[Ep 1004] Forward Thinking [1:41:35]
Recorded: Sat, 2026-Sep-05 UTC
Published: Mon, 2026-Sep-07 22:16 UTC | |
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan spend most of the time talking about Rogue AIs, both real and fictional. But they also hit a movie and a TV show, and a bit about tires and trucks and stuff. So the usual hodgepodge!
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- 0:00:45 - But First
- Flat Tire
- Vehicle Options
- Movie: Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Happy Meals
- TV: The Orville (2017-2022)
- 0:47:38 - But Second
- Open AI / Hugging Face Incident
- AI Security Cat and Mouse
- The HAL 9000 Problem
- Rights and Regulations for AIs?
- Fictional Futures
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[Ep 1003] Leech Collection [1:21:21]
Recorded: Sat, 2026-Aug-29 UTC
Published: Sun, 2026-Aug-30 20:57 UTC | |
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam bounce all over the place. Everything from the Kennedy Center to Dolly Parton, from Trump's popularity to Venezuelan oil, from Ivan in traffic to Hunter Biden... and much much more. Woo!
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- 0:02:14 - But First
- Ohio Joke
- Traffic Situation
- Spider-Man (2002)
- 0:19:24 - But Second
- AI Clones
- Jackson Hole
- Kennedy Center
- Election 2026
- Trump Popularity
- 0:51:33 - But Third
- Dolly Parton and Others
- Movie: 9 to 5 (1980)
- Venezuelan Oil
- Hunter Biden
- Nepal Floods
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[Ep 1002] Words from the Past [1:56:50]
Recorded: Sat, 2026-Aug-22 UTC
Published: Mon, 2026-Aug-24 00:36 UTC | |
This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan had something come up last minute, so Sam sticks out on his own once again. He covers movies, Natalie Harp, the ballroom, tariffs, Trump foreign policy, degraded military readiness, and more! Come slurp it all up!
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- 0:00:38 - But First
- Suddenly Solo
- Movie Acceleration
- Movie: Ben Hur (1959)
- Movie: Toy Story (1995)
- 0:25:05 - But Second
- Trump Foreign Policy
- Natalie Harp
- Election 2026
- AOC and Woke
- 1:18:11 - But Third
- Military Readiness
- Ballroom Construction
- Tariff Stuff
- Jeffries/Kushner Meeting
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[Ep 1001] Do Your Thing [1:19:52]
Recorded: Sat, 2026-Aug-15 UTC
Published: Mon, 2026-Aug-17 10:50 UTC | |
On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start their journey to get to episode 2001 so they can play the music from that movie. In the mean time, election results, polling errors, Trump's Turkey escape, Count Binface, Sam got sick again, and more!
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- 0:01:55 - But First
- Sam Health
- Kid Interference
- Movie: Cars 2 (2011)
- 0:25:00 - But Second
- Wisconsin Gov
- Polling Errors
- Trump/Musk AI
- 0:53:25 - But Third
- Turkey Escape
- Count Binface
- Random Stuff
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[Ep 1000] Episode 1000!!! [2:56:51]
Recorded: Sat, 2026-Aug-08 UTC
Published: Sun, 2026-Aug-09 20:43 UTC | |
This week is the 1000th episode of the Curmudgeon's Corner podcast. Ivan and Sam celebrate with a special retrospective at the beginning of the show, and Sam's son Alex made another special anniversary... thing... for the end of the show. In between a regular show with the news of the week, talk about AIs, movie reviews, and more! And with that, it is time to start the NEXT 1000 episodes! Woo!
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- 0:00:45 - Special Cold Open
- 0:07:37 - But First
- FL/OH/WA Elections
- Flight Schedules
- Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
- Movie: War Greatest Hits Live (2008)
- 0:48:39 - But Second
- AG Blanche
- Lame Duck Republicans
- Economic Updates
- Small World
- 1:35:19 - But Third
- Hank Green and AI
- Ivan and AI
- Sam and AI
- CC and AI
- 2:18:58 - Special Cold Close
- 2:54:17 - Actual Close
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