The Economy of Nothing Podcast

Episode 007 – Pay to Lose

🎧 Pay to Lose | Episode 007

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 a fully playable dystopian board game.

🎲 Compliance Module™

📺 Vizual Radio™

📀 Content Club™

🎤 Mike Allen
Scrubs-
My Jiggly Ball FULL (Dailymotion)
Kelso's Arch LTE (YouTube)
🎤 Ryan McDonnell
The Prince of Egypt
All I Ever Wanted LTE (YouTube)
🎤 Mike Bedont
Burn Notice
Do No Harm FULL (YouTube)

🌌 Highlights

  • 🎲 The rules of Economy of Nothing: The Game
  • 👀 Mr. Green’s mob boss era
  • 🧠 Mike Allen earns the “genius” badge
  • 📺 Burn Notice Book Club™ kicks off
  • 🧃 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
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