Episode 167 – New Year’s Bingo Redux

About this episode

The hosts discuss their New Year's resolutions while reflecting on parenting challenges and gaming experiences.

Show Notes  The Bad at Magic Disney Baddie Showdown reaches the Semifinals thanks to a sudden-death tiebreak on Patreon, Ben is bad at parenting (again), Josh’s World of Warcraft characters died to his surprising great dismay, and the hosts set their New Year’s resolutions with the now-customary bingo cards. Intro & Follow-up (0-11:03) Patreon Exclusive Bonus Episode: Ursula vs. Hans The 2023 British Protest Film “Paint Drying” by Charlie Shackleton Bad at Parenting & Bad at Science (11:03-39:50) “Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots” by Benjamin Mazer How Monogamous are Humans? By Helen Briggs The Ubisoft Heist & “What I’m Reading” (39:50-1:13:37) The Ubisoft Heist: EXPLAINED What I’m reading: Josh: The Dragon Reborn – Robert Jordan Ben: Empire of the Summer Moon – SC Gwynne Hardcore WoW New Year’s Resolutions (1:13:37-end) Make your own! Hear the story of “The Italian Job” from Ep. 9 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Josh

Topics covered

• New Year's resolutions
• parenting
• World of Warcraft
• Disney
• bingo
• protest film

Keywords

• New Year's Bingo
• Disney Baddie Showdown
• parenting
• World of Warcraft
• COVID shots
• Ubisoft Heist

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Dragon Reborn, Empire of the Summer Moon, Paint Drying

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