Bad At Magic

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• Ben recounts his first Mardi Gras experience in Louisiana, Josh denounces Ben for using Microsoft Edge, and they review the 2006 film ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ starring Will Ferrell. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-26:43)
  • The Official Website of the Republic of Molossia
  • Chain fountain
• Bad at technology (26:43-41:10)
  • Edge vs. Chrome
• Josh vs. Bureaucracy (41:10-49:30)
  • English fossil words
  • Skeuomorphs
• Bad at Rhetoric & What I’m Reading Right Now (49:30-58:11)
  • Interrogatio
  • Ben is reading:
    • A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte
  • Josh is reading:
    • The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
    • The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
• Feature (58:11-end)
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
  • Akinator will read your mind…
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh reminisce about some of their favorite websites, YouTube channels, and podcasts that seem to have stopped producing new content and explore the story of a UK Army Major who is now the patron saint of “versus bureaucracy” on the Bad at Magic podcast because when he got sick of the government, he STARTED HIS OWN COUNTRY. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-27:15)
  • 2021 US coins in circulation
  • The entirely automated McDonalds
  • I love you Waymo on Revisionist History
• Dead channels & listening ecosystems (27:15-1:04:34)
  • VGCats
  • Homestarrunner
  • BaratsandBereta
  • CGPGrey
  • Hello Internet
  • Wind Waker Unplugged (Freddegredde)
• Bad at Magic, Parenting, Husbanding and Rhetoric (1:04:34-1:44:14)
  • Phyrexia All Will Be One
  • Custom good morning greetings
  • Categoria (ka-te-go’-ri-a)- Opening the secret wickedness of one’s adversary before his face.
• The Principality of Sealand (1:44:14-end)
  • Official Website of Sealand
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh review Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson and leave no stone unturned: the world, magic system, politics, economy, ideas, and characters… But first they rant about the Dungeons & Dragons Open-Gaming License controversy, discuss listening ecosystems, and trying to figure out where the closed-mouth words we use in verbal communication came from. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-39:43)
  • Dungeons & Dragons Open-Gaming License (OGL) 1.1 (DRAFT) controversy
  • “Economic Nexus” (internet sales tax) Explained
  • What’s your listening ecosystem?
• Bad at English (39:43-45:51)
  • Mouth-closed words: you know what they are
• Bad at Rhetoric (45:51-49:36)
  • Accumulatio
    • The Independence Day (1996) President Whitmore’s address to US Fighter Pilots movie speech by Bill Pullman
    • All about that Bass with no treble
    • The Replacements – I Will Survive (imagine it without the background music)
    • Bad Blood – Taylor Swift (#withoutmusic LOL)
• Board Game Survivor (49:36-54:59)
  • Scotland Yard
• Feature (54:59-end)
  • Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Tuaca and apple cider, basis accounting as a way to make etiquette decisions about defective Christmas gifts, embracing reasonable accommodations for those who need them at work, digital nomad visas, children playing unsupervised outside, and a blowout on Artificial Intelligence starting with ChatGPT by OpenAI. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-39:00)
• Bad at working (39:00-40:47)
  • Digital nomad visas
• Bad at parenting (40:47-56:18)
  • Relevant hyperlinks
• Bad at Rhetoric (56:18-1:02:23)
  • Today’s function: euphemismus
    • From the Greek euphemia which means “words of good omen” also “good rumor” or “to speak fair”
    • Substituting a more favorable for a pejorative or socially delicate term 
• ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligences (1:02:23-end)
  • ChatGPT by OpenAI
  • How Machines Learn by CGP Grey
  • False Rumor of Explosion at White House Causes Stocks to Briefly Plunge; AP Confirms Its Twitter Feed Was Hacked
• Next time: 
  • The usual nonsense AND a review of Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Can you use science to design the perfect Christmas song? How can a traditional/contemporary couple agree on names for their fraternal twins? What do Americans call foods the British use gross names for? And finally: WHAT DID BEN AND JOSH THINK OF STAR WARS ANDOR? (spoilers, for Star Wars, obv.)
• Intro & Follow-up (0-32:37)
  • Berklee college Christmas musicology study (2017)
  • Security Forces detaining gate runner
• Bad at Technology (32:37-37:45)
  • babyname-app
• Bad at Logic (37:45-40:01)
  • The fallacy fallacy
  • Ad Hominem
  • The Gambler’s fallacy
    • Stinkoman at work
• Bad at English (40:01-48:08)
  • Full-fat Milk: is just what Americans call “Whole Milk”
• Board Game Survivor (48:08-53:36)
  • Space Base
  • Terraforming Mars
  • Josh’s Article on: How to Introduce Board Games
• Star Wars: ANDOR (53:36-end)
  • Darth Mom?
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• Credits:
  • Intro brought to you by ChatGPT
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• The never-ending controversy surrounding the Magic 30th Anniversary cards surfaces one last time, playgrounds are best when the injuries per hour is non-zero, Ben grows a beard in the Air Force, Josh loathes his mandatory migration to Windows 11, the true identity of a banana split is explored, and both hosts share their year-end music playlists.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-51:09)
  • Magic 30th Anniversary Edition cards destroyed
  • Over $1M in Flesh and Blood promo cards destroyed
  • Why the “Worst Game Ever” is Now an American Artifact
  • Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie – Official Trailer [LANGUAGE WARNING]
  • Did Magic 30th Anniversary Edition sell out?
  • Merry-Go-Round Fails
  • Blind orchestra audition reduce sex-biased hiring
• Bad at Technology (51:09-1:06:16)
  • How to enable ‘Never combine taskbar buttons’ in Windows 11 (don’t try this!)
  • What could you give a 40-minute presentation with absolutely no preparation?
  • US Air Force Chief Software Architect quits with a bang
• Bad at Parenting (1:06:16-1:23:50)
  • *Italian chef outrage*: “If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike.” 
  • The legendary 4th flavor
• Bad at Logic (1:23:50-1:27:30)
  • Josh’s Top 3 biases:
    • Reactance
    • Declinism
    • Just-world-hypothesis 
• Bad at English (1:27:30-1:30:04)
  • “I’d like a full-fat Coke, please.”
• Year-end music playlists (1:30:04-end)
• “I love my #spotifywrapped, but there’s more to me than a list by Sabrina Ortiz“
  • Popstars – KDA (dancing starts at 0:55)
  • Love it When You Hate Me – Avril Lavigne
  • Elle Me Dit – Mika
  • Popular Song – Mika feat. Ariana Grande
  • Big And Chunky – will.i.am
  • Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
  • Josh hates: Lights – Ellie Goulding
  • Scary Pockets version of MmmBop by Hanson
  • Super Cool – Beck feat. Robyn & The Lonely Island
  • Josh’s workout music: Judgement – Sam Houghton and Joe Collinson
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• Get ready for our next reviews:
  • TV Show: Andor on Disney+
  • Book: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh discuss nuclear power, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, social cooperation apps, transitioning out of the military, the Harvard Classics, Josh’s ongoing saga to become a Certified Public Accountant, and how Elon Musk tried to kill Ben’s sister with his corporate greed. And pie. 
• Intro (0-5:53)
  • Nuclear Power isn’t perfect. Is it good enough?
• Follow-up (5:53-30:43)
  • The Perfect Bite™
  • The Wikipedia Manual of Style
• The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar (30:43-47:43)
  • Qatari authorities confront Danish journalist
• Potpourri (47:43-1:21:00)
  • Social Cooperation Apps
    • SignUpGenius.com
    • PerfectPotluck.com
    • MealTrain.com
    • GoFundMe.com
  • Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for veterans transitioning out of the military
  • The Harvard Classics aka “The Five Foot Shelf”
    • Read: I, Pencil by Leonard Read
• Josh vs. bureaucracy and bad @ husbanding (1:21:00-1:44:34)
  • Arizona State Board of Accountancy
• Bad at Technology & Bad at Logic (1:44:34-1:53:47)
  • Bandwagon fallacy
  • “Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.” -Kay, Men In Black
• Bad at English & Board Game Survivor (1:53:47-end)
  • A bag of rags
  • Bad at Magic recommends: Dominion
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh do a deep dive on military dress and appearance in the US Air Force after reviewing the Harvard Classics, the spotlight effect, pensioner benefits, and the art of Yoji Shinkawa. 
• Intro & follow-up (0:00-16:53)
  • The Harvard Classics
• Bad at Husbanding (16:53-32:03)
  • The special-edition Magic cards of Josh’s desire: 
    • Special Guest: Yoji Shinkawa
• Bad at Winter (32:03-37:22)
• Bad at Logic (37:22-45:06)
  • The spotlight effect
  • The arms-crossed nose trick
• Bad at English (45:06-49:13)
  • Pensioner– n. a retired person, senior citizen
• Military Dress and Appearance (49:13-end)
  • The 1991 Tailhook Scandal (news clip) 
    • (wikipedia article)
  • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
  • Air Force Instruction 1-1, 12 November 2014
  • Rules for wearing the uniform as a military veteran
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  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh are bad at so many things including spoiling Star Wars and television shows on Disney+ that break the 4th wall. Josh does his customary themed Halloween costumes with the family, Ben can’t figure out why homecoming dresses keep popping up everywhere, and finally they give a full review of their experience at the 30th Anniversary Celebration “Magic 30” in Las Vegas. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-36:07)
  • Why baseball is popular in Japan
  • Malcolm in the Middle breaking the 4th wall
• Bad at Sports (36:07-48:27)
  • “Classic douche!”
• Bad at Parenting (48:27-52:47)
• Bad at Technology (52:47-55:15)
• Bad at… (55:15-1:01:18)
  • Logic: Composition/Division
  • English: Scoff and Scran
• Feature: Magic 30 (1:01:18-end)
  • The 30th Anniversary Celebration of Magic: the Gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada, 28-30 Oct 2022
  • Cosplay Contest
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh get outraged about Magic 30th Anniversary Edition’s $1,000 price tag, fall pray to the Barnum Effect, and get caught in a sticky wicket all before single-handedly offending fans of nearly 50 of the most popular sports worldwide.
• Intro & follow-up (0-20:46)
  • What is the Magic: the Gathering “Reserved List”? (8 min)
  • Magic 30th Anniversary Edition
• Bad at Logic (20:46-24:20)
  • The Barnum Effect
  • South Park, Stan the Psychic
• Bad at English (24:20-27:29)
  • Caught in a “sticky wicket”, meaning difficult situation
• Board Game Survivor (27:29-33:42)
  • Omnath, Locus of Creation (store promo) market value
  • The Magic Player Archetypes
• Bad at Technology (33:42-45:35)
• Feature: bad at sports? (45:35-end)
  • The Bananaball rules
  • Chess Boxing??
  • The Hardest Sport according to Jason Bourne
  • A League of their Own (1992)
  • XFL Commercial (c. 2000) vs. XFL Commercial (2022)
  • Welcome to Wrexham
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    • New! “Ep. 82.5: Not-so-Villainous”…Ben and Josh discuss some of the best movie baddies you may find more sympathetic than the hero [for Patrons only!]
• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich