We finally cover our very first Martin Scorsese film! Can that be right? Check the tapes, it’s right. We cover his 1982 prescient media critique, starring Robert Deniro and Jerry Lewis, The King of Comedy. We call in the King of Podcasting, the co-host of The Austin Danger Podcast, Kev! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:17:42) The King of Comedy Roundtable (00:20:32) Your Letters (01:20:40) 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.

For over 200 consecutive episodes (starting all the way back on Episode 12, our S2 premiere covering David Lynch’s Dune!), one man has been along for the ride every step of the way, leaving us a voicemail. And now he FINALLY joins us in the main portion of the show as guest host. The one and only, Corey from Austin, TX. And true to form, he takes us into the deep dark world of 90’s exploitation cinema, with Quentin Tarantino & Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers.! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:25:47) Natural Born Killers Roundtable (00:30:35) Your Letters (01:33:49) 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.

A dream come true for us. The co-host of Pod Save the World and Pod Save America, the incomparable Tommy Vietor! We cover our unfamiliar feeling of being Dems in array that Kamala Harris’ nomination has created, and Tommy and Jason debate the best bathrooms to poop in at the White House. Then, we cover Tommy’s HUGE PICK, Richard Donner and Steven Spielberg’s The Goonies. Unbelievable ep! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:22:09) The Goonies Roundtable (00:26:43) Your Letters (01:17:55) 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.

TOMORROW is the season finale of Presumed Innocent. TODAY we have the director of FIVE of Presumed Innocent’s amazing episodes, Greg Yaitanes. Greg gives us behind the scenes details of working with Jake Gyllenhaal and the rest of the incredible cast, and then he joins the Escape Hatch Five Timers’ Club as we cover another entry in the Dad Movie Mt. Rushmore canon, Peter Weir’s 2003 nautical masterpiece, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World! Do not miss Greg’s insights as a director into this epic film. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:16:03) Master and Commander Roundtable (00:23:27) Your Letters (01:17:55) 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.

Summer vacation is OVER and we are back! We’re joined by Emmy winning producer Rob Schroeder and indie film director Ben Barnes. We cover Spike Jonez incredible head twisting debut feature film, Being John Malkovich! Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:18:37) Being John Malkovich Roundtable (00:26:29) Your Letters (01:33:02) 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.

School’s out and for our final episode before a quick Summer Break, we welcome back New York Times best selling author Dave Itzkoff! And since nobody shouts summer vybes more than Walter Matthau, we tackle his 1974 classic New York heist thriller, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:15:54) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Roundtable (00:18:12) Your Letters (01:23:42) 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.

At last, It’s the return of ILM VFx Editor Lorelei David, as we consume John Carpenter’s beloved subversive sci-fi classic starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, They Live! Witness the greatest fight scene and some of the best satire in sci-fi cinema history. Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:09:52) They Live Roundtable (00:14:27) Your Letters (01:16:27) 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.

It’s all been leading to this: the episode AFTER Episode 200. It’s the return of the writer of Across the Spider-Verse (and Beyond the Spider-Verse!), Dave Callaham! We tackle Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward’s 1990 genre classic Tremors. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:12:12) Tremors Roundtable (00:22:06) Your Letters (01:29:38) 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.

Ryan Condal, showrunner of House of the Dragon, and Dave Mandel, writer-showrunner of Veep, dive into the cinematic world of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They explore the film's legacy, sharing personal experiences tied to its thrilling narrative and iconic props. The duo humorously discusses the creative origins of Indiana Jones, the challenges of filmmaking, and character dynamics, including strong female archetypes. Their nostalgic journey reflects on the impact of the film on pop culture and the collectibles market, celebrating a beloved classic.

With only 2 episodes left until we hit 200, we’re bringing out the big guns. It’s the dramatic return of the hosts of the beloved X-Ray Vision Podcast: Rosie Knight and Jason Concepcion! We knew we had to choose a huge movie after their appearance for X-Men (2000) late last year, so we’re tackling 2004’s high water mark for the entire superhero genre, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:21:57) Spider-Man 2 Roundtable (00:31:36) Your Letters (01:48:37)   Notes and Links Check out the Escape Hatch Merch! Great swag and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now. Join the Escape Hatch Patreon! Support the show as a patron and receive exclusive bonus episodes, early access to episodes, join our LIVE recordings, and much more. Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Our server is live, and this is the place to hang out with Haitch, Jason, guest hosts, and other friends of the pod. It’s a spot to chat movies, books, games, whatever. Join us! https://discord.gg/R5ThKbTn7t View the Escape Hatch Data Central Dashboard. Click here to view all of the data about every aspect of every episode of the show, curated by our listeners! Checkout TAPEDECK Podcasts! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts. Check out our fellow podcasts! Escape Hatch Set List on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/escapehatchpod/list/escape-hatch-set-list/ Let us know what you think of the show. Write us at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211‬. Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it wherever you listen to the pod.  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 TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn, a production of Haitch Industries