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Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Road Your Horse Is On

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Trump and his administration and what they are doing, duh… but they also talk about kids being exhausting in the summer, anti-vax idiots, and WWDC. Enjoy the show!

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Recorded 2019-06-14
Length this week – 2:16:13

  • (0:00:21-0:37:16) Round 1
    • Ivan: Summer exhaustion
    • Sam: Trump admin ignoring laws and ethics
  • (0:38:33-1:30:02) Round 2
    • Ivan: War with Iran?
    • Sam: Trump on taking foreign help
  • (1:31:45-) Round 3
    • Ivan: Anti-vax idiots
    • Sam: WWDC

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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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Puppies or Penguins or Something

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about talking about politics at parties, and how news junkies are different from normal people. But the main topics are the mess surrounding the possible North Korean summit, and the shameful policy of separating kids from their parents at the border.

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Recorded 2018-05-26
Length this week – 1:16:46

  • (0:00:15-0:21:30) Intro
    • Agenda
    • Politics at Parties
    • Mueller finding crimes?
    • Normals vs News Junkies
  • (0:24:07-0:52:32) North Korea
    • What happened?
    • Where are we now?
    • Impact on allies
    • Can the next president fix it?
  • (0:53:52-1:16:26) Immigration Kids
    • New separation policy
    • Cruelty for nothing
    • Immigration history
    • Genealogical hypocrisy
    • Shame shame shame

 

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.

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Failing to Predict the Past

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s big topics are the gun control debate and the apparent Trump campaign implosion. Other topics are kid’s summer activities, Brexit (recorded before the vote), and the process of choosing Presidential Electors. For a change of pace, Sam wraps it up with interviews of several delegates to the 2016 Washington State Democratic Convention.

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Recorded 2016-06-23

Length this week – 2:42:20

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  • (0:00:10-0:11:03) Kids in Summer
  • (0:11:04-0:19:55) Brexit
  • (0:20:34-0:38:03) Gun Control
  • (0:39:06-1:19:52) Trump Implosion
  • (1:21:12-1:34:45) Picking Electors
  • (1:35:34-1:41:17) Amy on WADemCon
  • (1:41:56-1:51:24) Nicholas on WADemCon
  • (1:52:28-2:00:11) Judith on WADemCon
  • (2:00:57-2:23:57) Chase on WADemCon
  • (2:25:07-2:37:43) Amy on WADemCon again
  • (2:38:57-2:42:01) Wrap Up

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Until we are Tired

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Podcast instead of a handful of big topics, Ivan and Sam once again go full show Lightning Round! We talk Election 2016, Sandra Bland, Cecil the Lion, MH370, Movies, Books, Windows 10, Gun Control… and lots more… 26 separate topics this week by our count! One for every letter of the alphabet! So start singing your ABC’s and listen!

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Recorded 2015-07-23

Length this week – 1:37:02

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  • Intro
    • Yard Camping
    • Kids and Tech
  • Lightning Round I
    • Sanders, O’Malley and Black Lives Matter
    • More Trump!
    • Thinning the Republican Field
  • Lightning Round II
    • Sandra Bland
    • Police Escalations
    • Cecil the Lion
    • Internet Mobs
    • Clinton Emails again
    • Huckabee on Ovens
  • Lightning Round III
    • Piece of MH370 found?
    • Movie: Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins
    • Kids and Cars
    • Curmudgeon’s Corner Eight Years Old!
    • Onstar Hacking
    • Tech Earnings
    • Windows 10
    • Book: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume I
  • Lightning Round IV
    • Cuba Embassy Opens
    • We’re on Stitcher!
    • Louisiana Shooting and Gun Control
    • Jonathan Pollard Parole
    • Turkish Air Strikes
    • Syria
    • Upcoming Republican Debate

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Massive Corruption is Always Fun

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:
* Sick Kid
* FIFA Scandal
* Election 2016
* Patriot Act Extension
* Lightning Round

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Recorded 2015-05-28

Length this week – 1:27:42

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: It would be perfect if I hadn’t gotten caught!

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:
* Kids / Bikes
* No Strategy / ISIS / 2nd terms
* Romney 2016 / Election 2016
* Nude Picture Leak
* Oculus / 3D

Recorded on 4 Sep 2014

Length this week – 1:31:13

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: These Look Disgusting

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Obamacare Rulings / Mayflies / Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers / Sapphire Glass / Social Privacy / Secret / Kids in Parks / Gaza Analogy / Tech Support / Help for Billionaires
  • MH17 Shootdown
  • Israel / Gaza

Recorded on 24 Jul 2014

Length this week – 1:43:37

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Your Kid’s Foot

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Kid Things / Backups / Computer Issues
  • NSA This Week
  • Apple’s new iPhones
  • Developments on Syria

Recorded on 11 Sep 2013

Length this week – 1:30:30

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Kids, They Want to have Fun

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Amy talk about:

  • NSA Correction / Little Kids and Tech
  • Bigger Kids and Tech
  • Evolution of Language
  • Anti-Gay Russian Olympic Rules / Rave Culture

Recorded on 16 Aug 2013

Length this week – 1:32:33

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Samulstan Times

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Our Kids / This Week’s NSA Stuff
  • Bezos buys the Post / 2016 Republicans
  • Terror Alert / Moto X

Recorded on 6 Aug 2013

Length this week – 1:14:00

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