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This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam is joined by guest cohost Bruce. Together they discuss the Volkswagen cheating debacle, the situation with Syria and Syrian refugees, and of course this week’s developments in the 2016 Presidential race. In the final lightning round they also cover the Super Moon Eclipse, the Fed’s interest rate decision, that kid who made the clock, and more!
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Recorded 2015-09-24
Length this week – 1:51:54
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- (0:00:10-0:10:38) But First
- No Ivan today, but we have Bruce
- This Week’s Agenda
- In House pre-School
- School Scheduling Craziness
- (0:11:40-0:26:02) Volkswagen Cheating
- What they did
- Possible Fixes
- Impact on VW
- What were they thinking?
- (0:26:41-0:48:13) Syria
- Refugee Crisis
- Turkish Connection
- What do you do?
- Russian Involvement
- Assad must go?
- Coordination with Russia
- (0:49:35-1:30:27) Election 2016
- Rand Paul
- The Xenophobic Racist Party
- Primary and Caucus Rules
- Carson on Muslims
- Walker Drops Out
- Republican Polling since the Second Debate
- Democratic Polling
- Deadlines for Shadow Candidates
- Clinton Declines
- More on Clinton Email
- (1:31:07-1:51:34) Lightning Round
- Super Moon Eclipse
- Queen Elizabeth Milestone
- Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decisions
- TV Show: Best of Carson
- Pope Visit / Chinese President Visit
- The kid who made the clock
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam and Ivan do it again, laying down a commentary track for the second Republican debate. Yes, the whole thing. All three hours of it. We kibitz as Trump and Carson and Bush and Cruz and Rubio and all the rest argue about the issues of the day. Oh, and of course, Fiorina. Ivan’s nemesis Fiorina. Ivan always has nice things to say about her. You’ve probably seen the debate, now listen to our take!
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Recorded 2015-09-18
Length this week – 3:13:32
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- (0:00:10-1:01:04) Debate Segment I
- Intro from Sam and Ivan
- Candidate Self-Introductions
- Trust Trump with Red Button?
- Outsiders vs Insiders
- Russia / Iran / China / Syria
- Should Kim Davis follow the law?
- Planned Parenthood and Government Shutdowns
- Fiorina’s Face
- (1:02:20-1:42:06) Debate Segment II
- Immigration
- Fiorina/Trump Business Records
- Tax Plans and Budgets
- Minimum Wage
- Political Styles
- (1:43:13-2:16:07) Debate Segment III
- Trump knowing Foreign Policy
- Would Jeb be a repeat of 41 and 43 on Foreign Policy?
- Iraq / Syria / Afghanistan
- Supreme Court / Abortion
- (2:16:46-2:42:24) Debate Segment IV
- Marijuana
- Guns
- Social Security
- Climate Change
- Vaccines and Autism
- (2:43:02-3:03:32) Debate Segment V
- Woman on the $10 bill
- Secret Service Codenames
- How will the world be different after your presidency?
- (3:04:33-3:13:12) Wrap Up
- Sam and Ivan predict the impact of the debate
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam and Ivan go all in on the latest Apple announcements, talking about the new iPad, iPhones, Apple TV, Apple Watch updates, and the options for purchasing the phones. With that out of the way, the show finishes off with a discussion of Election 2016, including Trump, Clinton, Bush, and more. Along the way you’ll hear some insights into the hosts’ kids as well.
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Recorded 2015-09-10
Length this week – 1:58:13
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- (0:00:10-0:12:26) But First
- Agenda
- Diagnosis in Common
- Kids Swearing
- (0:13:15-0:58:53) Apple Event Part I
- The Bullet Points
- Apple Watch Updates
- iPad Pro
- Number of Product Lines
- AppleTV
- iPhones
- (1:00:01-1:11:35) Apple Event Part II
- Apple Lease vs Carrier Payment Plans vs Contracts
- Online Ordering vs In-Store Purchase
- Buying from Apple vs Buying from Carrier
- (1:12:55-1:57:53) Election 2016
- Trump making opening for Moderates?
- Scott Adams on Trump
- Trump Polling Update
- Trump OODA Loops
- Trump/Perot Comparisons
- Economic Influence on Elections
- Democratic Polls
- Clinton Weakness
- Clinton Email
- Clinton Plan to be Spontaneous
- Lessig and McAfee
- Bush Troubles
- Republican Splintering
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the tension between locked down and open computing device philosophies, the European refugee crisis, and Election 2016. In the Lightning Round we talk about social media, the Iran deal, the new Google logo, Kanye for President, Kermit and Miss Piggy, and much much more!
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Recorded 2015-09-03
Length this week – 1:42:54
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- (0:00:10-0:13:13) But First
- Where Sam has Lived
- Agenda
- Cracked Phone
- Raleigh-Durham Airport
- (0:13:56-0:28:06) Computing Philosophies
- Apple hates Kevin Drum
- Customization vs Supportability
- Market for Both
- (0:28:45-0:42:56) Refugees
- Fleeing to Europe
- Drowned Syrian Boy
- What do you do?
- (0:44:05-1:13:03) Election 2016
- Mt. McKinley to Denali
- Ben Carson Surge
- This Week’s Trump Talk
- Bush Advertising
- Tribalism on Issues
- Republican Loyalty Oath
- Clinton falling apart?
- Biden run?
- Fun scenarios
- (1:14:23-1:42:34) Lightning Round
- Facebook Hits a Billion
- Orkut
- Iran Deal done
- Friendster
- Book: The Scarlatti Inheritance
- MySpace
- Kanye West 2020
- Kermit and Miss Piggy
- GeoCities
- Google Logo
- Kim Davis and Gay Marriage
- Classmates
- Compuserve
- Market Update
- Putin Workout
- Interstitial Ads
After skipping the Lightning round last week, on this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan once again go all Lightning Round. We cover a huge range of topics, including office chairs, Sesame Street, the stock market, Donald Trump, Ashley Madison, the Galaxy Note 5, setting the temperature in buildings, Joe Biden… and lots more.
Recorded 2015-08-27
Length this week – 1:51:21
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Show Details:
- (0:00:10-0:21:52) Round I
- Office Chairs
- Sesame Street HBO Deal / Media Environment
- (0:23:11-0:58:44) Round II
- Stock Market / China
- Apple Car / Car Upstarts
- Trump Again
- (0:59:22-1:22:26) Round III
- Ashley Madison
- French Terror Attack
- Sam’s Mom’s Car
- Jared
- Deez Nuts
- Galaxy Note 5 Flaw
- (1:23:34-1:51:01) Round IV
- Temperature in Buildings
- Biden!!
- Show: Psych
- Tropical Storm Erika
- WDBJ Shooting
- Found Dog
- Sam’s son getting big
This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam discusses his fever addled trip home from last week’s vacation, then Sam and Ivan settle in to discuss Election 2016, first the Democrats, then the Republicans. We cover everything from Larry Lessig and Al Gore, to Clinton emails, Bush on Iraq, birthright citizenship and what happens if Trump actually wins.
Recorded 2015-08-21
Length this week – 1:30:58
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Show Details:
- 0:00:10 – 0:24:53: But First
- Some Walking
- Positive Buzz
- Sick Traveler
- 0:25:55 – 0:54:40: Election 2016 – Democrats
- Larry Lessig PR Stunt
- Al Gore trial balloon
- Clinton drops below 50%!
- Will Joe Biden run?
- Clinton email again
- 0:55:25 – 1:30:39: Election 2016- Republicans
- Paul Staffer Legal Trouble
- Bush Foreign Policy Speech
- Birthright citizenship / Immigration
- Trump driving away potential Republican voters?
- Trump vs Klum
- Other Republicans sucking up to Trump?
- Trump Base Expanding?
- Scenarios where Trump wins the nomination
- Bush money drying up?
Ivan and Sam travel to the same room in the same city to do this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, joined this week by their college buddy Chad. Along with some stories of college hijinks, the main topics were the aftermath of the first Republican debates, a discussion on Clinton’s weakening position and if it is enough for Biden to jump in, and the continuing impact of Clinton’s email issues. In the lightning round we cover a houseplant that tells you when it is thirsty, the toxic sludge spill, problems with the Olympics, Google Alphabet, and a lot more!
Recorded 2015-08-13
Length this week – 1:27:35
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- Intro
- Hidden Pizza
- Hampshire Fire
- Election 2016 – Republicans
- Debate Coverage Feedback
- Fiorina Debate Performance
- Post-Debate Polling
- Narrowing Field
- Has Trump Peaked?
- Establishment Tricks
- Clinton Master Plan?
- Election 2016 – Democrats
- Dean Scream
- Sanders Surge
- Will Biden run?
- Clinton Email
- Lightning Round
- Movie: Empire Strikes Back
- China Currency Devaluation
- Sam’s Houseplant
- Answering Machine Messages
- EPA Toxic Sludge Spill
- Testing Risks
- Olympics
- Jon Stewart
- Jimmy Carter
- Google Alphabet
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan throw the usual format out the window and instead give the MST3K treatment to the Republican Debate. If you don’t know what that means, what happened is we played the debate, and recorded our thoughts and reactions to it in real time. So if you didn’t watch the straight up debate already, or even if you did, listen to our commentary now! Oh yeah, and at the beginning we talked a bit about a couple of recent robberies too.
Recorded 2015-08-07
Length this week – 2:24:50
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Show Details:
- Break-ins and Robberies
- Republican Debate Segment 1
- Intros
- Support Nominee?
- Electibility
- Immigration
- Republican Debate Segment 2
- Immigration
- Terror and National Security
- Obamacare and role of Federal Government
- Republican Debate Segment 3
- Hillary Clinton
- Economy, Jobs and Money
- Iran Deal
- Republican Debate Segment 4
- Republican Debate Segment 5
- Republican Debate Segment 6
- Wrap Up Analysis
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!
Recorded 2015-07-23
Length this week – 1:37:02
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Show Details:
- 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
In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:
* Skype / Wisdom Teeth / Sam Luck
* Trump!!! / Kasich / Fiorina / Rubio in Reach!
* Jeep Hack
* Apple Earnings
* Lightning Round
* * Movie: Star Wars Holiday Special
* * Planned Parenthood video
* * Gawker post and fallout
* * Chattanooga
* * Ashley Madison
* * Iran Deal
Recorded 2015-07-23
Length this week – 1:43:32
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