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Aug 21, 2025 1 hr 35 min

Episode 157 – Positive Illusion

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Show Notes Ben and Josh court several sponsorship opportunities (NOT REALLY), are bad at A LOT of things (more than usual), Josh reads a whole bunch of trashy sci-fi (read: more Dungeon Crawler Carl), and they take on the second leg of the improvement triangle: rationalization. Intro & Follow-up (0-8:54) Zaro Aga was probably 97…not 157 SHORT: Old man stopping train Kava Krave: Amazon.com Official Website Bad at Parenting, Husbanding, Fandom, Summer, Talking Speed, Retirement, and Medicine (8:54-24:44) What I’m Reading (24:44-36:23) Josh: Dungeon Crawler Carl (#2-5) by Matt Dinniman Carl’s Doomsday Scenario The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook The Gate of the Feral Gods The Butcher’s Masquerade How Microtransactions destroyed Plants vs. Zombies Main Topic: Rationalization (36:23-end) The Fraud Triangle: Motivation | Rationalization | Opportunity Episode 49 – Chuffed about Lying in the Military Next time: Andor, Season 2 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

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