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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s corner the main topic, as it so often has been over the last year and a half, is the pandemic. Current trends, how to encourage more vaccination, all that sort of thing. But there are a lot of smaller topics too. Everything from nick names to infrastructure week (again) to how some MAGA folks think they will get Trump back well before Election 2024 to various other things in between. Have fun!
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Recorded 2021-07-23
Length this week – 1:53:58
(0:00:01-0:01:46) Cold Open
(0:02:09-0:36:08) But First
Names
Agenda
Rich people
Campaign signs
(0:37:55-1:08:57) Pandemic
Worldwide stats
The unvaccinated
Vaccine mandates
Combating hesitancy
US numbers
(1:09:42-1:53:36) Lighting
Ivan: Cuba
Sam: Barrack indictment
Ivan: Infrastructure week
Sam: Reinstating Trump?
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the surge of Trump stories this week from the various new books coming out, and the Guardian reporting on leaked Kremlin documents. Then they discuss billionaires in space. Which of them are doing what and why? But before that, Ivan is involved in a rescue, and Sam talks about a book.
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Recorded 2021-07-16
Length this week – 1:52:11
(0:00:01-0:03:45) Cold Open
(0:04:10-0:38:56) But First
Flashing beeping agenda
Manu for Inclusion 5k
Ivan finds a cop
Sam Book with Alex: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
(0:39:42-1:12:05) Trump Stuff
Kremlin docs
Anti-coup precautions
Reaction to 6-Jan
Attention
(1:13:26-1:51:50) Space billionaires
Flight costs
Comparisons
What’s the plan?
What’s really new?
Risks
End stuff
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
On This week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the pandemic, a brief dip into Afghanistan and Haiti, and a check in on a few politics issues. But first, they have a wide ranging segment on everything from how Facebook moderates groups, to electric car charging infrastructure, to Disney eliminating covid restrictions, to Twitter avatars, to EPIRBs. And more!
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Recorded 2021-07-09
Length this week – 2:13:24
(0:00:01-0:03:02) Cold Open
(0:03:26-0:39:23) But First
217 is not interesting
Agenda
Sam’s new avatar
Ivan does TikTok
Facebook group moderation
Disney COVID precautions
Electric car charging
Almost running out of gas
EPIRBs
(0:40:01-1:07:08) Pandemic
Current numbers
Vaccinations work
Booster shots and variants
Worldwide trends
(1:10:28-1:34:26) International
Afghanistan
Haiti
(1:35:16-2:13:03) Politics
Trump lawsuit
Trump indictments
NYC ranked choice voting
Stuff at the end
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan once again cover a huge variety of topics. Of course they cover the Trump Org indictment, Bill Cosby, and more about the building collapse in Florida. But they also talk about corporate documentation culture, the west coast heat wave, a delivery snafu, and even present Sam’s son Alex with a present. Come for the plethora of topics, stay for the miasma!
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Recorded 2021-07-03 Length this week – 2:29:45
(0:00:01-0:01:43) Cold Open
(0:02:06-0:38:07) But First
Agenda
Alex present
Corporate documentation
(0:38:53-1:35:31) Lightning 1
Trump Org indictment
Building collapse update
(1:37:15-2:28:19) Lightning 2
Delivery snafu
Bill Cosby
Heat dome
Stuff at the end
(2:28:38-2:29:43) End Note
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Champlain Towers collapse, developments with the voting rights bills in congress, the potential infrastructure deal, some SCOTUS stuff, and even freeing Britney. Before all that, they also talk about a mouse, and Van Gogh exhibits. Once again a full, jam packed show!
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Recorded 2021-06-25 Length this week – 2:03:23
(0:01:07-0:23:45) But First
Agenda
The mouse
Van Gogh Exhibits
(0:24:52-0:50:49) Champlain Towers
(0:51:07-1:24:57) Legislative Process
Voting rights bills
Infrastructure week
(1:25:58-2:03:02) Legal Stuff
SCOTUS
Free Britney
The stuff at the end
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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This week Sam and Ivan go into lightning round mode, with eight smaller topics rather than just two or three big ones. Everything from Biden’s international meetings, to SCOTUS, to Ivan’s broken phone, to Sam witnessing an egg theft. And lots of other stuff in between. What kind of stuff? You’ll need to tune in and find out! Uh, or look at the full breakdown in the show details. Anyway, enjoy the show!
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Recorded 2021-06-19 Length this week – 1:48:44
(0:00:51-0:24:08) But First
(Ivan) Cracked Phone
(Sam) Robin’s Egg
(0:24:46-0:55:06) One
(Ivan) Bibi Gone
(Sam) History as Religion
(0:55:52-1:48:22) Two
(Ivan) Tokyo Olympics
(Sam) G7 and Putin
(Ivan) SCOTUS
(Sam) Billionaire Taxes
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, Ed joins Sam for some discussion of the whole thing with the Trump DoJ getting subpoenas of phone activity for some House Democrats and journalists, as well as the reactions to those revelations. Ed also provides some of his medical insight on the pandemic, as well as that new drug that was recently approved for Alzheimer’s. Before that though, they talk a bit about movies and TV. Because of course they did.
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Recorded 2021-06-12 Length this week – 1:41:02
(0:00:22-0:19:19) But First
(0:19:57-0:56:05) Trump DoJ
(0:57:06-1:40:30) Pandemic
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 and Ivan let the “but first” part of the show take over. They discuss some corrections and feedback, a marathon charity livestream Ivan was watching, morning routines, medications, surprising computer problems, and image hoarding. And then to round it out they do get to some Trump stuff, some thoughts on Election 2022, and of course the pandemic. So come on in!
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Recorded 2021-06-05 Length this week – 2:11:23
(0:00:23-0:57:01) But First
(0:57:38-1:37:40) Politics
(1:38:26-2:11:02) Pandemic
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 talk about the continuing negotiations on an infrastructure spending plan, the Ryanair incident with Belarus, and of course the pandemic. But first a little about Sam being tired, and Ivan having an expensive parking experience. So lots of fun. Take a listen!
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Recorded 2021-05-29 Length this week – 1:52:48
(0:00:23-0:24:23) But First
(0:25:01-0:43:09) Infrastructure week
(0:43:51-1:28:31) Pandemic
(1:29:34-1:52:27) Ryanair incident
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 and Ivan talk about the pandemic, the back and forth surrounding having a January 6th commission, the Israel/Palestine situation, and the crypto crash. Somewhere along the way they talk about masks and a couple of movies too. Enjoy the show!
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Recorded 2021-05-22 Length this week – 2:39:01
(0:01:49-0:30:41) But First
(0:31:19-1:01:29) Ivan: Pandemic
(1:03:13-1:24:33) Sam: 1/6 commission stuff
(1:25:28-2:01:59) Ivan: Israel/Palestine
(2:02:56-2:37:04) Sam: Crypto Crash
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.
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