Episode 35 – Shopping Cart Theory

Show Notes  Ben and Josh talk about why you shouldn’t second-guess your mulligans, some lesser-known COVID shortages, and what returning your shopping cart to the corral says about you. Intro (0:00-22:36) Air Force suspends ‘waist measurement’ portion of fitness test The chapter on blind orchestra auditions is actually in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink Christmas Movies and Lights (22:36-38:21) For B@M review in Episode 36: Nightmare Before Christmas (stop-motion animation) Polar Express (motion capture CGI) Muppets Christmas Carol (puppets) Arthur Christmas (animated) The Santa Clause (live-action) Crazy Tampa Christmas Lights House All I really need to know I learned from playing Magic: the Gathering (38:21-48:50) Ben: Don’t second-guess your mulligans Josh: Learn to play your opponent’s hand Other lesser-known Coronavirus (COVID-19) shortages (48:50-1:08:21) Bike Shortages Will Likely Last Until Next Year, and Possibly into 2022 The Great Tortilla Shortage of 2020 Dry yeast flew off shelves during coronavirus pantry stocking Report: Coronavirus Sending Motherboard and GPU Shipments to Record Low Covid-19 Leaves Less Change in Our Pockets, Literally DEATH TO PENNIES (C.G.P. Grey) Bad at English (1:08:21-1:14:14) It does exactly “what it says on the tin” i.e. “as advertised” Where’s the beef? The Shopping Cart Problem (1:14:14-) Discussion on our Subreddit Nominate our next fiction book review for Ep. 37! Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/ Support us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic