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Bad at MagicEpisode 128 – The 5 Hate Languages
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…
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Episode 127 – Inside Out 2
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…
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Episode 126 – Evermore Park & Memory of Light
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…
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Episode 125 – The Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
Ben and Josh discuss High School Graduation(s) and the AI arms race. They both use ChatGPT to help with their work and wonder how long before it comes for the…
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Episode 124 – There’s no I in Team
Ben and Josh discuss marijuana laws, gamer uprisings, decision hygiene, algorithms, and teamwork in today's workplace.
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Episode 123 – The Cat’s Cat
Josh and Ben's teams have a showdown in the UFL (Showboats vs. Battlehawks), they try to instill culture and an appreciation for the arts in their children (to…
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Episode 122 – The Noisy End of Tax Season
The hosts decide what 3 questions they would ask the all-seeing oracle, Ben [briefly] revisits the gaming omnivore's dilemma, and Josh tries not to replace…
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Episode 121 – The Gaming Omnivore’s Dilemma
Josh gives some secret tax tips that you don't need a new keyboard to take advantage of; Ben is wanted by the police…again, and the hosts explore The Gaming…
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Episode 120 – Remaster, Remake, Reboot
Ben and Josh disagree on the TikTok ban legislation and Josh invites you to adopt a UFL team. The hosts react to Dune: Part Two (new in theaters) and reflect…
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Episode 119 – Burnout and Retirement
Josh experiences a bit of burnout as a CPA in the heat of tax season and Ben reviews the proceedings surrounding his retirement from the United States Air…
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Episode 118 – Rich’s Law and the Arcane
Ben and Josh recap the Super Bowl, take on the IRS, and gush about the masterpiece 2021 animation series Arcane: League of Legends. Also: Ben proposes a new…
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Episode 117 – Stupid Traditions
Ben finally concludes the Amazon.com 3D printer saga, Josh's local game store he plays Magic at goes out of business (as he prophesied), and the co-hosts take…
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Episode 116 – Morto un Papa (when a Pope dies)
Josh speed runs the Phoenix Zoo and goes to Disney on Ice on a whim (hint: it's for little kids). Ben cheats at Magic and gets his cart stolen in the grocery…
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Episode 115 – Peter Pan has Grown Up
Ben returns to Louisiana alone, Josh robs his daughter to pay the tooth fairy, the hosts weigh in on the Hasbro layoffs at Wizards of the Coast, and they…
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Episode 114 – Bad at Artifacts
Ben and Josh finalize their holiday shopping mistakes, explore the superstitions surrounding wishing someone luck (in 3 languages), upgrade the ceiling fan in…
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Episode 113 – The Ideal Team Player
Josh buys a new Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Ben returns from Kuwait, Santa Claus is dead (long live Santa Claus), and the hosts discuss the 3 attributes…
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Episode 112 – Bad at Gifting
Ben muddles (badly) through some British honourifics, Josh has a little too much fun in an Ulta, and the hosts take on the traditions and considerations…
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Episode 111 – Genres in Comic Book Movies
Ben and Josh settle potatoes vs. milk, Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day, fiction vs. nonfiction, and MCU vs. DCEU. All in a day's work for the fearless hosts of…
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Episode 110 – Failing Well
Josh advocates for sending signals through colored Trick-or-Treat buckets, Ben finishes reading "The New Jim Crow" and the hosts show why being Bad @ things is…
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Episode 109 – The Year of the Cubicle
Ben and Josh recount some past predictions come true (student loans & MLB rules changes). Josh recounts his experience at Magicfest Vegas 2023…all alone. And…
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Episode 108 – Student Loan Forgiveness
Ben loses yet another car to teenage driving, Josh reads The Eye of the World (again), and they take on a hot-button political issue to absolutely no avail…
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Episode 107 – Bad at Social Norms
Josh and Ben discuss the Library of Babel, the iPhone 15, wizards in Chicago, reading books by your friends, and finally social norms and taboos.
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Episode 106 – From the Jazz Singer to Bluey
Ben and Josh talk about how the cartoon shows of their childhood match up against the cartoons of today. What were the shows they ran home from school to…
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Episode 105 – A Faith Revisited
Ben and Josh explore the efficacy of public demonstrations (specifically: picketing), Josh gives his eldest child their first cell phone, Ben introduces "The…
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Episode 104 – Invisible Barbie
Ben and Josh discuss the sale of the One Ring for $2.6M to Post Malone, react to the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie and the Barbie…
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Episode 103 – Barbenheimer and all* the Spider-Mans
Ben takes the Barbenheimer challenge, Josh tries Spelltable, and they rank all 10 of the millennial Spider-Man movies.
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Episode 102 – Know your fate or no?
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…
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Episode 101 – Across the Spider-Verse
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…
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Episode 100 – Listener Q&A #3
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…
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Episode 99 – Generation Kill
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…
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Episode 98 – Lost Roku
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…
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Episode 97 – Little House on Nevarro
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…
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Episode 96 – What’s your Ikigai?
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…
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Episode 95 – Why did the SEC fine the Mormon Church $5M?
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…
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Episode 94 – TikTok and The Pentagon Wars
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…
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Episode 93 – Tax Burnout and the MLB Pitch Clock
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…
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Episode 92 – Truth is Always Strange
Ben recounts his first Mardi Gras experience in Louisiana, Josh denounces Ben for using Microsoft Edge, and they review the 2006 film 'Stranger Than Fiction'…
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Episode 91 – Dead Channels and the Principality of Sealand
Ben and Josh reminisce about some of their favorite websites, YouTube channels, and podcasts that seem to have stopped producing new content and explore the…
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Episode 90 – Warbreaker Accumulatio
Ben and Josh review Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson and leave no stone unturned: the world, magic system, politics, economy, ideas, and characters… But first…
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Episode 89 – ChatGPT was WRONG
Tuaca and apple cider, basis accounting as a way to make etiquette decisions about defective Christmas gifts, embracing reasonable accommodations for those who…
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Episode 88 – Spoilers for Star Wars Andor
Can you use science to design the perfect Christmas song? How can a traditional/contemporary couple agree on names for their fraternal twins? What do Americans…
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Episode 87 – Full-fat Music Recap
The never-ending controversy surrounding the Magic 30th Anniversary cards surfaces one last time, playgrounds are best when the injuries per hour is non-zero…
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Episode 86 – A Thanksgiving Potpourri
Ben and Josh discuss nuclear power, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, social cooperation apps, transitioning out of the military, the Harvard Classics, Josh's ongoing…
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Episode 85 – Thank you for your Dress and Appearance
Ben and Josh do a deep dive on military dress and appearance in the US Air Force after reviewing the Harvard Classics, the spotlight effect, pensioner…
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Episode 84 – Magic 30 Composition/Division
Ben and Josh are bad at so many things including spoiling Star Wars and television shows on Disney+ that break the 4th wall. Josh does his customary themed…
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Episode 83 – That’s not a Sport
Ben and Josh get outraged about Magic 30th Anniversary Edition's $1,000 price tag, fall pray to the Barnum Effect, and get caught in a sticky wicket all before…
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Episode 82 – A Brace of Bayhem
After being bad at adulting, and husbanding. the hosts follow through on their promise to leave no explosion unturned in exploring the works of Michael Bay…
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Episode 81 – US Air Force Diamond Anniversary
Ben and Josh celebrate the 75th anniversary of the world's greatest Air Force by remembering the history of the first 50+ years and reminiscing about their…
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Episode 80 – The Pareto Principle and ‘Quiet Quitting’
Ben and Josh wonder if anyone who becomes fabulously wealthy will eventually "live long enough to see yourself become the enemy" *cough* Linus Sebastian…
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Episode 79 – Is Gaming good for you?
Ben nearly ends up in the wrong state while trying to get home in time for his daughter's birthday, Josh apologizes for a sin of omission, the hosts solve…
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Episode 78 – All the Places
Ben and Josh read the tarot, reconsider past dubious advice given on the podcast, appeal to nature, and examine (nearly) every place they've ever lived before…
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Episode 77 – Don’t take off your helmet
Josh fails the Swedish border shibboleth on his way back to LEGOLAND. Ben and Josh discuss the merits and morality of adopting a religion (or not) to help your…
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Episode 76 – Another Cheeky spoiler for Star Wars
Ben and Josh discuss some of their motivations behind recent gaming choices, what kinds of life lessons you can learn from the games you play, and give their…
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Episode 75 – Listener Q&A #2
Josh is bad at reading social cues (or is he??), Ben gets fired by his auto insurance company, and we both take on YOUR questions about life, games, and other…
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Episode 74 – Did you gob in the Magic color pie??
Ben and Josh take on cool tech innovations like orbital attack satellites and dubious ones like pneumatic tires. They follow up on Ben's F2P mobile gaming…
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Episode 73 – The Movies that Made Us
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…
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Episode 72 – The Redemption of Danny Trejo
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…
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Episode 71 – In the year 2000…
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…
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Episode 70 – Spider-Man and the Dodgy Wizard
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…
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Episode 69 – Nice
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…