Episode 157 – Positive Illusion

21/08/2025 1h 35min Temporada 7 Episodio 1

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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 





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