The Economy of Nothing Podcast

From dragons to $10 ice cream in 63 minutes.

In this episode of The Economy of Nothing, hosts Mike Allen and Mike Bedont veer from $10 ice cream cones to streaming ads (or as they call them, “subtracts”), with plenty of detours in between. They debate whether dragons might have been real, celebrate

This week we talk pirates, billionaires, and the algorithmic rot of corporate booze. 

This week on The Economy of Nothing, we ask the big questions: What if Forrest Gump had AIDS? What if Liam Neeson’s wolf fight was real? And what if your guest couldn’t speak… because she was an octopus robot? Mike Allen (Mr. Green) opens the Man Cave™ for a cinematic breakdown of The Grey, The Punisher, and the existential dread of survival movies. Meanwhile, Captain Tracy fights malfunctioning tech, Mississippi the dog, and a sen...

This week, we broadcast directly from Yavin 4 to bring you the Star Wars Special—a rogue transmission of hot takes, nostalgic rewatches, and corporate-media despair. Mike B is joined by Brent and David for a full-scale nerd-out over Andor Season 2, the tragic brilliance of Rogue One, and w...

Welcome to Episode 101 of The Economy of Nothing — the first official episode of the podcast reboot, where we start building a universe from the basement up. Literally. Join hosts Mike Allen (aka Mr. Green) and Mike Bedont as they draft the blueprints for Mr. Green’s man cave, dream up a parody of Wall Street inside a cartoon ...

🎙️ Episode 015 – Permanent Vacation

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Cheyenne’s taking PTO (Permanent Tactical Offloading), Mr. Green’s watching movies on the moon, and Captain Tracy is trying so hard to hold it all togeth...

This week, Mike's out and the remaining crew spirals through the process of trying to write a fake TV show—live, on mic, with no plan.

It starts with a discussion of how the podcast itself *is* the pitch, and quickly devolves into segment chaos, Dispatch bureaucracy, and an attempt to build the Nothing Corporation's propaganda machine around Cheyenne. Also, The Accountant 2 gets rebooted again for some reason.

Expect: production ra...

In this episode of The Economy of Nothing, the crew tests the limits of what counts as a good idea.
Ryan (aka Training Unit D1-CK) pitches from above a shark tank.
Mike Allen analyzes fame, narcissism, and banner quality.
The Captain just wants the p...

Episode 012 – The Economy of Nothing Podcast

What happens when you explain it over and over… and nobody listens? The Captain's losing patience, Mr. Green’s spiraling about paperwork and waffles, and the Nothing Corporation quietly continues its galactic HR violations.

In this episode:
– Th...

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 podca...

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.

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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 operato...

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. 

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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 st...

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 fir...

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 fractu...

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...

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In this glorious descent into glitter and chaos, we go full girlboss. This week’s focus: Captain Cheyenne — pilot, captain, and capitalist icon of the Sunshine. The crew breaks down her ship, her mot...

This week, the team digs into the chaos of the Economy of Nothing
From bounty hunters and robot sheriffs to deep space scurvy and what the Rangers *actually* think of all this—this is worldbuilding at its weirdest.

TAS: Episode 1 Page:
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We explore motivations, faction dynamics, the cowboy planet Brenner 7, and how many groups is *too many groups* for one shootout. Also: Mis...