About this episode

Ivan and Sam discuss various topics including the Great American State Fair, SCOTUS, and movies.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan and Sam chat about the triumphant Great American State Fair in DC (cough), SCOTUS, Mitch McConnell, the World Cup, a couple movies, and a ton of other random things. Fun fun fun!   Show Details: Recorded 2026-07-03 Length this week 1:51:14 <!— /meta --> 0:01:21 - But First World Cup Road rage Movie: The Fog of War (2003) Movie: National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) 0:45:28 - But Second Great American State Fair Trump Centricity William Henry Harrison Makeup for the 253rd? 1:07:10 - But Third SCOTUS Results Mitch McConnell European AC dialog Trump Phone 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: Ivan Bou, Samuel Minter

Topics covered

• Great American State Fair
• SCOTUS
• World Cup
• Mitch McConnell
• movies
• random commentary

Keywords

• Great American State Fair
• SCOTUS
• Mitch McConnell
• World Cup
• movies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SCOTUS

Books & works: The Fog of War, National Lampoon’s European Vacation

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