Description

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Ivan is away, but Sam bumps into Emily at No Kings 2, and she joins him for the rest of the show. They talk about movies and TV before jumping to discussion of what makes an effective protest movement, what the options are for those in opposition, and how the next few years are likely to play out. Plus a bonus discussion explaining "Abulsme" after the end!

Show Details:

Recorded 2025-10-18

Length this week 2:09:58

• 0:00:24 - Intro
• 0:04:11 - Media
  • Movie: Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • TV: Outlander (2014-Present)
  • Movie: All the King's Men (1999)
  • Movie: Saltburn (2023)
• 0:44:11 - No Kings 2
  • Effective Protests
  • Accelerationism vs Community
  • Convictions vs Constraints
  • 2024 Revisited
  • Optimism vs Pessimism
  • Government Shutdown

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)

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