Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

2 years ago we tried to do Iron Giant, and Haitch crashed his car. This week we tried again, but were blocked by a guest’s shooting schedules. The universe is trying to h

The Fly (1986)

It’s the return of our scream queen, Senior Editor at FANGORIA and author of First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium, Meredith Borders! The SUMMER OF JASON continues (wh

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

It’s Shark Week on Escape Hatch as we welcome back the director of Sharksploitation, producer of Jodorowsky's Dune, co-host of Best Movies Never Made, Stephen Scarlata. H

The Dark Knight (2008)

We’re back from our late summer vacation and we're joined by the CEO of Particle News, Sara Beykpour. We catch up on the last 2 weeks with updates on the Democratic Civil

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Look, when you’re discussing one of most beloved films in the history of cinema, you want to make sure you have your bases covered. So we turned to the man who literally

Barton Fink (1991)

The SUMMER OF JASON continues as we finally cover the Coen Brothers' 1991 Hollywood writer’s block nightmare starring John Turturo and John Goodman, Barton Fink. Joining

The Odyssey (2026)

The Summer of Jason continues our long journey as we're joined by Homeric teacher and scholar Bijani Mizell! Bijani has taught The Odyssey for over 10 years to high schoo

O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)

The Summer of Jason goes on a long journey as welcome long lost, yet most frequent Escape Hatch recurring guest, co-host of the Cinenauts podcast, ctcher! In preparation

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991)

The Summer of Jason blasts off as we're joined for the FOURTEENTH time by [REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED] and co-host of the Twin Vipers podcast, Jonesy Loves Beer. We discu

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

The Summer of Jason heats up, as we welcome romance storytellers, editor Liz Tingue and the author of bestsellers Dreamology, and Literally, Lucy Keating. We tackle one o

Fargo (1996)

The Summer of Jason rolls on and now we’re really getting into it as we begin our run of Coen Brothers classics, starting with their first huge breakthrough hit, 1996’s t

Minority Report (2002)

'Poooooooooddss out... for... SUMMER!!!' - Extremely Alice Cooper voice. We try and hang in for one final episode before taking a week off to celebrate the start of summe

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

This one is something special. We have absolute legend of the animation and comicbook world, who has written episodes of Flash Gordon, Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man, Transfo

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Let’s talk about sex. At long last, we tackle the final movie from the master, Stanley Kubrick. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s sexual drama Eyes Wide Shut. Joining us for

Almost Famous (2000)

LOCK THE GATES! The SUMMER OF JASON rolls on, as we welcome Jason’s former co-worker, President Biden’s US Ambassador to ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Batman & Robin (1997)

We swore we would never cover this movie. I mean just Haitch, really. Jason never cared either way - until our discord waged a multi-year campaign to break Haitch down. N

The Last Starfighter (1984)

It’s the return of the host of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, and showrunner of Veep, Dave Mandel! We start out with a quick pass around the wheel

The Prestige (2006)

It’s the return of technologist and writer of Spyglass, M.G. Siegler. M.G.’s one of the pre-eminent experts on Apple, so we start with The Trial of Tim Cook™, with his an

Battlestar Galactica (2003)

Set Condition 1 Throughout the Fleet: it's the return of technologist, founder and CEO of Particle News, Sara Beykpour. We announce our new hire producer of Escape Hatch,

Midnight Run (1988)

It’s the return of New York Times Bestseller Dave Itzkoff. We kick off with a Spring Break update including reviews of Virginia rollercoasters, Icelandic ice caves, clean