Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh talk bollocks about husbanding, drive throughs, and Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker 
• Shovel Knight vs. Hollow Knight (0:00-2:53) 
• Bad at English (2:53-9:44) 
  • bol·locks /ˈbäləks/ 
    • Noun 
    • VULGAR SLANG•BRITISH 
  1. the testicles. 
  2. used to express contempt, annoyance, or defiance. 
  3. Also: 
     1. Nonsense i.e. “talking bollocks” 
     2. Something good i.e. “the dog’s bollocks” 
     3. Transitive verb e.g. “to bollocks something up” 
     4. To give a “bollocking” means a lecture or chew out 
     5. Term of endearment “Josh, you old bollocks, let’s go get a pint.” 
     6. And more! 
  • US Congress vs. UK Parliament 
• Bad at Husbanding (9:44-27:17) 
  • Josh’s gift-giving-to-Mommy fiasco 
  • Ben’s thoughts on conversing with wives 
    • Ask: “Is this a fixing conversation or an understanding conversation?” 
• Ben and Josh vs. Bureaucracy (27:17-57:14) 
  • Ben’s experience with the Illinois Tollway call center 
    • Woman owes $106,000 in parking fees…where else? Chicago 
  • Josh’s foolproof strategy for not becoming a drive-thru efficiency victim 
    • Kindly and harmlessly decline to pull forward 
    • Just be super-polite and friendly but don’t pull forward 
    • ??? 
    • Profit 
  • Louis CK’s Hertz rental drop-off 
  • Tell us about your experiences in the drive-thru! 
• Thanks to our listeners! (57:14-58:39) 
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  • Bad At Magic on Reddit 
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  • Josh’s Random Thoughts: How to introduce board games 
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review (58:39-1:53:35) 
  • **SPOILER ALERT** 
  • Sanderson’s Laws of Magic 
  • Still a better lightsaber battle… 
  • Teaser for next time: 
    • Josh at the US Air Force Academy 

Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh talk about Christmas gift giving, children’s birthday parties, and holiday gaming with the family 
• Christmas gift giving (0:00-10:23) 
  • Arthur Christmas 
  • Bad at English?: stabilizers = training wheels 
• Bad at Parenting (10:23-38:03) 
  • Giving gifts to 6 kids 
  • Children’s birthday parties 
    • Suggested etiquette for planning children’s birthday parties 
      • No Sundays 
      • Signal whether parents are expected to stay 
      • If so, provide WiFi 
      • Parents don’t have to interact 
      • Gift value range: $10-30 
      • Notice: 1-3 weeks (one if there are no special requirements i.e. costumes) 
• Holiday Gaming (38:03-1:15:53) 
  • Ben’s recommended games 
    • Easy 
      • Blokus 
      • Just One 
    • Medium 
      • Splendor 
      • Trivial Pursuit: Bet You Know It 
      • [Not Recommended] Exploding Kittens 
    • Hard 
      • [Not Recommended] Trogdor: the board game 
    • Insane 
      • Twilight Imperium (4th Edition) 
      • Magic: The Gathering Online Vintage Cube 
  • Josh’s recommended games 
    • Easy 
      • LCR 
      • Shut the Box 
    • Medium 
      • Hollow Knight 
      • Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 
      • Pokemon TCG 
    • Hard 
      • Carthage 
      • Magic: the Gathering Arena 
    • Insane 
      • MTGO Vintage Cube 
  • Josh’s article on the 3 flavors of consuming Magic: the Gathering 
• Life (1:15:53-1:25:58) 
  • Andrea + Icy Parking Lots = Donuts 
  • Teasers for next time: 
    • Josh at the US Air Force Academy 
    • Ben vs. Bureaucracy  
    • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review 
• Thanks to our listeners! (1:25:58-Fin) 
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Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh talk about Star Wars, Christmas shopping, and the Italian job 
• Disney and Star Wars–too much too fast? (0:00-53:26) 
  • Disney+ ‘s killer app: The Mandalorian 
  • Nintendo Launch Titles 
  • Disney’s Star Wars cinema sins (Josh’s review): 
    • Force Awakens – 2015 – Great – 8/10 (-2 for unnecessary fan service, looking at you random han solo monster scene) 
    • Rogue One – 2016 – 3/10 (storytelling at its worst, +3 for visuals and making storm troopers feel menacing) 
      • Just watch this one scene instead! 
    • Last Jedi – 2017 – Ugh – 1/10 (ruined the rest of the franchise for me, missed opportunity with a Kylo and Rey swap) 
      • Mark Hamill speaking for the fans 
    • Solo – 2018 – 7/10 as a random sci-fi heist movie, 1/10 as star wars canon, utterly forgettable 
  • Turned a beloved franchise into a soulless cash-grab 
  • The Rise of Skywalker – 2019  
  • The Mandalorian – turning things around? 
  • Baby Yoda Memes! 
• Bad at English (53:26-58:43) 
  • pitch up—phrasal verb 
  UK informal 
  to arrive in a place: I was late getting home from work and needed to get my son to dance practice, but didn’t want to pitch up in uniform so I went inside to change. 
• Christmas Shopping (58:43-1:21:35) 
  • The cutting board Josh made for Ben 
  • Alicia’s piecework nativity 
  • The 5 Love Languages — what’s yours?? 
    • receiving gifts, 
    • quality time, 
    • words of affirmation, 
    • acts of service, 
    • and physical touch 
  From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Love_Languages>  
  • The Christmas gift giving rule of 4 story 
    1. Something you want, 
    2. Something you need, 
    3. Something to wear, and 
    4. Something to read. 
• Ben tells the story of the Italian Job (1:21:35-2:28:35) 
  • Ben’s Unit in Italy 
  • Air Force Instruction 34-511 – Disposition of Personal Property and Effects 
  • Bo’s home movies 
• Thanks to our listeners! (2:28:35-Fin) 
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Show Notes:  

• Intro and Leftovers from Episode 7 (0:00-18:35) 
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Fan Trailer 
  • NEW Official Trailer 
  • Oko, Thief of Crowns 
    • Price went back up?!  $50 & out of stock as of 12/2 
• Bad at English (18:35-28:01) 
  • Cockney rhyming slang: “Have a butchers”=Have a look 
  • Ben’s daughter practicing her Wiltshire accent 
• Thankful for Doctors (28:01-47:01) 
  • Josh’s doctor introduces puberty to his 8-year-old 
  • Why Athens 2000 years ago was like Reddit: Acts 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 
  • Ben’s free braces 
• Thanksgiving Dinner (47:01-1:21:33) 
  • Josh thinks having ham at Thanksgiving is un-American 
  • Ben is anti-sweet potatoes 
• Email Limbo (1:21:33-1:34:16) 
  • Ben spoils The Sixth Sense 
  • Josh says, “Everyone is the star of their own life.” 
• Thanks to our listeners! (1:34:16-) 
  • Check us out on Facebook! 
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Show Notes:  

• Intro (0:00-4:11) 
  • Puffs are “Bad At Magic”! 
• Leftovers from Episode 6 (4:11-8:38) 
  • Bad At Magic Speculation: Oko, Thief of Crowns 
• What it’s like having listeners (8:38-14:38) 
  • The Brick Catapult: the rest of the story 
• Playing games with kids (14:38-34:45) 
  • “Not all screen time is equal.” -Ben 
  • Video games are more than just sitting and staring at a screen 
    • Rock Band 
    • Use Your Words 
    • Kahoot! 
  • Ben’s Dad’s Superpower 
  • Board Games w/ Kids 
    • Go Fish! 
    • Battleship 
    • Monopoly 
    • UNO (for Colorblind!) 
  • “Games are like wine…if you don’t like it, that’s because you haven’t found one that you like.” -Josh 
• Bad At English (34:45-39:42) 
  • Ghee: is a class of clarified butter that originated in ancient India. It is commonly used in Middle Eastern cuisine. 
  • Britain’s National Dish: Chicken Tikka Masala 
  • The Jeremy Kyle Show 
• Things that annoy people (39:42-1:11:19) 
  • Clicky things like keyboards and pens 
  • Treating your peers like children 
  • Ben’s Leadership Reaction Course PTSD 
  • Josh’s Business Transaction Broker’s communication skills 
• Living With Yourself on Netflix by Timothy Greenberg with Paul Rudd & Aisling Bea (1:11:19-2:06:34) 
  • Wikipedia article with episode summaries written by Ben 
  • Hank Azaria on Mel Blanc 
  • The Sixth Day Trailer 
  • Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes 
  • Mise-en-scène 
• Thanks to our listeners! (2:06:34-) 
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Show Notes: 

• Intro and Leftovers from Episode 5 (0:00-11:51) 
  • Daylight Savings Time! 
  • CGP Grey on DST 
  • A Better Voting System? 
  • What would YOU do if you could change something in society that bugs you?? 
  • Mythbusters on Roundabouts 
  • Switching sides of the road in Sweden (Dagen H) 
  • Gun laws in Australia 
• How has Ben never heard the kid hanging off the balcony story? (11:51-15:12) 
  • Josh’s diaper bag? 
• Bad at English (15:12-20:01) 
  • Mob-handed, Adjective/adverb, British, informal 
    • in a large group, especially in a large, threatening group of people 
    • The term mob-handed has most likely been created by analogy with the adverb/adjective single-handed which means ‘done by one person without help from anyone else’. 
  • A wing staff meeting 
• What you teach the kids (20:01-34:07) 
  • Taekwondo vs. Karate 
  • Girls on the Run.org 
• Macroeconomics and Magic: the Gathering (34:07-49:02) 
  • Price history of Oko, Thief of Crowns 
  • Price history of Doubling Season 
  • Data visualization of Dual Lands price history 
• Halloween costumes (49:02-58:46) 
  • Josh’s Bleach Anime Family 
  • Ben’s Star Butterfly + Mabel & Dipper Pines 
  • Ben’s Fat Thor 
• Getting fit (58:46-1:30:08) 
  • Josh’s fitness tips 
    • Use a Calorie counting app to see where you’re at 
    • Cut out the empty calories 
    • Do a workout you like 
    • Friday is pizza day 
    • Do “a lot of the things you want and none of the things you don’t want” 
  • USAF Fitness Test 
  • 2019 Air Force PT Test Deaths 
• Blender technology (1:30:08-1:40-28) 
  • Vitamix Professional ($599!) 
  • Actual non-stick pan! 
• Teaser for next time and thank yous (1:40:28- 
  • Living With Yourself on Netflix 
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