About this episode

Sam and Ivan discuss Ukraine's potential victory in the war with Russia, analyze progressive wins in the Democratic primaries, and touch on movies and the Puerto Rican power grid.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss how Ukraine may have turned a corner and actually be winning the war with Russia. Plus they analyze the progressive wins in this week's Democratic primaries and the reaction of mainstream Dems. Oh yea, and movies and the Puerto Rican power grid. Enjoy!   Show Details: Recorded 2026-06-27 Length this week 1:57:05 <!— /meta --> 0:01:00 - But First Puerto Rican Power Movie: Superman and the Mole Men (1951) Movie: Casablanca (1942) 0:41:54 - But Second Ukraine hitting Moscow Ukraine isolating Crimea Russian public opinion War on a budget 1:11:24 - But Third Progressive Victories The Big Tent Attitude and Energy 2028 and beyond 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

• Ukraine war
• Democratic primaries
• progressive politics
• movies
• Puerto Rican power grid

Keywords

• Ukraine
• Russia
• Democratic primaries
• progressive wins
• movies
• Puerto Rican power grid

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Superman and the Mole Men, Casablanca

Places: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea

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