Bad At Magic

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• Ben and Josh get serious about gun violence in America even if they can’t agree what to do about it. Then they depart reality and talk about their favorite movies from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s and make a few recommendations for some great ones you may have missed.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-37:57)
  • The State of Gun Violence in America (May 2022)
  • Australia did it, we can too!
• Bad at Logic (37:57-43:09)
  • The placebo effect
• Bad at English (43:09-46:04)
  • Land of Hope and Glory at the BBC Proms 2009
• Feature (46:04-end)
  • Are there more wheels or doors? (Breaking Bad “deleted” scene)
  • If you think you want to watch Robot Jox (1989), watch this first
  • Die Hard With a Vengeance “Don’t drop this.”
  • Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined
  • “The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.”
  • Michael Jackson – Will You Be There (Free Willy)
  • Bump the lamp (Roger Rabbit)
  • Death Blossom (Last Starfighter)
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• Ben becomes a grandfather on Mother’s Day and was WAY wrong about the crowd-sourced investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing. He also gets nervous about his upcoming physical fitness test. Josh loses yet another game to his son and has trouble talking about religion. Together they explore the harrowing memoir ‘Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood’ by actor Danny Trejo.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-46:53)
  • The rule of 72
  • Compound interest (Futurama)
  • The Reddit Boston Bombing debacle 
  • You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t
  • New Air Force choose-your-own PT test
  • Has “the office” become a thing of the past?
  • Apple’s chief of machine learning quits over return-to-office policy
• Bad at Socializing (46:53-56:35)
• Bad at Logic & Bad at English (56:35-1:00:26)
  • The Texas sharpshooter
  • If Google was a Guy: “climate change is not real”
• Board game survivor (1:00:26-1:10:40)
  • Star Wars: X-Wing
    • Ewan McGregor Recalls Watching His Uncle In Original Star Wars As A Kid
  • Bang! The dice game 
    • Verdict: keep
• Book review: Trejo (1:10:40-end)
  • Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood 
    by Danny Trejo
  • The American Me Murders
  • No two Steves
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• Ben and Josh commit the cardinal sin of being wrong on the internet about web browsers, and comic book movie rights. Ben talks about how to be a better husband by telling yourself the good story. Josh reveals, to the surprise of no one, that he chooses to live by negativity bias. Finally they give their vision for what wonders the future may hold…in the year 2000!
• Intro & follow-up (0-53:31)
  • The most popular web browser 1993-2020 (!)
  • Web browsers for Linux
  • The Reddit Boston Bombing debacle
  • A visual guide to Marvel character rights
  • Contactless payments
• Bad at Husbanding (53:31-1:05:29)
  • An Hermeneutics of Generosity (An H of G)
• Bad at Logic (1:05:29-1:08:02)
  • Negativity bias
• Bad at English (1:08:02-1:09:03)
  • Peckish: adj. feeling somewhat hungry (but not starving)
• Board game survivor (1:09:03-1:19:29)
  • The Streets of New Capenna
• Feature (1:19:29-end)
  • In the year 2000 (Conan O’Brien aired Oct 2003) 
  • The speech that made us proud to be human
  • The Kardashev Scale (“Type 1 Civilization”)
• Next episode:
  • Book review: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
  • CONTENT WARNING!!! Danny Trejo has had a rough life and has the @*&^%$# vocabulary to match
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• Josh levels up on his path towards “MAXIMUM DAD”, Ben tries to figure out why you plateau when you’re trying to get better at something, and Spider-Man: No Way Home gets the full Bad at Magic Podcast treatment.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-36:57)
  • How long does Copyright last?
  • Patrick Stewart vs. James Corden (played out just like Josh said)
  • Reddit’s r/place 2022 animated
  • The Magic: the Gathering Reserve List
• Bad at Parenting (36:57-48:27)
  • Maximum Dad [jokes]
• Bad at Technology (48:27-56:39)
  • What is the best web browser?
• Bad at Logic (56:39-1:07:48)
  • Ambiguity
• Bad at English (1:07:48-1:10:09)
  • Dodgy: adj. dishonest or unreliable
• Feature (1:10:09-end)
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Underoos!
  • Tom Holland goes undercover to experience High School
  • Andrew Garfield lying about Spider-Man: No Way Home for 4 minutes
  • How Spider-Man: No Way Home should have ended
  • All the Spider-Man: No Way Home references to previous movies
• Next book review (Ep. 72, coming May 18th):
  • Trejo: My life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
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• Ben and Josh weigh in on “the slap heard round the world” talk about what in the heck r/place is, deal with the childhood trauma of COVID-19, figure out how to give kids allowance in a way that teaches them about good financial management, and finally delve into the rules of online gaming economies.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-37:36)
  • How do radio stations know how many listeners they have? 
  • Roseanne becomes a Nielsen Family
  • The slap heard round the world [LANGUAGE WARNING]
  • What should Chris Rock’s first joke be following the Oscars?
  • Reddit’s 2nd go at /r/place
  • All Bad at Magic back-catalog episodes are now on YouTube!
• Bad at Parenting (37:36-58:01)
  • CDC COVID-19 County Tracker
  • Teaching children sound financial management principles
• Board Game Survivor (58:01-1:02:56)
  • A La Carte: a cooking sim board game for 2-4 players
    • Verdict: keep (not great, but still fun)
• Bad at Logic (1:02:56-1:04:54)
  • Bias: The Barnum Effect
• Bad at English (1:04:54-1:08:10)
  • Have a “ding-dong” (i.e. a fierce argument)
• Online Gaming Economies (1:08:10-end)
  • Wizards of the Coast on the MTG Arena economy in 2022
  • How to turn digital cards into real-world cards on Magic Online
  • Tolarian Community College: is buying a Standard deck worth it?
  • John “Johnny Magic” Finkle nominated for Hasbro Board
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• Ben rants about the change to Daylight Savings Time (again) and Josh rubs it in that Arizona doesn’t do that (again), they discuss the newest Disney|Pixar film: Turning Red, Ben takes crap (rightfully) for naming his daughter “Russia”, Josh takes on the man so he can have hot water again, and Josh (an agnostic) interviews Ben (a Christian) on what it means to be a seminary teacher for a class of 10 teenagers. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-38:00)
  • Ben steals $10 from Josh in a Vintage Cube draft on MTGO
  • smorescout.com
  • Tony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary
  • The notorious Zappos $1,000 quitting bonus (not $10K like Ben said)
  • The Extremely Shady Death of Artesian Builds
  • The US Senate votes unanimously (!) to end Daylight Savings Time
  • Disney Pixar’s newest animated feature Turning Red
• Bad at Parenting (38:00-43:21)
  • Ben named his daughter “Russia”
• Bad at Husbanding (43:21-54:46)
  • Qualitative vs. quantitative cleanness 
• Josh vs. Bureaucracy (54:46-1:12:10)
  • Faulty Gas Valves Plague 2018-2020 Rheem Water Heaters
• Bad at Logic (1:12:10-1:13:14)
  • Burden of proof
• Bad at English (1:13:14-1:15:29)
  • Bun fight
• Ben the Seminary Teacher (1:15:29-end)
  • 100 Years of Seminary (1912-2012)
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• Ben and Josh discuss the war in Ukraine, Josh’s new (and absurd) new phone, Ben’s inexplicable obsession with S’mores, and the pop-culture sci-fi concoction Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds.
• Intro & follow-up (0-44:46)
  • Russia invades Ukraine
  • President Joe Biden addresses the Ukraine invasion
  • Zelinsky trolls Putin
  • Josh’s new phone: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
  • DoD Mask Wear Policy Update – 1 March 2022
  • Brandon Sanderson: It’s Time to Come Clean
  • Controversy surrounding the Sanderson Kickstarter
• Bad at eating (44:46-1:01:31)
  • Ben’s S’mores tier chart
  • Smorescout.com 
• Bad at Logic (1:01:31-1:04:16)
  • The framing effect
• Bad at English (1:04:16-1:07:55)
  • Skive – v. avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission
• Board game survivor (1:07:55-1:14:43)
  • Modern $5K top 8 players including Ben’s son Jarus
• Movie Review: Free Guy (1:14:43-end)
  • Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds
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• Josh only gets speeding tickets in school zones, Ben flees Mardi Gras lest he see a boob, no one except perhaps Ryan Reynolds exceeds Josh in Deadpool fandom, and the hosts take on ALL THE STUPID RULES. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-20:05)
  • Historic Route 66
  • Josh’s Random Thoughts: Spoiled For Choice – Keyboards
  • Mardi Gras in Shreveport
• Bad at Logic (20:05-25:32)
  • No true Scotsman
• Bad at English (25:32-33:41)
  • What does MBE, OBE, CBE mean?
  • The London Gazette Honours List
• Stupid rules (33:41-end)
  • Task and Purpose: the dumbest rules in the US military
  • The official US Air Force Dress and Personal Appearance Regulation
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic – Mission Statement
  • Idiot ignores train signals
  • Stupid federal tax rules for bud farms
  • Sacred Clothing worn by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (explained)
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• Josh has never gotten a speeding ticket, gets a new keyboard (why?), and is now married to a Lady of Scottish lairdship; Ben’s prediction about movie theaters comes true, he carries an entire Radio Shack in his pocket, and they both think living in colonies on the moon sound like a great idea…for someone else as they review the 2017 book ‘Artemis’ by Andy Weir. 
• Intro & Follow up (0-17:45)
  • Episode 16: theater prediction (starts around 1:45:45)
  • Smartphone = 1991 Radio Shack Ad
• Bad at Husbanding (17:45-32:35)
  • Established Titles – Become a Lord or Lady
  • Don’t be a cold gravy spouse
• Josh’s Random Thoughts (32:35-48:08)
  • Is there a limit to human thought? Is it language??
  • Razr Huntsman Elite Keyboard
• Bad at Logic (48:08-52:21)
  • In-group bias
  • Quiz: What kind of Mormon are you?
• Bad at English (52:21-54:46)
  • Fill your boots = Knock yourself out
• Book review: Artemis (54:46-end)
  • Artemis by Andy Weir
  • A Chart to Explain Your Entire Worldview – A simple grid from Dungeons & Dragons has become a way to categorize…everything
  • Male writers writing female characters
  • “I have a plan.”
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• Josh culminates his annual fitness efforts in the Arizona Rock and Roll half-marathon, Ben attempts yet another competitive Magic tournament, they explore new efforts to turn electric cars into a new kind of positive externality, and finally they ponder some common (and some not-so-common) TV tropes.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-1:09:10)
  • Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard
  • Flashback to 1983: 3-2-1 Contact: New York City Marathon (S02E04) “THE WALL”
  • Eliud Kipchoge runs the first ever sub-2-hour marathon
  • CGP Grey: What’s your theme?
  • Military wife tracks household goods with Apple AirTag
  • The many surprising voices of Alan Tudyk
• Bad at Technology (1:09:10-1:22:08)
  • Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries.
  • Ford F-150 Intelligent Backup Power
  • World’s Largest Batteries – (Pumped Storage)
• Bad at Logic (1:22:08-1:24:07)
  • Loaded question
• Bad at English (1:24:07-1:26:40)
  • The puppy closest to the pile of poo: the obviously guilty party
• Board game survivor (1:26:40-1:34:48)
  • Blink – The World’s Fastest Game!
  • Set  – Similar to Blink but for 1-20 players (!)
  • Unstable Unicorns – Baby’s first Magic the Gathering
• Feature (1:34:48-end)
  • Living the Minion Life (B@M episode 34)
  • TVTropes.org: One Steve Limit
• Coming in Episode 65:
  • Our next book review: Artemis by Andy Weir
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