[Ep 961] Open Offer [1:58:01]
Recorded: Fri, 2025-Nov-07 UTC
Published: Sun, 2025-Nov-09 00:28 UTC | |
Ivan is recovering from surgery, so Sam is joined by Ed and Bruce this week, and they pick the topics. We've got everything from tariffs at SCOTUS to advice for Sam to the situation in Venezuela, and lots of other stuff too. Enjoy!
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- 0:00:33 - Segment One
- Advice for Sam
- Marjorie Taylor Greene
- 0:41:51 - Segment Two
- Government Shutdown
- Income Inequality
- 1:27:06 - Segment Three
- Venezuela Situation
- Tariffs at SCOTUS
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[Ep 960] Free Man! [2:04:49]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Nov-01 UTC
Published: Sun, 2025-Nov-02 20:18 UTC | |
Sam got laid off! So for the first half of the show he and Ivan talk about that, what Sam plans to do next, and all the related stuff there is to say. Then of course they do talk about the news of the week. Because that is important too! :-)
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- 0:01:06 - Sam Laid Off!
- Long Expected News
- Company Motivations
- Generational Differences
- Return to Office
- What's Next?
- Independent Projects
- 1:00:56 - Everything Else
- Shutdown Update
- Lincoln Bathroom
- Zohran Mamdani
- "Deciding to Win"
- Better Approaches
- Household Robots
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[Ep 959] Second Choices [2:08:59]
Recorded: Sat, 2025-Oct-25 UTC
Published: Sun, 2025-Oct-26 00:27 UTC | |
Sam and Ivan discuss the Maine Senate race as their big newsy topic this week. They also hit on the Virginia Giuffre book, Trump's attempt to pay himself, and of course the destruction of the White House East Wing on the news side of things. Plus a coworker retiring, some movies, and the CC online presence gets some upgrades!
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- 0:03:35 - But First
- Remembering Zoom
- Coworker Reconnection
- Retirement Choices
- Movie: Tron: Ares (2025)
- CC Website Enhancements
- Movie: Hairspray (1988)
- 0:49:40 - But Second
- Maine Senate Background
- Graham Planter Appeal
- Janet Mills Alternative
- Democratic Attitudes
- Nazi Tattoos
- Tradeoffs
- 1:29:35 - But Third
- Call for Hosts
- Virginia Giuffre book
- $230M for Trump
- Crazy Scenarios
- The East Wing
- Open Flames
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[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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