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[Ep 908] Top Tip [1:34:03]
Recorded: Sat, 2024-Nov-02 UTC
Published: Sat, 2024-Nov-02 23:35 UTC
This is the last Curmudgeon's Corner before we start seeing results for Election 2024. Sam and Ivan will be doing a live stream on election night as the votes come in. Listen to the episode for more details. In the mean time, they go over the polling situation one more time and discuss recent campaign developments. Plus some discussion of the worldwide propaganda environment, and Alex builds a train!
  • 0:01:09 - But First
    • Election Omnipresence
    • Avoiding Election News
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Alex's Train
  • 0:40:38 - Election Graphs Update
    • Election Night Live Stream
    • Pollsters Overcompensating?
    • Women and Under 30 Voters
    • Patriarchal Conservatives
    • Impact from MSG Rally
  • 1:10:11 - More Election 2024
    • Still Too Close To Call
    • House and Senate
    • MSG Rally Lowlights
    • Other Developments

Previous 5 Episodes

[Ep 907] Maxadon [1:24:41]
Recorded: Sat, 2024-Oct-26 UTC
Published: Sun, 2024-Oct-27 16:05 UTC
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, it is less than two weeks before the US presidential election, so what do you think Ivan and Sam are going to be talking about? If you said diverticulitis and season one of Law & Order, then you guessed correctly. Congratulations! Well, ok, yeah, and that other thing too.
  • 0:01:22 - But First
    • Diverticulitis
    • TV: Law & Order Season 1 (1990-1991)
  • 0:20:54 - Election Graphs Update
    • Static Race for Months
    • Too Close to Call, Slight Trump Advantage
    • Impact of Junk Pollsters
    • Reasons for Harris Optimism
  • 0:58:58 - More Election 2024
    • Reaction to Trump Stories
    • October Surprise?
    • World News


[Ep 906] Thumb on the Thing [1:54:35]
Recorded: Sat, 2024-Oct-19 UTC
Published: Mon, 2024-Oct-21 11:44 UTC
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan is a last minute scratch, so Sam does a solo show. And well, that means it is almost 100% election stuff this time around. But come on, there are just barely more than two weeks left. What do you expect anyway? Well, he does talk a little bit about taking time off from work... to do election stuff. Uh. So fine. All election. All the time.
  • 0:00:27 - But First
    • No Ivan
    • Taking Time
    • Relaxing Stuff
    • Smaller Stories
  • 0:23:36 - Election Graphs Update
    • Reading Noise
    • Red Wave Pollsters
    • Poll Error Direction
    • Win Odds
  • 0:58:50 - More Election 2024
    • Trump Racism
    • 3P Spoilers
    • Harris Targeting
    • Trump Decline


[Ep 905] Great Plan [2:02:17]
Recorded: Fri, 2024-Oct-11 UTC
Published: Sun, 2024-Oct-13 04:14 UTC
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam's big topics are Hurricane Milton, and of course Election 2024. Because what else would they talk about? Oh yeah, finding lost things, Columbus Day, and auroras are back, but aren't they old news now? Fun show, there you go.
  • 0:00:00 - Cold Open
  • 0:03:41 - But First
    • Microphone Found
    • Vacation Time
    • Aurora Borealis
  • 0:18:20 - Hurricane Milton
    • Forecast Quality
    • Tampa Near Miss
    • Historical Trends
    • Damage Summary
  • 0:56:16 - Election 2024
    • Election Graphs Update
    • Polls Missing Voters?
    • Double Standards
    • Trumpy Generations


[Ep 904] Carrier Pigeons [2:02:58]
Recorded: Sat, 2024-Oct-05 UTC
Published: Sun, 2024-Oct-06 23:44 UTC
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start out by chatting more about Hurricane Helene and then some discussion of AI assisted coding. After that they settle in to the "big" topics for the week, namely the escalations in the Middle East, and all the latest updates on Election 2024.
  • 0:01:27 - But First
    • Inland Helene Impact
    • AI Coding and Scripting
  • 0:45:17 - Middle East
    • Escalations
    • Dead Peace Talks
    • The Ottomans
    • Keeping the Lid On
  • 1:14:27 - Election 2024
    • The Purge
    • Election Graphs Polling Update
    • Special Counsel Filing
    • Persuasion vs Turnout


[Ep 903] Repelling the Ninjas [2:11:43]
Recorded: Sat, 2024-Sep-28 UTC
Published: Mon, 2024-Sep-30 03:36 UTC
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan argue about polls. But also there is of course more Election 2024 talk. But before that, some on Hurricane Helene and more generally about disaster preparedness, a look back at the book "Big Data" from 2013, and a discussion on the need to actually pay people a decent wage. Oh, and some celebration of the team's YouTube success!
  • 0:01:50 - But First
    • YouTube Success
    • Paying People
    • Book: Big Data (2013)
  • 0:55:18 - Hurricane Helene
    • Size of Storm
    • Building Standards
    • Preparedness
    • Power Outages
  • 1:22:58 - Election 2024
    • Election Graphs Update
    • Sanewashing
    • Trump Watch
    • Other Notes

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