
Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)
Your portal into cinematic pocket universes, fostering community far from the digital chaos. Join co-hosts Haitch and Jason as we welcome special guests and talk about their favorite movies. We love the genre films that inspired the creation of this show, but we talk about all kinds of movies. Just look at our episodes, choose your favorite movie, and dive right in!
Latest episodes

May 22, 2025 • 1h 59min
BONUS: Andor: Rogue One (2016)
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.ChaptersIntroduction (00:00:00)Rogue One Roundtable (00:08:29)Notes and LinksCheck 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on LetterboxdRate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.Cover art by ctcher.Edited and produced by Haitch.Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

May 17, 2025 • 2h 25min
BONUS: Andor Season 2 Ep10-Ep12 Make It Stop (2025)
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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

May 12, 2025 • 2h 2min
Rear Window (1954)
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 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

May 8, 2025 • 1h 37min
BONUS: Andor Season 2 Ep7-Ep9 Welcome to the Rebellion (2025)
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!ChaptersIntroduction (00:00:00)Welcome to the Rebellion Roundtable (00:04:31)Notes and LinksCheck 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on LetterboxdEscape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter listRate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram.Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.Cover art by ctcher.Edited and produced by Haitch.Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

May 4, 2025 • 2h 17min
Episode 250: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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 Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now. Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

May 2, 2025 • 1h 28min
BONUS: Andor Season 2 Episodes 4-6: Ever Been to Ghorman? (2025)
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 not everyone will make it out from this next dangerous phase of this battle.Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Ever Been to Ghorman Roundtable (00:10:00) 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Apr 28, 2025 • 1h 44min
The Last Unicorn (1982)
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 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Apr 24, 2025 • 1h 20min
BONUS: Andor Season 2 Ep1-Ep3: Harvest
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!ChaptersIntroduction (00:00:00)Harvest Roundtable (00:06:37)Notes and LinksCheck 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on LetterboxdEscape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter listRate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram.Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.Cover art by ctcher.Edited and produced by Haitch.Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Apr 21, 2025 • 1h 32min
The Three Musketeers (1973)
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 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Apr 14, 2025 • 55min
BONUS: Andor Season 1 Rewatch Episodes 11-12: Rix Road (2022)
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 forces descend upon Marva’s funeral for their own shot at Andor: Karn, Dedra, and the Empire to capture him, Vel, Cinta, and Luthen to kill him to protect the Resistance. But they will all be jolted awake by Marva’s own eulogy, delivered from beyond the grave, as she lights the flame of the Rebellion, and shows them all that the path to the downfall of the Empire, begins right here, on the Rix Road.Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Rix Road Roundtable (00:06:30) 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 other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.