
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 9, 2023 • 44min
BONUS: Silo Episodes 1 & 2 (2023)
Jason and Haitch have been waiting for this show to be made ever since we independently read the book Wool, by Hugh Howey, almost a decade ago, and tonight we’re covering Apple TV+’s new hit translation, the science fiction show starring David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, and Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson, Silo!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Silo Roundtable Discussion (00:04:44)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

May 8, 2023 • 1h 28min
The Harder They Come (1972)
We make the HUGEST ANNOUNCEMENT in the history of the podcast! Is this the end of Dune Pod, FIND OUT! Plus, we’re joined by the star of the legendary Film Hags and Cinenauts podcasts, Boom. Then we discuss Jimmy Cliff’s Jamaican classic from 1972 that introduced the world to reggae, The Harder They Come.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:14:45)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Roundtable Discussion (00:18:04)
Your Letters (01:10:25)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

May 4, 2023 • 24min
BONUS: Emergency Dune Part Two Trailer Reactions (2023)
Well, we’ve all been waiting for our first loving look at Dune Part Two, and boy did we get it, when the full trailer dropped today. Jason and Haitch give you our detailed takes on everything in there to get you hype. Let's goooo!
Chapters
Dune Part Two Trailer Reactions (00:00:00)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

May 1, 2023 • 1h 46min
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Do you love Star Wars? Cause we do! So we celebrate the triumphant return of legendary ILM visual effect editor, Lorelei David! We discuss her recent work on The Mandalorian and then tackle the 1978 San Francisco horror classic that left our mouths hanging open, Donald Sutherland’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:12:56)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Roundtable Discussion (00:30:22)
Your Letters (01:29:41)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Apr 24, 2023 • 1h 24min
Game Night (2018)
Jason is out on assignment, so we welcome back the co-host of the The Cinenauts podcat and Dune Pod graphic designer Ctcher and Letterboxd freelancer and co-host of the Film Hags podcast, Sophie Shin. We get competitive as we pick up the 2018 breakthru hit from the writer/directors of the new Dungeons and Dragons movie, Game Night!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:14:20)
Game Night Roundtable Discussion (00:21:49)
Your Letters (01:09:28)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Apr 17, 2023 • 1h 26min
Demolition Man (1993)
He’s back. The star of our Good Will Hunting and Kill Bill episodes: artist and writer, MikeyP! When is this guy getting his own podcast? I mean come on! Anyway, on this very special Spring Break vacation episode, we pick up the 3 seashells to discuss our first Stallone movie, the sci-fi action classic from 1993 co-starring Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock, Demolition Man.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:05:27)
Demolition Man Roundtable Discussion (00:07:56)
Your Letters (01:05:18)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and InstagramMusic by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong MusicCover art by HaitchThe episode was edited by Maria Passingham of EditAudio and produced by HaitchDune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts JawnDune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Apr 10, 2023 • 1h 18min
Rollerball (1975)
At long last, the return of super producer and co-host of The Letterboxd Show and 70mm, Slim. He’d always wondered why no one talks about 1975’s sci-fi film gladiator sports film that was James Caan’s follow-up to The Godfather, Rollerball. Now he knows. Is it an under-rated gem, attaining Kubrickian levels of genius, or does the story, pacing, editing, acting, costuming, sound design, and directing make this film a dud. Find out...NOW.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:09:08)
Rollerball Roundtable Discussion (00:13:16)
Your Letters (01:03:40)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Apr 3, 2023 • 2h 9min
The Matrix (1999)
If you only ever listen to one episode of Dune Pod, this is The One. Haitch and Jason had the high honor of welcoming the amazing actor from modern classic genre shows: Jason Momoa’s SEE, and HBO Max’s Banshee, Warrior, and DMZ, Hoon Lee! A true sci-fi aficionado and expert, he brings insights that blew our minds when we used the current escalation of AI technology as the backdrop for a discussion of the greatest science fiction action film of all time, The Matrix.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:19:51)
The Matrix Roundtable Discussion (00:29:42)
Your Letters (01:52:51)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Mar 27, 2023 • 2h 6min
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
This week Haitch and Jason got tired of waiting for the Cinenauts podcast to come back from hiatus, so they welcome one of the co-hosts, who is also Dune Pod’s graphic designer, Ctcher! We FINALLY do our first Spielberg?! The maestro’s classic blockbuster followup to Jaws, 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:08:08)
Close Encounters Roundtable Discussion (00:12:02)
Your Letters (01:45:07)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 40min
Train to Busan (2016)
This week Haitch and Jason are joined by a rockstar from The Ringer Podcast Network, the co-host of The Ringer-Verse podcast, Joanna Robinson. We talk about her and Haitch’s SXSW highlights - including Haitch getting to ask a question to Tilda! And then we cover the legendary 2016 Korean zombie film, Train to Busan.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:16:03)
Train to Busan Roundtable Discussion (00:25:30)
Your Letters (01:21:50)
Notes and Links
Check out the Dune Pod Merch Store! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Read our episode transcripts! Check out our transcripts every week on the Dune Pod Medium page.
Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod 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 comics and more), Will Run For (obsessed with running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Dune Pod’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@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Dune Pod: where we talk to our friends about the movies we love.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Haitch
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries