Make-Believe Money
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Episode 49: The Office
October 03, 2018 16:36 - 105 MBLISTEN HERE! Turns out, just shouting, “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY,” doesn’t quite cover it.
Episode 48- Futurama
September 26, 2018 03:20 - 72.3 MBLISTEN HERE! “Don’t be so hard on yourself, Fry. You lost the woman of your dreams, but you still have Zoidberg. YOU ALL STILL HAVE ZOIDBERG!”
Episode 47: Office Space
September 18, 2018 19:35 - 73.8 MBLISTEN HERE! This one goes out to all our fellow office drones, especially those of you who, ahh, are gonna need to just go ahead and come in Sunday, too. Oh, and remember: next Friday… is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.…
EPISODE 46: Snow White
September 11, 2018 20:45 - 79.4 MBLISTEN HERE! Hi-ho, Hi-ho, we finally found the thing that’d break Dan! *whistles melodically*
Episode 45: Forrest Gump
September 04, 2018 18:43 - 111 MBLISTEN HERE! “Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and…
Episode 44: Catch Me If You Can
August 28, 2018 18:18 - 84.4 MBLISTEN HERE! Hey, you wanna hear a knock-knock joke?
Episode 43: Batman Begins
August 21, 2018 17:23 - 99.7 MBLISTEN HERE! Years before Batman VS. Superman made us all collectively groan forever, before the Marvel universe took over every media we consume, there was a gritty reboot. The first of its kind, a game-changer that launched a thousand grimdark superhero franchises: Batman Begins. An exciting, hard-hitting action-drama superhero movie that made everyone’s heads turn…
Episode 42: Toy Story 2
August 15, 2018 02:24 - 96.2 MBLISTEN HERE! This week, we talk about how Pixar movies are emotionally traumatizing, but also Beanie Babies and Magic: The Gathering! AHEM: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048414/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t24
Episode 41: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
August 07, 2018 17:22 - 129 MBLISTEN HERE! Joined this week by fabulous guest, Emily, we talk about how to scam the IRS (don’t!), and how Dee totally DOESN’T do it right (even though you should not!). AHEM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_(1994_film)
Episode 40: The Big Lebowski
July 31, 2018 21:28 - 43.8 MBLISTEN HERE! You might think this episode is a bit of a White-Russian-fueled mess, but, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
Episode 39: Clue (A Murder In Three Parts!)
July 25, 2018 05:01 - 77.4 MBTrigger Warning: While things stay pretty silly, we do talk about suicide and self-harm. Listen at your own discretion. LISTEN HERE! This week, to make a long story very short (too late!), we talk about liability insurance, blackmail, and the cost of running a murder mystery theater. Three endings! Also, this is the second in…
Episode 38: Dungeons & Dragons
July 17, 2018 19:17 - 51 MBLISTEN HERE! Nope, it’s not a tool for satanic recruitment. But if your characters aren’t careful, you could plunge the whole world of your game into a crippling economic nightmare. Also, we talk about the richest man in all of history. Nope, it’s not Jeff Bezos. Notes! Mansa Musa, The Richest Dude Ever
EPISODE 37: Monopoly
July 10, 2018 22:10 - 42.8 MBLISTEN HERE! That’s right, Monopoly! The board game that has very little to do with actual monopolies, and very MUCH to do with why you don’t speak to your Aunt Tabitha anymore.
Episode 36: Harry Potter, Part Deux
July 03, 2018 20:53 - 103 MBListen Here! Our Harry Potter expert-in-residence, AJ is here again, but this time to talk about the thing he really knows a ton about- Harry Potter! (Duh!) In FACT, he knows so much about good ole HP that he totally pokes a hole right in Dan’s very fragile episode concept. SO! We talk about Owls,…
Episode 35: The Incredibles
June 26, 2018 17:29 - 105 MBLISTEN HERE! (No spoilers for the new one! When we recorded this one, we hadn’t seen it yet!) Joined for the first time by a fabulous guest, our good buddy AJ, we talk again about private islands and military research funding, but this time with the added bonus of Dan’s name being forever on a…
Episode 34: Iron Man
June 19, 2018 20:06 - 85.5 MBLISTEN HERE! Seems like all we need to make the world great is a little bit of compassion and love, and also Arc Reactor technology. This week, we discuss just how drastically Tony Stark’s invention would change the world of energy as we know it. REVIEW CONTEST FINAL WEEK! Make-Believe Money relies on your reviews…
Episode 33: American Gods
June 12, 2018 17:00 - 67.4 MBLISTEN HERE! A best-selling novel, and now a TV show (with mixed reviews, if you ask Liz and Damon), American Gods is the story of Shadow Moon, a newly released convict being thrown headfirst into the world of the gods. Turns out, Old Gods are super into bank grifts. This week, we talk about conning…
Episode 32: The Parent Trap
June 05, 2018 19:27 - 56.9 MBLISTEN HERE! In this episode, we discuss custody battles, how much Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson’s characters might have been worth, and how totally and completely immoral it is to just be like, “Eh, twins are basically just carbon copies, so you give me one and you take one and we’ll never speak of this…
Episode 31: Ocean’s 8
May 29, 2018 20:00 - 88.9 MBLISTEN HERE! Obvs no spoilers, friends, since this film wasn’t even in theaters yet at the time of this recording. We don’t know much about what happens, but we DO know there’s a big ole necklace involved, and it is valued at an ABSURD amount of money. So this week, we talk the value of…
Episode 30: Jurassic Park
May 22, 2018 20:00 - 115 MBLISTEN HERE! In our possibly highest-rated epsiode ever, we talk park passes and coupons and how to score a good deal going to what’s basically Dinosaur Murder Island! NOTES Music Sourced From Archive.Org
Episode 29: Captain America
May 16, 2018 02:54 - 43.5 MBLISTEN HERE! It’s tough devoting your life to your country, doubly so when you’ve gotten frozen in the Arctic after being injected with super soldier serum and doing your best to save the world from a big ole bomb. But at least Steve Rogers has his back pay to look forward to, right? Right?
Episode 28: Sex And The City
May 09, 2018 02:31 - 31.3 MBLISTEN HERE! Look, y’all. No one’s a Samantha.
Episode 27: There Will Be Blood
May 01, 2018 21:26 - 31.7 MBLISTEN HERE! Hello, We’re Make-Believe Money, and this is our son and partner, Daniel. He’s here to tell you about oil prices, and how the oil boom was perhaps not quite as impressive as you might guess. Spoilers in this one, but… this movie’s been out for a while, and also, it’s hard to spoil…
Episode 26: Ready Player One (Part 2!)
April 24, 2018 18:59 - 85 MBLISTEN HERE! No Spoilers! You can safely listen to this episode without anything being ruined for you. Except maybe the idea of investing in cryptocurrency. That might get a little ruined for you. That’s right! A half a year of episodes in, and we’ve finally gotten Dan to talk about Bitcoin! He probably will NEVER talk…
Episode 25: The Legend of Zelda
April 17, 2018 17:34 - 68.4 MBLISTEN HERE! Imagine if you will, working and scraping and saving all your money, every hard-earned rupee of it, and saving it in earthenware jars that your grandfather made, kept safe in your home, so that one day you can give your son a better life than you yourself had. AND THEN ONE DAY, a…
Episode 24: Settlers of Catan
April 10, 2018 18:24 - 76.8 MBLISTEN HERE! Get ready to get hella nerdy up in here, friends. We’re talking board games, the kind that Megan won’t let Dan have more of until they have more space. Not your grandma’s board games, either (although we’ll get to Clue eventually). Nope, we’re talking Settlers of Catan! And also arbitrage. What’s that, you…
Episode 23: Rampage
April 03, 2018 18:07 - 93.9 MBListen here! What would YOU do if a giant set of monsters with disturbingly ordinary names ransacked your town? What if a bunch of superheroes busted your apartment with their mighty powers, in service of saving the world from an alien invader? Does your insurance cover that? Dan helps us prepare for literal acts of…
Episode 22: Ready Player One (No Spoilers!)
March 28, 2018 00:08LISTEN HERE! Two roads diverged in a digital wood, and Damon and Liz decided we’d talk about Bitcoin another time. This time: microtransactions and how the world would run if we all lived in Oasis. It’ll make you wanna delete your game apps!
Episode 21: Lord of the Rings
March 20, 2018 16:11 - 78.9 MBLISTEN HERE Hey guys, did you know that Liz doesn’t know what ponies are? Neither did she until this episode! But we don’t just talk about that- we discuss leasing horses, looking gift horses in the mouth, and what kind of mileage you should expect to get on your used horse. #horsefacts
Episode 20: How I Met Your Mother
March 14, 2018 00:41 - 99.6 MBLISTEN HERE! Credit card debt can be a real bummer, friends. Especially if your partner has a TON of it, and you don’t find out until you go to apply for a mortgage. Listen as we talk about credit card utilization, Marshall and Lily’s relationship, and whether or not Barney Stinson can exist in today’s…
Episode 19: Logan’s Run
March 07, 2018 02:13 - 79 MBListen Here! Dan may not believe it, but this is totally a part two for our Hamilton episode. Let’s talk guaranteed income, aging populations, not very woke movies, and how a group of feral children could possibly grow up to be Michael York. Show Notes!
Episode 18: Hamilton
February 27, 2018 23:13 - 84.3 MBLISTEN HERE! Okay, so it might not teeeecchnically be fiction, but admit it. You’re as in love with Hamilton as we all are! And don’t you wanna know what blackmail money from the 1700’s would look like inflated for today’s world? Absolutely you do, that’s why you listen! Show Notes Here!
Episode 17: Blank Check
February 20, 2018 20:02 - 107 MBLISTEN HERE! Seems kinda obvious, when you think about it, for us to talk about Blank Check, the 90’s kids’ movie that was clearly meant to be watched only by children and never scrutinized by their adult guardians. With both questionable moral content AND a poor understanding of how much $1 Million will get you,…
Episode 16: Ferris Bueller
February 13, 2018 21:19 - 97.3 MBLISTEN HERE! I mean… Ferris is a bad friend. And possibly a sociopath? But Cameron’s dad is uptight and spent waaaay too much on a car, sooo… who’s the REAL bad guy here? Check out this week’s episode as we find out just how much their little truancy trip to Chicago cost Cameron, from Ferris…
Episode 15: Pokemon, Part 1!
February 06, 2018 22:31 - 105 MBLISTEN HERE! This week, listen as Damon and Dan slowly horrify Liz as they recount the economic and moral realities of a desolate, post-war apocalypse, where one must trap and ruthlessly train animals in order to survive. Where water is scarce, and there’s no real way to be a pacifist. Or, you know. Pokemon. Is…
Make-Believe Mailbag, Pt. 2!
February 02, 2018 22:06Listen here! Ohhh man, get ready for more #saltfacts!
Episode 14: The Game of Life
January 30, 2018 22:42 - 45.1 MBLISTEN HERE! Delight! As Dan discusses whether or not this very-complicated-to-assemble children’s board game has any bearing on what actual life might be like! Thrill! As Damon and Liz both learn over the course of this podcast that they actually have no idea how to play the real game of life! Wonder! If the three…
Episode 13: Aladdin!
January 23, 2018 22:42 - 25.4 MBLISTEN HERE! In today’s episode, we give you some very Not Real (TM) advice about what to do when you receive an unexpected windfall, like say, I dunno, a magical lamp with a genie who may be stuck in a weird loop out of time? But mostly we talk about how much we dislike the…
Episode 12: Back to the Future 2
January 16, 2018 23:28 - 32.7 MBLISTEN HERE! Great Scott! Guess how many times each of our hosts has seen this movie! The number is probably either very surprising, or very UNsurprising, depending on how well you know them. This week, we discuss just how dang rich our old bully Biff turns out to be, as he uses a VERY detailed…
Episode 11: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
January 09, 2018 23:55 - 32.3 MBLISTEN HERE! Hello children! Welcome to the magical corporation run by an eccentric misanthrope, where all your candy dreams and nightmares can come true! Enjoy the magical tour through the facility, but don’t you DARE touch ANYTHING, or SO HELP ME… Listen as Dan grimaces his way through this episode, teaching us how the very…
Make Believe MAILBAG, PT 1!
January 05, 2018 23:22 - 4.9 MBLISTEN HERE Listener feedback and questions and #saltfacts abound, so here’s a little bonus and the first of our many Mailbag episodes! Enjoy other people’s opinions!
Episode 10: Black Panther
January 02, 2018 21:04 - 25.3 MBLISTEN HERE! Woo, we made it to episode ten! Listen to us discuss single-resource economies and how we all wish we knew Black Panther a little bit better than we do! Good thing it comes out in theaters soon, so we can all catch up.
Episode 9: Christmas Vacation
December 26, 2017 17:00LISTEN HERE! Merry Holidays, y’all! We talk the hubris of Clark Griswold and his Christmas lights that can be seen from space. Would he be able to actually afford to run lights bright enough to cause a crisis at the power plant? How do you read an electric meter? Why does this movie make Liz…
Episode 8: Die Hard
December 19, 2017 21:00 - 71 MBLISTEN HERE! Yippee Ki-Yay, We like to PARTY! Does the Nakitomi corporation and the city of LA lose more money letting John McClane fight bad guys in his bare feet than if they just let Alan Rickman and the other fancy Germans get away with all the money and blow up the building? Is Nakitomi just…
Episode 7: Beauty and the Beast
December 12, 2017 22:32 - 50.8 MBLISTEN HERE! Is the little provincial town that Belle’s from living removed from time, in an egg-based economy? Is Gaston their prince? Listen to us discuss the Town That France Forgot! NOTES Correction! Liz was wrong, Perrault didn’t write Le Belle et Le Bete, it was actually written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. BOO, LIZ.…
Episode 6: The Enigmatic Ron Swanson
December 05, 2017 18:03 - 69.3 MBLISTEN HERE! Certainly a man who doesn’t half-ass two things when he could whole-ass one thing knows how to plan for his retirement and the financial security of his kids. But Parks and Rec’s Ron Swanson takes things to another level entirely. Dan digs up the dirt (err… gold?) on Ron Swanson’s secret buried savings!…
Episode 5: The Shawshank Redemption
November 28, 2017 19:43 - 46.4 MBLISTEN HERE! Welcome to the episode where we finish recording and go right off to jail! Dan teaches Liz and Damon how to do cook books and do crime*, a la Andy Deuxfrain…. Doofrain?… Dufresne. *but then we don’t do crime, and neither should you. We offer no advice and we take no responsibility! No criming…
Episode 4: Ollivander’s Failing Business
November 21, 2017 19:05 - 25.7 MBLISTEN HERE! Harry Potter’s world is certainly very magical, but not incredibly economically practical. Is Ollivander charging wizards and witches enough for their wands, or is he destined to go out of business? Is it possible that everything in the Wizarding World is government subsidized? This is part one of a non-consecutive, ongoing collection of…
EPISODE 3: STRANGER THINGS
November 14, 2017 20:58 - 83.2 MBLISTEN HERE! Have you finished bingeing the second season of Stranger Things? Don’t worry, no spoilers here! When we recorded this, we had no idea what a hero Steve would turn out to be. What we DID know was that those kids stole a bunch of salt to make Eleven’s sensory-deprivation-kiddie-pool, and SOMEONE was going…
Episode 2: Stephen King’s IT
November 07, 2017 16:31LISTEN HERE! Welcome back! In this episode, we talk Derry, Maine, where, if you time it right, nothing bad will ever happen to you! But if you’re a kid there every 27-30 years, hoo boy watch out! Turtle from Entourage can’t save you from the folksy elder god in the sewer system, and neither can…