Episode 81 – US Air Force Diamond Anniversary

Show Notes  Ben and Josh celebrate the 75th anniversary of the world’s greatest Air Force by remembering the history of the first 50+ years and reminiscing about their experiences with the USAF over the last 20 years. They also are bad at hobbies, parenting, logic, and English.   Intro (0-22:03)  Dinosaurs satirical WESAYSO ad  UPLOAD horrible …

Episode 80 – The Pareto Principle and “Quiet Quitting”

Show Notes  Ben and Josh wonder if anyone who becomes fabulously wealthy will eventually “live long enough to see yourself become the enemy” *cough* Linus Sebastian *cough*. They give a detailed primer on the ins and outs of classified government documents. They’re of course bad at things like relationships and parenting. And finally, they examine …

Episode 78 – All the Places

Show Notes  Ben and Josh read the tarot, reconsider past dubious advice given on the podcast, appeal to nature, and examine (nearly) every place they’ve ever lived before they finally bugger off.  Intro & Follow-up (0-24:59)  78 cards in the tarot  Is “charge your phone to 80% really good advice?”  Bad at Logic (24:59-28:36)  appeal …

Episode 77* – Don’t Take Off Your Helmet

Show Notes  Josh fails the Swedish border shibboleth on his way back to LEGOLAND. Ben and Josh discuss the merits and morality of adopting a religion (or not) to help your children live a happy life.   Intro (0-21:05)  Sjuttiosju (seventy-seven, in Swedish)  Feature (21:05-end)  Episode 42: The Answer  Virus of the Mind: The New Science …

Episode 76 – Another Cheeky Spoiler for Star Wars

Show Notes  Ben and Josh discuss some of their motivations behind recent gaming choices, what kinds of life lessons you can learn from the games you play, and give their thoughts on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+.  Intro & follow-up (0-24:09)  Elden Ring Overview Trailer  Play: Papers Please  Bad …

Episode 74 – Did you gob in the Magic Color Pie?!

Show Notes  Ben and Josh take on cool tech innovations like orbital attack satellites and dubious ones like pneumatic tires. They follow up on Ben’s F2P mobile gaming habit from Episode 22, Josh mocks Ben for yet another wrecked minivan, and they use the Magic: the Gathering color pie to analyze random things like government …

Episode 72 – The Redemption of Danny Trejo

Show Notes  Ben becomes a grandfather on Mother’s Day and was WAY wrong about the crowd-sourced investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing. He also gets nervous about his upcoming physical fitness test. Josh loses yet another game to his son and has trouble talking about religion. Together they explore the harrowing memoir ‘Trejo: my life …