Bad At Magic

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Show Notes

• Ben responds to the church shooting in Michigan, Josh faces a Halloween costume crisis, Ben starts Year 2 at Hogwarts, Josh has WORDS about the book he’s been reading, and the guys share their thoughts on the brand-new movie Tron: Ares (SPOILER WARNING). 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-27:25)
  • Church Shooting in Michigan
• Bad at Society (27:25-36:08)
  • Vanity Sizing
• Bad at Tech (36:08-45:45)
  • Waymo update
  • Zoox self-driving car
• Bad at Business (45:45-53:21)
  • LTT reaction to Saudi Public Investment Fund acquisition of EA Games
  • Saudi-owned Professional Golf League: LIV Golf
• What I’m Reading (53:21-1:16:31)
  • Josh: 
    • Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday
    • The priory of the orange tree – Samantha Shannon
  • Ben: 
    • The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy – David E. Hoffman
• Tron: Ares (1:16:31-end)
  • Bad at Magic Ep. 143: The Tron Paradox
  • Tron: Ares Trailer
  • AI References:
    • Kurzesagt: AI Slop is Destroying the Internet
    • Vlog Brothers: The Web is going to die
    • Weekly Show with Jon Stewart: Computer Scientist Geoffrey Hinton
    • The AI Prompt that could end the world
    • We’re not ready for superintelligence
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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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• Josh’s electric car almost burns down his house, Ben gets a “fat guy clap” in the office 5K, the hosts propose a Disney Baddie Showdown (coming soon!), and finally they guys do a retrospective on ‘The Siege’ (1998) starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-25:27)
  • The SCP Foundation
  • The back story behind Ben’s friend who has never seen Star Wars
  • The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer
• Bad at Emotional Intelligence (25:27-41:39)
  • And that’sssss bad?
• Bad at Fitness (41:39-53:43)
• Bad at Technology (53:43-1:12:27)
  • Prius battery replacement video
  • “Johnny 5 need input.”
  • Explorers (1985)
• Board Game Survivor (1:12:27-1:19:37)
  • Magic: the Gathering™ Universes Beyond™ Spider-Man™
• Feature (1:19:37-end)
  • The Siege (1998) trailer
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben goes to Disneyland but not without managing to be bad at parenting, Josh creates an intensity metric for the 3rd of the 5 Love Languages (Quality Time) in their ongoing deep-dive series on the topic, and the hosts lament the unfortunate state of political discourse in the United States. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-9:16)
  • Give us all the CLIX (159 in Roman Numerals):
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  • Die Hard With a Vengeance shoplifting kids 
• Bad at Parenting (9:16-21:59)
• Bad at Love (21:59-49:03)
  • The Five Love Languages
  • Quality Time B@M Intensity Graphic | Subtypes Graphic
• What I’m Reading (49:03-1:03:20)
  • Josh: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
  • Ben:
    • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Political Discourse in America (1:03:20-end)
• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Josh is bad at Korean, Ben almost dies in a Tesla, and the guys give the full Bad at Magic treatment to Andor, Season 2.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-10:33)
• Bad at Korean (10:33-22:16)
  • Andy Samberg on KPop Demon Hunters
• Bad at Service (22:16-30:17)
  • Josh’s Rule for when to fire your customer
• Bad at AI (30:17-41:57)
  • Tesla’s Reverse Summon feature aka Banish
  • Mark Rober Tesla vs. Looney Tunes wall
• Bad at Writing (41:57-56:14)
  • What AI is doing to writing as an evaluative instrument in education
  • For a student who used AI to write a paper by Joseph Fasano
  • The Mike Rowe Foundation: MikeRoweWorks.org
• What I’m Reading (56:14-1:07:06)
  • Josh: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
  • Ben: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss
  • FUTURE REVIEW: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
• Andor Season 2 (1:07:06-end)
  • Mon Mothma’s Senate Speech
  • Nemik’s Manifesto
  • Past BAD AT MAGIC episodes about Andor: 
    • Andor Season 1 discussed on Episode 88 – Spoilers for Star Wars Andor
    • Rogue One discussed on Episode 9 – The Italian Job (12:04-16:20)
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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 court several sponsorship opportunities (NOT REALLY), are bad at A LOT of things (more than usual), Josh reads a whole bunch of trashy sci-fi (read: more Dungeon Crawler Carl), and they take on the second leg of the  improvement triangle: rationalization. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-8:54)
  • Zaro Aga was probably 97…not 157
  • SHORT: Old man stopping train
  • Kava Krave:
    • Amazon.com
    • Official Website
• Bad at Parenting, Husbanding, Fandom, Summer, Talking Speed, Retirement, and Medicine (8:54-24:44)
• What I’m Reading (24:44-36:23)
  • Josh: Dungeon Crawler Carl (#2-5) by Matt Dinniman
    • Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
    • The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
    • The Gate of the Feral Gods
    • The Butcher’s Masquerade
  • How Microtransactions destroyed Plants vs. Zombies
• Main Topic: Rationalization (36:23-end)
  • The Fraud Triangle:
    • Motivation | Rationalization | Opportunity
    • Episode 49 – Chuffed about Lying in the Military
  • Next time: Andor, Season 2
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• Support us on: 
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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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• Intro (0:00-1:32)
  • Magic Fest Las Vegas 2019
• Podcast origin story (1:33-13:12)
  • Where it all began?
  • Grand Prix New Jersey 2018 Final Standings (type ‘Rich, Benjamin’ in the search field to see that Ben came in 128/1,212)
• Infatuation with objects discussion (13:13-52:46)
  • Japanese ‘Chandra, Fire Artisan‘ 
  • Lego Millenium Falcon
  • Rex Dangervest Ship
  • The Nike Air Max 95 (Neon)
  • Photos Ben has taken of the current 3 pairs of Nike Air Max 95 he owns
  • Josh’s blender
  • Playmat Josh was infatuated with 
  • Atomic Comics Emporium, Hampton, VA
• The Patrick Bull incident (52:47-1:00:44)
• What age do you call “kid”? (1:00:45-1:04:25)
• Disagreeableness (1:04:26-1:15:27)
  • Psychologist World: Agreeableness
  • Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Ketyian
• Full Actualization (1:15:28-1:24:45)
  • ASL Interpreting
• Future Shows (1:24:44-1:32:10)
• FIN