2026-02-28: Specifically Targeted

About this episode

Sam and Ivan discuss the war in Iran, violence in Mexico, and various other topics including movies and personal anecdotes.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the war in Iran and the violence in Mexico. Those are the unavoidable big things of the week. But also beeping and bulbs, almost getting run over, movies, random trips, and a RobinLetter update. A full show!   Show Details: Recorded 2026-02-28 Length this week 1:56:07 <!— /meta --> 0:02:58 - But First Beeping and Bulbs Near Misses Movie: Blade II (2002) Movie: A Minecraft Movie (2025) 0:49:38 - Iran War Why Attack? Possible Outcomes Whose Interests? Managing Attention 1:21:00 - Potpourri El Mencho Killing Random Yucatan Trip? Iran Again RobinLetter Update The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch . Our intro is The Oh of Pleasure (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is Celestial Soda Pop (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album Deep Breakfast (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe . <!— /credits -->

People in this episode

Hosts: Samuel Minter, Ivan Bou

Topics covered

• Iran War
• Violence in Mexico
• Movies
• Random Trips
• Current Events

Keywords

• Iran
• Mexico
• war
• violence
• movies
• Blade II
• A Minecraft Movie
• El Mencho
• Yucatan

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blade II, A Minecraft Movie

Places: Iran, Mexico, Yucatan

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