Actions Vs Rhetoric

Attention and Money

Scorched Earth

1:28:42 - Sam Things

Jan 6 Pardons

DEI Shutdown

DEI Benefits

Using AOC

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan seemingly do everything they can to avoid talking about the end of the Biden presidency and the impending start of Trump's. So the topics are Starship exploding, attending inaugural balls (not Trump's though!), email classification and spam filtering, and the TikTok ban. And extra bonus strange noises at the end.

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Recorded 2025-01-18

Length this week 1:59:35

0:00:00 - Cold Open

0:04:55 - But First

Exploding Starship

Inaugural Balls

0:40:39 - Email Stuff

iOS Mail Classification

Spam Filtering

Printing Email

1:11:25 - TikTok Stuff

Ban Upheld

Reasons for Ban

Trump the Savior

Refugees on Rednote

Resolution Options

1:53:36 - Chewbacca Noises

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam return to the normal format. No predictions, just yammering about stuff. On the serious side we have Zuck's changes at Meta, the fires in LA, and, of course, Trump. On the lighter side we have discussions of taking time off, returning to the office, and the importance on not pinching pennies on your chair. So there ya go!

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Recorded 2025-01-11

Length this week 2:04:12

0:01:30 - But First

Lengthy Time Off

Returning to Office

0:39:58 - Ivan Stuff

Office Chairs

Zuck Changes

1:18:44 - Sam Stuff

LA Fires

Trump

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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A year and a week ago, Sam and Ivan made their prognostications for 2024 on the annual Curmudgeon's Corner predictions show. There was a new one for 2025 just last week. But it is now time to see how they did on their 2024 predictions. Was their crystal ball clear and crisp? Or foggy and dull? Listen in to find out!

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Recorded 2025-01-04

Length this week 2:28:22

0:01:02 - Politics

0:49:30 - International

1:11:41 - Economy

1:26:01 - Technology

1:57:37 - Hodgepodge

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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It's time for the traditional annual Curmudgeon's Corner predictions extravaganza! Sam and Ivan weigh in on what they think will happen in 2025 in a variety of different categories. Will they be right? Will they be wrong? What do you think? Listen now, then come back in a year and a week to find out how they did!

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Recorded 2024-12-27

Length this week 2:33:18

0:00:27 - Politics

0:54:51 - International

1:26:09 - Economy

1:41:10 - Technology

2:11:50 - Hodgepodge

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link)

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan are joined by Monica, an actual Presidential Elector for Harris this year, who talks about that experience. In between the usual curmudgeonly tangents of course. Then she sticks around and all three of them discuss everything from the government shutdown brinkmanship, to the wonders of food delivery. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2024-12-21

Length this week 1:55:34

0:00:22 - Monica

Being an Elector

Selecting Electors

Election Retrospective

Elector Speech

Horse Trading

0:56:39 - Ivan

Shutdown Brinkmanship

The Next Crisis

Mocking vs Fear

Monetary Motivations

Culinary Repertoire

1:34:52 - Sam

AOC Rejected

Not Passing the Torch

Media Savvy

Last Word

Prediction Requests

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam start out with some personal stress points and some random tech discussion before settling down to a bit more shaking out from the CEO killing and the issues surrounding that. Very little about New Jersey drones and Syria. Sorry!

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Recorded 2024-12-14

Length this week 1:08:08

0:00:37 - But First

Ivan's Stressors

Apple's Center Stage

Laptop vs Desktop

0:27:20 - But Second

CEO Killer Caught

Dealing with Insurance

Perverse Incentives

Violent non-Solutions

Information Silos

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan give some personal updates, then they jump into the news of the week. The CEO assassination. Trump cabinet shenanigans. Hunter Biden's pardon. The prospect of preemptive pardons. Plus more! More! MORE!

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Recorded 2024-12-07

Length this week 1:40:00

0:02:55 - But First

Juana's Injury

Ivan's Election

Sam's Microphone

0:20:55 - But Second

UHC CEO Assassination

Violent Upswing?

Political Withdrawal

0:46:49 - But Third

Hegseth and Others

Vacation Trump

Hunter Biden Pardon

Preemptive Pardons

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan has an excused absence, so Sam goes solo. We've got a riff on a bad experience trying to replace some faulty equipment, discussion of holiday gift giving patterns, and then a hodgepodge of semi-topical things to round things out. Woo Woo!

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Recorded 2024-11-30

Length this week 1:50:17

0:00:31 - Part One

No Ivan This Week

Microphone Issue

Used Products as New

No Returns for Sam

Holiday Gift Patterns

0:43:07 - Part Two

Election Conspiracy Theories

Blue Sky and Other Social Media

Trump Legal Cases Wind Down

Trump Policies and Cabinet

Harris Campaign Interview

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.