{"podcast":{"title":"Curmudgeon's Corner","slug":"curmudgeon-s-corner-683720","podcast_index_feed_id":683720,"rss_url":"https://abulsme.com/CurmudgeonsCorner/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://curmudgeons-corner.com/","image_url":"http://curmudgeons-corner.com/ccpod/CCCover20170426bw1500.jpg","author":"Samuel Minter / Iván Bou","episode_count":100,"summary":"A weekly current events podcast where the hosts discuss whatever is hot in the news each week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T16:18:53.268412+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720"},"episode":{"title":"2026-06-27: Soldiers, Knees, and Toes","slug":"2026-06-27-soldiers-knees-and-toes","published_at":"2026-06-29T17:55:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/2026-06-27-soldiers-knees-and-toes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720","url":"http://curmudgeons-corner.com/ccep.php?epnum=994","audio_url":"https://curmudgeons-corner.com/ccpod/CC20260627.mp3","summary":"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 -->","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7025,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/episodes/2026-06-27-soldiers-knees-and-toes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curmudgeon-s-corner-683720/2026-06-27-soldiers-knees-and-toes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}