[Ep 958] Welcome To Be Here [2:09:58]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Oct-18 UTC
Published: Mon, 2025-Oct-20 06:14 UTC | |
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan is away, but Sam bumps into Emily at No Kings 2, and she joins him for the rest of the show. They talk about movies and TV before jumping to discussion of what makes an effective protest movement, what the options are for those in opposition, and how the next few years are likely to play out. Plus a bonus discussion explaining "Abulsme" after the end!
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- 0:00:24 - Intro
- 0:04:11 - Media
- Movie: Citizen Kane (1941)
- Movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- TV: Outlander (2014-Present)
- Movie: All the King's Men (1999)
- Movie: Saltburn (2023)
- 0:44:11 - No Kings 2
- Effective Protests
- Accelerationism vs Community
- Convictions vs Constraints
- 2024 Revisited
- Optimism vs Pessimism
- Government Shutdown
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[Ep 957] Loud Wrong [2:09:44]
Recorded: Fri, 2025-Oct-10 UTC
Published: Mon, 2025-Oct-13 05:23 UTC | |
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam revisit a prediction Sam made about self-driving cars 10 years ago on this very show. Sam was wrong. Ivan was right. Ivan takes great joy in this. They will revisit the issue here in another ten years. Oh, and they also talk about a bunch of other things, including all the main news stories of the week. Because that is what they do.
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- 0:00:26 - But First
- 2015 Self-Driving Prediction
- Family Calendars
- Wrong Way Driving
- Movie: Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse (2023)
- 0:43:08 - But Second
- Trump DC Hotel Grift
- Weaponized DoJ
- 1:14:09 - Lightning Round
- iPhone and iPad Stories
- AI Slop and Profitability
- Gaza and Argentina
- The Power of Lies
- The Portland Frog
- Trump Watches
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[Ep 956] New and Shiny [1:43:55]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Oct-04 UTC
Published: Sun, 2025-Oct-05 05:40 UTC | |
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam talk about the US government shutdown, as well as Trump and Hegseth's speeches to the Generals and Admirals along with related issues. But before that, health and travel updates, and a discussion of a movie about homelessness. And that be that!
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- 0:00:28 - But First
- Ivan Health
- Ivan Guyana
- Sam Canada
- Movie: Dark Days (2000)
- 0:45:00 - Shutdown
- Less Concern
- Blame Game
- Paths Out
- Messaging
- 1:06:17 - Trump & Hegseth
- Trump Coin
- Hegseth Speech
- Trump Physical Health
- Trump Mental Health
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[Ep 955] Good Graces [1:56:35]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Sep-27 UTC
Published: Sun, 2025-Sep-28 00:25 UTC | |
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan and Sam do a lightning round of current events in the second half of the show. Comey. Russian drones in Europe. The impending Government Shutdown. More tariffs. All that sort of thing. But first, Ivan is tired and busy, and Sam talks about meeting other local podcasters at the Snohomish Podcast Network. Plus something about coconuts.
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- 0:00:27 - But First
- Everyone Tired
- Busy Busy Busy
- Snohomish Podcast Network
- Um Sir Podcast
- Podcast Longevity
- 0:48:30 - Newsy Stuff
- JukePodder
- Comey Indictment
- Airspace Incursions
- Impending Shutdown
- More Tariffs
- Coconut Scare
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[Ep 954] Running Roughshod [1:48:51]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Sep-20 UTC
Published: Mon, 2025-Sep-22 17:48 UTC | |
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam goes solo. First up, iPhones and birthdays and movies. But then the more serious stuff, with a segment on all the signs of accelerating down the slippery slope with all of the Trump administration's recent abuses of executive power. Then a little bit of a follow up on the killing of Charlie Kirk. And that's a show. Woo!
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- 0:00:26 - But First
- Line Patience
- Birthday Stuff
- Movie: Astro Boy (2009)
- Movie: Les Miserables (1958)
- 0:34:26 - Slippery Slope
- Phone Update
- Kimmel
- Everybody does it?
- Bondi Message
- Tom Homan
- Overload
- 1:29:28 - Kirk
- Assassin's Motives
- Lionization
- Zuck's Glasses
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