Show Notes 

• Ben watches weird sports, Josh makes the wrong cookies, video games aren’t as hard as they used to be back when we walked to school barefoot in the snow. Plus: child car seats are as worthless as an ashtray on a motorbike, but never shake a baby (Superfreakonomics book review). 
• Intro (0:00-7:18) 
  • Pac Man max score 
  • Learn about the addressing scheme of the internet (Internet Protocol) versions 4 and 6! 
• The Long Tail (7:18-42:02) 
  • Read the original article by Chris Anderson, October 2004 
  • Weird sports Ben watches: 
    1. Magic: The Gathering (obv.):  
    2. Marble racing: Jelle’s Marble Runs  
    3. Disc golf: Jomez Pro 
    4. Bouldering: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) 
    5. Soap box racing: Red Bull Soapbox Race(s) 
    6. Japanese game shows: Slippery Stair Climbing 
    7. Sumo wrestling: Jason’s All Sumo Channel 
  • Software as a service 
  • Marty McFly finds out Western Union is reliable (it was 70 years, not 100) 
• Bad at Husbanding/Parenting (42:02-1:10:24) 
  • Among Us for Noobs 
• Bad at English (1:10:24-1:13:05) 
  • As useless as…an ashtray on a motorbike 
• Superfreakonomics book review (1:13:05-end) 
  • Freakonomics blog  
  • Freakonomics podcast 
  • D.A.R.E. didn’t work 
  • AFN: Never Shake Your Baby 
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Josh waves the wand of dismissal, Ben fails to teach his teenager not to text and drive, Ben gets shot, Josh spoils The Empire Strikes Back, and Josh plays World of Warcraft, but not as much as he used to…

Show Notes 

• Josh waves the wand of dismissal, Ben fails to teach his teenager not to text and drive, Ben gets shot, Josh spoils The Empire Strikes Back, and Josh plays World of Warcraft, but not as much as he used to… 
• Bad at Numbers (0:00-1:09) 
• Bad at Parenting (1:09-30:46) 
• Ben vs. Bureaucracy (30:46-1:06:04) 
  • Desert One: Operation “EAGLE CLAW” and the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-1980 
• Writing (1:06:04-1:16:59) 
  • Spoilers in Media 
  • The lengths people go to to avoid spoilers 
• Bad at English (1:16:59-1:25:10) 
  • A bit of a “stitch-up” 
  • Episode 9: The Italian Job 
• World of Warcraft interview with Josh (1:25:10-end) 
  • What is World of Warcraft (WoW)? 
  • The Guild (TV series on YouTube) 
  • Clara on the Guild: the queen of Bad at Parenting 
  • Man Dies During Online Gaming Binge 
  • Read ahead book review for Episode 32 
    • Super Freakonomics 
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Ben struggles with his 17-year-old daughter, Josh is jealous of his family's World of Warcraft mounts, and each reveal which fictional government they'd most like to live under (hint: it's not Star Wars).

Ben has a kid bathroom flood, a one-star car wash experience, and has to get an anthrax shot, Josh is a wanker and gets all his stories wrong. Join them as the answer listener questions about life, the universe, and everything.

Show Notes 

• Ben has a kid bathroom flood, a one-star car wash experience, and has to get an anthrax shot, Josh is a wanker and gets all his stories wrong. Join them as the answer listener questions about life, the universe, and everything. 
• Intro (0:00-1:59) 
  • Become a Patron of the show to get access to an exclusive Episode 28.5: Evil B@M 
• Bad at English (1:59-5:35) 
  • “Gone off” milk as in spoiled, bad, sour milk 
• Bad at Parenting and some other things (5:35-25:27) 
  • Ben’s one-star car wash experience 
  • The Sig Sauer M17 
• Listener Q&A (25:27-end) 
  • What is Josh’s favorite nonfiction book and what is Ben’s favorite fiction book? 
  • What are some Magic: the Gathering player stereotypes? 
    • Know Your Meme: Grand Prix Richmond crackstyle 
  • Josh, when you left the military, why did you go back to school to study accounting rather than find a job in computer science? 
    • Actual video of Josh working at GoDaddy 
    • Josh’s Pool Cleaning Mobile App: Pool Notes 
  • What are your favorite/least-favorite commercial jingles? 
    • Josh: Good – Folgers Coffee and Bad – HEADON! 
    • Ben:  Good – Toys R Us and Bad – Liberty Mutual 
    • Bonus: Tripledent Gum! 
  • Whatever happened to the Bad At Magic fitness challenge? 
  • What would Josh’s YouTube ode be about? 
    • Ben’s Ode to the Nike Air Max 95 on YouTube 
    • Wired Magazine: The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, October 1994 
  • What are your top 3 home appliances? 
    • Will it Blend? 
    • The Dunning-Kruger Effect 
  • What did playing “nerd” games teach you growing up that you applied to real life? 
    • 10 things every game needs by Mark Rosewater, Magic: the Gathering lead designer 
  • What has the podcast journey taught you about yourself? 
    • Ben’s (admittedly stale) blog 
  • What is the bravest thing you’ve ever done? 
    • Josh did EOD in Afghanistan 
• Wrap up 
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Josh and Ben try to figure out the Dad equivalent of "Mom Voice", wonder what they did before Wikipedia and YouTube, and explore how things might have been different if just one thing had gone differently in the past.

Show Notes 

• Josh and Ben try to figure out the Dad equivalent of “Mom Voice”, wonder what they did before Wikipedia and YouTube, and explore how things might have been different if just one thing had gone differently in the past. 
• Bad at Parenting (0:00-26:28) 
  • Josh’s reaction to “Mom Voice” 
  • Top 10 craziest concept cars 2019 
• Learning new skills (26:28-41:30) 
  • The Lockpicking Lawyer 
• Bad at English (41:30-42:49) DAFT /daft/ adjective INFORMAL•BRITISH 
  1. silly; foolish. 
  “don’t ask such daft questions” 
• The darkest timeline (42:49-end) 
  • Remedial Chaos Theory (Community, Season 3, Episode 4) Watch on Hulu or Netflix 
  • For the Strength of Youth: Dating 
  • Find yourself a ‘Two beers and a puppy‘ friend 
• The End 
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Ben asks Josh if he's actually Bad at Magic, Josh finds out dinner theater isn't "real" theater, Ben arrives late to the birth of his 6th child, and Josh kills some terrorists.

Show Notes 

• Ben asks Josh if he’s actually Bad at Magic, Josh finds out dinner theater isn’t “real” theater, Ben arrives late to the birth of his 6th child, and Josh kills some terrorists. 
• Intro (0:00-3:29) 
  • The Last Dance on Netflix 
• Bad at English (3:29-6:02) 
  • Gert Lush 
• Ben’s Rule of Two and Josh’s Law of Wasted Time (6:02-21:25) 
  • Day9TV #100 MUST WATCH 
  • Good, Better, Best by Dallin H. Oaks 
• Dinner Theater and Sarcasm in Marriage (21:25–35:34) 
  • Skipper Dan by Weird Al Yankovic 
  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 
  • The only way to win is not to play 
• What to do when you see Missionaries (35:34-45:36) 
  • Invite them in! 
• Bad at Parenting (45:36-1:03:01) 
  • The birth of Ben’s 6th child 
• Josh was a drone pilot (1:03:01-end) 
  • PopSci.com: No one wants to be a drone pilot, Air Force discovers 
  • General Atomics MQ-1 Predator 
• Miscellany 
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  • Don’t forget to watch Ben’s video essay celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Nike Air Max 95 
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