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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do another lightning round show. They discuss the recovery of global travel, the gamble being taken on a pandemic second wave, some of the recent SCOTUS decisions, Trump’s health, a movie, and even real-time reactions to the beginning of the Berman situation as the news broke while they were recording.
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Recorded 2020-06-20 Length this week – 1:53:00
(0:00:22-0:35:45) Lightning 1
Ivan: Travel picking up again
Sam: Opening too fast?
(0:36:23-1:13:01) Lightning 2
Ivan: SCOTUS Decisions
Sam: Berman Situation
(1:14:17-1:52:40) Lightning 3:
Ivan: Ivan Movie: Lawnmower Man (1992)
Sam: Trump health
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss weddings and anniversaries. Oh, and of course also Turkey, Syria, the Ukraine Scandal, and the investigation of the oranges, yes oranges, of the Russia probe. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-10-25 Length this week – 2:00:39
(0:00:00-0:05:09) Cold Open
(0:05:34-0:17:22) Weddings and Anniversaries
(0:19:23-0:47:03) Turkey and Syria
(0:48:07-1:19:41) Ukraine Scandal
(1:21:13-2:00:19) Investigating the Investigators
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend the bulk of the show talking about Trump’s latest racist comments, and the reactions to them. But they also talk about the end of the SDNY campaign finance case, the whole FaceApp kerfluffle, and Sam read a book!
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Recorded 2019-07-19 Length this week – 1:54:30
(0:00:20-0:54:59) Sam: Racist Trump
(0:56:42-1:21:06) Ivan: Barr and SDNY
(1:21:47-1:27:37) Sam: Book – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
(1:28:57-1:54:01) Ivan: FaceApp Controversy
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam cover four topics: The 1965 movie Doctor Zhivago, the idea of sending migrants to sanctuary cities, the Mueller/Barr conflicts, and Venezuela. And at the start, Ivan sings! Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-05-03 Length this week – 1:16:51
(0:00:00-0:01:21) Jenny
(0:01:21-0:02:44) Agenda
(0:02:44-0:17:46) Ivan: Sam Movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
(0:17:46-0:29:55) Sam: Illegals to sanctuary cities
(0:29:55-0:56:03) Ivan: Mueller and Barr
(0:56:03-1:13:19) Sam: Venezuela
(1:13:19-1:16:51) Closing
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend almost the whole show on discussing Trump/Russia, the end of the Mueller investigation, the Barr summary of the Mueller report, and the potential political fallout of all of the above. Before that, a quick recap on everybody catching the flu. Which was fun.
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Recorded 2019-03-28 Length this week – 1:59:15
(0:00:20-0:11:45) But first
(0:13:45-0:41:07) What we know
(0:42:50-1:26:38) Barr summary
(1:27:23-1:58:53) Political fallout
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