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