{"podcast":{"title":"The Economy of Nothing Podcast","slug":"the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049","podcast_index_feed_id":7316049,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/574135/rss","website_url":"https://economyofnothing.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/4/c/4/44c4c64506ccff2716c3140a3186d450/logo_podcast.png","author":"Mike Bedont","episode_count":62,"summary":"The Economy of Nothing is a show about building something real in a world that rewards nothing. Part podcast, part experiment, part transmission from the void—this is where ideas get tested, stories get shaped, and the impossible might get made. Join us each week as we work in public and try to make meaning from the mess.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T02:18:11.399444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049"},"episode":{"title":"210 | Die Hard in an Economy","slug":"210-die-hard-in-an-economy","published_at":"2026-03-17T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049/210-die-hard-in-an-economy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049","url":"https://economyofnothing.com/podcast/eon210","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/9f677984-74e1-4682-9e19-5e6ed7337f6a/210cutpriates.mp3?dest-id=4971080","summary":"Mr. Green pitches a $17/month producer tier before a sci-fi skit escalates into a crisis to capture a roaming captain for a Dark Orbit board presentation. The hosts discuss the surge of 90s show revivals and sequels — Scrubs, Malcolm in the Middle — as hollow paydays that regress TV craft. They connect streaming's race to the bottom to post-COVID inflation, predatory tech, and AI hype, with rules like \"no free lunch\" and \"don't engage in the comments.\" Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/economyofnothing Timestamps 00:00 Producer Tier Pitch 00:36 Pricing Math and Value 01:47 Dark Orbit Monitor Trouble 03:33 No Witnesses Orders 06:24 Show Intro Economy of Nothing 06:45 Nineties Reboot Backlash 10:47 Streaming Thumbnails and AI 13:50 Art Form Regression 15:22 COVID and Cheap Filmmaking 17:44 CG Cities and VFX Flexing 18:27 Spider Man Swinging Debate 20:32 Lazy Filmmaking Choices 21:16 Netflix Movies Phone Mode 23:06 Race To The Bottom 24:17 Inflation And Lost Wow 25:59 Kids Burnout And Boundaries 27:29 Work Email After Hours 29:38 No Free Lunch Rules 31:54 Comment Section Bots 33:34 Dead Internet Conspiracy 34:54 Uploading Consciousness Talk 36:37 AI Devalues Human Labor 37:31 We Are Not Neuroscientists 38:40 Patreon Closing Bit","meta_description":"Mr. Green pitches a $17/month producer tier before a sci-fi skit escalates into a crisis to capture a roaming captain for a Dark Orbit board presentation.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049/episodes/210-die-hard-in-an-economy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economy-of-nothing-podcast-7316049/210-die-hard-in-an-economy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}