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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan had something come up last minute, so Sam sticks out on his own once again. He covers movies, Natalie Harp, the ballroom, tariffs, Trump foreign policy, degraded military readiness, and more! Come slurp it all up!
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start their journey to get to episode 2001 so they can play the music from that movie. In the mean time, election results, polling errors, Trump's Turkey escape, Count Binface, Sam got sick again, and more! Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-15 Length this week 1:19:52 0:01:55 - But First Sam Health Kid Interference Movie: Cars 2 (2011) 0:25:00 - But Second Wisconsin Gov Polling Errors Trump/Musk AI 0:53:25 - But Third Turkey Escape Count Binface Random Stuff The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is The O
This week is the 1000th episode of the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast. Ivan and Sam celebrate with a special retrospective at the beginning of the show, and Sam’s son Alex made another special anniversary... thing... for the end of the show. In between a regular show with the news of the week, talk about AIs, movie reviews, and more! And with that, it is time to start the NEXT 1000 episodes! Woo!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam hit the millennia old topic of safety vs liberty, the Blanche for AG drama, a look back at the 1976 Rocky movie, some thoughts on billionaires, and much much more...
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam is alone again. Sniff. Well, aside from some cameos from Alex and Jetski. Actual topics include GPS navigation, how Trump’s communism rant is going over, Iran, and even some AI stuff. Oh, and of course some movies.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan mock Trump’s speech on election security. But also, the latest on Iran, the debate on permanent Savings Time, the explosive diarrhea outbreak, and the right way to use AI. But before all that, Juana joins in to a discussion on family dynamics mixing ADHD and Autism.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan is unexpectedly away, so Sam once again carries the show! After the usual TV and Movies bits, Sam talks about Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and Graham Planter, then a smorgasbord of other topical bits. Woo!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam chat about the triumphant Great American State Fair in DC (cough), SCOTUS, Mitch McConnell, the World Cup, a couple movies, and a ton of other random things. Fun fun fun!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan discuss how Ukraine may have turned a corner and actually be winning the war with Russia. Plus they analyze the progressive wins in this week’s Democratic primaries and the reaction of mainstream Dems. Oh yea, and movies and the Puerto Rican power grid. Enjoy!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the latest developments with the Iran situation. But first, the reflecting pool, Air Force One, UK politics, and some movies!
This week on CC, Sam and Ivan talk Kennedy Center and other Trump losses, the status of Iran talks, SpaceX and Musk, and all that sort of thing. Plus some books, movies, and even a little on how well things would have to go for Sam to not run out of money. Yay!
This week Ivan is back with Sam once again! So off they go talking about everything from beaches to computers to movies. And of course the news: Iran. Primaries in California and Maine. 2024 again. Trump. All the usual. Plus don’t miss EmbryoTurret!
Once again, Ivan leaves Sam to do Curmudgeon’s Corner alone. So of course he goes absolutely wild! Well, not really. A movie. A book. Some ranting on get rich quick schemes and the misuse of AI. Then some actual current events like primaries, Iran, and of course Trump!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan is back and joins Sam to talk about all sort of things, most of them unfortunately related to Trump in one way or another. Yes of course Iran and Castro and corruption are Trump related. But somehow he is probably responsible for beeps and bulbs and stolen mugs too!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan is out again, but this time he sends in a recorded message, so you don’t miss him entirely! In the meantime, Sam covers an award his mom got, a movie, a TV show, his adventures getting ready for a fundraiser, and once again laments the “weird” attack was killed back in 2024.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s corner, just Sam. Ivan is out. So Sam knocks out talking about a couple movies, then spends the rest of the show on the Gerrymandering wars that started with Texas and California, and have accelerated in recent weeks with Virginia and the gutting of the VRA.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam discuss the Oil Crisis and surrounding issues. That’s the big one. But also, fitness trackers, the WHCD incident, Comey’s 8647 indictment, SCOTUS and the VRA, a couple personal stories... and more!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan couldn’t make it, so instead Bruce joins Sam for discussions on the Iran situation and prediction trading markets. Plus a jet ski purchase, movies, updates on job hunts and RobinLetter, and more!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam talk about stuff. Like they always do. This time you’ve got Iran, Orban losing, the economy, Justin Fairfax, corruption, work friends, movies, and lots more. Just all over the place this week!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan say Hello. And Hola. And Aloha. Then they talk phones and movies and Kings. Both real Kings and wannabe Kings. And of course the latest in Iran, the downfall of Swalwell, and much much more. Woo!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about Trump’s cabinet culture, the war in Iran, and more corporate layoffs. With all that negativity, they have to balance things out with Artemus II and a couple of movies too. And that is it.
What do we have this week on Curmudgeon’s Corner? Ivan is back with Sam again. For the news part of the show they talk about the TSA, about the plane vs firetruck crash at LaGuardia, about Iran, and about Trump. But first, they talk about Ivan’s travels and Sam has a story about difficulties charging his car. Woo!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam goes solo, and completely eschews real news completely. Instead we have projectors and TVs, RobinLetter and health, and of course a couple of movies. Enjoy a lighter and shorter show than usual!
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam realize that besides the Iran War, which they spend the second segment on, there wasn’t a lot of news stuff going on to talk about. So they spend the rest of the show on everything from problems with backups, to staffing issues at xAI, to some election updates, to Pi Day, to found Doctor Who episodes, and much more!
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam talk about more movies than usual, then the latest primary election results, the continuing situation with Iran, bad economic numbers, and more! As usual, tons of fun and excitement! Woo!
