Episode 141 – Capodanno Bingo

09/01/2025 1h 56min Temporada 6 Episodio 11

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Ben and Josh review some games they love (and you will too!) and wrap their minds around the PayPal/Honey Influencer controversy. Josh gets visited by the box fairy and is too matchy with his wife. Ben finishes the Russian Gulag book and endangers his marriage by unpacking the kitchen. Finally, they reflect on 2024 and build their 2025 resolution bingo cards.  



Intro & Follow-up (0-15:48)

Ben recommends:

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough, a great book 



Flow Free, mobile game, draw non-intersecting paths between dots 



IHUE, mobile game, color matching 



ROOT a game of woodland might and right, multiplayer boardgame with asymmetric gameplay 





Josh recommends:

Balatro (gameplay video w/ Markiplier), a crazy mobile game twist on Poker 







Bad at Tech (15:48-34:44)

Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam – MegaLag 



The lawsuit – LegalEagle 



Better off Ted – Lie Detector 





Bad at Italian & Bad at Husbanding (34:44-54:48)

Buon Capodanno! 



Traditional Polar Plunge on NYD into the Tiber River in Rome 



The Magic Coffee Table 





What I’m reading (54:48-1:07:48)

Ben: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1957 by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn 



Josh: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson 





Feature: New Year’s Bingo (1:07:48-end)

Make your own New Year’s Bingo Card 





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Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich 



Transition music by Jarus Rich 



Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich