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 store (twice!). Finally they discuss Ben's thesis on the role of replaceability of personnel in the military.  

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 discuss their relationship with games that are costly in terms of time and money now that they have become semi-responsible grown ups.  

Ben and Josh finalize their holiday shopping mistakes, explore the superstitions surrounding wishing someone luck (in 3 languages), upgrade the ceiling fan in Josh's game room to full rainbow LED, and discuss the significance of artifacts in history, gaming, and storytelling.  

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 required to become "The Ideal Team Player" from the book by that title by Patrick M. Lencioni. 

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 surrounding holiday gift giving.

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 Bad at Magic. 

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 OK thanks to the lens of Amy Edmundson's "Spectrum of Causes of Failures". 

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 finally, and the hosts celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the film 'Office Space' by each giving some hot takes on the classic film by Mike Judge that you've probably never heard before.  

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: Student Loan Forgiveness.  

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.