This wasn’t supposed to be the episode. But it happened, we recorded it, and now it’s canon.

Episode XI starts with some low-grade chaos: voice tests, pharmaceutical tangents, a show that may or may not exist. Then Ryan calls in. And we spend the next hour and a half trying to figure out whether we’re friends, coworkers, or just people who keep accidentally podcasting together.

It’s not dramatic, exactly. But it’s definitely… not nothing.

No lore this week. No planned bits. Just a long, strange conversation about apologies, performance, and whether anything means anything.

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We finally hit double digits... so naturally, we switched to Roman numerals instead. The only thing scarier than Episode Ten is the commitment to continuing. So we rebranded — X is cool, X is timeless, X has no expectations. It's a numeral now. Deal with it.

We’re doing paperwork with Mississippi while Sailor Moon scissoring her way into queer canon.

In this episode, the crew breaks down the internal logic of Dispatch — a split-tower, multi-floor nightmare of bureaucracy where revolutions are buried under form 9B. Cheyenne is filing prisoner reports and hosting astrology-themed intern rituals. Mr. Green is climbing the social ladder. The Captain would prefer not to talk to anyone.

Somewhere between Monsters Inc. and a workplace seance, we uncover what makes each crew member tick — and why the Nothing Corporation would absolutely mislabel the stars just to ruin Cheyenne’s horoscope.

Then, after the hour mark, the pod launches into a wild tailspin of:

• 🧠 The rise of AI influencers

• 🏫 Local library supremacy

• 🧹 JK Rowling’s crimes against narrative and humanity

• 💥 She-Hulk vs. Deadpool vs. the woke-industrial complex

• 🍻 Butterbeer addiction

• 😬 Mike Allen, the rainbow behind the Moses fan

And we ask: if the Nothing Corporation says Pluto is a floor tile, is it?

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In this episode of The Economy of Nothing, the crew descends into full Dispatch chaos: empathy overloads, elevator jingles, and a leaderboard system that runs on trinkets, trauma, and vibes.

Captain Tracy nearly punches out a She-Joe Rogan. Mr. Green bribes an elevator operator with a Tamagotchi. And Cheyenne… well, Cheyenne has reached the upper limits of emotional labor inside a bureaucratic surveillance tower that believes in feelings—but only as policy.

We unpack the evolution of the Dispatch, why the most “non-Facebook” thing became the most Facebook thing, and how rogue podcasting formats might be the only way to fight back.

If you're looking for the full mess (including 45 extra minutes of rogue formats, podcast theory, and the original fight pitch), head to
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Welcome back to the only sci-fi podcast brave enough to take Scrubs seriously and turn The Prince of Egypt into corporate canon.

This week on The Economy of Nothing:

• Cheyenne becomes Bob Kelso.
• Captain Tracy walks like an overly sexy Moses.
• Mr. Green brands the ship and burns the kitchen down.
• Ryan tries to cook… metaphorically.
• Mike Allen gets cold medicine. And a trophy.

🎧 Full lore, visuals, and extras: https://economyofnothing.com/podcast/008

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• 00:00 - Cold Open: Storage Container Lore
• 11:00 - Burn Notice Homework
• 13:00 - TV Show Club Setup
• 16:00 - Prince of Egypt Begins
• 20:00 - Moses as Captain Tracy
• 25:00 - What Comes After You Win?
• 29:00 - Musical Power Struggles
• 33:00 - Captain Tracy and the Red Sea
• 38:00 - Scrubs Setup
• 40:00 - My Jiggly Ball Explained
• 44:00 - Bob Kelso's Moral Spiral
• 49:00 - Let Me Cook (Ship Branding Chaos)
• 54:00 - Sponsor Deck from Hell
• 59:00 - Puppetmaster Metaphor
• 1:24:00 - Uncrustables & Content Club Wrap-Up
• 1:25:00 - Next Week’s Pick

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Description:
What if a board game could bankrupt you and teach you how the economy works?
In this episode, the crew designs the ultimate satirical game — part Mario Party, part Monopoly, part Squid Game — and accidentally stumbles into an entire TV episode.

Plus:
🎲 The rules of "Economy of Nothing: The Game"
👀 Mr. Green’s mob boss era
🧠 Mike Allen earns the “genius” badge
📺 TV Show Club™ kicks off
https://economyofnothing.com/codex/content-club
🧃 Ryan discovers crystal mic playing

Timecodes: 00:00 – Intro & Welcome to the Board Game Planet 02:20 – Cheyenne Plays the Microphone Like a Crystal Glass 08:45 – TV Show Club: Burn Notice & Corporate Paranoia 16:00 – Mr. Green Becomes a Mob Boss 21:30 – The Rangers Form a Sewer Gang 29:00 – Virtual Gangs & Game Show Simulations 42:00 – The Mario Party Monopoly Death Trap Planet 57:00 – Mike Allen Rewrites Capitalism (Genius Moment) 1:01:00 – Game Ends When You Reach the Finish Line… but Lose 1:06:00 – Mr. Green’s Potato Sack Race from Hell 1:14:00 – We Build a Real Game 1:27:00 – Outro: Buy the Box Set at Your Local Dispatch Office

When a ceremonial dragon egg vanishes from the palace vault, our crew is dispatched to recover it — or at least look like they’re recovering it. Cheyenne's secret orders, Mr. Green’s weaponized laser pointer, and Captain Tracy's ongoing breakdown collide in the messiest mission yet. This one has everything: rebel camps, wizards with interns, jungle fires, and one very angry baby dragon.

https://economyofnothing.com/podcast/006-choose-your-own-surveillance-orb

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00:00 – Intro: Glitches, Season 26, and Confusion
01:25 – Technical Difficulties and Interruption
03:30 – Meet the Queen of Draconaria
07:00 – Dispatch Orders and Royal Politics
10:00 – Cheyenne’s Secret Assignment
12:00 – Mr. Green’s PowerPoint Whip Moment
15:00 – What Is the Egg of Divine Right?
18:30 – A Magical Heist Unfolds
21:30 – Who Stole the Egg? Corporate Guesswork
24:30 – The Crew Picks Their Leads
29:00 – Entering the Jungle
36:30 – Campfire Doubts and Corporate Reflection
37:15 – Wizard Intern Chaos
40:00 – The Captain Questions the Mission
47:00 – Surveillance Orbs and Crossed Wires
56:00 – Cheyenne’s Side Game with Nothing Corp
1:05:30 – The Rebel Camp Is... Not What It Seems
1:10:15 – Tracy’s Lonely Hallway Moment
1:13:00 – Dragon Chase: This Was a Bad Idea
1:15:20 – Baby Dragon Reveal
1:16:00 – Choose Your Own Surveillance Orb (Final Choice)
1:17:00 – Outro

Mr. Green just wanted to make it home for dinner.

Instead, he faces deep space scurvy, bureaucratic betrayal, and the uncomfortable truth that survival comes at a cost.

In this episode of The Economy of Nothing, Mike, Mike Allen, and Ryan dive into Mr. Green’s fractured loyalty, Captain Tracy’s stubborn morality, and the myth of Deep Space Scurvy. Plus: for-profit orphanages, gladiator pits, and a galaxy that runs on deadlines, not dreams.

https://economyofnothing.com/podcast/005-how-mr-green-learned-to-stop-worrying

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0:00 — Theme Song + Cold Open
2:00 — The Vanity Check: Turn Off Your Camera
5:00 — Deep Space Scurvy Explained (Badly)
10:00 — Mr. Green’s Real Motivation: Dinner and Survival
18:00 — The Captain’s Hero Complex
24:00 — Who's the Real Protagonist? (Hint: It’s Not Cheyenne)
32:00 — Building Mr. Green’s Moral Code
40:00 — For-Profit Orphanages and the Cost of Loyalty
48:00 — Gladiator Pits of New Rome: Mr. Green's Past
55:00 — The Myth of Deep Space Scurvy Spreads
1:02:00 — Balancing Work, Family, and Galactic Collapse
1:10:00 — Outro and Future Trouble

In our most chaotic (and somehow also deepest?) episode yet, we celebrate Mike Allen’s birthday while unraveling the character of Captain Tracy — war vet, space trucker, wannabe legend. Does he deserve to be the protagonist of The Economy of Nothing? Or is he just the loudest guy in the room?

Along the way, we debate birthdays, bathroom logic, what a protagonist actually is, and the cosmic importance of Waffle House.

Also: Cheyenne’s new Codex page is live. And yes, she absolutely would weaponize her interns.

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0:00 – Happy Birthday Mike Allen (??)
3:00 – Are Birthdays the Same as Handwashing?
6:30 – The Captain’s Bathroom Doctrine
10:00 – Who's the Protagonist Anyway?
16:00 – The Cheyenne Codex Page Breakdown
26:00 – The Robo-Human Wars and the Rise of the Nothing Corporation
33:00 – Everyone’s Wrong Until Something Works
42:00 – Katniss, Coin, and the Captain's Arc
52:00 – Mr. Green’s Chachki Collection and Personal Capitalism
59:00 – The Captain’s Flawed Need to Be Remembered
1:07:00 – The Intergalactic House Waffle's is Real
1:18:00 – The Rangers Deserve Better
1:24:00 – A Cozy Penguin Narrator?
1:30:00 – Final Thoughts, Saturn Blood, and Birthday Wrap-Up