Listen "Episode 157 – Positive Illusion"
Episode Synopsis
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
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