Episode 107 – Bad at Social Norms

Show Notes  Josh and Ben discuss the Library of Babel, the iPhone 15, wizards in Chicago, reading books by your friends, and finally social norms and taboos.  Intro and follow-up (0-12:24) Ed Sheeran responds to copyright infringement lawsuit  The Jazz Singer and Al Jolson’s racial identity  Bad at Technology (12:24-42:51) The Library of Babel on VSAUCE  http://libraryofbabel.info  iPhone 15 and USB-C  Bad at English (42:51-50:49) Literally the end of Josh caring about humanity  #WordCrimes  Nuclear or Nucular?  What I’m reading (50:49-1:05:28) Books by Acquaintances: Nova by Meagan Schanfish (high fantasy)  The Paradise Planets by Shaun Barrowes (high fantasy)  Trinacria by P.D. Fertitta (mafia)  What I want, but hard-copy only: In the garden of beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson (history)  Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (mid-20th-century memoir)  Present at the Creation by Dean Acheson (biography)  Taboos and social norms (1:05:28-end) It’s you…and by a lot  Google nGrams Viewer  of course…but maybe (Louis C.K.)  The Station nightclub fire: What happened and who’s to blame for disaster that killed 100?  Mr. Bean no hugs  The Tattooed Mormon, Al Fox   Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  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