About this episode

Sam carries the show solo discussing various political topics and recent media.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan is unexpectedly away, so Sam once again carries the show! After the usual TV and Movies bits, Sam talks about Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and Graham Planter, then a smorgasbord of other topical bits. Woo!   Show Details: Recorded 2026-07-11 Length this week 1:45:56 <!— /meta --> 0:00:33 - But First Ivan Out TV: True Detective (2014-2024) Movie: Love, Classified (2022) 0:20:54 - But Second Lindsey Graham Mitch McConnell Graham Platner 1:04:28 - But Third NATO Summit Iran War Air Force One Binface 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

Host: Samuel Minter

Topics covered

• politics
• current events
• TV shows
• movies
• NATO
• Iran

Keywords

• Lindsey Graham
• Mitch McConnell
• NATO Summit
• True Detective
• Love, Classified

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: True Detective, Love, Classified

Places: Iran, Air Force One

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