Bad At Magic

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• Ben and Josh conclude the epic trilogy of The Lord of the Rings with Return of the King. Also, Ben uses his wife’s good scissors, Josh gets road raged at, and the hosts encourage you to update your internal simulators for the loved ones in your life.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-9:20)
  • LOTR Bechdel Test (0:15)
• Bad at Technology (9:20-18:43)
  • How a ‘NULL’ License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell
  • Ben vs. Bureaucracy story: The Illinois Tollway (Episode 11, starts @ 27:17)
  • Josh’s Software Company: PoolNotes.com
• Bad at Love (18:43-42:23)
• What I’m Reading (42:23-52:25)
  • Josh: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
    • Parks and Recreation: Andy at Hogwarts
  • Ben: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (52:25-end)
  • Return of the King (1980) – Eowyn vs Witchking
  • Tolkien Tuesday: The Memes of Lord of the Rings
  • Mandatory “Taking the Hobbits to Eisengard” 
  • Frodo doesn’t know Legolas’ name
  • That damn pumpkin
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh Review Peter Jackson’s The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers. They also discuss the apocalyptic shakeup in the Magic: The Gathering Commander community following the recent card bannings as well as Josh’s son’s first winning record in the Duskmourn prerelease. They also overanalyze the love language of “Acts of Service” by adding subcategories and magnitude. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-28:57)
  • Arizona Proposition 134
  • Virginia Congressman Derrick Anderson posing with a family that’s not his
• Bad at Magic (28:57-1:01:32)
  • Tolarian Community College on The Commander Bans
  • The Commander Rules Committee (CRC) official FAQ on the bans
• Bad at Love (1:01:32-1:12:38)
  • Check out the infographics on our Facebook page
    • Like and follow while you’re there!
• What I’m Reading (1:12:38-1:25:09)
  • Josh: 
    • Dresden Files: Small Favor by Jim Butcher
  • Ben: 
    • The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (1:25:09-end)
  • Brokeback Mountain?
  • taking the hobbits to isengard
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh plug their favorite Kickstarters, slide down the long tail (again), teach kids how to crochet, review the Anthropocene, and finally review The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!
• Intro & Follow-up (0-23:21)
  • The Academic 133+ XL (deck box)
  • The Long Tail 
  • Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption
  • Mormon mission to El Salvador–the murder capital of the world
• Bad at Parenting (23:21-37:31)
  • Eevee crochet kit
• Bad English Workplace Edition™ & What I’m Reading (37:31-1:07:38)
  • Stop building pedistals
  • Josh is reading:
    • White Night by Jim Butcher
  • Ben is reading:
    • The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
• Feature (1:07:38-end)
  • Viggo Mortensen blocks an unscripted thrown knife
  • The Lord of the Rings mythology Explained (by CGP Grey)
  • The One Ring Explained (by CGP Grey)
  • @airplanefactswithmax on Instagram
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• Ben and Josh set the record straight on obscure Olympic sports, Ben starts his new career in cybersecurity, Josh tries out the new World of Warcraft expansion, and the guys make a list of fictional technologies they’d like to see make the jump to the real world. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-14:58)
  • World’s oldest message in a bottle (132 years!)
  • Smarter Every Day on Innovation in Ocean Rescues
  • BEN HIGHLY RECOMMENDS: Michael Lewis’ podcast ‘Against the Rules’
    • The Art of the Untold Story | Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
  • The crowd goes wild…in DARTS?!?
  • Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Resources and Medal Totals
  • MLB Catcher Plays For Both Teams In A Single Game
• Bad at Work (14:58-28:40)
  • Arctic Wolf Networks Inc.
• Bad at Magic (28:40-34:43)
  • MagicCon Vegas 2024
• Bad at Parenting (34:43-55:12)
  • Kids and food
• Bad at Gaming & What I’m Reading (55:12-1:22:16)
  • World of Warcraft: The War Within
  • What I’m Reading:
    • Ben: Home-Centered Gospel Learning & Living: Seeking Greater Personal Revelation by Loren D. Marks and David E. Dollahite
    • Josh: Dead Beat (The Dresden Files #7) by Jim Butcher
• Fictional Tech We Want (1:22:16-end)
  • The doctor gave me a pill and I grew a new kidney!
  • The Trouble with Transporters
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• Ben and Josh recap the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, send the kids back to school, and finish off the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy with Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-41:04)
  • Ben’s favorite stories from the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Quincy Hall comes from behind in the 400m
    • Noah Lyles guts out a 100m victory by .003
    • Simone Biles reclaims gymnastics all-around gold
    • Snoop Dogg becomes the US envoy to the Olympics
    • Novak Djokovic (Serbia) vs. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
    • Every Katie Ledecky medal (it’s A LOT)
    • BYU alum outta nowhere in the 3k steeplechase 
    • Janja Garnbret gives another dominant climbing performance
    • Cole Hocker’s gambit pays off in 1500m
    • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets world record in 400m hurdles
  • Josh’s favorite story from the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French people plan to poop in Seine river in protest
    • Cardboard beds in the Olympic village 
• Bad at Religion (41:04-52:13)
  • Futurama: Godfellas
  • “…the least-likely thing that has ever happened.”
• Bad at Parenting & What I’m reading right now  (52:13-1:09:42)
  • Josh: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
  • Ben: The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
• The Clone Wars (1:09:42-end)
  • The Movies
    • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
    • Star Wars Vintage: 2D Clone Wars Micro Series
    • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  • Xanatos Gambit
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• Ben and Josh celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Bad at Magic Podcast by…celebrating the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. They also take on Deadpool & Wolverine and a Swiss bomb shelter full of Italians. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-36:20)
  • The Margaret A. Muir found on the bottom of Lake Michigan
  • Fleshman Family Epic Road Trip Playlist (10hrs)
  • Soar Career Services (Bobbiette Swanson, Career Coach)
  • All You Want To Do from SIX, The Musical
  • “By law, each person in Switzerland is entitled to a place of shelter underground – one square metre per person, to be exact. It is the only country in the world that has such a law, which was enacted in 1962.” 

  From <https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/switzerland-sets-gold-standard-for-designing-bunkers/48604892> 

• Deadpool and Wolverine (36:20-48:35)
  • Reynolds and Jackman take a lie detector test
• What I’m reading right now (48:35-55:54)
  • Wheel of Time Animation
  • Josh: books by Brandon Sanderson
    • Tress of the Emerald Sea
    • The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
    • The Sunlit Man
  • Ben: The Bright Sword, A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman
• Bad at Magic (55:54-1:12:02)
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1:12:02-end)
  • 25th Anniversary
  • Remastered Trailer
  • Bumping the Lamp
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• Ben and Josh discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Josh’s summer vacation to Colorado Springs (including his emotional return to USAFA for the first time in 20 years), the “Big 5” personality traits, and the book A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Bennett. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-31:47)
  • US Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129)
  • Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment
  • Godwin’s Law
  • “Why don’t we find baby Thanos and…?”
  • In the Garden of Beasts
  • John Hinckley Jr. Released From Prison After 41 Years (June 2022)
• Bad at Vacationing (31:47-1:04:36)
  • Fleshman Family Epic Road Trip Playlist (10hrs)
  • uDISC – The App for Disc Golfers
  • USAFA Chapel Under Construction
• Bad at Psychology & Bad at Employment (1:04:36-1:31:20)
  • IPIP “Big Five Personality Test”
  • Link to B@M Personality Test Scores CHART
• Book Review: A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Bennett (1:31:20-end)
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• Ben and Josh create and flesh out the “Hate Pyramid” as well as the “5 Hate Languages”. Which is good because they then discuss the implications of the opinions of the 2023 session of the U.S. Supreme Court. Also, Josh almost dies (twice) doing routine chores. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-54:55)
  • Small Talk by Katie Perry
  • Infographics: 
    • The Hate Pyramid
    • The 5 Hate Languages
• Bad at Life (54:55-1:09:33)
  • The Phoebus Cartel’s control over the light bulb market (wikipedia)
    • Veritasium video about the Phoebus Cartel
• What I’m Reading (1:09:33-1:14:48)
  • Josh: A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Bennett
  • Ben: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
• Main Topic: The 2023-24 Supreme Court Decisions (1:14:48-end)
  • New York Times summary of the 2023 court decisions
  • U.S. Supreme Court Website for the 2023 opinions
  • Impacts of the reversal of the 1984 “Chevron Doctrine”
  • Supreme Court opinion on Trump v. United States (Sotomayor dissent starts on page 69)
    • “Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for “bold and unhesitating action” by the President…the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent. “
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• Ben apologizes (sort of) for having more than one “best friend”, the hosts are bad at fitness, RedBox is about to go under and the streaming services are starting to do their best Terminator impersonation, AND Ben and Josh loved (and recommend) Disney Pixar’s Inside Out 2. Seriously. Go see it with the people you love.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-38:29)
  • IPIP “Big Five Personality Test”
  • Family Guy Mattress Shopping
  • Nike Air Max 95 – an Ode
• Bad at Fitness (38:29-49:37)
  • Beat the freeze
  • Princess Diana running in the parents’ race 
• Bad at Tech & What I’m reading (49:37-1:08:52)
  • Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV+ bundle (by Comcast)
  • Josh: A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
  • Ben: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
    • Her TED Talk
• Main Segment: Inside Out 2 (1:08:52-end)
  • Inside Out 2 final trailer
  • Herman’s Head (portrait retrospective)
  • The combinations of the 5 original emotions
• Coming soon…
  • We’ll be reading a book, read along to join the book club!:
    • A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Bennett
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• Ben and Josh discuss Evermore Park, the Utah NHL hockey team, Rich’s razor, puzzle nationals, perverted creators, Modern Horizons 3, and beating your high score.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-48:03)
  • Evermore is the RPG theme park of your dreams (Nerdist News)
  • Jenny Nicholson’s review of Evermore Park
  • Evermore Park closes for good
  • Massachusetts Boston Mission
  • Avril Lavigne being a bit low-energy
  • Alice Rowe wins puzzle nationals!
  • Spreadsheet World Championships (Excel)
  • Register your vote for the Utah NHL team
• Bad at Parenting (48:03-1:03:24)
• What I’m Reading (1:03:24-1:18:05)
  • Josh: A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time Book #14) by Robert Jordan | Brandon Sanderson
    • Bill Cosby “Spanish Fly”
  • Ben: The Paradise Planets: The Fallen From Paradise by Shaun Barrowes
    • Audio Book
    • Trailer
    • Soundtrack on YouTube
    • Shaun Barrowes Music
• Board Game Survivor (1:18:05-end)
  • Modern Horizons 3
  • “It’s been the London Mulligan for 5 years.” -Ben
  • Ridiculously high score in Sprint mode on N64 The New Tetris
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  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich