304 | the Ballad of Alan Michaels

New Nemisis Just Drops + Mailbag Special

The crew opens by designing a nemesis. Alan Michaels needs an eyepatch, a cut over the eye, and a better jacket, and the same magic accidentally turns Greenie's target into an orc. The golden egg mission stalls out in a Draconaria tavern, where nobody has any canonical money and Scotch Captain is not helping.

Fan letters arrive on glitter scrolls. An AI expert with a nuclear engineering PhD says humans get replaced within a century, a listener in Australia asks for that philosophy book (The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant), and another has a plan to kidnap George Lucas over Darth Talon. A final email about selling out and the Kevin Hart brand closes the mail.

From there it's hope, randomness, and "move fast and break things," then Mitch McConnell, dead internet ads, and the birth of Hopper, Mr. Green's baby dragon. It ends with a tavern egg hunt that goes nowhere and a take on why Idiocracy is a movie about average intelligence, not doom.

Chapters

00:00 Cold Open

00:19 Designing Alan Michaels

02:07 Kingpin Alter Ego Roast

03:07 Greenie Orc Thumbnail

04:58 Monies and Scotch

07:25 Scroll Mailbag Begins

09:49 Zach the AI Expert