Bad at Magic

Bad at Magic
  • 5.0 (16)
  • LEISURE
  • UPDATED SEMIMONTHLY

This is a podcast about games, life, and other things. Co-hosts Ben and Josh have been friends for 15 years. Our curiosity about life is at the heart of our great conversations about virtually anything. Come join us every other week as we look at the world around us and the things we enjoy with the perspective of lifetime gamers.

  1. 12/25/2025

    166:Tiny Tim goes to Disney

    Show Notes  Happy holidays from the Bad at Magic podcast as Ben and Josh revisit last year’s resolutions bingo cards, Josh shares some research on what probably happened to Tiny Tim in the Dickens’ classic, and the guys do a deep dive following Josh’s trip to Walt Disney World.  Intro & Follow-up (0-15:24) Ben’s Old S’mores Tier Chart (start at 44:46)  What’s wrong with Tiny Tim?  New Year’s Bingo Revisited (15:24-35:45)  Bad at Husbanding (35:45-52:57)  Bad at Parenting/Work (52:57-1:16:56) Definition of today’s word/phrase  ChatGPT analysis of the Bad at Magic Podcast  Fleshman Family Vacation to Disney World (1:16:56-end) What I’m Reading: Josh: The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan  Ben: Empire of the Summer Moon – SC Gwynne  Eye of The World leatherbound announcement – Brandon Sanderson  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    2h 15m

  2. 12/11/2025

    165:The Murtaugh List

    Show Notes Ben and Josh weigh in on the death of the penny, AI in video game development, the evils of social media, and finally a trip to the Emergency Room over the Thanksgiving holiday for Ben prompts the hosts to share their “Murtaugh List”. Intro & Follow-up (0-32:06) US Mint FAQ on the penny being “suspended” PennyArcade Blog: AI in video game production What I’m Reading & Bad at Social Media (32:06-1:20:50) Josh: The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan Ben: Careless People – Sarah Wynn-Williams MUST WATCH: Expensive petroleum!!! Feature (1:20:50-end) The Murtaugh List (How I Met Your Mother) Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live Our YouTube Channel Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/ Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich Transition music by Jarus Rich Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    2h 3m

  3. 11/27/2025

    Ep164:House of Dynamite

    Show Notes  Ben and Josh discuss why Elon Musk threatened to buy Hasbro Corporation, office potlucks, fender benders, political thrillers that have come true 30 years later, some revisions that need to be made to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and finally, the new movie on Netflix called ‘A House of Dynamite’ about what could happen if someone launched an Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).   Intro & Follow-up (0-35:59) Man told employer not to celebrate his birthday. He was awarded $450,000 after unwanted party.  Watch ‘Clear and Present Danger’ on Netflix  Dungeons & Dragons Rolls the Dice With New Rules About Identity  “Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist: The fantastical roots of ‘scientific racism’” By Adam Serwer  The EU’s GDPR turns 10 years old (35:59-58:59) EU plans to ease GDPR laws and AI constraints in major shift – DW – 11/18/2025  What I’m Reading (58:59-1:10:44) Josh: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan  Ben: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams  Main Segment (1:10:44-end) Watch ‘A House of Dynamite’ on Netflix Watch the trailer (2:11)  What do the 5 levels of DEFense readiness CONdition (DEFCON) mean? Video explanation   Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    2h 8m

  4. 11/13/2025

    Ep163:Bad Blood

    Show Notes  Ben and Josh tentatively embrace the newest Magic set (Avatar: The Last Airbender) prior to its release, Josh complains about Daylight Savings Time (again), Presidents do (or don’t) catch fainting people standing behind them, the first round of the Bad at Magic Disney Baddie Showdown “sweet 16” wraps up, and the hosts discuss the scandal surrounding Silicon Valley startup Theranos and its CEO Elizabeth Holmes and COO Sunny Balwani.   Intro & Follow-up (0-29:35) Languages most frequently used for web content as of Oct 2025 by share of websites  Avatar: The Last Air Bender | Magic: The Gathering – Universes Beyond  Check out the Disney Baddie Showdown on the Bad at Magic subreddit  Lore Olympus | WEBTOON  Bad at Daylight Savings Time & Hometown Football (29:35-46:53) Obama catches fainting woman  What I’m Reading (46:53-1:08:55) Josh: Slay by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter book #30) Airplane facts with Max  Ben: The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger  Main Segment (1:08:55-end) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou  The guy at your company who does NOTHING  Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Mad Money Interview, Oct 2015   Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    2h 33m

  5. 10/30/2025

    Ep162:Sleeping in a Panini Press

    Show Notes  In this potpourri episode, Josh wrestles with Microsoft Corporation, Ben goes camping on Tatooine, Josh has another fast food disaster, the AWS outage turns smart beds into panini presses (#aboringdystopia), join in on the 2025 Disney Baddie Showdown, and hang in there for the first ever post-credits scene in Podcast history.  Intro & Follow-up (0-27:03) Building the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)  How a U.S. Nuclear Strike Actually Works  This Star Wars-Themed Desert Outpost in Utah Is As Strange As It Sounds – Outside Magazine  SNAP (Food Stamps) runs out of money Nov 1. States are figuring out how to feed millions of people  Bad at tech (27:03-1:08:11) Windows 10 End of Life  2025 Amazon Web Services (AWS) US-EAST-1 outage: “It’s always DNS” …which caused a Luxury Smart Bed malfunction  Disney Baddie Showdown (1:08:11-1:16:26) Check out the Disney Baddie Showdown on our Subreddit  Bad at Drive-Thru (1:16:26-1:32:08)  What I’m Reading (1:32:08-end) READ FOR NEXT TIME: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou  Lay’s drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn’t know their chips were made out of potatoes  Enlightenment Now: The Case for reason, science, humanism, and progress (2018)  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    1h 47m

  6. 10/16/2025

    Ep161:Tron Ares

    Show Notes  Ben responds to the church shooting in Michigan, Josh faces a Halloween costume crisis, Ben starts Year 2 at Hogwarts, Josh has WORDS about the book he’s been reading, and the guys share their thoughts on the brand-new movie Tron: Ares (SPOILER WARNING).   Intro & Follow-up (0-27:25) Church Shooting in Michigan  Bad at Society (27:25-36:08) Vanity Sizing  Bad at Tech (36:08-45:45) Waymo update  Zoox self-driving car  Bad at Business (45:45-53:21) LTT reaction to Saudi Public Investment Fund acquisition of EA Games  Saudi-owned Professional Golf League: LIV Golf  What I’m Reading (53:21-1:16:31) Josh: Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday  The priory of the orange tree – Samantha Shannon  Ben: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy – David E. Hoffman  Tron: Ares (1:16:31-end) Bad at Magic Ep. 143: The Tron Paradox  Tron: Ares Trailer  AI References: Kurzesagt: AI Slop is Destroying the Internet  Vlog Brothers: The Web is going to die  Weekly Show with Jon Stewart: Computer Scientist Geoffrey Hinton  The AI Prompt that could end the world  We’re not ready for superintelligence  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    1h 57m

  7. 10/02/2025

    Ep160:The Siege

    Show Notes  Josh’s electric car almost burns down his house, Ben gets a “fat guy clap” in the office 5K, the hosts propose a Disney Baddie Showdown (coming soon!), and finally they guys do a retrospective on ‘The Siege’ (1998) starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis.   Intro & Follow-up (0-25:27) The SCP Foundation  The back story behind Ben’s friend who has never seen Star Wars  The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer  Bad at Emotional Intelligence (25:27-41:39) And that’sssss bad?  Bad at Fitness (41:39-53:43)  Bad at Technology (53:43-1:12:27) Prius battery replacement video  “Johnny 5 need input.”  Explorers (1985)  Board Game Survivor (1:12:27-1:19:37) Magic: the Gathering Universes Beyond Spider-Man  Feature (1:19:37-end) The Siege (1998) trailer  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    2h 26m

  8. 09/18/2025

    Ep159:All the CLIX

    Show Notes  Ben goes to Disneyland but not without managing to be bad at parenting, Josh creates an intensity metric for the 3rd of the 5 Love Languages (Quality Time) in their ongoing deep-dive series on the topic, and the hosts lament the unfortunate state of political discourse in the United States.   Intro & Follow-up (0-9:16) Give us all the CLIX (159 in Roman Numerals): Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Die Hard With a Vengeance shoplifting kids   Bad at Parenting (9:16-21:59)  Bad at Love (21:59-49:03) The Five Love Languages  Quality Time B@M Intensity Graphic | Subtypes Graphic  What I’m Reading (49:03-1:03:20) Josh: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman  Ben: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  Political Discourse in America (1:03:20-end)  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

    1h 39m
See All (166)

5
out of 5
16 Ratings

About

This is a podcast about games, life, and other things. Co-hosts Ben and Josh have been friends for 15 years. Our curiosity about life is at the heart of our great conversations about virtually anything. Come join us every other week as we look at the world around us and the things we enjoy with the perspective of lifetime gamers.

Information

  • Creator
    Bad at Magic
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    166
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Bad at Magic

You Might Also Like