Show Notes Ben and Josh get roasted on TikTok, fall victim to the sunk cost fallacy (bias), and take an in-depth look at what it means to set New Year’s Resolutions. Intro (0-21:01) #1-ranked tennis pro Novak Djokovic in trouble for COVID non-compliance Follow-up (21:01-28:46) Satirical TikTok mocking podcasts like ours Jared Diamond (author of …
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Episode 61.5 – 10 Things I Hate About You (Patreon Only)
Show Notes Summary: In this follow up to Ep. 56: “A few of my favorite things”, Ben and Josh discuss several dozen things they hate. Bus scene from Star Trek IV (I hate you) A really incompetent driver blaming others What do you hate, beloved Patron?
Episode 62 – Of Electric Cars and Secret Bunkers
Show Notes Ben and Josh record on Christmas day for the first time ever to talk about Josh’s epic struggle with Volkswagen Corporation to try and get his brand-new ID4 out of safety-enforced impound and Ben’s foray into the Top Secret (declassified) Burlington bunker underneath Wiltshire England. Intro (0-6:19) Social Security Retirement Age Follow-up (6:19-44:16) …
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Episode 61 – The Wheel of Time and Steven Sondheim
Show Notes Josh finally gets into the 21st century with his typing habits, Ben becomes Magic store co-champion (at a cost), and they alternately praise and pan The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime and Tick, tick…Boom! on Netflix. Intro (0-4:22) P-61 Black Widow Follow-up (4:22-26:56) Bad at Magic Episode 9: The Italian Job How …
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Episode 60 – The Holiday Season, Part 2
Show Notes Josh duels his telekinetic dragon against Ben’s spear-wielding Justin Bieber, Ben reveals some strategies for being less bad at husbanding, Josh loses to his 10-year-old son at Stratego, and finally they haiver about the other two holidays (Christmas and New Years). Intro (0-9:03) Why are there 60 minutes in an hour? Follow-up (9:03-19:04) …
Episode 59 – The Holiday Season, Part 1
Show Notes A listener gives a great alternate fan theory for interpreting You’ve Got Mail, Ben visits vintage computer mecca Computer Reset in Dallas, Josh attempts to sell $4,000 worth of collectible gaming mini-figures, and both talk about why they love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Intro (0:00-1:51) The RST (Readability – Strength – Tone) system for amateur …
Episode 58 – Having a Chin-wag about You’ve Got Mail
Show Notes Ben and Josh recommend Dune (2021) without spoilers (!), a contestant finally gets voted off the island in Board Game Survivor, and Josh unleashes his unpopular fan theory on the beloved 1998 classic You’ve Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Intro (0-4:20) Severe Weather Definitions Follow-up (4:20-12:23) Dune (2021) not Dune (1984) Bad …
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Episode 57 – Business vs Government: Don’t Spit Out Your Dummy
Show Notes Josh was 25% right about the death of Google Fiber and Ben isn’t exactly bad at magic, but let’s not rename the podcast just yet. The real reason the guys are here is to argue the fundamental purposes and motivations behind business and government–TO THE DEATH!! $49.95 only on pay-per-view! Intro & Follow-up …
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Episode 56 – A Few of my Favorite Things
Show Notes Ben mourns the retirement of the greatest sumo wrestler of all time, Hakuho, then sumo SLAMS 4,287 legos onto a tile floor from 10 feet in the air. Ben and Josh apply Bad at Logic to some tweets by Nicki Minaj. Then they discuss the brands they love (and hate) and the reasons …
Episode 55 – World War Z : Utterly Redders
Show Notes Perhaps we’re all part of a singular galactic intelligence called *THE ONE*. If you name your cars, what do you call them and why? Josh takes on his kid’s school after a delayed COVID exposure notification. Ben and Josh discuss their preferred streaming music services. Josh assigns his kids chores and they mutiny. …
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