On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do a Republican National Convention mega show, talking about each night of the convention in detail. But a lot of other things happened this week, so before even starting on the convention they cover Nice and Munich and Syria and Baton Rouge and Miami and Turkey and Roger Ailes and the VP announcements and more. It was a very very busy news week. To top it off, Sam also interviews an actual attendee at the convention. It is a big show. Over three and a half hours this time. Our longest ever. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2016-07-23
Length this week – 3:40:00
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Show Details:
- (0:00:10-0:06:55) Introduction
- Big News Week
- Election Graphs vs Curmudgeon’s Corner
- (0:07:58-0:32:56) Everything Else Part 1
- Nice Attack
- Munich Attack
- Alex Interlude
- US Drone Strike in Syria
- Baton Rogue Police Killing
- North Miami Shooting
- (0:33:09-0:52:39) Everything Else Part 2
- Ivan’s Staplers
- Attempted Coup in Turkey
- Roger Ailes
- (0:53:24-1:22:06) Everything Else Part 3
- Mike Pence VP Rollout
- Republican Rules Committee
- Trump and Russia
- Leaked DNC docs
- Tim Kaine VP Announcement
- (1:22:44-1:41:22) Republican National Convention Day 1
- Expectations
- Rules Vote
- Minor Speakers
- Melania Speech
- (1:42:25-1:57:07) Republican National Convention Day 2
- Official Roll Call Vote
- Giuliani Speech
- Christie Mock Trial
- Duck Song
- Don Jr Speech
- (1:57:55-2:21:15) Republican National Convention Day 3
- Cruz Speech
- Pence Speech
- Trump NYT Interview
- (2:21:54-2:56:01) Republican National Convention Day 4
- Ivanka Speech
- Trump Speech
- Trump vs Clinton
- (2:57:09-3:35:50) Interview with Marcus the RNC Alternate
- Self-Introduction
- Political Origins
- Primary Support
- Unification
- Electability
- Demographics
- NeverTrump efforts
- Convention Experience
- Protests
- Final thoughts
- (3:37:10-3:39:40) Wrap up
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