
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

Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 57min
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
We welcome back one of our all time favorite guests, internet visionary and pottery superstar Tom Coates! We wind back the clock to the 1971 speculative science fact by Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain.
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:20:47)
The Andromeda Strain Roundtable Discussion (00:22:24)
Your Letters (01:42:40)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 54min
Flash Gordon (1980)
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This is it. We finally cover Dino De Laurentis’ 1980 genre masterpiece that he made just before Dune, Flash Gordon. To guide us through this pinnacle of nostalgic adventure, providing incredible the behind the scenes details and knowledge, we welcome the author of Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film: John Walsh.dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun FLASH - AH AHHHHH*Also, how ‘bout that Alex Ross painting for the cover art? GOATed.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:14:34)
Flash Gordon Roundtable Discussion (00:17:48)
Your Letters (01:32:30)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Nov 13, 2023 • 2h 12min
Across the Spiderverse (2023) and Aspen Extreme (1993)
Set Condition 1 throughout the fleet. We have the writer of Across the Spider-Verse, Dave Callaham!! Dave joins us to share amazing behind the scenes insights into writing one of the greatest animated films in history, all the way back to a year before Into the Spider-Verse was even released. Then we cover his favorite film, the classic(?) ski movie from the 90’s starring a young Peter Berg, Aspen Extreme.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:05:38)
Interview with Dave Callaham (00:07:55)
Across the Spider-Verse BTS (00:28:18)
Aspen Extreme Roundtable Discussion (00:42:47)
Your Letters (01:52:03)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 34min
Inside Man (2006)
It’s the return of the king: Jason’s college debate team partner, Jeremiah Gordon! We tackle our. Very. First. Denzel. We watched Spike Lee’s Denzel Washington joint, the taut heist thriller co-starring Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, Inside Man.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:12:04)
Inside Man Roundtable Discussion (00:16:09)
Your Letters (01:18:47)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Oct 30, 2023 • 2h 9min
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
WITNESS HIM! For his SIXTH appearance on the pod, we welcome the showrunner of Max’s House of the Dragon and co-host of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Ryan Condal. He tells us all about buying Captain Kirk’s away team jacket from Wrath of Khan, interviewing Anthony Daniels(!), and gives us the latest BTS details on House of the Dragon’s Season 2 production. Then we tackle the first truly holy action art film of the 21st century, Mad Max: Fury Road.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:04:38)
Ryan Condal Interview (00:10:22)
Mad Max: Fury Road Roundtable Discussion (00:29:30)
Your Letters (01:52:21)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Oct 23, 2023 • 1h 25min
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
When fate strikes and a guest can’t make it, Jason and Haitch turn to each other and make it work. This time, we covered one of the guest’s all time favorite movies, which neither of us had seen, William Friedkin’s gritty, eighties crime drama, To Live and Die in L.A. It rules. Also discussed, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:11:59)
To Live and Die in L.A. Roundtable Discussion (00:14:39)
Your Letters (01:12:28)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Oct 16, 2023 • 2h 24min
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DO YOU LIKE STAR WARS?
We welcome Supervising Sound Editor from Skywalker Sound, Mac Smith (veteran of Ponyo, Up, Tron Legacy, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: Visions) to teach a clinic about how sound design works in movies. And to demonstrate it, Mac walks us thru the perfect showcase of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi! Experience Star Wars thru the ears of an expert and hear details you never noticed that subconsciously enhance the story. We were blown away and you will be too.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:21:25)
The Last Jedi Roundtable Discussion (00:24:07)
Your Letters (02:04:54)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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.

Oct 9, 2023 • 1h 49min
Speed (1994)
Jason is BACK. And stepping out of the shadows running things at HQ, we have Escape Hatch projectionist Silly Oswald. We go back to the Keanu well, with his 1994 action masterpiece with Sandra Bullock, Jan de Bont’s Speed!
Plus, we say a fond farewell to legendary Dune Pod/Escape Hatch editor, the amazing Megan Hayward, who has edited half of all the episodes we’ve ever done and has been instrumental in making us sound good. Also, her creative inspiration has been a key part of every episode since Starship Troopers, so THANK YOU MEGAN!
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:16:21)
Speed Roundtable Discussion (00:21:28)
Your Letters (01:31:03)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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 by Megan Hayward of EditAudio.
Produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Oct 2, 2023 • 1h 20min
Solarbabies (1986)
70mm Month Part Two rolls to a close with the co-host of 70mm and co-instigator of the original Dune Pod podcast, Protolexus. We finally get The True Origin Story of Dune Pod and Proto’s role in it, as well as try and get Final Closure on Episode 91 - IYKYK. Plus we cover the 1986’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi roller skating extravaganza, Solarbabies.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:8:23)
Solarbabies Roundtable (00:13:43)
Your Letters (01:03:55)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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 by Megan Hayward of EditAudio.
Produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 45min
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
70mm Month Part Two keeps rolling with the legendary co-host/producer of 70mm and The Letterboxd Show, slim. We tackle Tony Gilroy legal horror masterpiece of temptation starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, The Devil’s Advocate! Pacino and Walken impersonations galore await you.
Chapters
Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:15:41)
The Devil's Advocate Roundtable (00:20:13)
Your Letters (01:27:55)
Notes and Links
Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! 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 by Megan Hayward of EditAudio.
Produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.