Episode 157 – Positive Illusion

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