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Bad at Magic166:Tiny Tim goes to Disney
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Happy holidays from the Bad at Magic podcast as Ben and Josh revisit last year’s resolutions bingo cards, Josh shares some research on what probably happened to Tiny Tim in the Dickens’ classic, and the guys do a deep dive following Josh’s trip to Walt Disney World.
Intro & Follow-up (0-15:24)
Ben’s Old S’mores Tier Chart (start at 44:46)
What’s wrong with Tiny Tim?
New Year’s Bingo Revisited (15:24-35:45)
Bad at Husbanding (35:45-52:57)
Bad at Parenting/Work (52:57-1:16:56)
Definition of today’s word/phrase
ChatGPT analysis of the Bad at Magic Podcast
Fleshman Family Vacation...
2025-12-252h 14Bad at Magic166:Tiny Tim goes to DisneyShow Notes
Happy holidays from the Bad at Magic podcast as Ben and Josh revisit last year’s resolutions bingo cards, Josh shares some research on what probably happened to Tiny Tim in the Dickens’ classic, and the guys do a deep dive following Josh’s trip to Walt Disney World.
Intro & Follow-up (0-15:24)
Ben’s Old S’mores Tier Chart (start at 44:46)
What’s wrong with Tiny Tim?
New Year’s Bingo Revisited (15:24-35:45)
Bad at Husbanding (35:45-52:57)
Bad at Parenting/Work (52:57-1:16:56)
Definition of today’s word/phrase
ChatGPT analysis of the Bad at Magic Podcast
Fleshman Family Vacation...
2025-12-252h 14
I Reckon I’ll Read ItEpisode 6: The Spitting Should be Censored from this EpisodeWelcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.
This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. We share a few bookish confessions with each other, Beccah can't let a certain "spitting" scene go, somehow find common threads of both Jane Austen and retirement communities across our books, and we revisit...
2025-10-271h 44Bad at MagicEp137:Orange Man BadShow Notes
CONTENT WARNING: the hosts of the Bad at Magic podcast feel the election of Donald Trump to a second term as US President will be bad for the United States and fully intend to use their platform to air their grievances. If you don’t want to hear this, you can stop listening at about 1:14:15. You were warned. Also, Josh pwns Halloween (again) with a spot-on family-themed quest for the holy grail; Ben joins Slytherin house in his office’s themed competition; and Both enjoy the Magic: the Gathering Foundations pre-release.
Intro & Follow-up (0-29:02)
Fleshman Family Hallowe...
2024-11-142h 11Bad at MagicEp130:Phantom Menace 25th AnniversaryShow Notes
Ben and Josh celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Bad at Magic Podcast by…celebrating the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. They also take on Deadpool & Wolverine and a Swiss bomb shelter full of Italians.
Intro & Follow-up (0-36:20) The Margaret A. Muir found on the bottom of Lake Michigan Fleshman Family Epic Road Trip Playlist (10hrs) Soar Career Services (Bobbiette Swanson, Career Coach) All You Want To Do from SIX, The Musical “By law, each person in Switzerland is entitled to a place of shelter underground – one square metre per person, to be exact. It is t...
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2022-10-1206 minStick to Sports BizDan MarrazzaDan Marrazza (Director of Digital Strategies, Pro Football Hall of Fame) joins S2SB to discuss how he broke into sports business at 16, a new community he hopes to grow, and his hobby of visiting movie filming locations. Dan and Brandon talk about how the pandemic impacted their careers and what they learned as a result, how they helped build sports brands from the ground up, and why movie scores make good pump-up music.1:35 - Dan’s background and first internship in sports8:55 - Dan’s early days working in minor league hockey12:45 - How the...
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Intro (0:00-0:19) Fleshman Family Birthday Celebrations (0:19-22:36) Food Fight Dunk Tank Obstacle Course Jedi Training Home Demolition?!? Weird Al’s UHF: Stanley Spadowski’s Clubhouse Levels of Nerd-ness (22:36-28:17) The nerd secret handshake: W00t Level 1: Console gamers Level 2: *serious* Board gamers Level 3: Role-Playing Games (RPGs) Level 4: LARP? Russia’s morning commute (28:71-42:03) British word of the day (42:03-44:10) “push the boat out” (American: splurge) Informal – British Be lavish in one’s spending or celebrations. Ben & Josh’s Book Club – Mistborn: The Final Empire, book 1 of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson (44:10-1:51:50) Subversion of expectations Kelsior is good at this from the start and V...
2019-09-241h 53
PopternativeDigital Branding with Brandon Fleshman, Garrett Green and Russ Wilde JrEpisode 55 "Digital Branding" The panel discusses how companies and sports organizations are tackling branding and storytelling in the digital age. Russ talks about the origin of Front Office Sports and how it's come a long way from just being a student run website. The panel also touches on influence marketing and how the brand to influencer relationship will look in 2017. Panel: Brandon Fleshman- Digital Media Coordinator at Under Armour https://twitter.com/brandonfleshman Garrett Green- Digital Media Strategy at VaynerMedia https://twitter.com/garrettgreen Russ Wilde JR. - Brand Strategy at Thuzio and COO of Front Office Sports https://twitter...
2017-01-2640 min