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• 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 experiences with the USAF over the last 20 years. They also are bad at hobbies, parenting, logic, and English.  
• Intro (0-22:03) 
  • Dinosaurs satirical WESAYSO ad 
  • UPLOAD horrible accident in self-driving car 
• Bad at Hobbies (22:03-31:16) 
• Bad at Parenting (31:16-51:13) 
  • Josh’s Kids’ apology notes 
• Bad at Logic (51:13-55:06) 
  • Your bias is the: Dunning-Kruger Effect 
• Bad at English (55:06-58:40) 
  • UK Royal Air Force Officer Ranks 
• Feature (58:40-end) 
  • Happy 75th Birthday, United States Air Force 
  • These posters are awesome! 
  • Historical footage of Billy Mitchell’s PROJECT B (1921 silent movie) 
  • In Memoriam: 
    • Maj Charles Ransom 
    • Lt Col JD Loftis 
    • SSgt Luis Melendez-Sanchez 
    • William “Bo” Cappella 
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• Ben and Josh wonder if anyone who becomes fabulously wealthy will eventually “live long enough to see yourself become the enemy” *cough* Linus Sebastian *cough*. They give a detailed primer on the ins and outs of classified government documents. They’re of course bad at things like relationships and parenting. And finally, they examine the ‘quiet quitting’ trend that’s gone viral on TikTok. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-46:52) 
  • Gamers Nexus analysis on LTT double standard on quality 
  • The legend of the snow tires from Nordstrom 
  • Listener question about classified documents at Mar-A-Lago 
  • Trump documents investigation (circa Aug 2022) 
  • Executive Order 13526 – Classified National Security Information 
• Bad at Relationships (46:52-1:07:30) 
  • Magic Streamer: numotthenummy on Twitch and YouTube 
  • “That’s on me, I set the bar too low.” 
• Bad at Parenting (1:07:30-1:16:36) 
  • “The fact that your children can repeat your nuggets of wisdom back to you means that you’re making an impact, but you don’t get to pick when it applies–that’s up to them.” -Ben 
• Bad at Logic (1:16:36-1:19:27) 
  • Logical fallacy: anecdotal 
• Bad at English (1:19:27-1:20:30) 
  • Beast: v. military slang, slang, mainly British to punish or torture (someone) in a manner that involves excessive physical exercise 
• Feature (1:20:30-end) 
  • “Quiet Quitting” trending on TikTok 
  • Ben’s paper on replaceability in the US military: NOT SO REPLACEABLE 
  • Gen Z didn’t coin ‘quiet quitting’ — Gen X did 
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off??? (Fortune Magazine) 
  • Trevor Noah on ‘quiet quitting’ 
  • “Just do a half-ass job.” Shary Bobbins, The Simpsons, 1997 
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• 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 philosophy by taking on another round of trolley problems, and they review the book Superbetter by Jane McGonigal which looks at the science of games in everyday life.  
• Intro & Follow-up (0-34:48) 
  • YouTuber Sreetips refining the gold out of a scrap PC 
  • Man destroys airport kiosks 
  • MTG Goldfish Podcast talks Magic 30 
  • Markiplier taking on Absurd Trolley Problems 
  • Interactive ‘Absurd Trolley Problems’ on neal.fun [TRY IT!] 
  • Episode 33 of B@M: Trolley Problems 
• Bad at Husbanding (34:48-45:11) 
• Bad at Logic (45:11-52:07) 
  • Fundamental attribution error 
• Bad at English (52:07-55:31) 
  • Kit – n. gear (chiefly British) 
• Feature (55:31-end) 
  • Superbetter by Jane McGonigal 
    • “A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient – Powered by the Science of Games” 
  • People I (mostly) Admire – Is Gaming Good For You / Freakonomics Podcasts 
  • Gaming can make a better world | Jane McGonigal – TED Talk 
  • Soul – The Zone (Pixar’s take on “flow”) 
  • Josh’s musical power-up: All Day by dj Girl Talk [EXPLICIT LYRICS] 
  • Lofi Girl – Beats to study to 
  • This video is ACTUAL MAGIC: nom nom nom by Parry Gripp (use it to make children stop crying) 
  • Whiplash bongo cat 
  • Habitica – Gamify your life 
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Show Notes 

• 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 they finally bugger off. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-24:59) 
  • 78 cards in the tarot 
  • Is “charge your phone to 80% really good advice?” 
• Bad at Logic (24:59-28:36) 
  • appeal to nature 
• Bad at English (28:36-33:32) 
  • bugger: n. sometimes a mild swear word, commonly used to imply dissatisfaction 
• Board game survivor (33:32-42:00) 
  • Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! Blindfolded (!) 
• Feature (42:00-end) 
  • Moving sprinkler pipe by hand 
  • “On Broken Wings” photos from an abandoned Air Force Base (Chanute AFB, IL) 
  • Alaska’s Best Hiking Trail 
• Our next book review (review in Ep. 79): 
  • Super Better by Jane McGonigal “A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient – Powered by the Science of Games” 
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Show Notes 

• 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 children live a happy life.  
• Intro (0-21:05) 
  • Sjuttiosju (seventy-seven, in Swedish) 
• Feature (21:05-end) 
  • Episode 42: The Answer 
  • Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie 
  • Ben’s Unified Parenting Theory (Episode 2, skip to 54:19) 
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    • Super Better by Jane McGonigal “A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient – Powered by the Science of Games” 
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Show Notes 

• 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 thoughts on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-24:09) 
  • Elden Ring Overview Trailer 
  • Play: Papers Please 
• Bad at Logic (24:09-26:23) 
  • Black or white 
• Bad at English (26:23-31:09) 
  • Cheeky: adj. sassy, impudent, insolent 
  • Mary Poppins, “Cheeky!” 
  • Mike Myers as Simon on SNL 
• Bad at Magic (31:09-54:44) 
  • Mark Rosewater on single set blocks 
• The Disney+ Star Wars TV shows (54:44-end) 
  • Sanderson’s Laws of Magic 
  • Pitch Meeting: Mandalorian 
  • Grogu on Etsy 
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Show Notes 

• 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 things in our second-ever Q&A episode.  
• Intro (0-21:44) 
  • Listen to the full version of the show’s new music: Cascading by Ammon Rich 
  • Magic 30: Las Vegas, Oct 28-30, 2022 
• Bad at Social Cues (21:44-36:45) 
• Bad at Parenting (36:45-46:25) 
• Bad at Logic (46:25-57:30) 
  • The bystander effect 
• Bad at English (57:30-59:12) 
  • Interview without coffee: British Army euphemism for a severe reprimand by a senior officer 
• Feature: Listener Q&A #2 (59:12-end) 
  • Magic Head Designer Mark Rosewater’s ‘Drive to Work’ podcast episode #942: “Making New Magic Mechanics” 
  • Cave of the Winds Mountain Park 
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• 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 habit from Episode 22, Josh mocks Ben for yet another wrecked minivan, and they use the Magic: the Gathering color pie to analyze random things like government agencies, superheroes, pets, cooking shows, snacks, cereal mascots, and auto manufacturers.  
• Intro & follow-up (0-43:46) 
  • Project Thor: “Rods from God” 
  • Top Gun (1986), opening scene 
• Bad at Technology (43:46-1:10:43) 
  • Why airless tires suck 
  • 1958 Firebird 3 (prototype) 
  • 1963 Chrysler Turbine (production) 
• Bad at Husbanding (1:10:43-1:18:00) 
  • Episode 22: Descent into madness (re: Ben’s mobile gaming binge, start @ 40:57) 
• Bad at Logic (1:18:00-1:19:54) 
  • Genetic fallacy 
• Bad at English (1:19:54-1:25:26) 
  • “Gob in the pisser.” (Spit in the urinal.) 
• Feature: Applying the Magic: the Gathering color pie IRL (1:25:26-end) 
  • Let’s Talk Color Pie by Mark Rosewater 
  • The secret phrase Guy Fieri uses when he hates food 
  • Turtle hates black shoes 
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• 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 movies from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s and make a few recommendations for some great ones you may have missed. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-37:57) 
  • The State of Gun Violence in America (May 2022) 
  • Australia did it, we can too! 
• Bad at Logic (37:57-43:09) 
  • The placebo effect 
• Bad at English (43:09-46:04) 
  • Land of Hope and Glory at the BBC Proms 2009 
• Feature (46:04-end) 
  • Are there more wheels or doors? (Breaking Bad “deleted” scene) 
  • If you think you want to watch Robot Jox (1989), watch this first 
  • Die Hard With a Vengeance “Don’t drop this.” 
  • Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined 
  • “The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.” 
  • Michael Jackson – Will You Be There (Free Willy) 
  • Bump the lamp (Roger Rabbit) 
  • Death Blossom (Last Starfighter) 
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• 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 his upcoming physical fitness test. Josh loses yet another game to his son and has trouble talking about religion. Together they explore the harrowing memoir ‘Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood’ by actor Danny Trejo. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-46:53) 
  • The rule of 72 
  • Compound interest (Futurama) 
  • The Reddit Boston Bombing debacle  
  • You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t 
  • New Air Force choose-your-own PT test 
  • Has “the office” become a thing of the past? 
  • Apple’s chief of machine learning quits over return-to-office policy 
• Bad at Socializing (46:53-56:35) 
• Bad at Logic & Bad at English (56:35-1:00:26) 
  • The Texas sharpshooter 
  • If Google was a Guy: “climate change is not real” 
• Board game survivor (1:00:26-1:10:40) 
  • Star Wars: X-Wing 
    • Ewan McGregor Recalls Watching His Uncle In Original Star Wars As A Kid 
  • Bang! The dice game  
    • Verdict: keep 
• Book review: Trejo (1:10:40-end) 
  • Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood  
    by Danny Trejo 
  • The American Me Murders 
  • No two Steves 
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