Bad At Magic

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• The preciousss is finally found and immediately sold for $2M. Guys used to play video games for so long they died. Ben’s unit changes commanders, Josh goes to Bearizona and accidentally finds a piece of his military past. And the hosts talk about what they would do if their fate was knowable. What would you do??
• Intro & Follow-up (0-32:42)
  • Deaths during gaming marathons:

  • Place	Year	Marathon
    South Korea	2005	50 hrs
    Taiwan	2012	10 hrs
    Russia	2015	22 hrs
    Taiwan	2015	5 days

  • The Magic Card “The One Ring” has been found!
• Military Traditions & Josh’s Summer Vacay (32:42-1:03:10)
  • Watch the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Change of Command Ceremony (start at 10:30)
  • The Fleshmans in Bearizona (on TikTok!)
  • Arizona National Guard prevents construction of Parker Dam (1934)
• Bad at Parenting & What I’m reading right now (1:03:10-1:14:44)
  • Josh: Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (the Dresden Files)
  • Ben: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
    • Join us in reading this book for a future review!
• Main segment: can/should you know your fate? (1:14:44-end)
  • Bad @ Magic Episode #46: Time Travel in Fiction
  • You can’t avoid your fate: TikTok edition
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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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• Abu Michael accidentally emails everyone: thrice. Abu Carter becomes the de facto Magic judge at his local game store: again. And, SPOILER WARNING, Ben and Josh gush about the instant-classic, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-29:55)
• Bad @ Technology (29:55-38:26)
• Bad @ Magic (38:26-47:38)
  • The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth rules primer
  • Magic: the Gathering Comprehensive Rules
• What we’re reading (47:38-58:03)
  • Josh: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, Book 3)
  • Ben: Bad Parts: A Supernatural Thriller by Brandon McNulty
    • Bad Prologues vs Good Prologues
  • Episode 46 – Time Travel in Fiction
  • Can you kill baby Thanos?
    • Rhodey could
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (58:03-end)
  • Spider-Verse Fixed Celebrity Voice Acting
  • Hobie “was just cool the whole time”
  • Pavitr Prabhakar: “Being Spider-Man is SO EASY”
    • How Spider-Man India came to life
  • Preston Mutanga animates Lego Spider-Man
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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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Show Notes

• Josh walks around with a foot-long hole in the back of his pants, Ben flies to the Middle East via Western Ireland, and the hosts answer your questions about games, life, and other things. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-26:42)
• Bad at pants & rhetoric (26:42-34:47)
  • “What’s cookin’?“
  • Canon of rhetoric #2: Arrangement
• What I’m reading right now (34:47-45:12)
  • Ben:
    • Twenty Minutes in Manhattan by Michael Sorkin
    • A Walk in my Shoes by Ben Schialty
  • Josh: 
    • Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
  • Bad Dialogue vs Good Dialog (writing advice by Writer Brandon McNulty)
• Q&A #3 (45:12-end)
  • Shannon Airport Aviation Gallery
  • Stuff With Moms
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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’s Grandma dies at 95, Josh gets another new computer monitor, and the guys examine the 2003 Iraq war through the eyes of journalist Evan Wright as they review ‘Generation Kill’.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-12:31)
  • Tom Cruise driving a motorcycle off a cliff. Repeatedly.
  • FCC Code governing RF transmission
• Bad at Technology (12:31-44:59)
  • Why can’t kids have online accounts? Answer: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
• Bad at Rhetoric & BGS (44:59-58:08)
  • The ‘Invention’ Canon
  • What I’m reading:
    • Ben: Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
    • Josh: Stormfront by Jim Butcher
• Generation Kill by Evan Wright (58:08-end)
  • THE BEST Recruiting Ad for the US Marine Corps ever produced
  • Clip from Generation Kill miniseries on HBO: How do you deal with dumb officers?
  • FBI Arrests National Guardsman in leak of classified documents
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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 and Ben revisit the Major-League Baseball (MLB) rules changes they discussed in Ep. 93 now that they’ve been to a game in the 2023 season. Josh loses his Roku remote which turns out to be a much bigger crisis than it probably should have. They consider the genesis of the modern streaming service and prognosticate on where the development of streaming may lead.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-18:57)
  • Interactive Rap Vocabulary Infographic
  • I hope not sporadically!
  • Have the 2023 MLB rules changes had an impact?
    • Yankees/Rays, 11 May 23
    • Diamondbacks/Giants, 13 May 23
• Khan!!! The Musical! (18:57-39:31)
  • Official website
  • Video preview
  • Behind the scenes
  • One Man’s Opinion (5 min review)
  • Brentalfloss ad
  • Broadway vs. “Off Broadway” theatrical productions
• Bad at Magic (39:31-52:43)
  • Magic announces major change to Standard constructed format
• Bad at Technology & What I’m Reading Right Now (52:43-1:10:07)
  • FCC rules governing devices
  • Waveguide um…guide
  • Ben & Josh are reading: Generation Kill by Evan Wright
    • Full book review coming soon on Episode 99!
• Feature: Streaming Services (1:10:07-end)
  • Darkwing Duck Theme
  • History of broadband internet
  • Pew poll of broadband adoption
  • Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
  • Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits
  • Brentalfloss on YouTube
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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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• How many pieces of candy can you take from a candy dish before it becomes rude? Do you need aftermarket security software on your phone? Josh talks Ben through two recent suicides among his friends. Finally, Josh and Ben do a full, completely spoilery, review of ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-35:07)
  • They even took the kitchen sink!!
  • Submit your Questions for episode 100 here
  • TV Trope: Clip Show
  • BONUS EPISODE: How much is too much? (available to Patrons on patreon.com)
• Bad at Friendship (35:07-54:40)
  • HBO Original Movie: Taking Chance starring Kevin Bacon
• Bad at Etiquette (54:40-1:05:57)
  • How many napkins are free?
• Bad at Technology & Rhetoric (1:05:57-1:15:57)
  • Do I need aftermarket security on my phone?
  • The “Branches” of Oratory
• What I’m reading right now & BGS (1:15:57-1:32:59)
  • Josh: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
  • Ben: Generation Kill by Evan Wright (CONTENT WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, CRUDE SITUATIONS, and more)
  • Recommended games:
    • The Red Dragon Inn
    • Ticket to Ride
• ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Review (1:32:59-end)
  • **SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS** (duh)
  • Official Trailer
  • Reused Disney Animation
  • Hot Ones: Pedro Pascal Cries Eating Spicy Wings
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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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Show Notes

• Ben teaches about the dozens of conspiracy theories surrounding “the hum”. Josh tells the story of how ChatGPT defeated a robot-filtering gate to accomplish its task. The hosts give a mostly spoiler-free review of ‘Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves’ but set in the context of bad parenting decisions. Finally, they examine the Japanese concept of “ikigai” (life’s purpose).
• Intro & Follow-up (0-27:09)
  • Clinically Valid Online hearing test (!)
  • Baby wears glasses, sees parents for first time
  • Ingenious way to determine glasses without a prescription
  • Bryan Cranston trying to escape “the hum” in the X-Files S6E2 (1998)
  • “Garth. That was a haiku.”
  • The 2-2 Blues by brentalfloss
  • KHAN!!! The Musical!
• Bad at Technology (27:09-41:11)
  • ChatGPT hires a human to get past a captcha test
  • AskSage – ChatGPT for government
  • Nicolas M. Chaillan on LinkedIn 
• Bad at Parenting (41:11-1:26:13)
  • Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves (CAUTION: more spoilers in this trailer than Ben and Josh did in the podcast)
  • Ahsoka escaping Order 66 
• Bad at Rhetoric & What I’m reading right now (1:26:13-1:34:24)
  • Encompassing Terms (kairos, audience, decorum)
  • Ben: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • Josh: Before they are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
• What’s your ikigai? (1:34:24-end)
  • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Joyful Life
  • The diagram Ben and Josh are talking about (on our Facebook page)
  • @videogamedunkey reviews Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
  • AJR – Way Less Sad
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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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Show Notes

• Josh finally officially becomes a Certified Public Accountant (YES!) and the hosts set the record straight on Digital Nomad at Sea. Ben recounts the tale of the Native American invasion of Alcatraz in 1969 and spoils Star Wars in a whole new way. Josh asks why do we wear flashy headphones and hide our hearing aids? And finally, the hosts engage in a debate on separation of church and state in the context of the $5M fine levied by the US Securities and Exchange Commission against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February 2023. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-20:18)
  • Digital Nomad at Sea: $30K/yr
  • The 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island by Native Americans
  • CGP Grey rates the 50 state flags (DON’T MISS!)
• Bad at Technology (20:18-36:42)
  • Orthodontia by mail
• Bad at Rhetoric & What I’m reading (36:42-51:02)
  • Persuasive appeal: LOGOS (logic)
  • Josh: Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
  • Ben: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
• The February 2023 SEC ruling against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (51:02-end)
  • SEC Press Release
  • Church Press Release
  • IRS Publication 1828 (Rev. 8-2015) 40pgs
  • How Church Donations are Used
  • Church Finances and a Growing Global Faith (2018)
  • [clip] South Park: “The Mormons were the correct answer.”
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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 take on evil zoos, Disney’s handling of Treasure Planet, and Josh’s rapid-onset adoption of TikTok and all the implications of that time-consuming social media platform. Finally they review ‘The Pentagon Wars’ (HBO Films, 1998) starring Cary Elwes and Kelsey Grammer while trying not to trigger their bureaucracy-induced PTSD. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-39:42)
  • F-22 Raptor IDL Incident (2007)
  • Digital Nomad at Sea?
  • National World War II museum in New Orleans (NYT Review, 2013)
  • Audobon Zoo in conservation mode
• Bad at Technology (39:42-1:10:38)
  • For the boys (TikTok)
  • The Jar that represents your life
• Bad at Rhetoric & “What I’m Reading” (1:10:38-1:20:19)
  • Persuasive appeals
    • Pathos
    • Ethos
    • Logos
  • Why Treasure Planet Flopped
• BGS (1:20:19-1:30:56)
  • How to play ‘Star Wars: Villainous’
• Feature: The Pentagon Wars (1:30:56-end)
  • DoD Acquisitions Flow-Chart (TRIGGER WARNING)
  • The Bradley Development Sequence (WARNING: SCOPE CREEP)
  • What Pentagon Wars got right on YouTube
  • Sheep Specifications
  • “I want to be an Airborne Ranger!”
  • Inspector General report regarding the death of Pat Tillman (85 pgs)
  • Vanguard epaulet shaper
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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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Show Notes

• Josh explains “The Gig Economy” and why he is currently experiencing burnout in his job. Ben almost gets arrested and insults his orthopedic surgeon. They discuss the 2023 changes to Major League Baseball rules and what’s gone wrong with constructed Magic: the Gathering at Local Game Stores.
• Intro (0-58:35)
  • United 93
  • IRS Publication 505 – Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax
  • What is “The Gig Economy”?
  • Rocky Mountain Cyber Symposium 2023
  • The 10th Dentist
  • Where is the evidence for the effectiveness of acromioplasty 
• Bad at Sports (58:35-1:24:52)
  • Major League Baseball’s 2023 Rule Changes
  • 1968 baseball mound height lowered to give batters a chance
  • Houston Astros Sign Stealing Scandal (video) & wiki
  • Mark Rober stealing baseball signs with high-tech
  • The Pitchcom System
• Bad at Technology (1:24:52-1:42:01)
  • Is Bing Search AI evil?
  • Will Apple launch ‘Made for iPhone’ (MPI)?
• Bad at Husbanding & Magic (1:42:01-end)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich