Bad at Magic

By Bad at Magic

This is a podcast about games, life, and other things. Co-hosts Ben and Josh have been friends for 15 years. Our curiosity about life is at the heart of our great conversations about virtually anythin... more

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September 21, 2023Episode 107 – Bad at Social Norms
Show Notes
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.
Intro and follow-up (0-12:24)
Ed Sheeran responds to copyright infringement lawsuit
The Jazz Singer and Al Jolson’s racial identity
Bad at Technology (12:24-42:51)
The Library of Babel on VSAUCE
http://libraryofbabel.info
iPhone 15 and USB-C
Bad at English (42:51-50:49)
Literally the end of Josh caring about humanity
#WordCrimes
Nuclear or Nucular?
What I’m reading (50:49-1:05:28)
Books by Acquaintances:
Nova by Meagan Schanfish (high fantasy)
The Paradise Planets by Shaun Barrowes (high fantasy)
Trinacria by P.D. Fertitta (mafia)
What I want, but hard-copy only:
In the garden of beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson (history)
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (mid-20th-century memoir)
Present at the Creation by Dean Acheson (biography)
Taboos and social norms (1:05:28-end)
It’s you…and by a lot
Google nGrams Viewer
of course…but maybe (Louis C.K.)
The Station nightclub fire: What happened and who’s to blame for disaster that killed 100?
Mr. Bean no hugs
The Tattooed Mormon, Al Fox
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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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2h 11min
September 07, 2023Episode 106 – From The Jazz Singer to Bluey
Show Notes
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 watch? And for their kids, what has changed and why? Also on this episode: The Jazz Singer, Failaka Island, Time Capsules, Cystic Fibrosis, Social Media Milestones, Free Data Storage Services, and more!
Intro & Follow-up (0-41:38)
Episode 105.1 on Patreon
Help us get over 100 Facebook followers!
#rocksitting on the B@M Facebook page!
Failaka Island
Map
Wiki
Bad at Technology (41:38-58:03)
Donate to Wikipedia
Bad at Brothering (58:03-1:12:56)
What is Cystic Fibrosis
Advancements in care for people born with CF
Trikafta for the treatment of CF symptoms
Listen to Stuff With Moms!
Kid shows: then vs. now (1:12:56-end)
80s Toons
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Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 3min
August 24, 2023Episode 105 – A Faith Revisited
Show Notes
Ben and Josh explore the efficacy of public demonstrations (specifically: picketing), Josh gives his eldest child their first cell phone, Ben introduces “The Foundling Quiz”, and they revisit Ben’s missionary service, but this time with the shields down.
Intro & Follow-up (0-32:50)
SECAF Deborah Lee James reduces “queep” in the US Air Force
UK Parliament: Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ)
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs, officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister’s Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons is sitting, during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament (MPs).
–From Wikipedia
Chaos Theory (from Jurassic Park)
Bad at Parenting (32:50-46:45)
Giving your kid their first phone
Foundling Quiz (46:45-56:41)
Link to The Foundling Quiz on Google Docs
What are you reading? (56:41-1:04:06)
Josh:
Death Masks by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files)
Peace is Every Step: The path of mindfulness in Everyday life by Thich Nhat Hanh
Ben:
Nothing is True and Everything is possible: The surreal heart of the new Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
BONUS: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Feature (1:04:06-end)
The first B@M interview re: Ben’s missionary service
Ep. 17: Banter About Missionaries (interview starts @ 47:04)
A day in the life of Apostle David A. Bednar
Leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 10min
August 10, 2023Episode 104 – Invisible Barbie
Show Notes
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 movie, and review the book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez.
Intro & follow-up (0-14:03)
Post Malone buys the Magic: the Gathering “The One Ring” 001/001 for $2.6M
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Barbie (14:03-43:44)
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
Barbie
Bad at Staying Alive? (43:44-53:21)
Josh in a hospital gown
Bad at Magic (53:21-1:02:31)
Is it worth it to buy a box of Commander Masters (Tolarian Community College)
The three genius ideas of Richard Garfield, PhD
Book discussion – Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez (1:02:31-end)
Caroline Criado Perez on Invisible Women
CONTENT WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT THREATS
Why Do We Still Find Women’s Voices So Scary? | Caroline Criado-Perez | TEDxCoventGardenWomen
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Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 13min
July 27, 2023Episode 103 – Barbenheimer and all* the Spider-Mans
Show Notes
Ben takes the Barbenheimer challenge, Josh tries Spelltable, and they rank all 10 of the millennial Spider-Man movies.
Intro & Follow-up (0-29:46)
Oppenheimer 70mm IMAX Print is HUGE
IBM Diamondback Tape Library
Bad at sports (29:46-36:58)
Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final Highlights
Bad at magic and What I’m reading (36:58-52:27)
Spelltable: Remote Magic, Made Easy
Stuff Made Here: Automatic Pool Stick vs. Strangers
Next time:
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
All* the Spider-Mans (52:27-end)
*only these 10:
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2014)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Homeless Spider-Man gets paid
HISHE: Spider-Man 3
Captain America: Civil War – All Spider-Man Scenes
Tom Holland Spider-Man Audition
HISHE: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Every Donald Glover Spider-Man Connection
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Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 19min
July 13, 2023Episode 102 – Know your Fate, or no?
Show Notes
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)
The Magic Card “The One Ring” has been found!
Deaths during gaming marathons:
PlaceYearLengthSouth Korea200550 hrsTaiwan 201210 hrsRussia 201522 hrsTaiwan 20155 daysDeaths During Gaming Marathons, where they happened, and their length.
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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Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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1h 60min
June 29, 2023Episode 101 – Across the Spider-Verse
Show Notes
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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Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 5min
June 15, 2023Episode 100 – Listener Q&A #3
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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Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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1h 53min
June 01, 2023Episode 99 – Generation Kill
Show Notes
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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Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 8min
May 18, 2023Episode 98 – Lost Roku
Show Notes
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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Transition music by Jarus Rich
Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich
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2h 12min

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