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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Very Cool

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan go a little light and fluffy, mostly avoiding the serious topics, instead talking about the helicopter on mars, some other space stuff, a bit on internet scams and the effectiveness of paper junk mail, and even some talk about the new Apple stuff that was announced a few days ago. Oh. And the pandemic. They did talk about the pandemic. Less light and fluffy. Couldn’t avoid it. But still a less news heavy show than usual. Also important, this week’s episode was sponsored! By ALeXMXeLA.com! Yeah. So there ya go.

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Recorded 2021-04-23
Length this week – 1:38:47

(0:00:38-0:55:03) Segment 1:

Sam: Mars Helicopter and Other Space Stuff
Ivan: Internet Scams and Physical Mail

(0:58:13-1:27:40) Segment 2:

Sam: New Apple Stuff
Ivan: Pandemic

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Pedal to the Metal

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about Police Violence and Infrastructure. And of course the pandemic. Can’t forget the pandemic. It is not over yet. Really. So they talk about it again. Oh, and Sam talks about a book he read. And as usual, they go on a few tangents along the way. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2021-04-17
Length this week – 1:57:55

(0:00:23-1:02:57) Segment 1:

Sam: Sam Book with Alex: The Return of the King (1955)
Ivan: Pandemic Stuff

(1:04:07-1:57:34) Segment 2:

Sam: Police Violence
Ivan: Infrastructure Week

Curmudgeons Corner: Hither, Thither, and Yon

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s serious topics are recurring favorites… the pandemic and voter suppression laws. But of course they start out with some lighter topics… This time a discussion of things they had to read in high school many years ago, and how Sam’s old iPhone came back from the dead. Oh, and Ivan starts out by unleashing a torrent of profanities on Sam’s son Alex to chase him away. So fun for everyone!

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Recorded 2021-04-10
Length this week – 1:45:41

(0:04:16-0:38:39) Segment 1:

Ivan: High School Reading Assignments
Sam: Sam’s Old Phone

(0:49:26-1:52:33) Segment 2:

Ivan: Pandemic
Sam: Voter Suppression Again

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Crossover

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the pandemic and Matt Gaetz. Because of course they do. But also an initial discussion on how lame April Fool’s Day is goes far afield into a discussion of 1970s calculators. And feedback on the Atlanta killer’s religious beliefs leads to a wider ranging discussion of proscriptive and toxic cultures that feed into questions of privilege. They also talk a bit about a couple things they do not talk about. Whatever that means. And Alex promotes the Curmudgeon’s Corner crossover episode on his ALeXMXeLA.com YouTube channel. There are bloopers at the end too! You can enjoy all of this… as long as you can get past the first 90 seconds or so of chicken noises. Yeah. Sorry bout that.

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Recorded 2021-04-02
Length this week – 2:02:51

(0:01:56-0:48:36) Segment 1:

Ivan: April Fools Week
Sam: Atlanta killer and religion

(0:49:26-1:52:33) Segment 2:

Ivan: Pandemic
Sam: Matt Gaetz

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Falling Debris

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s more serious topics are the Georgia voter law, chaos in Miami Beach, the most recent “border crisis”, and the Suez Canal blockage. But before all that, an extended discussion about destroying the moon, and the results of Ivan’s personality tests. So all kinds of fun stuff. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2021-03-26
Length this week – 1:56:39

(0:00:52-0:32:21) Segment 1:

Sam: Destroying the Moon
Ivan: Personality Tests

(0:34:05-1:06:16) Segment 2:

Sam: Georgia Voter Law
Ivan: Miami Beach

(1:06:58-1:56:18) Segment 3:

Sam: Border Crisis
Ivan: Suez Canal Blockage

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Cooking Cookies

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan have two “heavy” topics: The Atlanta massage parlor killings, and worldwide covid trends heading upward again. But on the lighter side, Sam reviews a book, and the curmudgeons discuss the dynamics of video conferences versus audio conferences. Plus a couple of bonus mini-segments on Daylight Saving Time and Sam’s email. All the usual sorts of fun things! But shorter this time! No cookies were harmed in the making of this podcast.

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Recorded 2021-03-19
Length this week – 1:36:40

(0:01:12-0:38:47) Segment 1

Ivan: Atlanta Killings
Sam: Sam Book: Earth Awakens (2014)

(0:40:48-1:36:19) Segment 2

Ivan: Video Conferences vs Audio Conferences
Sam: Covid deaths increasing again

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Garbage On My Mind

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Biden stimulus bill that was just signed and the political implications of the bill. They also discuss the possible Manchin opening to reforming the filibuster rather than eliminating it, and what that might mean to Democratic policy options. And they discuss the one year anniversary of the WHO declaring a pandemic. But in addition to all the serious stuff, they also discuss dogs, cars, movies, and cartoons. So you’ve got all that too!

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Recorded 2021-03-12
Length this week – 2:19:26

(0:05:32-0:30:56) Part the First

Ivan: Dogs and Cars
Sam: Sam Movie: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

(0:31:46-1:31:55) Part the Second

Ivan: Stimulus
Sam: Filibuster

(1:33:57-2:19:05) Part the Third

Ivan: Canceling Cartoons
Sam: One Year of Pandemic

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Punt This Down The Wall

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do the six smaller topics thing again, although one of the topics is a multi-topic bundle, so you could perhaps say there were actually eight. In any case, they do talk a little bit about “serious” stuff like the Cuomo sexual harassment charges, Texas and other places lifting pandemic restrictions, and a little on Biden’s Saudi Arabia and Syria actions. But they also spend time on lighter subjects like Sam getting a new phone, a movie that means a lot to Ivan, SpaceX explosions, reactions to weather changes, and even Daft Punk. Enjoy the show!

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Recorded 2021-03-05
Length this week – 2:06:35

(0:02:02-0:42:16) Round 1

Ivan: Sam’s phone
Sam: Sam Movie: Wall Street (1987)

(0:43:37-1:29:40) Round 2

Ivan: Cuomo sexual harassment
Sam: Loosening Covid restrictions

(1:30:49-2:06:15) Round 3

Ivan: Tidbits
Sam: Biden Saudi Arabia and Syria actions

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Double Hosts, But Not Double Coes

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan ditches Sam, so Sam’s 11 year old son Alex cohosts! Well, sorta. First Sam does a solo show, talking about the Democrats and how they are dealing with the Covid bill and other priorities, then the Republicans and how they are continuing to prove themselves to be solidly the party of Trump. But after that, Sam turns the show over to Alex, and so the rest of the show is Alex discussing his YouTube channel, answering a few questions from his Dad, and wrapping up with describing some of the things he has been doing in Minecraft and Terraria lately. If you’re not into that kind of thing, you can of course skip the last part. But Alex would appreciate it if you didn’t! :-)

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Recorded 2021-02-27
Length this week – 2:37:02

(0:00:27-0:30:14) Sam A: Democrats
(0:32:15-1:06:50) Sam B: Republicans
(1:07:36-1:47:51) Alex A: YouTube
(1:49:08-2:11:48) Alex B: Interview
(2:13:11-2:36:42) Alex C: Video Games

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Some Kind of Bird

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan once again do it lightning round style. Eight topics, averaging about 15 minutes each. This week we have the calming of the news cycle, the pandemic, impeachment, the crisis in Texas, Sam watching Back to the Future, the death of Rush Limbaugh, the Mars rover landing, and Ted Cruz. Plus some special contributions from Sam’s son Alex. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2021-02-20
Length this week – 2:03:02

(0:00:34-1:18:23) Round 1

Sam: The Calm
Ivan: Pandemic
Sam: Impeachment
Ivan: Texas

(1:21:38-1:58:53) Round 2

Sam: Movie: Back to the Future (1985)
Ivan: Rush Limbaugh
Sam: Mars Rover
Ivan: Ted Cruz

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