Show Notes Josh has a zen moment with his awesome home workstation, Ben cyberstalks old coworkers, Josh forgets how old his son is, and they discuss growth mindset vs. fixed mindset. Intro (0:00-20:38) Josh’s home workstation vs. Ben’s home workstation The 2007 Minot nuclear weapons incident Wikipedia article Bad At Parenting (20:38-26:25) How do you …
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Episode 22 – The Descent Into Madness
Show Notes: Josh plays to win against little children, Ben teaches grandma how to suck eggs, America protests racially-charged police brutality, Ben wastes way too much money on mobile gaming, and the bee saga comes to a conclusion Intro (0:00-2:51) Book review poll winner: Mindset by Carol Dweck Bad At Parenting (2:51-8:18) Spot It! Jr. Animals …
Episode 21 – Faffing About with AI
Show Notes : Ben’s house gets swarmed by bees, we find new ways to lie to children to get them to do what we want, and we discuss all the ways AI can kill us (there’s a lot). Intro (0:00-10:27) Bee Swarm Video Maintaining normalcy during a quarantine (10:27-35:37) Bad At Magic Episode 17 Josh …
Episode 20 – Pingyness
Show Notes: Ben and Josh reminisce about the best attorney at Sacred Heart, compare Steam libraries, complain about Daylight Savings Time, can’t be bothered, and explore conscientiousness/pingyness. Scrubs (0:00-7:02) Thanks for everything, Ted Hospital Sad Sack Ted sings ‘Over the Rainbow’ Sam Lloyd says goodbye Steam Library Comparison (7:02-37:31) History of Valve and Steam Papers, …
Episode 19 – Comcast Rage
Show Notes: Ben and Josh explore the Stanley Parable, relive the pain of trying to cancel Comcast, argue over assigned seats, debate prayer at work, and bid a fond farewell to Sam Lloyd. The Stanley Parable (0:00-11:44) SPOILER WARNING: If you intend to play The Stanley Parable, skip to 11:44 PewDiePie plays it (language warning) Bad at …
Episode 18 – Breaking the Rules
Show Notes: Ben and Josh finally talk about Magic again which leads to a discussion on the right way to break the rules COVID-19 update (0:00-5:51) Ben’s prediction about movie theaters starts to come true Bad At English (5:51-8:00) Jam tomorrow (idiom, British): an expression for a never-fulfilled promise Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (8:00-) Josh’s article …
Episode 17 – Banter about Missionaries
Show Notes: Ben and Josh chat a bit about COVID-19, remind each other to get fit, diss on Frozen II, and Josh interviews Ben about his time as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Coronavirus AKA COVID-19 redux (0:00-21:25) Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s 30 Mar Stay Home Order 5 Apr …
Episode 16 – Coronavirus Predictions
Show Notes: Ben and Josh discuss the elephant in the room: the Coronavirus pandemic Intro and Fitness Challenge (0:00-4:16) Link to Bad at Magic Fitness Tracker app Bad at Italian (4:16-10:03) Amato/a means “beloved” This week tell someone beloved to you why you love them! Ben’s Family Home Evening activity chart Coronavirus AKA COVID-19 (10:03-end) …
Episode 15 – Three Stops Past Barking
Show Notes: Ben rants about checks and Josh gets punk’d by his Amazon delivery driver. Join us for a 4-month fitness challenge. Stephen Leeds is barking mad! Ben and Josh on checks and deliveries (0:00-19:05) It’s 2020, can we please stop writing checks??! Josh gets punk’d by the Amazon Prime delivery driver Planning 50th Wedding …
Episode 14 – Bad at Magic: Mastermind Edition
Show Notes: Ben and Josh talk about … Intro (0:00-5:18) Support us on Patreon to get access to a special bonus episode! “Magic in the MCU” Film Theories (5:18-18:06) Ben’s: Groundhog Day as a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast Josh’s: Gaston is not the bad guy Bad at Parenting (18:06-25:29) Elementary School carnivals “Abraham moment” …
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