
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

Jan 31, 2022 • 1h 18min
The Thin Red Line (1998)
In the latest installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by by our spiritual advisor and the co-host of the hit podcast 70mm, Protolexus. On this episode, we cover Terrence Malick’s World War II masterpiece, featuring a score by a young Hans Zimmer, The Thin Red Line.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:07:42)
Roundtable Discussion (00:17:16)
Your Letters (01:07:52)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 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 movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
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

Jan 24, 2022 • 1h 12min
Starship Troopers (1997)
In the latest installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by the host/producer of the hit podcasts 70mm and The Letterboxd Show, Slim. We cover the ultimate sci-fi war movie, Paul Verhoven’s Starship Troopers.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:06:25)
Roundtable Discussion (00:16:41)
Your Letters (01:01:01)
Notes and Links
Deep Cuts Podcast on Verhoven’s Toupee. Interesting discussion of how Verhoeven painted a picture of our current reality as a blend of utopia and dystopia from the Deep Cuts crew. Check out the episode here.
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 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 movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
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

Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 11min
ON DECK - STATION ELEVEN (2021)
In this special episode of ON DECK from TAPEDECK Podcasts, regular Dune Pod hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by the co-host of the Cinenauts podcast and Dune Pod’s graphic designer, Ctcher, and by the co-host and producer of Film Hags, Sophie Shin. We talk one of the greatest TV shows ever made, STATION ELEVEN.
ON DECK is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn, part of a network of podcasts, including Dune Pod (your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies), 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 movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by three hag friends). Checkout all of these podcasts at tapedeckpods.com!
Cover art by Ctcher
The episode was edited and produced by Sophie Shin

Jan 17, 2022 • 1h 24min
Ghostbusters (1984)
In the latest installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by one of the writers for Netflix' The Crown and HBO Max' House of Dragons, David Hancock. We talk one of the greatest comedies of all time, Ghostbusters.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:04:23)
Roundtable Discussion (00:10:27)
Your Letters (01:13:35)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Jan 10, 2022 • 1h 18min
The French Dispatch (2021)
In THE SEASON 5 PREMIERE of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by the host of The Cinenauts Podcast, Ian de Borja. We cover Timothee Chalamet’s other Fall 2021 instant classic film, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:10:40)
Roundtable Discussion (00:13:44)
Your Letters (01:07:13)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Dec 31, 2021 • 1h 34min
TRON: Legacy (2010)
In a very special Bonus Holiday installment and THE SEASON 4 FINALE of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by Famous Artist and co-host of the 70mm podcast, Danny Haas joins us to talk Daft Punk and insane production design in 2012’s Tron: Legacy!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:07:48)
Roundtable Discussion (00:12:22)
Your Letters (01:23:34)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Dec 25, 2021 • 1h 7min
TRON (1982)
In a very special Bonus Holiday installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by return super guest, Meredith Borders. In part of our 2 part double header, we’re back in our 80’s Movie Magic Wheelhouse, with the movie that changed film forever, Tron!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:06:52)
Roundtable Discussion (00:08:30)
Your Letters (01:03:04)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited by Maria Passingham of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Dec 20, 2021 • 1h 31min
Die Hard (1988)
In a very special Holiday installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason look back on an amazing year, make some predictions about 2022, and cover the definitive Christmas movie: Die Hard! Plus in a Christmas miracle, we got to interview Dune’s Stilgar himself, Javier Bardem!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:06:03)
Roundtable Discussion (00:21:15)
Your Letters (01:23:32)
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited by Maria Passingham of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Dec 13, 2021 • 1h 38min
Cloud Atlas (2012)
In our latest episode, regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by the Founder of Warhorn, Brian Moseley, and Dune Pod graphic designer, Ctcher. We cover the Wachowski’s adaptation of David Mitchell’s masterpiece of narrative fiction, Cloud Atlas.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:06:53)
Roundtable Discussion (00:10:37)
Your Letters (01:28:29)
Notes and Links
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited by Maria Passingham of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Dec 6, 2021 • 1h 30min
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
In our latest episode, regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by the host of the Recode Media podcast, Peter Kafka. We talk one of the most epic movies ever made, David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece, Lawrence of Arabia.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Dune News (00:06:30)
Roundtable Discussion (00:09:26)
Your Letters (01:20:52)
Notes and Links
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, guest hosts, 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, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!.
Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
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: your one stop shop to enjoy the new Dune movies by delving into the books, as well as the films featuring its cast and crew. Dune neophytes and hardcores alike are welcome.
Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram
Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited by Maria Passingham of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries