# 2026-02-28: Specifically Targeted Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/2026-02-28-specifically-targeted Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/2026-02-28-specifically-targeted.md Podcast: [Curmudgeon's Corner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720) Published: 2026-03-02T08:49:40+00:00 Episode link: http://curmudgeons-corner.com/ccep.php?epnum=977 Audio file: https://curmudgeons-corner.com/ccpod/CC20260228.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/episodes/2026-02-28-specifically-targeted Duration seconds: 6967 ## Resource 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 --> ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/episodes/2026-02-28-specifically-targeted/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/2026-02-28-specifically-targeted.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.