Bad At Magic

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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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• Ben and Josh get roasted on TikTok, fall victim to the sunk cost fallacy (bias), and take an in-depth look at what it means to set New Year’s Resolutions. 
• Intro (0-21:01)
  • #1-ranked tennis pro Novak Djokovic in trouble for COVID non-compliance
• Follow-up (21:01-28:46)
  • Satirical TikTok mocking podcasts like ours
  • Jared Diamond (author of Guns, Germs, and Steel) podcast interview
• Bad at Logic (28:46-33:26)
  • the sunk cost fallacy
• Bad at English (33:26-36:01)
  • Threaders (British military slang): annoyed/strung out; angry or fed up 
• New Year’s Resolutions (36:01-end)
  • SMART Goals
  • The Doomsday Clock
  • In Time trailer
  • Country Living’s ‘Top 10 New Year’s resolutions for 2022’
  • Ben’s Blog
  • Don’t be a Cold-Gravy Spouse
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• Ben and Josh record on Christmas day for the first time ever to talk about Josh’s epic struggle with Volkswagen Corporation to try and get his brand-new ID4 out of safety-enforced impound and Ben’s foray into the Top Secret (declassified) Burlington bunker underneath Wiltshire England. 
• Intro (0-6:19)
  • Social Security Retirement Age
• Follow-up (6:19-44:16)
  • Christmas Morning – SNL
  • The most compelling story about a Minecraft piston you’ll ever see (2-min animation made by Ben’s 15-year-old son)
  • Forgot to do elf on the shelf 
  • That one time Josh tried to cancel Comcast cable
  • Family Man (Nic Cage)
• Moral Alignment and Mariah Carey (44:16-50:56)
  • Moral Alignment Test
• Bad at Parenting (50:56-1:07:07)
  • #13 BYU vs UAB | 2021 Independence Bowl
• Bad at Logic (1:07:07-1:09:51)
  • Special pleading
• Bad at English (1:09:51-1:24:07)
  • Christmas crackers
  • The greatest modern Christmas song – Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’
  • Straight No Chaser – The 12 Days of Christmas
• Bad at Bad at Magic (1:24:07-1:39:31)
  • Magic Arena – Alchemy
  • Vintage cube draft videos on our YouTube channel:
    • Ben
    • Josh
    • Ben vs Josh
  • Kamigawa Neon Dynasty
• Feature (1:39:31-end)
  • The Box Tunnel
  • Burlington Bunker on BBC *apologies for the 2005 website* (has interactive maps, photos, articles, videos, and more!)
    • Artist Olga Lehman’s Burlington Murals
  • Next time: resolutions
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• Josh finally gets into the 21st century with his typing habits, Ben becomes Magic store co-champion (at a cost), and they alternately praise and pan The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime and Tick, tick…Boom! on Netflix.
• Intro (0-4:22)
  • P-61 Black Widow
• Follow-up (4:22-26:56)
  • Bad at Magic Episode 9: The Italian Job
  • How Many Spaces Should Be After a Period?
  • The Dvorak keyboard layout
• Bad at Magic (26:56-44:29)
  • Co-champion
• Bad at Logic (44:29-47:17)
  • Just-world hypothesis
• Bad at English (47:17-54:57)
  • Ultracrepidarianism
  • Of carrots and sticks 
• Feature (54:57-end)
  • The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime
  • tick, tick… BOOM! on Netflix
  • Steven Sondheim, master of musical theater, dead at 91
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• Josh duels his telekinetic dragon against Ben’s spear-wielding Justin Bieber, Ben reveals some strategies for being less bad at husbanding, Josh loses to his 10-year-old son at Stratego, and finally they haiver about the other two holidays (Christmas and New Years).
• Intro (0-9:03)
  • Why are there 60 minutes in an hour?
• Follow-up (9:03-19:04)
  • Superfight: Dragon vs. Justin Bieber 
• Bad at Husbanding (19:04-31:27)
• Bad at Logic & Bad at English (31:27-37:52)
  • Logical fallacy: personal incredulity
    • Bob Dole’s war injury
  • Haiver: to chat informally
    • From: I’m gonna be (500 miles) by the Proclaimers
• Board game survivor (37:52-54:13)
  • Stratego
  • Bananagrams
  • Just One (Ben called it “one word”)
• The Holiday Season, Part 2 [Christmas and New Years] (54:13-end)
• NEXT TIME:
  • The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime
  • tick, tick… BOOM! on Netflix
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• A listener gives a great alternate fan theory for interpreting You’ve Got Mail, Ben visits vintage computer mecca Computer Reset in Dallas, Josh attempts to sell $4,000 worth of collectible gaming mini-figures, and both talk about why they love Halloween and Thanksgiving.
• Intro (0:00-1:51)
  • The RST (Readability – Strength – Tone) system for amateur radio operators
• Follow-up (1:51-24:41)
  • You’ve Got Mail: Katherine’s insight
  • Generation names in the western world
  • 17-year-olds dial a rotary phone
  • YouTuber LGR explores Computer Reset
  • RECORDER: The Marion Stokes Project
• Bad at Parenting (24:41-34:07)
• Josh vs. Bureaucracy (34:07-49:13)
  • Warmachine & Warhammer 40K Listing on Craigslist
• Bad at Husbanding (49:13-55:40)
• Magic is Life (55:40-1:10:45)
  • Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules, 19 Nov 2021
  • Piggybacking (security)
• Bad at Logic (1:10:45-1:13:49)
  • Bias: the availability heueristic
• Bad at English & Bad at Gaming (1:13:49-1:22:51)
  • Bank holiday
  • Chasing the Dragon
• The Holiday Season, Part 1 [Halloween and Thanksgiving] (1:22:51-end)
  • Why the Detroit Lions always play on Thanksgiving
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• Ben and Josh recommend Dune (2021) without spoilers (!), a contestant finally gets voted off the island in Board Game Survivor, and Josh unleashes his unpopular fan theory on the beloved 1998 classic You’ve Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
• Intro (0-4:20)
  • Severe Weather Definitions
• Follow-up (4:20-12:23)
  • Dune (2021) not Dune (1984)
• Bad at Parenting (12:23-24:50)
• Bad at Logic (24:50-33:18)
  • The gambler’s fallacy
  • Biblical gambling? Casting lots
• Bad at English (33:18-35:07)
  • Chin-wag: n. talking, esp. informal, gossipy talking; v. to talk informally
• Board Game Survivor (35:07-51:40)
  • Survived:
    • Rack-O
    • The Game
    • Apples to Apples: British Isles Edition
  • Voted off the island:
    • Captain Sonar
    • Superfight
• Movie review: You’ve Got Mail (1998) (51:40-end)
  • Trailer
  • Where are they now?
  • The Piña Colada Song (Escape) – Rupert Holmes
  • Mrs. Doubtfire: “The whole time? THE WHOLE TIME??”
  • Felicia Day rocking the typing emote game
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• Josh was 25% right about the death of Google Fiber and Ben isn’t exactly bad at magic, but let’s not rename the podcast just yet. The real reason the guys are here is to argue the fundamental purposes and motivations behind business and government–TO THE DEATH!! $49.95 only on pay-per-view! 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-9:39)
  • A Great Day in Harlem – Art Kane (1958)
    • Documentary
    • Story (NYT)
  • Arthur C. Clarke predicts the reversal of urbanization…in 1964
  • Google Fiber wasn’t killed, nor is it dead
• Mediocre at Magic? (9:39-32:15)
  • What 3 Words
  • Your Guide to Masks (CDC)
  • Research on mask effectiveness
• Bad at Logic (32:15-34:16)
  • Bias: groupthink
• Bad at English & Board Game Survivor (34:16-41:53)
  • Spit out your dummy
  • Scrabble
  • The Blue Shell – Why Mario Kart’s most hated item exists
• Corporations vs. Governments (41:53-end)
  • Corporate Mission Statements
    • Tesla Mission Statement
    • Samsung Mission & Vision
  • United States Mission Statement(s)
    • Declaration of Independence
    • US Constitution (preamble)
  • First past the post voting explained
  • Index of economic freedom (#12 WILL SHOCK YOU)
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