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by Samuel Minter / Ivan Bou
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- 1 weeks ago1h 49m
2026-09-12: Petunias and Horticulture
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan bounce all over the place. Economy Stuff. Divided opinions on AI. Movies. Smart Devices. Yemen. And much much more. So crank up your volume and pay attention! Show Details: Recorded 2026-09-12 Length this week 1:49:07 0:02:59 - But First Tires and Appliances Smart Bottle Movie: Trekkies (1997) Movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 0:30:44 - But Second iPhone Duo AI Apocalypse Early Mover Disadvantage AI Divides 1:21:04 - But Third Yemen Situation Fixing Iran? Economic Update Fired Money Honey 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.
- 1 weeks ago1h 41m
2026-09-05: Forward Thinking
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan spend most of the time talking about Rogue AIs, both real and fictional. But they also hit a movie and a TV show, and a bit about tires and trucks and stuff. So the usual hodgepodge! Show Details: Recorded 2026-09-05 Length this week 1:41:35 0:00:45 - But First Flat Tire Vehicle Options Movie: Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Happy Meals TV: The Orville (2017-2022) 0:47:38 - But Second Open AI / Hugging Face Incident AI Security Cat and Mouse The HAL 9000 Problem Rights and Regulations for AIs? Fictional Futures 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.
- 3 weeks ago1h 21m
2026-08-29: Leech Collection
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam bounce all over the place. Everything from the Kennedy Center to Dolly Parton, from Trump's popularity to Venezuelan oil, from Ivan in traffic to Hunter Biden... and much much more. Woo! Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-29 Length this week 1:21:21 0:02:14 - But First Ohio Joke Traffic Situation Spider-Man (2002) 0:19:24 - But Second AI Clones Jackson Hole Kennedy Center Election 2026 Trump Popularity 0:51:33 - But Third Dolly Parton and Others Movie: 9 to 5 (1980) Venezuelan Oil Hunter Biden Nepal Floods 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.
- 4 weeks ago1h 56m
2026-08-22: Words from the Past
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! Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-22 Length this week 1:56:50 0:00:38 - But First Suddenly Solo Movie Acceleration Movie: Ben Hur (1959) Movie: Toy Story (1995) 0:25:05 - But Second Trump Foreign Policy Natalie Harp Election 2026 AOC and Woke 1:18:11 - But Third Military Readiness Ballroom Construction Tariff Stuff Jeffries/Kushner Meeting 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.
- Aug 17, 20261h 19m
2026-08-15: Do Your Thing
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 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.
- Aug 9, 20262h 56m
2026-08-08: Episode 1000!!!
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! Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-08 Length this week 2:56:51 0:00:45 - Special Cold Open 0:07:37 - But First FL/OH/WA Elections Flight Schedules Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Movie: War Greatest Hits Live (2008) 0:48:39 - But Second AG Blanche Lame Duck Republicans Economic Updates Small World 1:35:19 - But Third Hank Green and AI Ivan and AI Sam and AI CC and AI 2:18:58 - Special Cold Close 2:54:17 - Actual Close 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.
- Aug 3, 20261h 48m
2026-08-01: Lower Volta
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... Show Details: Recorded 2026-08-01 Length this week 1:48:53 0:05:15 - But First 24 Hour Flight El Salvador Safety vs Liberty Movie: Rocky (1976) 0:41:12 - But Second Reflecting Pool Fauci Hearing AG Blanche? Billionaires 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.
- Jul 28, 20261h 36m
2026-07-25: Fun Barking
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. Show Details: Recorded 2026-07-25 Length this week 1:36:00 0:01:46 - But First Morning Delays Navigation Annoyance Finishing FNaF 2 Movie: ParaNorman (2012) Movie: Citizen Kane (1941) 0:33:23 - But Second Sign Duty Political Positioning McConnell Situation Iran Situation AI Model News 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.
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