Curmudgeon's Corner

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk movies, tariffs, and Elon. This time not just one movie, but a whole bunch of movies. And on tariffs, yes, it has been covered before. But there was new stuff this week. TACO! And Elon, what is there to say about Elon. The ineffectiveness of DOGE? The rumored throuple? Yes. All of that. And MORE!

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Recorded 2025-05-31

Length this week 1:49:19

0:01:04 - Movies

Shakycams

Movies: Bourne Franchise (2002-2016)

Movies: Mission: Impossible Franchise (1996-2025)

Movie: Crocodile Dundee (1986)

0:31:02 - Tariffs

Lawsuits

TACO

Motivations

Coming Next

1:01:23 - Elon

DOGE

Throuple

Businesses

Drugs

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam discuss have a big mix of topics. They discuss networks, microphones, movies, Biden, and recent developments in AI. All the stuff. So not all politics this time, and they left a lot of that kind of thing on the table this time. There is enough of that all the rest of the time. So a change is nice. And you still get some Biden, so there ya go.

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Recorded 2025-05-24

Length this week 2:00:49

0:02:03 - But First

CC TikTok

Networks and Microphones

Movie: Alice through the Looking Glass (2016)

Movie: The Fan (1996)

0:36:37 - Biden

The Tapper Book

Revisiting 2024

Taking the Bait

Joe's Cancer

1:13:55 - AI Developments

Google Veo 3

Creative Implications

Rouge AI Risks

Relying on AI

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 are joined by Todd for an extensive conversation of the impact of Trump's tariff policies through the lens of his experience in the solar power industry. Then he sticks around for a more general conversation on reactions to Trump, and strategies for dealing with him. Plus the usual tangential side treks.

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Recorded 2025-05-17

Length this week 1:53:18

0:00:01 - Cold Open

0:04:36 - Tariff Stuff

Impacts on Solar

Shipping Issues

Uncertainty

Onshoring

Governance vs PR

1:06:16 - Other Stuff

Worst Case Scenarios

OODA Loops

New and Low Info Voters

Dem Strategy

Sam's Mom

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)

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about stuff. And more stuff, then some other stuff. You know, the usual. Fine, you actually want to know some of the stuff? Thermostats. iPads. The Karate Kid. India/Pakistan. Tariffs. Supply chains. Arresting Newark's Mayor. That good enough for you?

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Recorded 2025-05-10

Length this week 1:47:30

0:01:13 - But First

Thermostats

iPad Air

Movie: The Karate Kid (1984)

0:45:47 - India/Pakistan

New Events

Long History

Escalations?

1:07:21 - More Stuff

Non-Topics

Supply Crunch

Newark Mayor

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 review the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. And that is enough of that for politics. So they also discuss social media for the first time in awhile, especially the rise of BlueSky over the last few months. Plus some on excessive employer expectations, and a movie review. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-05-03

Length this week 2:06:59

0:01:13 - But First

Employer Expectations

Movie: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Franchise Reboots

0:41:45 - 100 Days of Trump

Sam Health Update

Trump by the Numbers

New Air Force One

1:17:07 - Social Media

Hamlet's Soliloquy

BlueSky Revisited

Other Options

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, Sam needed to do the show a few days early because he is having some light outpatient surgery and didn't want to record the show with bandages on, and Ivan obliged. After chatting about that you get some of the usual Trump stuff, the Pope died, some movie discussions, and maybe there are aliens? All the sort of stuff you expect. So there it is. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2025-04-22

Length this week 1:33:04

0:01:04 - Part One

Sam Having Surgery

Trump Economy Again

SCOTUS Speed

0:41:30 - But Second

Movie: Adipurush (2023)

Dubbing vs Captions

Hegseth Out?

1:06:00 - But Third

Pope Francis Died

Next Pope?

Signs of Alien Life?

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 hit the obvious Trump related economic and legal stuff. Plus movies, actors, and funerals. And a quick run through of other smaller things too. Yes, the Trump stuff dominates. How can it not? But they squeeze in some other stuff too. And you should too. There ya go.

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Recorded 2025-04-18

Length this week 2:05:44

0:03:08 - But First

Funerals

Liam Neeson

Movie: Chinatown (1974)

Movie: Margin Call (2011)

0:36:49 - Economic Stuff

Sell Off Continues

Possible Responses

Billionaire Desires

Blue Origin Flight

1:24:48 - Legal Stuff

Defying SCOTUS

Turning on Trump?

Democratic Stance

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam goes mostly solo, but Ivan does send in his thoughts on the latest tariff developments. Because of course he couldn't miss that part. Aside from the economy entering a self-inflicted death spiral, other topics include SCOTUS on Kilmar Garcia, Psych the Movie, and the perils of blindly following GPS instructions.

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Recorded 2025-04-12

Length this week 1:56:36

0:01:50 - But First

No Ivan

Busy Sam

Movie: Psych: The Movie (2017)

0:29:52 - But Second

Ivan on Tariffs

Trump Backing Off

Trump Inconsistency

Tariff Complexity

1:09:44 - But Third

SCOTUS on Kilmar Garcia

Wiggle Room for Trump

Due Process

Following GPS

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.

So, on this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan only briefly manage to talk about other things before being consumed by Trump's tariffs. From the initial announcement to the impact on the markets to the more general economic impacts to what might happen next and the political impact. All the fun stuff.

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Recorded 2025-04-05

Length this week 2:00:37

0:01:10 - Part One

Folk Remedies

Cutting Through

Liberation Day

The Formula

Objectives

Nervous Republicans

0:56:07 - Part Two

Stock Market

Tax Increases

Corruption

Business Impact

Worst Case?

Shadow Cabinet?

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 is with his family for Spring Break, so Sam fed a recent transcript of the show into ChatGPT and created IvanGPT, who cohosts this week's show instead. They talk about the obligatory Yemen Signal group thing, and the dichotomy between Activists and Politicians, but also the dangers of AI fakes, and lots more. You'd never know the cohost was an AI. Cough.

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Recorded 2025-03-28

Length this week 1:16:20

0:03:47 - But First

Introducing IvanGPT

Movie: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Laptop Screen Repair

0:20:15 - But Second

AI Audio Fakes

Fooling People

Possible Safeguards

Critical Thinking

0:38:11 - But Third

Yemen Signal Group

Chaos Exhaustion

Activists vs Politicians

IvanGPT Evaluation

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.