Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

Can you believe we’re still on Summer Vacation 2025 Break? WTH? To tide you over, we catch up on what we’ve been up to and what we’re excited about. Then we present a CLASSIC Dune Pod episode from our vault. We go all the way back to 2022, when Ian de Borja joined us to talk about his beloved A24 horror classic Midsommar. Do not miss this one (if you haven’t already missed it.) LOVE YOU - we’ll be...

We kick off our Summer Vacation 2025 Break with a discussion of how our holidays are going so far, AV studio updates, what are kids are up to, and quick political recap (SPOILER: it’s not going great.) Then we present a classic episode from our vault, on the heels of its 50th Anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Joining us for this all time discussion is the co-host of the Bat and Spider podcast,...

This week, Jason is out on assignment, but we welcome our very own scream queen, senior editor of Fangoria magazine, Meredith Borders ! We kick off summer with the 1978 classic Hollywood musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, Grease! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:17:08) Grease Roundtable (00:24:21) Your Letters (01:42:28) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Mer...

We welcome back dear friend of the pod, showrunner of Veep and co-host of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of , Dave Mandel . We finally cover the first sequel to match (or surpass) it’s predecessor, The Godfather Part II! PS. Riverside ate our Letters Segment. Join our Patreon to hear it in the UNCUT version of the episode! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:10:50) The Godfather Part II Rou...

It’s the return of Escape Hatch projectionist Silly Oswald . We cover the highest rated movie on Letterboxd, 1962’s Japanese samurai classic, Harakiri. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:10:50) Harakiri Roundtable (00:19:10) Your Letters (01:08:39) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style...

History in the making! We welcome the creator of the hit underground zine Skree , Corey and the co-host of Bat and Spider , dale_a . We FINALLY get down with the sickness that is David Cronenberg’s Videodrome. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:18:32) Videodrome Roundtable (00:26:22) Your Letters (01:32:50) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag i...

He has returned! We welcome back the co-host of Data Over Dogma and author of The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues , Dan McClellan ! Dan’s a huge comic fan and while we will come back to classic Bible movies with him in the future, today we finally tackle one of the biggest of the big in superhero cinema, 1978’s Superman. DISCLAIMER: Jason’s...

We welcome veteran TV director of shows including House of the Dragon, Presumed Innocent, Your Friends and Neighbors, Lucky, and the upcoming Spider-Noir, Greg Yaitanes . We tackle Bob Fosse’s drug and dance fueled classic starring Roy Scheider, All That Jazz! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:14:00) Greg Yaitanes Interview (00:26:24) All That Jazz Roundtable (00:46:53) Your Letters...

We refuse to accept that our Andor era is over. Fortunately, we have one of our Akira Kurosawa masters, MikeyP joining us to talk Kurosawa’s 1963 kidnapping caper masterpiece, High and Low! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:08:52) High and Low Roundtable (00:14:48) Your Letters (01:12:58) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now an...

We go back to the ending, where our Andor journey first began, as we revisit the pinnacle of the modern Star Wars cinematic universe, Rogue One. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Rogue One Roundtable (00:08:29) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection...

The death of the Resistance…and the birth of the Rebellion. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Make It Stop Roundtable (00:10:02) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now . Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server ! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and oth...

It’s the triumphant return of the showrunner of House of the Dragon and co-host of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of , Ryan Condal! We take out our binoculars and telephoto lens to cover our very first ever Hitchcock film, Rear Window. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:28:17) Rear Window Roundtable (00:37:02) Your Letters (01:40:36) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all ne...

Shit is getting very very real on Andor Season 2. We have huge climactic payoffs of 4 year running storylines, massive boiling pots of tension over these 3 episodes, and events that change the show forever. Only 1 movie left! Chapters ​ Introduction (00:00:00) ​ Welcome to the Rebellion Roundtable (00:04:31) Notes and Links ​ Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is availabl...

EPISODE 250. JASON CONCEPCION . THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. THE GREATEST LETTERS SEGMENT IN THE HISTORY OF PODCASTS. MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:11:39) The Empire Strikes Back Roundtable (00:19:12) INCREDIBLE LETTERS (01:33:48) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Came...

OK. After a somewhat uneven start with last week’s episodes that included the challenging adventures on Planet F#%kup, Tony Gilroy and the Andor crew are COOKING now with this second batch of episodes. Another year has passed and the forces of the rebellion and the Empire are being drawn inexorably into a simmering conflict on the planet Ghorman. Cassian will find his loyalty to Luthen tested and...

At long last, it’s the return of the Senior Editor of Fangoria magazine , Meredith Borders . She has long held the Escape Hatch Eighties Fantasy Chair, and from that perch she shares her love for the 1982 animated classic The Last Unicorn. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:09:27) The Last Unicorn Roundtable (00:17:46) Your Letters (01:14:50) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Mer...

We are BACK with part 1 of our 4 part series on Andor Season 2. This week: Cassian goes on a daring mission, Bix and Brasso experience life in the shadows as undocumented workers, and Mon Mothma just can’t catch a break at her awful daughter’s wedding. All this plus the craziest sitcom dinner in Star Wars history! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Harvest Roundtable (00:06:37) Notes and Links Check...

Riding in to save us in our hour of need, it’s the host of the tech media podcast Channels, Peter Kafka .We cover the very zany and somewhat horny 1973 swashbuckler by the creative team from Superman II, The Three Musketeers. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:17:30) The Three Musketeers Roundtable (00:26:11) Your Letters (01:07:29) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our al...

Rix Road is….the turning point, when a people pushed too far stand up and fight. After escaping from Narkina 5, Cassian Andor receives the shocking news that his beloved adopted mother Marva has died, and returns to Ferrix to try and make sense of things. Learning that Bix has been grabbed he will team up with community fixture Brasso to mount a daring rescue. Meanwhile, all of the disparate force...

We’re joined by former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe . He tells us why he decided to protest Trump and the MAGA movement, even knowing that it meant he would be arrested, and tells us what we can do to resist ourselves that doesn’t require getting arrested! Then, we FINALLY cover the modern sci-fi political classic that is more relevant than ever, District 9! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00...

It’s the penultimate movie from Andor Season 1, but it contains the ultimate hour of television of the last decade. We continue to marvel at the flawless writing in these episodes, reflecting the confidence in the audience and themselves that Tony Gilroy and Beau Willimon demonstrate. Their call to action is a balm to our battered souls, and one that we can all use right now. There is One Way Out....

It’s the return of the founder of particle.news , Sara Beykpour . Sara previously joined us for Ex Machina, The SciFi Miniseries Dune, and Alfonso Cuaron’s masterpiece Children of Men. Well, now we tackle his other science survival thriller, 2013’s Sandra Bullock and George Clooney classic, Gravity! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:17:13) Gravity Roundtable (00:26:01) Your Letters (...

We are bathing in the brilliance of Tony Gilroy’s Andor as we continue our 8 episode Escape Hatch limited series with Andor Season 1 Episodes 4-6, The Eye. We go deep into the introductions of (somehow?!) relatable fascist Deedra Meero, Syril Karn’s overbearing mother, Mon Mothma’s shitty husband, and of course the most incredible heist in TV history, pulled off by a team that includes the wildly...

It’s the triumphant return of ILM’s Visual Effects Editor, Lorelei David! We finally luxuriate in the definitive Corey movie, the punk rock, near sci-fi 80s classic starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, Repo Man! Also, Lorelei gave a shoutout to her pal’s new indie film The Paper Bag Plan touring film festivals as we speak. Check it out if you see it at a theater near you! Chapters Intro...

Listen, there’s only one good thing keeping our hearts going as [gestures all around] this is happening, and that is Tony Gilroy’s Andor. The single greatest Star Wars property since Empire Strikes Back, and in the running for the greatest television series of all time (even though it’s ‘just a Star War’!) All glory to Tony and Kathleen. You didn’t really think we wouldn’t cover this, did you? We...