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”  …

Episode 13 – Magic in Storytelling

Show Notes:   Ben and Josh talk about pizza, Cyberspace, prison, magic systems in storytelling, and the suitable application of high explosives  Intro (0:00-0:42)  Bad at Parenting (0:42-6:34)  Carter’s Amazing Jenga move  Ben vs. Bureaucracy (6:34-11:57)  Donate to the Chicago Lighthouse  AFCEA Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2020  Bad at English (11:57-16:14)  Living at Her Majesty’s Pleasure: …

Episode 12 – Ask me one on USAFA

Show Notes:   Ben and Josh talk about birthday parties, jaywalking, insurance settlements, running, Theros Beyond Death, kids and cell phones, and Josh’s time at the United States Air Force Academy  Follow up from last time (0:00-14:41)  Thanks to our listeners! (14:41-16:46)  Check us out on Facebook  Rate us on iTunes  Bad At Magic on Reddit  …

Episode 11 – Star Wars: The Rise of Bollocks

Show Notes:   Ben and Josh talk bollocks about husbanding, drive throughs, and Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker  Shovel Knight vs. Hollow Knight (0:00-2:53)  Bad at English (2:53-9:44)  bol·locks /ˈbäləks/  Noun  VULGAR SLANG•BRITISH  the testicles.  used to express contempt, annoyance, or defiance.  Also:  Nonsense i.e. “talking bollocks”  Something good i.e. “the dog’s bollocks”  Transitive verb …

Episode 10 – Happy Birthday

Show Notes:   Ben and Josh talk about Christmas gift giving, children’s birthday parties, and holiday gaming with the family  Christmas gift giving (0:00-10:23)  Arthur Christmas  Bad at English?: stabilizers = training wheels  Bad at Parenting (10:23-38:03)  Giving gifts to 6 kids  Children’s birthday parties  Suggested etiquette for planning children’s birthday parties  No Sundays  Signal whether …

Episode 9 – The Italian Job

Show Notes:   Ben and Josh talk about Star Wars, Christmas shopping, and the Italian job  Disney and Star Wars–too much too fast? (0:00-53:26)  Disney+ ‘s killer app: The Mandalorian  Nintendo Launch Titles  Disney’s Star Wars cinema sins (Josh’s review):  Force Awakens – 2015 – Great – 8/10 (-2 for unnecessary fan service, looking at you …

Episode 8 – Have a butchers

Show Notes:   Intro and Leftovers from Episode 7 (0:00-18:35)  Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Fan Trailer  NEW Official Trailer  Oko, Thief of Crowns  Price went back up?!  $50 & out of stock as of 12/2  Bad at English (18:35-28:01)  Cockney rhyming slang: “Have a butchers”=Have a look  Ben’s daughter practicing her Wiltshire accent  Thankful for Doctors …