Make-Believe Money
Ever wonder how much money the Ghostbusters really are making with their extermination business, or how the Wizarding World sustains its economy? Maybe you're just curious to know how much money all that salt the Stranger Things Kids steal for Eleven's sensory deprivation kiddie pool is worth. Well, great news! Make-Believe Money takes your questions about fantasy worlds SUPER seriously, and applies real-world financial implications to come to some seriously hilarious conclusions. Listen as Dan, Damon, and Liz giggle and joke their way through some absurd scenarios, and maybe learn a little bit about real-world finance in the process!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2020
Episode 79: Mission: Impossible
Welcome to another episode where Liz asks Dan to research something that could well put him on some kind of watch list. How much is a CIA agent’s undercover identity worth? Dan tells us …
Episode 78: A Knight’s Tale
Do you remember that Heath Ledger movie we were all super crazy about when it came out, that’s now on TBS somewhere at all times? There’s not actually a lot of plot to that movie, come t…
Episode 77: Monsters, Inc.
We talk energy this episode! And also bad movie math! And also, the exact moment Damon’s childhood died!
Episode 76: Stargate
Today we discuss just how dang big the Pentagon is, how much energy Liz and Damon’s apartment uses versus how much a Stargate might need, and how far into space you could get with a Jeep…
Episode 75: Lost
Remember back in the day, when a cultural TV moment was on network TV, and we all watched it, and theorized about what could be happening, and read recaps in actual magazines to try and …
Episode 74- Game of Thrones
Spoilers ahoy! We aren’t precious with the spoilers this time, friends. We talk about everything that’s happened on the TV show, so if you’re trying to preserve your first viewing for so…
Episode 73: Community
Have you ever wondered just how much money a “personal wipe fortune” might amount to? Or maybe how much money Pierce Hawthorne must have had to go through community college for literally…
Episode 72: White Collar
Look, there’s like a THOUSAND leisurely-beachy-criminals-solving-crimes dramas from like TBS and TNT and whatever. So it makes perfect sense that Liz would know exactly none of them.
Episode 71: Velvet Buzzsaw
We’ve got opinions, folks! We discuss how a horror movie should be, how people should store their precious art, and how nobody seems to know how taxes work. Woo!
Episode 69: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Another foray in the world of literature, this time we talk magical college, how to pronounce words you’ve only ever seen written, and a deep dive into what a higher education will one d…
Episode 68- The Incredibles 2
Welcome to another episode of, “That’s Not How Insurance Works!”
SPOILERS AHEAD! But now this movie’s on Netflix, so go give it a watch!
Episode 67: The Boxcar Children
Man, those kids are trying way too hard to escape adults who are definitely not looking for them.
Episode 66: The Merchant Of Venice
Damon was too close to the mic, and Dr. Suess came up with the word, “nerd,” so, Liz is always right.
Episode 65: Rat Race
Man, comedies pre-9/11 were so simple, no complicated emotional journeys, just murder, nazis, betting on human lives, squirrel farms, poop emergencies, and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Episode 64: Bob’s Burgers, Part Deux
Back by popular demand, our darling Bob Belcher and his quirky family! This time, can they even afford to be selling their special burgers so cheaply? Honestly, $5.95 is not that much for …
Episode 62: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt!
Hello and welcome to 2019, friends! Today we talk about why Netflix won’t just let us keep watching a show without shaming us for bingeing, whether or not Dan would survive a game of Jum…
Episode 61: Trading Places
Merry Holidays, y’all! This year, we’re giving you the gift of the three of us realizing that sometimes 80’s comedies just don’t really hold up 30+ years later. But we did it! We finall…
Episode 60: The Office XMAS!
This week, we talk about the reason for the season- buying the hot kid’s toy and selling it at an incredible markup. Thanks, Dwight!