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Curmudgeon"s Corner

Samuel Minter / Ivan Bou

A weekly current events podcast where the hosts discuss whatever is hot in the news each week.

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2025-07-05: Story Time

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2025/07/06

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan deviate from the usual, and actually spend the majority of the show on personal stories. First up, Ivan explains why he was unable to make it to Seattle for a meetup after all. Second up, Sam explains his adventures with car trouble and car repair. They do hit a bit of the OBBB and some random things at the end as almost an afterthought. :-) Show Details: Recorded 2025-06-28 Length this week 2:04:30

124:30

2025-06-28: Prisoners of the Moment

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2025/06/30

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam discuss Iran again, negative economic signs, the New York Mayor's race and the implications thereof, and a bit about SCOTUS. Also Ivan wants to know if you would take a gamble and just sleep for the next 3-4 years to skip forward, and of course some movies. Show Details: Recorded 2025-06-28 Length this week 2:04:30 0:00:00 - Future Sam 0:03:33 - But

118:16

2025-06-21: Don't Stoop

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2025/06/23

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan recorded BEFORE Trump bombed Iran, but they give you their thoughts as of right before that. Plus a bunch of movie talk, discussion on the No Kings protests, concern about the legislative murders in Minnesota, and more! Show Details: Recorded 2025-06-21 Length this week 1:58:16 0:00:00 - Future Sam Iran Developments Meetup Plans 0:05:30 - But

117:19

2025-06-14: Pop Open

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2025/06/15

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ed substitutes for Ivan and talks to Sam about the benefits of the No Kings events and other events like them, as well as the Israel/Iran conflict. Plus some movie talk. And if that wasn't enough, some conversation about disposing of dead bodies. So be sure to stay for that part at the end! Show Details: Recorded 2025-06-14 Length this week 1:57:19 0:01:36 - One TikTok

110:56

2025-06-07: Hamsterball Parachute

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2025/06/08

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan get into Elon vs Donald and the various implications of that breakdown. But they also discuss the big beautiful bill, how Democrats are responding to everything, travel drama, bad commutes, and some other stuff too. Oh, and they do badly at a news quiz. Fun! Show Details: Recorded 2025-06-07 Length this week 1:50:56 0:00:00 - Cold Open 0:04:01 - But First Travel

109:19

2025-05-31: Ritual Humiliation

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2025/06/02

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk movies, tariffs, and Elon. This time not just one movie, but a whole bunch of movies. And on tariffs, yes, it has been covered before. But there was new stuff this week. TACO! And Elon, what is there to say about Elon. The ineffectiveness of DOGE? The rumored throuple? Yes. All of that. And MORE! Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-31 Length this week 1:49:19 0:01:04 -

120:49

2025-05-24: The Whole Thing

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2025/05/24

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam discuss have a big mix of topics. They discuss networks, microphones, movies, Biden, and recent developments in AI. All the stuff. So not all politics this time, and they left a lot of that kind of thing on the table this time. There is enough of that all the rest of the time. So a change is nice. And you still get some Biden, so there ya go. Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-24 Length this week 2:00:49

113:18

2025-05-17: Train of Thought

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2025/05/19

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan are joined by Todd for an extensive conversation of the impact of Trump's tariff policies through the lens of his experience in the solar power industry. Then he sticks around for a more general conversation on reactions to Trump, and strategies for dealing with him. Plus the usual tangential side treks. Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-17 Length this week 1:53:18 0:00:01

107:30

2025-05-10: Blah Blah Blah

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2025/05/11

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about stuff. And more stuff, then some other stuff. You know, the usual. Fine, you actually want to know some of the stuff? Thermostats. iPads. The Karate Kid. India/Pakistan. Tariffs. Supply chains. Arresting Newark's Mayor. That good enough for you? Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-10 Length this week 1:47:30 0:01:13 - But First Thermostats iPad

126:59

2025-05-03: Big Frozen Face

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2025/05/04

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan review the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. And that is enough of that for politics. So they also discuss social media for the first time in awhile, especially the rise of BlueSky over the last few months. Plus some on excessive employer expectations, and a movie review. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2025-05-03 Length this week 2:06:59 0:01:13 - But

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2025-04-22: Liberties Taken

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2025/04/23

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam needed to do the show a few days early because he is having some light outpatient surgery and didn't want to record the show with bandages on, and Ivan obliged. After chatting about that you get some of the usual Trump stuff, the Pope died, some movie discussions, and maybe there are aliens? All the sort of stuff you expect. So there it is. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-22 Length this week 1:33:04

125:44

2025-04-18: Gold Edition

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2025/04/19

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan hit the obvious Trump related economic and legal stuff. Plus movies, actors, and funerals. And a quick run through of other smaller things too. Yes, the Trump stuff dominates. How can it not? But they squeeze in some other stuff too. And you should too. There ya go. Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-18 Length this week 2:05:44 0:03:08 - But First Funerals Liam

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2025-04-12: Not Just Ditching

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2025/04/14

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam goes mostly solo, but Ivan does send in his thoughts on the latest tariff developments. Because of course he couldn't miss that part. Aside from the economy entering a self-inflicted death spiral, other topics include SCOTUS on Kilmar Garcia, Psych the Movie, and the perils of blindly following GPS instructions. Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-12 Length this week 1:56:36 0:01:50 -

120:37

2025-04-05: Off The Charts

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2025/04/06

So, on this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan only briefly manage to talk about other things before being consumed by Trump's tariffs. From the initial announcement to the impact on the markets to the more general economic impacts to what might happen next and the political impact. All the fun stuff. Show Details: Recorded 2025-04-05 Length this week 2:00:37 0:01:10 - Part One Folk Remedies Cutting

76:20

2025-03-29: Skydiving Camels

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2025/03/30

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan is with his family for Spring Break, so Sam fed a recent transcript of the show into ChatGPT and created IvanGPT, who cohosts this week's show instead. They talk about the obligatory Yemen Signal group thing, and the dichotomy between Activists and Politicians, but also the dangers of AI fakes, and lots more. You'd never know the cohost was an AI. Cough. Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-28 Length this week

114:31

2025-03-22: A Little Bit Too Expired

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2025/03/23

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan is traveling, so Sam is joined by his wife Washington State Representative Brandy Donaghy, who gives some insights to the goings on in the State Legislature, including the current state budget issues. Plus her take on the national situation. Before that though, a review of a documentary on an old family friend. Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-22 Length this week 1:54:31 0:01:05

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2025-03-15: One Square Meter

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2025/03/16

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the latest Government Shutdown and related drama, and how some Democrats are rising to the moment, and others are just... not. They also discuss all the recent stock market turmoil and implications for the larger economy. Plus also how immigrants see the US, low information voters, Tesla, Musk, travel bans... and Stargate SG-1! Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-15 Length this week 2:02:03

95:55

2025-03-08: Threeway Again

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2025/03/09

Ivan is out, so Sam brings on Ed to cohost this time, who with his medical background gives us a full helping of medical news, from the measles and bird flu outbreaks, to discussion of preventative medicine, and even Gene Hackman's death. Not everything is medical though. We also get trip reports from India and Nepal, discussion of private prisons, and Ralph Breaks the Internet! Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-08 Length this week 1:35:55

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2025-03-01: Tie Them Down

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2025/03/01

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam go into the Trump vs Zelenskyy spat in the Oval Office and all the downstream implications of the radical change in US foreign policy direction. Plus a discussion of how various media outlets, and the corporate world more generally are obeying in advance. But first! An outing in a fast car, and a review of the 2016 version of Ghostbusters! Show Details: Recorded 2025-03-01 Length this week 1:41:47

132:05

2025-02-22: Hot Molton Lava

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2025/02/24

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan hit all the political highlights in the middle segment of the show. And for the last segment, by special request, they discuss recent plane crashes. But before all of that, gardening, science fairs, and the TV show Bones. Plus bonus hemorrhoids! You all wanted that, didn't you? Show Details: Recorded 2025-02-22 Length this week 2:12:05 0:01:16 - But

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